How to Deal with Homework for an English Class in No Time

First, which kind of English homework tasks have you been assigned? Is it to practice complex grammar and syntax rules? Is it to memorize different citation styles, right down to the punctuation? Or is your English class to read and analyze a piece of literature or rhetoric at length? English and reading often coincide with each other in these kinds of courses, but some techniques work better for one than the other.

General Tips

Don’t get distracted. Get started on it as soon as possible so you can finish as soon as possible. Keep the TV off—keep the phone on silent or at least vibrate.

Read all instructions carefully.

Don’t get discouraged if a question or task troubles you. Do the best you can and ask your instructor for help later.

English Tips

Repetition is a common attribute of English assignments sheets. Don’t get annoyed. Instead embrace it, since the more you find the dangling modifier or adverbial clause in a sentence, the easier it will be for you when the test comes around.

Make sure you don’t mix up the names of things. Often, you have learned how to edit or revise a phrase, sentence, paragraph, etc., but how or why you did it escapes you because you can’t place the name of the rule or name of the part that’s been changed. Keep the relevant grammar rules and phrases nearby, so you don’t get them mixed up.

Reading/Literature Analysis Tips

If your English assignment is more on the reading comprehension side of things, take notes as you read. Whether it’s a chapter from a classic novel or a section of a politician’s speech, note as much as you can that stands out. This makes answering the questions easier later.

If the work is simply too long to read, since you are human and have other course assignments to attend to, become a good skimmer. Know the places where the author’s key points appear. This is especially important for the more rhetorical readings, as the authors tend to give you the topic or subtopic, add details or anecdotes to support the topic, then reiterate the topic before moving on.

If you are a student who can’t stand English homework, hopefully, these guidelines will help you through it.

Whatever the case, English homeworks bug you and you would rather eat bath beads then do them. Well, here’s some ways to survive doing English homework.

Advice for Completing English Homework Without Much Effort

Get It Out of The Way.

There is nothing worse than procrastinating your entire evening away, then falling asleep only to realize at 11:27 pm that you forgot to do your English homework exercises. Depending on the difficulty, you could have knocked them out in under two hours after school and gotten on with your life without a care. Now you either will lose sleep to finish the homework, and poorly, or you will blow it off and try to do it in the morning or during other classes or lunch (and still poorly).

Avoid Distractions.

Keep electronics off or on vibrate until you have finished. You hate English homework, but prolonging it by allowing interruption after interruption occurs will make you hate it even more.

Read Instructions Thoroughly.

You want to finish these exercises as quickly and painlessly as possible, right? Well, you should take the time to read the instructions. This is an obvious tip, but you’d be surprised how much time is wasted, particularly for more difficult English assignments, when you just go right to work and keep referring to instructions.

Keep English Notes on Hand.

Are you correcting sentences? Rewriting paragraphs? Do you know how to correct the exercises, but not the “what” or “why”? Always have your notes nearby, because the names of different sentence parts or grammar rules are more than likely there.

So, frustrated student, keep all of this in mind as you try to knock out that annoying English work. Click the link for additional reading and homework tips.