You should approach your high school english assignments with confidence. If you doubt your own work, it will never get done. When I was an underclassmen in high school, I would often spend hours working on smaller assignments that could be done in thirty or forty minutes. Although the style of writing in AP English weren't realistic to an actual college class, I learned to trust my writing abilities, and use the feedback from my teacher to improve my writing.
Never try to write or read when you are tired. You should write with no distractions around you(which I know is difficult at our house) shortly after school. Waiting until midnight to finish any writing assignment is a huge mistake that I’ve made far too many times. I often find that