EDUCATION PROGRAM ESSAY QUESTIONS

Education program applicants must submit an essay answering one of the following questions:

1. How did you become a reader?  Craft a narrative essay about your memories of learning to read.  Share your story of becoming a reader, recollections of reading in multiple settings, inside and outside of school, and your current experiences with reading.
2. What text has had the most impact on your life?  How does this text influence the choices that you make about various aspects of your life (for example, academic and career goals, friendships, relationships)?  This text can be a work of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, a collection of short stories, or other literary genre.  Provide a brief summary of this text and explain how it connects to your own life experiences.
3. You have been asked to form a student committee to review the current literature requirements for the 9th grade curriculum at your high school.  Name 3 texts that you feel every incoming 9th grader should read and explain your selections.  Provide a convincing argument for adopting these 3 texts to your English literature department.