Dear Chrisann,

     Do you remember the episode of The Office when Dwight starts playing Second Life at work and creates Second Second Life? Well this is what we have to do in my English 103 class. I thought the project was going to be lame when I first began, but it is not too bad. In the game we get to travel to places like Harlem, Ireland, and inside a schizophrenic mind without paying thousands of dollars in plane tickets and psychiatrist bills. Our last assignment was a scavenger hunt where we had to go to a list of a bunch of places and take pictures. This showed us the different tools in Second Life, as well as basic photography. I guess I never really learned any of that in McKelvey's class graphic art class. She was more focused on how it looked overall. Well, that is all I am going to tell you for now. I'll talk to you later, and tell you more about the project.

Love,

Ryan

Mike,

     Did you finish your wiki project yet? I am doing it now, in fact I am writing it to you. You know what we have to do. I wrote to my sister and to my academic advisor already and you are the last one. I thought that this project was going to be really lame at first. Going around a place called Second Life were people get obsessed and fall in love with other people obsessed like them... I originally thought, "I have a first life, why do I need another one."

     My opinion has changed a lot since then. We are able to go to places like Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and I think that is really cool. It is also cool how real the things look. You may not think they look real, but I have been to the Sistine Chapel, and it looked like I was looking at a photograph. I even put that in my Blog. Okay well I have to finish more homework, so I am going to go now.

Ryan

Dear Dr. Chuck Mike,

     Being my academic advisor, I feel I should keep you updated to how my classes are going. My English 103 class is so cool. We are learning many different styles of writing depending on the audience we are targeting. This letter I am writing to you now is part of it. We have to write to three different people and tell them about my class. We use many different mediums to post our works. We have a weekly journal to take notes and things that surprise us. We also have a Blog to write in, and a Wiki for more formal internet posting. 

     Our major project for this class is a virtual world called Second Life. We create an avatar of ourselves or anything we want and we explore a world much like the real one. Our last project was a scavenger hunt. It was really cool because we got to see replications of real places. We traveled to places like Harlem, Ireland, and the Sistine Chapel. It was really cool to see how some people are talented enough to make replicas of these places. It was amazing how detailed everything is. Well that is all I wanted to say, just keeping you updated. I will let you know how the class is as we progress through the semester.

Your advisee,

Ryan 

Reflection

Writing the same thing to three separate audiences was quite tedious. I felt very redundant even though it was the start of my second or third letter. However it was very helpful teaching a good use of tone in writing. The letter I wrote to my sister was quite different than the one I wrote to my academic advisor. With my sister I started with a joke about a show we both loved, but with my advisor I tried to keep it as professional as possible.

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