Sunday, August 07, 2005
Welcome
- Welcome to English 12 AP. This year we'll be reading and writing and talking and listening over and over until May. Although reading and writing seem more academic than talking and listening, all four activities are vitally important to your success in the class. If you just keep on reading and writing without talking and listening, you may improve a little just from practice, but you may also just keep on reading and writing at the same level all year. The talking and listening activities are the way to refine your skills and help others refine theirs.
- You already know some of your strengths in reading and writing. Start thinking now about how you can take those strengths--the things you do well and the things you enjoy doing--and build them into an even stronger base for performance. This way lies victory.
- Think also about how you can use your strengths to enhance the entire class. Your talents and abilities aren't for your benefit alone; they are for the benefit of the whole body. Let us share in them.
You also already know some of your weaknesses; some of you who worry about your performance probably know these all too well. As we move through the year, look for ways to work around your weaknesses by using your strengths as much as possible. Where the weak areas are unavoidable, work on improving them enough that they don't get in your way, and then get back to your strengths. Again, it's in your strengths that you will find success. - I look forward to getting to know you better this year, to watching your abilities grow in the different ways that work for each of you, and to helping you meet your goals for this class.
# posted by Mrs. Baker @ 12:19 PM 
