A letter from June 19th, 2016

Dear FutureMe, I am you from 10-years in the past. Right now, I am 13 years old. I wanted to write to you as a reflection. Something to remind you of what you learned so that you can compare it to what you know now. For example, I learned how to properly use the quote frame in an arguementative essay. Would you like more memories? How about some of your accomplishments. During elementary school, you were never really good at vocabulary. At middle school however, you scored a 100% on a vocab test. I'd say that's fantastic on your part. Since we are on the subject of differences, how about I tell you what you should have done in middle school. You should have use the quote frame better. Sometimes in writing, I would forget to add evidence with the quote frame. I mean, you can't have a argument without evidence, right? Another thing is how you would write it. I know you might of thought you past writing was good, but it wasn't. It was always missing something. You always write way too formulaic. Hopefully you have mastered that by the time you read this. Another topic I would like to talk about really quicky is your top three grades. Number one was your letter to Ms. Paulson. She loved it and you got a 100% on it. The second was Lennie's Eulogy. On that, you got a 99%. The last one was the newsela on drones. on that one, you got a 96%. How about another good thing about you. One thing you did do was word you writing good. You weren't so good at evidence. But otherwise, you were good. That is what counts most. Don't you think. How about what was fun? I think that the letter to Ms. Paulson was the best. I said I thought I would have fun. I was write. That is what made it fun. The biggest challenge was evidence. It was hard to deal with the quote frame. By now, I'm good at it. But before, it was really hard for me to word it correctly. I'm hoping you're better at it now. Before this year, my writing was garbage. I didn't even know arguementative was a thing. Now I do. My writing is a lot better. Plus, I know how to write an arguementative essay. In conclusion, I hope you are better than I am. I just wanted to write this reflection for two reasons. One, I want you to know how you did in the past. Two, I have no choice. Ha ha. Goodbye. Sincerely, 13 year old Jared