I can't really remember doing many in class revision workshops. My AP English teacher in high school was a nazi and we wrote essays in class with a forty minute time limit and then she would bash our papers. We called her the dragon lady.
We were expected to revise on our own, because on the writing portion of the AP test we were on our own and had a time limit. The few times that we had our peers help us revise was slightly helpful, but usually more of a social time. The most useful revision help I received was when we did Macbeth, when my class mates gave me more ideas on passages to use for my analysis.
I have had some bad english teachers in school too, but never one I would call a nazi. I think it is so unfair when teacher literally tell you that your paper and idea in it are bad. It almost makes you apprehensive to start writing another one.
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