Friday, June 4, 2010

Prompt 5

Dear Incoming Student,
I am writing to you to inform you on what you might need to know for Freshman English at Ohio State University.
I came into this class hating writing and english classes in general. I was afraid I wouldn't do well and the work would be too challenging or that the class would require too much reading. However after taking the class I realized differently. The material itself is not too hard to learn if you really try. What I did get out of the class though, is that I now really enjoy writing.
What you really need to know is to do all your work on time, and enjoy yourself with it. you will be working with your Analytical Research Papers for a while, so I suggest you pick a topic that interest you. Also something i didnt realize is that you will use that topic to also write your common place essay at the end of the quarter. That essay is supposed to be timely, relevant, and compelling to Ohio State Students. So you should try to pick a topic in that range for your Primary Source Analysis as well. I believe as long as you choose topics that interest you, you should have fun in the class.
Ofcourse, to get the grade you want you will also need to complete all of your work on time and put effort into it. I wish you the best of luck!

Sincerely,
Stephanie S.

2 comments:

  1. Good advice. I had same feelings about English before and after the class! Good suggestions and letter.

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  2. I have to agree with everything you said. I wish we had known that we were suppose to use our ARPs for our Commonplace essays. I think it would have made it a bit easier from the start.

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