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Freshman English--Summer Essay Written During Period 2, September 3

Summer Hot Day, Fyodor Vasilyev (1869)
Due In Class, September 3

 Attention ALL Ninth and Tenth Graders

 Summer Reading Essay

 When: Wednesday, Sept. 3

 Where: Your second hour class

 What: In class second hour, you will respond to a prompt based on the book you read this summer.

 Why: Your English teacher will grade this essay and it will count as a grade in that class.

Be sure to bring the following:

 * The handwritten or typed reading journal or notes you kept as you read
* Notebook paper and a blue or black pen
* You may NOT use any sources downloaded from the internet. The notes you use must be your own.
* You will staple your notes to your essay.

 “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” ―Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

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