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Dear future APELC student,

Welcome to your first AP english course. If you're in this course you've probably gotten an easy A in your past english courses. I am here to tell you that is no the case in this course. This course is hard and challenging in ways I did not expect. With some papers, you will be extremely pleased with your work and hand it in expecting an 8 or 9 back. For the first couple of papers you may even receive a 5. But DO NOT lose hope. This course is rough but it DOES get better. Throughout the year, my writing has improved dramatically and I have Mr Yost and Mrs Pronko to thank for that. My biggest piece of advice: Talk to them. Conference with them before and during your writing process for take-home essays. It's the only way to know how they think you can improve your writing. Once I started doing this, I found my writing getting better as well as my essay scores improving.
Do the reading Yost assigns. One day you might now read an essay he has assigned and he could give you a quiz on it. Don't worry - the reading are not particularly difficult but they do require attention. So read the material he gives you because if you don't, it will hurt your grade.
Finally, just relax. accepting a B in this class is NOT a failure. This is a college-level english class and Yost and Pronko treat it as such. They are tough graders- do not take it personally is they give you your first C on a paper. Just accept it and try to improve.
Have an amazing year with the best teachers.

Sincerely,
Shayna.