Twelfth Night Persuasive Speech

Dear Dr and Mrs. Demann, as the year closes to an end I am delighted to reflect on Tessa's greatest triumphs and points of growth. Starting in my first months of teaching Tessa, each day she entered our classroom with an eager smile, thirsty to present her ideas to her classmates. With our work on Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, Tessa demonstrated focus and interest in the classic. She shared her connections between each character and key themes such as irony and mirroring. For instance, she often pointed out how the series of connections expresses how love can affect one's actions. She took note of how characters such as Olivia can become so plagued by love and others such as Orsino can become blinded. She found great understanding in how infatuation can …show more content…
Such as, Mr.Rochester's ability to become blinded by his love for Jane without acknowledging how he was using her to forget his past. She demonstrated this understanding of the book in her spring exam. She was able to analyze Janes desire to learn throughout the entire novel, a key point in understanding the purpose of her many adventures. Throughout the school year Tessa has grown in the area of selecting good evidence to support her impressive ideas. Tessa's attention has improved greatly which is magnified in her growing ability to focus on a specific idea while writing, something she struggled with in the beginning of the year. Tessa's eagerness to learn is amplified in her habit to call out which she has been working on. She blossoms off her peers humor and enjoys herself greatly. Although she may spiral into other subjects, she is working on her ability to stay concentrated on the task at hand. She respects her peers ideas and shows great admiration for there work. Her ability to form bonds with her classmates she may not usually surround herself with is