Despite the fact that the summer story involves the free expression of oneās thoughts and does not provide for any specific knowledge, many of this type of work is not easy. After all, how can you write quickly and without difficulty, when you can write about virtually everything?
How to write any school essay
1. Any school student opus should consist of three parts - introduction, conclusion and main part. This means that you canāt just start the text with words, for example, āOne summer sunny day I went for mushrooms to the nearest pine forestā. A couple of introductory sentences are needed, for example, if we write a story about the summer, they will be as follows:
- I waited a very long summer vacation and was very happy when they finally arrived.
- I was overwhelmed with emotions on the first day of my school holidays. I knew that this summer would be special, and that great things awaited me.
- Summertime is a wonderful time, because the street is warm, everything blooms and turns green. And in the summer there is a great opportunity to relax and go out of town, which I did.
- I really love summer, because at this time you can walk a lot, it is light in the evenings, and it is so warm outside that you donāt need to put on a lot of clothes. In the summer I usually go to the camp. So it was this year.
Moreover, the introduction and conclusion should not occupy more than a third of the story.
2. The content of the studentās work should cover the topic of work, and not touch on it in passing. That is, for example, if a student writes an essay about the summer, then you should not occupy half a page with information about how difficult it was to take exams in May, or to compare summer vacations with winter ones and devote most of them to the latter. In fact, any essay is the answer to the question posed in the topic. Here the question is quite specific: "What happened in the summer?".
3. It is also worth dividing the text into paragraphs. One huge layer of text without semantic breakdowns looks monstrous. The essay must contain at least three paragraphs. As you might guess, this is precisely the introduction, the main part and the conclusion.
Why are children forced to write short stories about the summer
The essay on summer vacations is primarily intended to set students up to work. Over the summer, they are a little weaned to learn, and express their thoughts in writing. This essay is intended to make children strain their brains, remember what they forgot in three months of rest, and enter a working rhythm. Well, a little to brag to classmates, for example, suddenly someone went to the sea, to warmer climes, parachuted, went to a language camp, had a wonderful birthday, etc.
Also, this type of essay on free topics helps children better learn how to express their thoughts. In addition, it is a certain general control of knowledge.
If a student, for example, in an essay on literature cannot describe a character because he did not read the work in which he is mentioned, this does not mean that the child cannot write. He simply lacks theoretical knowledge specifically about this hero. You need to read the work again.
Or if a student cannot answer a question in a German lesson, what is the German economy, this does not mean that he does not know German, maybe he really just does not know about the economic situation in Schiller and Goethe. Underexplored. However, the story about the summer in German will give a general idea of āāthe studentās knowledge, because in this type of composition he can use those words that are familiar to him, and not just highly specialized vocabulary (as in the aforementioned case with the German economy). At a foreign language lesson, essays about summer vacation just very well help to understand how well a student speaks the language. Complex topics may not be covered by all. Not all experienced some specific events in life. Everyone had a summer vacation.
Summer Writing Plan
A plan should be in every job, even the smallest. For example, even if a summer story for children consists of only a few sentences, it still needs to be written in a specific format. So, the introduction should indicate what the student will write about. In the main part there is already a statement of events. The conclusion contains conclusions. This plan specifically for writing about summer vacation can be structured and presented in the form of a list:
- Topic designation (summer has come and with it the long-awaited summer vacation; we all have been waiting for this time for a long time; I am happy to fly and vacation).
- Designation of a specific event or events (the most interesting day was ..., most of all I remember the following ...).
- Description of the highlight of the event or events.
- Conclusions (I liked the summer; it was one of the most interesting vacations in my life, next year I will definitely go there again).
How to get a coherent story
In the story about the summer, you need to pay attention to the relationship of the text elements with each other. For example, it will not be very harmonious if the student simply writes āin June ... in July ... in Augustā and lists the events of three months. It is much better to try to make it beautiful so that one flows from the other.
Wrong: In June, I was sitting at home because my parents worked. In July we went to the sea.
That's right: I spent June in the city as my parents continued to work. I read a lot and walked in the park. In June, I was not able to swim. But in July, everything was completely different. Then my family and I went to the sea.
What to write in the essay
Summertime offers a huge selection of topics that can be covered in your story. Briefly they can be designated as follows:
- Description of nature, wonderful weather, picturesque landscapes, etc. Suitable for those who like to spread thought on the tree, describe things more than events.
- A story about a specific event that is most remembered. This is just an option for those students who love specifics. Of the 91 days, one is chosen, the most beloved, and it is he who is described.
- A detailed story about the summer describing the events of June, July, August. This is an option for those who love to write, who have no problems with expressing thoughts and structuring the text.
Landscape sketches
If you just describe the nature and wonderful weather outside the window, you will already get a beautiful story. For example, even if the child did not go anywhere during the summer holidays, he still noticed how everything had changed, managed to enjoy the warm days. Even a simple walk in the park can be the topic for a little story about the summer. A child can describe how beautifully the flowers bloom in the meadows, what bizarre shapes clouds have in the azure sky, how the birds sing in the summer forest.
The story of one day from the summer
You can describe any summer events, for example, one day of summer time (on a picnic, on a river) or the fragment that is most remembered. Children, as a rule, most of all expect a bathing or trip out of town or at sea. Therefore, a description of a trip to the lake, a trip on vacation will be helpful.
You can also write about some holiday that was in the summer, for example, the birthday of the child or friend, a picnic trip to the park.
If a child is studying at a school with a bias on a foreign language, then in the story about the summer in English, you can include a story about talking with a foreigner, a trip to a language camp, etc.
Description of all vacation events
An essay on summer can be presented in the form of a coherent story about all the important events of this period. Here the main rule is that you need to be able to write about it coherently and relatively briefly (do not rant, otherwise there will not be enough notebooks). You can break the summer story into thematic groups and cover topics regardless of chronology.
For example, what you liked and didn't like during the holidays; time at home and travel time; meeting with friends and time left to oneself, etc.