Summer Reading Assignment Dear‚ book Critique I feel that your review of the book I read this summer for school is wrong. In this letter I am going to tell you what I think of it. I want to tell you what it is about‚ what happened‚ and the characters‚ theme‚ plot‚ and setting. By the end of this letter I hope that you will think of rereading this book and hope you review it better. Ill start by saying that this is a book think was sad to read. But I also think that it was difficult
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Serrano‚ Edric “HIDDEN INTELLECTUALISM” Reading Response Journal In the article “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff‚ The Author is telling us that knowledge can be seen not only from academic thinking but also in the form of “street smarts”. Graff explains that we know some “impressively street smarts” but does not do well in school‚ but Graff argues that “street smarts” are just as important as “book smarts”. Many people think that it is such a waste‚ that “street smarts” should be taking
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Summer Reading 2012 Sophomores Sophomores are required to read two books for English this summer: 1) Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2) Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities We will give you a multiple-choice test on both books during the second English class next fall; therefore‚ please 1) read these books with care this summer; 2) bring your copies of them with you when you arrive in the fall and review the books before the test
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Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Outside Reading Books (ORBs) & Summer Reading Instructions- 2010-2011 Patrice Norris- Instructor Email: elwyn.norris@mnps.org READ THIS HANDOUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE QUITE SPECIFIC Part I. All AP Literature students are required to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You will refer to this book throughout the year. The book is very entertaining and very informative as an introduction to
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Among The Hidden Margaret Peterson haddix Zidong Weng ESLDO Oct. 16 Bolotenko The book I read is Among the hidden wich is wrote by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book was published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing in 1998. It is a science-fiction book wich has about 150 pages. My first impression of this book is that it is a sad story because the cover page is made up by cool tone. The story happens in the future which starts with Luke’s
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Summer Reading Assignment in English III A. Timeline 1. Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a kid who loved to dream big dreams. And it was important to him to have specific dreams. When he was in grade school‚ a lot of kids wanted to become astronauts‚ but Randy just wanted the floating and to experience getting in zero gravity. When he was eight years old‚ their family went on a trip to see Disneyland. And to him it was the happiest place on earth. He wanted to become one
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English Summer Reading Essay “Whether or not an individual succeeds is unimportant. The very act of trying is itself a victory.” The quotation applies itself to a lot of things in life but the book Lush‚ by Natasha Friend‚ which is a realistic fiction and the book The Acorn People‚ by Ron Jones‚ which is a non-fiction really relate to the quote in a special way. This quote indicates that it does not matter if you succeed in what you are trying to accomplish‚ it only matters if you at least try to
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just standing on the edge and I just needed a nudge. In the beginning‚ I didn’t mind reading as a child. I started reading and writing a little earlier than most kids. I loved learning new words and I began to use them even if they didn’t make any sense in my sentences. My earliest memory of reading was
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Name: kaplana@newton.k12.ma.us mrkaplanenglish.weebly.com Date: SUMMER READING ESSAY: SOME SAMPLE ESSAYS Engaging with sources but addressing larger ideas Contents “Bumping into Mr. Ravioli: A theory of busyness‚ and its hero” by Adam Gopnik Links for other professional examples “Social Media Replaces Corporate Media” Sample Summer Reading Essay “The Influence of Television” Sample Summer Reading Essay Your homework assignment is to read these three samples and mark them
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The Great Gatsby Summer Reading Assignment Chapter 1: 1) A) Nick Carraway is both a good and bad narrator for the story. We can personally witness the events in the story as if we are actually part of the novel‚ but at the same time‚ he cannot display an accurate interpretation of what happened between Gatsby and Daisy before he met them. To fill in the blanks of information that Nick does not know about‚ he turns to other characters in the story (Joran Baker and Gatsby). He is too deeply
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