Fall 2012 English 1A
Tell me a little about yourself
Please answer the questions below and turn them in on the day of the “diagnostic”: Wednesday
8/29 or Thursday 8/30, depending on your section. Please type them.
1. What do you hope to gain from college? From this class?
2. Tell me a bit about your writing background. What kind of writing have you done in
school? Do you write on your own (a journal, blog, poetry)?
3. Tell me a bit about your reading background. Do you like to read? What have you read so
far, both in school and out? Do you read a newspaper?
4. Tell me anything I need to know about your learning style that will help me teach you
better.