Directions: 

Please answer the questions listed below. To give you some writing practice, respond to these questions in a short essay of one-two pages in length. Incorporate what you learned from the first week’s reading assignment. This assignment will give me the opportunity to evaluate your writing skills.

· What are your tentative educational and career goals?

· What previous writing courses have you taken?

· What types of papers did you write in these courses?

· Do you usually like or dislike writing? Why?

· What kinds of reading and writing do you do outside of school?

· What is your opinion of your writing ability? What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?