Well‚ summer reading is quite self-explanatory but maybe where you come from‚ you didn’t have to do it. Summer reading is basically where the county provides a list of books and depending on your Lexile score‚ a test we took at the end of the year‚ you would choose six books to read during the summer. Summer reading was for all students from kindergarten to 12th grade. In elementary and middle school I felt
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All Summer in a Day The short story All Summer in a Day‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ is a fictional tale with a theme based upon friendship and childhood experiences. The reader delves in to this world and we’re faced quite early on with the harsh realities that not all childhood experiences are good ones‚ especially not for the main character in this story. In this instance‚ we follow the hardship of the lead character as she faces bullying from her fellow students and this of course leads the reader to
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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury No one in the class could remember a time when there wasn’t rain. “Ready?" "Ready." "Now?" "Soon." "Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today‚ will it?" "Look‚ look; see for yourself!" The children pressed to each other like so many roses‚ so many weeds‚ intermixed‚ peering out for a look at the hidden sun. It rained. It had been raining for seven years; thousand upon thousands of days compounded and filled
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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
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I’ll never forget the summers when my sisters and I spent the whole summer with our grandparents. Grandpa Jerry Trotter and Granny Velma Trotter. My grandparents live in McNab‚ Arkansas in the country on large acres of land outside of Fulton‚ Arkansas. We had many grand adventures and loads of fun the summer visits even though we were in the country. One of my adventures involved learning how to ride and drive a 4-wheeler that belonged to Grandpa Jerry. It was at the fastest bike I have been on
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In the story All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury Humans have inhabited Venus and the sun only comes out every seven years for an hour. In the story the kids lock a fellow student in the closet because she believes the sun is going to appear that day. The teacher wasn’t in the room at the time‚ but she came back and asked if everyone was there. All of the students exclaimed yes. After that the sun came out for an hour. Which the sun comes out every seven years for an hour. All the kids go outside
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“All Summer In A Day” “All summer in a day” is a short story by Ray Bradbury about people living on the planet Venus and the weather conditions they live with. One might ask for the purpose of why Bradbury would write such a depressing and saddening story. The reason for that is to stress his audience of the importance of the little things in our everyday lives. We tend to take things for granted and lose our appreciation for them but do not stop to notice how important they are and how big of
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impacts on the overall society. John Foulcher depicts the idea of the lack of connection of our society with the Mother Nature and with others through his poem “Summer Rain”. Not only this he also indicates that we are not only blowing the humanity away but also condemning nature. Foulcher starts his poem with an ironic topic ‘Summer Rain’ which usually sets up expectations of nature‚ joy‚ cleansing and beauty but instead we see disconnection from nature‚ traffic jam and pollution. Our society
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A Hopeless Solution "A Summer Tragedy" is a short story written by Arnaud Bontemps. “A Summer Tragedy" starts with Jeff Patton‚ an elderly African-American man‚ putting on his finest fancy dress clothes that he has worn barely than a handful of times. Having difficulty tying his bowtie‚ Jeff calls for his wife‚ with his thick southern accent‚ to assist him. Despite her being blind and even feebler than Jeff‚ she succeeds in tying his bowtie and returns to her bedroom to finish dressing in her little
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Irwin Shaw’s short story "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" is about a couple’s marriage in danger. The man in the relationship‚ Michael‚ desires other women. His wife‚ Frances‚ knows this and is confused about her feelings in their committed relationship. Michael and Frances are jeopardizing their marriage. Both of them have different attitudes and expectations for a committed relationship therefore leading to a failing marriage. Michael desires other women regardless of the fact that he is
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