Summer reading is always a topic with many different sides. Some people love it‚ and some people want the school to just back out of their summer. I’m right in between. I don’t love summer reading‚ but I know it’s important and serves many purposes. One of the purposes is to keep our minds active during the summer. I know if I didn’t have to read over the summer I wouldn’t. Summer reading kind of forces me to read‚ but in a good way. I end up really liking some of the books I read over the summer
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many of us need to do whatever we can to prepare for our future. Reading is an amazing way to help us. Summer reading should be required because it builds students knowledge on a topic and because it keeps their mind’s focused over the break. We will gain many advantages just by picking up a book. It is known that reading makes you smarter. Reading a book over the summer can advance your knowledge on a topic. Teachers assign reading and assignments to prepare you for your future education and careers
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Summer Reading Over the summer‚ I did not read. I was in the car a lot‚ going back and forth between Illinois and Washington. Most of the time‚ I forgot to bring a book‚ and when I did remember‚ I only read little bits of the book‚ or it was a book turned into a movie‚ but we cannot do a report over books turned into movies. Don’t get me wrong‚ I love to read‚ to enter a different world and usually become the main character‚ and it saddens me that I never found the time for reading during summer
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Reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians‚ The Lightning Thief‚ is a book about a twelve-year-old boy named Percy Jackson who learns he’ s a demigod. As the son of Poseidon he is sent on a quest with his friends Annabeth and Grover. They must find Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt and return it by the summer solstice to avoid a war with the gods. Along the way they learn about trust‚ betrayal‚ and courage. This book has many themes but some of the important ones are Trust‚ Betrayal‚ and Courage.
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Summer Reading Assignment: Newspaper Unbroken By: Laura Hillenbrand The Torrance Gazette “The Torrance Tornado‚” Now “the Torrance Olympian” On a sweltering day in July‚ our hometown hero represented Torrance in Olympic fashion. Louie Zamperini attempted his bid at a spot on the US Olympic team yesterday during the grueling 5000m race at the Olympic Trials. For those of you who do not know‚ this distance is unfamiliar territory for Louie‚ but he felt that his chances of winning a spot were
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The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ consists of numerous pieces of advice dealing with universal wisdom. In this novel‚ Santiago‚ a shepherd boy‚ learns and matures on the journey to find his Personal Legend‚ his life’s ultimate accomplishment. He faces many difficult decisions along the way but once he begins to listen to his heart he found love‚ treasure‚ and the ability to turn into wind. Like Santiago‚ a reader can grow to feel more knowledgeable from the words of Coelho because his advice can be
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The Alchemist is a book written by Brazilian author Paulo Cohelo.It tells the story of a young boy Santiago and his journey as a shepherd.Soon after Santiago has a dream about a treasure hidden inside the pyramids of Egypt.He soon realizes he needs to fulfill his personal legend and that everybody on Earth has a purpose in life.“The universe conspires in our favor”.When the universe conspires in our favor and with a little work from us we are able to fulfill personal legends and the things that come
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Anika Jensen Peterman Per 4 English 4AP August 9‚ 2014 Summer Homework The Awakening 1. What is the author’s purpose in delivering this literary piece to the public? Kate Chopin writes about a high class wife and mother who lives in the United States South named Edna Pontellier who pursues a career as an artist‚ all the while longing after a man she loved. Kate creates this story in order to convey that women are capable of having the same desires as a man and should be allowed to pursue
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Simrohn Iftekhar Mr. Demmers 9A Summer Reading Assignment (The Pearl by John Steinbeck) I. Examine Steinbeck’s use of imagery. Writers carefully choose their words in order to convey vivid images to the reader. Re-read the first three paragraphs of the novel (pp.1-2)* and answer the following questions: 1. What visual image does Steinbeck create? He creates an image of very early morning when the stars are out and the sky is still dark. He paints the setting of a small and quaint house on the
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course of life. Destiny leads journeys and is relayed through our dreams. And this is what both books The Alchemist and The Fifth Mountain are trying to prove. Both books share the themes of destiny‚ dreams and the journey through life. Background of Study Writers write and readers read. Although vast information has been shown recently in the Internet‚ the human race is still devoted to reading. Personally‚ I always try to read at least five books a month‚ either old‚ new or a classic. For me‚
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