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A Letter to Myself

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As a grade nine student, you are about to embark on new challenges and goals. In three more years, you will be completing your grade twelve and graduating from high school. When you think about, that is not very far away! Imagine what steps you will have to take to get there.  What will your focus be for this school year?  Will you achieve higher grades in some of your courses, or will you push yourself to get into some honour classes?  Will you try out for any sports teams, or try to get on a team again?  How will you grow personally?  Will you change your attitude towards some things or people?  In this assignment, you will be writing to yourself in grade twelve and will question, and possibly answer, these things. In your letter, you may also reflect on the current things you are doing, or unusual or funny experiences you have had.  At the end of the school year, you will get your letter back to reflect on some of the changes you hoped for or thought about.

Part 1:

You will be given two handouts titled "My Life and Goals" and "Past, Present, and Future." Complete these handouts by answering the questions on them. These questions will help you to start writing your letter.

Part 2:

Create a web to organize your ideas and thoughts. Your web will help you to lay out what you will write in your letter. You must have 8-10 topics laid out.  Some ideas are grades/subjects, sports, family, friends, goals, etc.

Part 3:

•	Begin writing your letter. Remember, you are writing to yourself, so address yourself by your name, and "you". Eg.  You will sign your letter from yourself, as it is to you from you.

																												175 Killarney Avenue
						Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 3T5
						September 13, 2011

Dear Joe,

	You have finally graduated from grade nine!  I am so proud of you!  All of your hard work has paid off, and you are finally off to FRC!  I can’t wait to hear about how your farewell dinner and dance went!  What was the theme?  Did you ask Becky to be your date?  Nah….you were always too shy to ask, and you probably played the whole, “you snooze, you lose” idea.  Yet, even though you were always shy around the girls, you were sometimes really loud in class.  Did you win an award for the “most talkative?”  That probably went to Aidan.  That kid even talks in his sleep.  And did you get a limo to take you to the dinner?  You always liked to roll up in style.
	Anyway, enough talk about grad.  How did your academic year go Joe?  You wanted to pull up your grades in math and science this year.  How did you accomplish that?  Did you go for extra math help like you intended?  You said at the beginning of the year you go at least twice a week for extra help.  I hope you did.

•	Your letter should be no less than four pages double spaced, for the rough copy.
•	Two of your classmates must edit your rough draft and sign it with their initials.

Part 4:
After you are done editing your letter, you will type out your good copy.
*** You must show Ms. Dudar your edited rough draft before beginning.

Your letter will be put into an envelope and sealed.