Letter to me: Due August 10, 2013

Start by creating a Turnitin.com account. This is the website I (and some of your other teachers) will use to collect and grade most of your papers next year. You will join my class on turnitin.com called English 1 2013 by using the class ID number 6423222 and password stars13. For those of you taking Ms. Dolan's summer class, she will expect you to use turnitin.com as well, and may take time in class for you to create your account. In that case, you will use the same account (DO NOT create a new account) and simply enroll our English 1 class. There are tutorials that will walk you through this simple process located here.
Here are the things I would like you to include in your letter:

• Tell me about yourself (family, pets, hobbies, grade school)
• What was the last book you read or your favorite book you've read (for class or for fun)?
• What are you most looking forward to as you start your St. Teresa's experience?
• What are you most nervous/unsure about as you start your St. Teresa's experience?
• What have your experiences with English classes been like in the past?
• What is one goal you have for English class this year?

The letter will probably be a page to a page-and-a-half (double spaced) You will type your letter in a word-processing  program, save it,  then upload it to turnitin.com. There is a tutorial that will walk you through this process here. Please be aware that turnitin.com will take files with the extensions .doc, .docx (Word files), .pdf, .html, .txt, .wpd and .rtf, but does not support documents with the file extensions .pages, .odt, .jpg. Be sure that you complete the whole process and receive a confirmation receipt with a green check mark in the upper left corner (it will also be sent to your e-mail). You can also log back into your account to see the papers that you have submitted. Please submit your letter to me by August 10, 2013 at 10 p.m.

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