trouble with apush writings.

skyhigh102
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:26:23 +0000

hello, I’m currently a junior in high school…
I’m a foreign student and this is my 3rd year in america.
as ap exams approach, I’m starting to regret taking ap us history class in my school - I was just interested in learning about this country, and I didn’t expect how tough this would be lol.
my multiple choice skill is pretty decent, I’ve never gotten below 68/80…
BUT since my english is not perfect, I’m having a LOTof difficulties with writing dbqs and frq
when I recieve the prompts, my head goes totally blank.
I don’t know how to from thesis… I don’t know where to start.
sometimes I don’t even understand the questions :[
plus, I always run out of time trying to form a single sentence.
the best score I got in class on essay was 5 (which was really lucky),
and I usually can’t even finish three paragraphs… my average essay score is 3 -.-
for dbq’s, it is really hard for me to analyze what the documents mean :(((
is there any way to improve my writing skill before the exam? - it’s probably too late tho lol
any tips? thank you!!