The Metacognitive Peice

Dear Ms. Brannon,
         I am far from being the best writer in our class. In fact, I am fully aware of the fact that I do not have a strong control of the English language. There was one point when I felt I didn't even deserve to be in AP Language. However, I never gave up. Although the quality of my writing may not be as good as other students in our class, I have given my hundred percent completing each one of your assignments. Reflecting on my writing from this semester I feel that I have improved drastically. My essay from the summer assignment and my essays from now have a huge difference.

         English is one subject that never came to me very easily. I felt like English couldn't communicate with me as well as numbers could. Even the English teachers started intimidating me. This could be due to my lack of exposure to the language at an early age. To this day, I spend hours doing a writing assignment that someone else can easily complete in only a half an hour. However, I never let that demotivate me. I have completed all of your projects and homework assignments no matter how difficult they were or how long it took me to complete them.

           As for classwork, I was absent only once  and never late this whole semester( excluding PGC absences).I came to school even during the cold, snowy days just because of AP Lang. I knew I should not miss the class discussions.  I have completed every single classwork assignments and behaved throughout the class. I also participate almost everyday. I know I may not have the most spectacular responses, but I do try to participate in almost every class discussion.

            Two works that I am most proud of are the protest letter and the MLK essay. I believe they show the effort I have put into them. I wrote five drafts for the protest letter and four drafts for the MLK essay. I came to you after school to get feedback on them and also asked some of my peers to review it for me. My writing in these two assignments have evolved drastically from the first draft to the final draft.

           Based on the effort I have put in your class this whole semester, I believe I deserve an 85 in your class. Thank you!