feel like I'm coming into this class prepared. I'm taking AP English and the whole year was about analyzing and writing all different types of prose and poems. I learned about these 10 concepts, but in a different way. I did not learn them all at once. I learned them throughout the first semester and like core concept 1 says “writing is a process of discovery and learning.” I had a lot of practice. When I say a lot I mean a lot everyday was at least 1 essay and analyzing a work of literature. I have to admit that using first person feels wrong to me because second semester was focused purely on essays for the AP Exam in which writing in first person would automatically get you a low score. These blogs/journals are something different I have