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Given the nature of the 2011 summer reading program, you had significant autonomy in selecting the books you would read. While you were responsible for completing a proposal, you were not given other assignments to complete over the summer. As indicated on your proposal form, you are required to write a letter to your 2011-12 Language Arts teacher that demonstrates your thoughtful reading of your book. We have chosen to break this down further into three focused "Power Paragraphs" for two reasons, one, to introduce you to the idea of a power paragraph, and two, to assist you in covering all aspects of the assignment.

__ Prompt for Paragraph One - A Reflection of Your Choice __ ** click edit and paste your response here **
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Wednesday, 8/24 **

Last year we had to read the book //so lonely// written by Per Nilsson in school. In the book a boy loves a girl but she doesn't love him and he doesn't realize. I didn't like the book, because it is boring and I didn't understand the behavior of the main character. I think you know, from the beginning of the book, how it will end. That's why I don't like the book.

Nilsson, Per: __//So Lonely//__ (Paperback) "Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag" April 1st 1999

__ Prompt for Paragraph Two - A Discussion of What You Gained by Reading Your Book __ ** click edit and paste your response here **
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Thursday, 8/25 **

After I read the book //so lonely// I was nervous about my year here, because it could be, that the same, happened to the boy, would happen to me. During his stay in the US in the middle of the book he sent lots of letters to the girl. He wrote, that it is very cool there, that the people are very nice and that everyone wants to be his friend. But in reality it wasn’t as fantastic and successful as he wrote. I hope I can tell my friends that the year here in the US was very successfully and awesome without lying.

__ Prompt for Paragraph Three - What to do With it... __ ** click edit and paste your response here **
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Sunday, 8/28 **

I think that the boom //so lonely// was written for teenagers, because the story is about teenagers. But I am of the opinion, that adults also will enjoy reading the book. It is written sweetly with lots of feelings. The book is for boys and girls but I think that more girls will read the book because of my opinion lots of boys aren’t very interested in stories about love. I also think that the book //so lonely// is a good book to read in school, maybe in 8th grade. The book is very easy to read and to understand and it is written well. The readers will enjoy the book, because it is with a lot of emotion and it is written variedly. The book is written in the present but every second chapter shows the memoirs of the boy.


 * Scoring: Your three paragraphs will be given one overall grade, and the timeliness of your posts will be reflected in your "timeliness" grade. **

// An outstanding response to the prompts will include the following: //
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly establishes the focus on the prompt
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence I liked your personal connection in paragraph two
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your book (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning Be sure to leave yourself time to have someone read through your work to help you edit