Letter to Instructor: Evaluation of Writing Class: 2 to 3 pages: Original work needed

Saad Al-Thobaiti

Sheyene Heller

English Composition II

03-26-2014

Introduction Assignment

I am an easy going person that likes to communicate with others. When I’m talking to another person I always practice active listening. “Active listening is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding” (Colorado). I work well with others and I believe in the value of teamwork. To me collaboration is an important part of working with other colleagues. As a student I am a hard worker. I always pay attention to the professor in class and take good notes. I think studying in teams is a good exercise.

My writing skills are pretty good. I tend to write in a concise and precise manner. As a writer I am not good at expressing abstract thoughts such as writing a poem. My strength as a writer is technical report writing. Prior to starting to write a paper I like to perform brainstorming and to prepare an outline. Both these exercises help me generate ideas for a paper. To me it is very important to perform proper research on a topic prior to writing a paper. I like to write because it gives me a sense of fulfillment. An aspect of writing that I do not like is that it takes a lot of time and brain effort to write a paper. When I am writing for more than a few hours I tend to get tired. Using quotes from textbook is a good technique. When I use an idea or quote from a book I always use in-text citations and proper referencing.