To Mr. Coon,
I was born with fondness for reading. My mom encouraged me to read whatever and whenever I could throughout my youth. Therefore, I developed the ability to read quickly but thoroughly early in life. Upon entering my teenage years, school became more demanding and pleasure reading took a back seat to my participation in both social and athletic activities. Although I do not read as much as I should or would like to, I enjoy every page of the novels that I can find time to read. My favorite genre is historical fiction. Authors of historical fiction novels give personalities to well-known figures in history and thereby bring them to life. The information presented in a historical novel is much more fun to read and much easier to absorb than the information found in strictly factual history textbooks. I like reading because it is easy to get lost in the world you are reading about. I often find myself so far immersed in a story that I cry, laugh, and relate with the narrator. Since I am so busy during the school year, summer is really my only opportunity to discover new authors and read their works.
Unlike reading, which came so naturally to me, writing has always been a struggle. I never seem to be able to get my thoughts on paper. One word in a sentence that doesn’t quite feel write could plague me for hours and detain me from moving on with my thought process. I also have a hard time knowing what to look for when I do research and I begin papers without a concise idea of where it is headed. My topic sentences are generally weak and I have trouble focusing the body of the paragraph around them. I feel as though I have only ever written two papers that I am actually proud of. One was a “Describe Your Bedroom” paper for Dr. Allison and the other was a “Describe a Person” paper for Miss Garagiola. Obviously description is my most-favored writing style. Though writing is most definitely my biggest academic weakness, I look forward to developing and honing my skills in your AP class.
Your student,
Chelsea Robbins
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1 comment:
Chelsea--I'm a huge historical fiction buff myself, so we start the year with something in common.
You can use your talents for description by doing blog entries "describing" a character, and I'll try to help you develop your abilities in other directions.
My only wish is that you could have named a few specific favorites, whether from historical fiction or any other categories. But on the whole it's exactly the kind of letter I had in mind.
LCC
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