Voegtlin Fall 2016
ENG 1H
Name: ______Per: _____ Score: /100
Assignment: Who In the World Do You Think You Are Anyway?????
Business Letter Due: Tuesday, September 06 Score: /50
Portrait Due: Tuesday, September 06 Score: /50
(This is your Scoring Guide: Staple it to TWO copies of your essay.)
Who are you? As we begin your Freshman year together at Peninsula, I’d like to get to know you better. So let’s have some fun…
First, introduce yourself to me through a formal, autobiographical essay composed as a formal business letter that adheres to MLA format: typed, single spaced, (dbl space between paragraphs), 12pt black font, Times New Roman (refer to page 971 in the Holt: Literature & Language Arts.)
· In your Introduction: begin with a HOOK! Catch the reader’s (that would be me) attention. Have a clear thesis—a statement that expresses who in the world you think you are. Include your responses to those of the following questions that are somewhat general in nature; for example, ‘What is your complete name?’
· In your Body Paragraphs: respond & expand on the remaining questions on page 2. You do not have to answer the questions in the order they are given; mix them up however you like. Be sure your answers are appropriate for the classroom!
· In your conclusion: summarize the main ideas you express in the Intro & Body, and restate your thesis: Who in the World You Think You Are!
Then you will create a ‘self-portrait’, either one that is based on realism, or an abstract/impressionist perspective of how you see yourself and your ‘place’ in the world, using symbols that reflect your sense of you. If your perspective is reflected through realism, then border your sketch with symbols that suggest how you see yourself in your world. Remember: this is a PORTRAIT—it should be recognizable as YOUR face, no matter how abstract.
Directions: Answer each of the following questions in your letter, include your responses in any order you choose.
1. What is your full name? Do you like your name? Why? If not, what would you name yourself?
2. What month is your birthday? What astrological sign are you? Does your ‘sign’ reflect the true you? Were you born in the year of The Dragon? The Mouse? The Snake?
3. What are your goals as a peninsula Panther? Do you aspire to play a sport? Join a club? Run for ASB? Be part of Link Crew?
4. Do you have brothers or sisters? How many sisters? What are their names? How old are they? How many brothers? What are their names? How old are they? What do like best about your siblings? If you are an only child, what is the best & the worst thing about having no siblings?
5. Which season do you prefer? Why?
6. Do you have pets? What kind, how many & what are their names?
7. If your family was a noise, what would it sound like?
8. If the world were made of food, what do you think it would taste like?
9. Which animal do you most resemble & why do think so?
10. What smell best describes your home? Why?
11. What moment in your life would describe as your most memorable? Why?
12. Which color best describes how you usually feel? Why?
13. If you could meet three people from the past, who would they be & why would you choose them?
14. If you could live anywhere you liked, where would you live? Why?
15. If you could change one thing in this world to better it, what would it be?