Over the course of this summer I read four books. The books I read were Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry again. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling was the first book I read this summer and I really liked it. I decided to read the 5th Harry Potter book because I had it and I never really got a chance to read it. The book begins were it had left
behind on being advanced on my reading capabilities. I put my primary support service on my teachers and the lessons taught in class. I met my best friend in fifth grade and I figured out something
arrives. Summer reading/homework is designed to help students keep their knowledge over the long, non-educative hours of summer. Teachers think that making children read in the summer helps them. In fact, the opposite happens. Not only does the work stress and bore kids to death, it decreases the want to learn, not to mention taking time away from other tasks. Thus, summer homework should not be given because it does not help students as much as they think. Students should not get reading assignments
into high school this past summer, I was provided a summer reading book which had to be completed prior to my beginning of the ninth grade. I can see the teachers beginning to create their list of required reading that included “ A Separate Peace”. The question now can be asked, for the purpose of required pre high school summer reading, do books that are listened to, as audio books are, count as books that I have read and should I be credited with completing my summer reading assignment if I have never
Summer Reading Assignment The novels The Loved One, and Endurance can both easily be related to my life, and the world that I live in today. Each of these stories has a meaning that is timeless, and contains morals that can never be dated. Each story has something to offer the reader on many levels. It may teach a lesson, reveal a truth or just simply entertain. Out of these stories I will make a connection to one or more of my personal experiences, a text-to-text connection, and a connection between
"Why did you read all four books?" a peer asked me after I revealed my summer reading list. "Well," I said, "I thought they would punish me if I didn't." Was this a total lie to get someone off my back, or was it the truth? While it was probably a combination of both, I decided I read for myself. I read to find out about the issues I had been struggling with, like time and humanity. To have feelings that I have never experienced and to escape. With these books I was no longer a scared middle-class
Summer Reading Analysis The five of the literary works that were introduced and explained throughout the course of a few days, all conveyed extremely distinct, yet deep messages that will make the audience analyze these influential pieces even further. And from the presentations, readers can then compare and contrast these various books, though the ideas and writings expressed by the diverse authors that created them, in which most of their personal notions and experiences inspired them to set
Who enjoys summer reading? I know I don't but it's not just because i am not fond of reading or I just want to do nothing the whole summer, it's because it causes stress and some books are boring. I feel schools should lower the amount of books children must read during the summer or they could make students read a couple books but not have a report on them. On the subject of stress, stress is one of the main factors causing insomnia and other sleep disorders. Kids during the school year are super
During the summer of 1999, I have chosen to read the book, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Reading this book will better prepare me for my upcoming course of global studies because it deals with many of the regions and time periods we will be studying in class. Although this book was a classic that I thought I had known so much about, reading it and paying attention to the setting and surroundings of the young boy’s life, I noticed many historical events and customs from his time period. The following
As a young student in India, every June, the first day of school, I was asked to write an essay that was always titled: "How I spent my summer vacation". "And make it interesting," my teachers would advise. I assumed that mere recountings of my days spent reading Nancy Drews would not qualify as "interesting". Neither would my detailed accounts of making paper straws and trying to blow bubbles with glycerin solution. So I always made something uplike visits to fairly exotic locales like Poona. I
breaks happening frequently throughout the year.Year round school also means less summer boredom. Year-round school has many positive things about it which are beneficial to everyone working with the school including parents and their children. Students engaged in year-round school are less likely to forget material they learned before break. According to About.com, the shorter summer breaks help preventing summer learning loss in students. This means that since that information you learned over
nationwide in the United States. The need for long summer vacations is non-existent, as society has become industrialized. Implementing year-round schooling, and increasing the number of school days will allow the United States to invest more time into education in order to grow and build academic success. Back in the olden days, schools were originally put on a schedule in which students would spend the majority of the year in school, and 2-3 months off for summer break. The purpose of this was so that children
three-month vacation from learning every summer. This allows them to work, travel, and spend time with family. Most importantly, it allows them to sit back and relax after a long nine months of taking tests, writing papers, and stressing out about grades. However, despite all of the good things that come from it, summer break may be hurting students more than it is helping them. Recent studies indicate that students lose a significant amount of information over the summer due to inactivity of the brain, and
negative effects of summer vacation on students’ educational achievement has lead to the development of out-of-school-time (OST) programs. Loss of academic skills and knowledge attributable to being away from a directed learning environment over the summer months is referred to as summer learning loss. All children are susceptible to summer learning loss however, research often show that low-income students tend to lose two to three months of reading ability during the summer while their middle-class
with a couple of bored children knows that summer is the longest season. The school year has ended and children move from a highly regimented routine with scheduled studies and activities to almost unlimited freedom. Lazy, unstructured summers can lead to children spending too much time in front of the television or playing video games. Research shows that children can lose up to 60 percent of what they most recently learned over the course of the summer. Freedom from school obligations means that
The poem, “Summer Dawn”, by William Morris is narrated from an extensive perspective. It gives a comprehensive description about a particular transition time. The poem’s title encompasses two diverse words which depict a second in time. The title’s contradicting phrases give one a hint about the poem’s mood of uncertainty. Based on the title, the poem’s setting is in two different time frames. Dawn is a reference to a new beginning that is anxiety filled. The speaker attempts to convey a message
choose to organize their school calendars. BC School Districts currently follow a traditional school year calendar with students attending school approximately 190 days, most with a two week break in winter and spring and two months off during the summer months. “This model was very practical when the school calendar was designed to accommodate children with the needs of an agricultural economy” (qtd in Webb 5), and can be “described by some as outdated and irrelevant in today’s society” (Winter
or the dazzling, bright warm weather? In my opinion, going on week long trips or even small trips I would much rather visit in the summer. In the summer there are more things to do, school work isn’t as important, and it’s safer for everyone. Of course a small amount of people do love winter and all the snow, but from what I know, the majority of people enjoy summer much more than winter. It's lots of fun going on a grade eight trip with all your friends is lots of fun in winter, but when you have
According to Screenflex, “For a kid, there is nothing better than summer break. No pencils, no books, no more teachers with dirty looks; for a kid, an endless summer would be the best thing in the world.”(Screenflex1) The ongoing debate amongst our educational system revolves around the question of whether or not schools should be year-round. Educators are focusing on this question after looking at research that shows the United States is one of a few countries that has more than seven weeks of
Kazin's Summer: The Way to Highland Park Sitting on the marble steps of the old, traditional American church, I began to feel cold. Two oriental lions, carved out of old white marble, surrounded me. Their faces were mean, and they seemed to be staring at something. As the beasts remained perfectly still, tiny creatures – black ants and brown bugs –very busily walked on their backs. As I looked around from my cold spot on the step, I could see an old, brick house. This house was like none other