Dear Writing and Composition III students,
You all have done very well this year and made much progress
in writing. In order to be well prepared for classes next year, it is so
important to continue reading, writing, and thinking throughout the summer. Reading
and writing are the best ways to maintain your English reading skills as well
as improve in grammar, fluency, comprehension, etc. For your classes next Fall,
you will have assigned summer reading to complete, but I urge you to also read
for pleasure in English and read for information in English as much as you can.
And it is so crucial to keep your
writing skills in good shape too!
A few suggestions to help you stretch and grow this summer:
1)
Read news in English online (if you can access
npr.org or nytimes.org or other news websites, you can read and often watch
video or listen to broadcasts – listening to spoken English over the summer is
a good practice to keep up also).
2)
Watch movies or TV shows in English!
3)
Read blog posts about anything you are interested
in (in English).
4)
Don’t leave your summer reading to the week
before school. Read (and take notes!) on your books throughout the summer.
5)
Write reviews of the books you read and movies
you watch.
6)
Write letters and emails to your friends from CA
that you don’t see over the summer.
7)
Write poetry! Write songs! Write a love letter
to a secret crush (even an imaginary one)!
8)
Keep up your blog and write about what you’re
doing over the summer.
9)
Start a new blog about something else.
10)
Choose a new 30-Day challenge and write about
that!
11)
Keep a paper journal to reflect on your life in
writing.
12)
Keep a journal with a list of inspirational
quotes and write a little about them each day.
13)
Make a family tree and write a little about what
you know about each family member’s history, personality, and any other interesting
facts or memories.
14)
Take photos or draw pictures and write captions,
articles, or stories to go with them.
15)
Keep a dream journal that records the dreams you
have (while asleep or awake).
16)
Send me emails over the summer, share what you
are working on, and I will be sure to respond.
Lastly, I leave you with this quote from William Faulkner,
an American writer:
“Always dream and shoot
higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your
contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
Have a great summer: read, relax, enjoy, and be ready to
come back in the Fall and work! --Ms.
Guarino
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