Personal Introduction & Educational Biography

Assignment 1: Personal Introduction & Educational Biography

Please use around 500 words (this would be about 2 pages if typed in MS Word) and address the following questions. Use the questions to help you write a well-developed personal essay so we can to know each other. Also, feel free to "Reply" to your classmates if you find things in common, i.e. hometown, goals, interests, hobbies, etc.

I also recommend your create this assignment (as well as your future writing assignments) in Microsoft Word so you can revise, edit and save before you post. It might take a day or two of development to compose your post.

For this assignment, you will write a brief narrative ESSAY where you will introduce yourself and illustrate your experience with reading and writing in a variety of different learning environments and contexts. Your assignment will be submitted by replying, i.e. "Rely" on this page.

Even though you are encouraged to respond to your classmates this week (we'll be doing a lot of this starting next week as we approach our main reading responses and critical reactions), make sure you reply to this page for your initial post -- do not submit your assignment as a reply to a peer's initial post. Replying to your peers will be be shorter, substantive replies.

Questions for Consideration:

- Tell us a little about yourself: where are you from, what are your hobbies and interests, etc.?

- Why are you attending Bellevue College? What are some of your personal, academic and professional goals?

- What has been the most positive experience you have had with reading and/or writing? Take your time with this question and narrate an anecdote, e.g. "story" that illustrates this experience.

- What has been the most negative experience you have had with reading and/or writing? Again, take your time with this question and narrate an anecdote, e.g. "story" that illustrates this experience.

- What do you hope to achieve in this class that will prepare you for 200-level (and beyond) composition and reading? Use specific examples to support your discussion.

* Please note. Don't feel like you have to answer each of these questions individually; please consider the above questions as a guideline for your introduction, not an outline.