Ap English Class Letters

This is an email from Abdullah Samad, a former student of your English 101 class last semester (Fall 2015).

As the semester comes to a close, it is always interesting to look back and reflect on the events and opportunities my English class has given me throughout my first semester as a whole. At the beginning of this semester it was evident that I was feeling uncomfortable due to the adjustment that I was going through as a student moving to college. It was very difficult expressing myself through my writing since I was nervous about good impressions and my good grade. While this class was one of the most difficult courses that I have taken this far, it has become quite evident to me that I have grown a substantial amount as a writer and as a person; Especially, when it came to explaining my ideas, writing academic essays, and making arguments.

It’s been a great three years of being mentored by you in speech, debate, and finally, AP English Language and Composition. Through those three years of rigorous public speaking and academically challenging work, I can say with sincerity that I am a different person. Now, I know tenfold of what I knew before of high fructose corn syrup, trigger locks, and IRCA. It’s been an unequivocal honor to have met someone with such an intellectual arsenal as you and I have to wonder if I’ll ever meet anyone as knowledgeable even in college. You fended off every single argument that either the Debate Team or the 14 member fifth period AP English coalition threw at you with such ease and class. Wherever you decide to go next, I have no doubt in my mind that you will have the same scintillating impact you had on Suffern High School. Be sure to hoist that Tampa Bay Rays banner proudly for all those poseur Yankee fans to see!

First off, I want to thank you for making this year and my first honors English experience fun for me! Though this year was challenging for me, it has also been extremely knowledgeable. From my freshman year to sophomore year, I can definitely notice the difference in my writing and reading. I can definitely see how much I have grown, and I am sure you could see these improvements too. Last year, I was in regular English and jumping from regular to honors was a huge step for me, which at first, I was not fully comfortable with. But as I got to know this year’s class and of course you, Mrs. Walker, I felt like I belonged here, in an honors English class. Throughout this year, I have learnt and improved at my skills of properly annotating texts, writing a proper claim, analyzing author’s style, and also analyzing rhetorical situations.

The classes that have been observed and that will be analyzed in this essay are the English Honors and AP English courses which took place at Cerritos High School during the second semester of the academic year 2015/2016. This analysis will focus on the instructor of said classes, David Hind, and on their curriculum, specifically on how the assessment of the students’ learning took place.

My entire life, I have looked forward to math class; it has always made sense to me. Plugging numbers into an equation and solving for x always came easy to me. Outside of school, I enjoy reading. Easily, I could pick up a book and read the entire thing as time just flies by me. The books I don’t like to read are the ones that I am forced to read in a constricted amount of time. Before this year, I’ve never taken an honors English class; I was the smartest one in my CP class. I never challenged myself which is the reason I decided to take AP English. I didn’t put this on my schedule have my transcript look good, or to boost my GPA, I want to become a better writer. In 20 years, the skills I learn throughout this year will be more important

Hi this is Yasmin Luna. I was in your kindergarten class in the year of 2011-2012, and I’m writing this letter to tell you I love being your class. You are one of the best teachers in Woodland Acres Elementary School. You would always let us play with the kitchen and other toys you had, my favorite one was the kitchen. I still remember when I showed your class the magic trick with the glue stick top. I miss your class and how nice you were.

Alves. She mentioned how well I had done on the AP test in her usual Texan boisterous tone that could only be Mrs. Alves, and I folded into myself to admit that I never checked my AP scores because it gave me too much anxiety. Mrs. Alves is the teacher that brought me out of my shell and challenged my writing more than anyone before, so naturally I was pleased to learn that I had earned a 5! Mrs. Alves was a perfect vessel to deliver the news and I felt so happy to make her proud since she made such a positive impression and lasting impact on my high school experience. Going into AP 12 now, I grew a little weary as I saw AP 11 students drop like flies to go into honors this year, but was easily quelled at Mrs. Alves saying to me “I knew you were able to do this” and “your spirit has gotten so much lighter since the beginning of last year.” My goals for AP Lit are to write essays passionately and effectively, and to mature as a writer. My only concern for AP Lit is the difference between the approaches to writing and analyzing between last year and this year; I got very comfortable the way I was writing last year and it may be a little shell-shocking at the beginning. Change is good! Change is challenging! Challenging myself is good! Positive

In it’s essence, transcendentalism is about focusing on oneself. Society frequently condemns selfishness even in extreme situations like when one’s own health is at stake. Despite transcendentalism being an older concept, it’s message still holds up and sheds positivity to those that are struggling to stay afloat. In the following essay I, Alyssa Doherty, will tell you exactly why I didn’t actually write the assigned essay. Before continuing on, I would like to say that I understand this is a risk and yes, I have already broken the golden rule of sticking to third person, but I promise my reasoning is in good faith.

I have a god-sister in Ms. Wargo's class. Her name I Habin and I would really like to read to her class. I know that some people were moved around so that other classes could be filled, but I would greatly appreciate it if I could be put back in to that class so I can read to Ms. Wargo's class.

It has been awhile since I wrote a letter to you. Are you enjoying your summer? Summer flew by, and next week I will, somehow, find myself at NJIT. On the first Monday of September, I will sit on my first undergraduate lecture. I am ever so excited to meet new people, delve into another environment, and learn something new. At the same time, I feel nervous about moving onto college, where I will have to confront all sorts of obstacles to achieve success.

Thank you to all the students, professors, and my coach for your support, encouragement, and feedback. As I previously stated in my introductory post, I love read but hate to write, which was probably not the best words to say entering an English class, but with your support, not only have I made it through this course, but I have also enjoyed the journey.

This is Stephanie Espinal from your Junior writing course. I have no idea what to say in this email. Well, I'm a transfer student. I have my associates degree in Psych from Middlesex Community College. This is my second semester here at UMass. I'm the first one in my family to go to college. I love helping others. I have to say that I'm concern about this class because I'm a bad writer, maybe it's because I really hate it. However, I'm confident that I can do well (always positive haha!) Being honest I feel bad for you this semester because even myself gets bored reading my papers. I hope in this course I can learn and improve my writing in all aspects.

I am writing to you in hopes that you will add an extra ten points to my semester grade. I strongly believe that I deserve these extra points, for putting my hard work and effort into this first semester. With all the different assignments and short amount of time you have given my classmates and I, most of us tend to or try to turn it in on time maybe a little later depending on the assign work.

I'm so glad we met and talked about our ideas during lunch. I feel like you were a true asset to the class, bringing forth important points in each students story. You have a lot of knowledge on screenwriting and your passion shows when you talk about your ideas. I can't wait to watch your future movies on the big screen. Good luck with writing, I know it will be amazing!! Also since your going to be in the city I attached a website for top 10 things to do in the