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Despina Katsirouba

7A English

Mrs. Jeftic

                Like every other kid my age, I am tired of going holiday with my parents and not have company with me of my age. To be honest I always wished I would live the perfect vacation ideal to the ones kids have in the Hollywood movies. I have tried it but I failed many times because my friends enjoy their own vacation in other places outside of Greece since they have an additional one more month for summer holiday. But this year is going to be different, and the best of all of my sum total life till now. That is because as always I will not have school, my best friends are visiting me from Greece and my parents and I are visiting the gorgeous islands of Greece.

                As every summer, thank You, we have no school. That means no homework so more spare time and no stress, we will not have tiresome days, no ‘killing’ time with homework, we will have additional more time to sleep, well hopefully, and enjoy the ‘outside world’. The only drawback of summer vacation is that we can’t see friends so we are not going to be able to go and watch a movie and not have as much fun as we would if we had our friends with us all the time. To conclude not having school has its drawbacks and pros; no school, no boring days but no able to see friends…

                The second fact I am forwarding for at summer is the stopover of my best friends in Greece. The first thing we will do is go to the beach. We will play with the waves, get darker skin and eat ice-cream that I adore. The next thing we are going to do is go summer shopping! We are going to buy multicolored swimming suits and other swimming supplies and basically see what’s in fashion this summer. The last thing we are going to do at last and I look most forward for it is go to the movies with my friends from my old school, eat pop-corn and after go to the café across the cinema and eat the most tasty waffles I have ever tasted! So this summer with my friends coming from Belgrade we are going to go to the beach and eat ice-cream, go shopping and buy colorful swimming suits and at last go to the movies and they will have time to meet my friends from my earlier school.

                The last thing I am doing this summer is going vacation with my parents in Greek islands. We are going to swim and explore the sea, compete with my dad, of course win, and jump from the rocks. We are going to have lots of fun because when we usually go to restaurants my dad and I play bread fight but he usually starts it and we are going to visit the small souvenir shops and I am going to make my parents bizarre things and make fun of them. We are also going to visit museums like always like aquariums, national museum, of the islands, but there are not Madame Tussauds in Greece that they are the first museum we visit when we go to another country.

                As I mentioned at the beginning of the essay, this summer will be the best of all years , although sort, because we will not have school as always, my best friends are coming to Greece and I will go to islands with my parents and have fun with family friends. Thank God, we are not going to have homework, that means more time, we are going to have more time, sleep better hopefully, but we are not going to  be able to see our friends so that means not as much fun. I am also hosting my best friends at my house so we are going to have the option to go to the beach, play with waves, go shopping, see what’s in fashion and go to the cinema so they can meet up my friends.  At last with my parents we are going to visit islands and meet family friends, go swimming and compete with my dad, go to museums, national, and have fun by playing with my dad bread fight. This is going to be the best summer vacation ever that I am actually spending with my friends!

Essay Rough Draft

Essay Rough Draft

Despina Katsirouba

7A English

Mrs. Jeftic

                Like every other kid my age, I am tired of going vacation with my parents and not have company of my age. To be honest I always wished I would live the perfect vacation ideal to the ones kids have in the Hollywood movies. I have tried it but I failed many times because my friends enjoy their own vacation in other places outside of Greece since they have one more month for summer holiday. But this year is going to be different, and the best of all in my whole life till now. That is because as always I will not have school, my best friends are visiting me from Greece and my parents and I are visiting the beautiful islands of Greece.

                As every summer, thank You, we have no school. That means  no homework so more free time and no stress, we will not have boring days, no ‘wasting time with homework’ , we will have more time to sleep well hopefully and enjoy the ‘outside world’. The only drawback of summer vacation is that we can’t see friends so we are not going to be able to go and watch a movie and not have as much fun as we would if we had our friends with us all the time. To conclude not having school has its drawbacks and pros; no school, no boring days but not friends…

                The second thing I am forwarding for at summer is the visit of my best friends in Greece. The first thing we will do is go to the beach. We will play with the waves, get darker skin and eat ice-cream that I love. The next thing we are going to do is go summer shopping! We are going to buy colorful swimming suits and other swimming supplies and basically see what’s in fashion this summer. The last thing we are going to do at last and I look most forward for it is go to the movies with my friends from my old school, eat pop-corn and after go to the café across the cinema and eat the most tasty waffles I have ever tasted! So this summer with my friends coming from Belgrade we are going to go to the beach and eat ice-cream, go shopping and buy colorful swimming suits and at last go to the movies and they will have time to meet my friends from my previous school.

                The last thing I am doing this summer is going vacation with my parents in Greek islands. We are going to swim and explore the sea, compete with my dad, of course win, and jump from the rocks. We are going to have lots of fun because when we usually go to restaurants my dad and I play bread fight but he usually starts it and we are going to visit the small souvenir shops and I am going to make my parents weird things and make fun of them. We are also going to visit museums like always like aquariums, national museum, of the islands, but there are not Madame Tussauds in Greece that they are the first museum we visit when we go to another country.

                As I mentioned at the beginning of the essay, this summer will be the best of all years , although sort, because we will not have school as always, my best friends are coming to Greece and I will go to islands with my parents and have fun with family friends. Thank God, we are not going to have homework, so more time, we are going to have more time, sleep better hopefully, but we are not going to  be able to see our friends so that means not as much fun. I am also hosting my best friends at my house so we are going to have the chance to go to the beach, play with waves, go shopping, see what’s in fashion and go to the cinema so they can meet my friends.  At last with my parents we are going to visit islands and meet family friends, go swimming and compete with my dad, go to museums, national, and have fun by playing with my dad bread fight. This is going to be the best simmer vacation ever with my friends too.

                                                                                                                                                                                     

Essay Outline

Essay Outline

Title: This year summer holiday

Despina Katsirouba

Attention Getter: I am tired of summer vacations with no friends

First comment: to be honest I always wished I would live the perfect vacation like the Hollywood movies

Second comment:  have tried it

Third comment: this summer will be the best

Thesis:… because

·         as always we won’t have the worries of school

·         my best friends are coming

·         we will go other places with my parents

1^st supporting paragraph:

Topic sentence: no school

First supporting sentence: no homework

Detail: more free time

Detail: no stress

Second supporting sentence: no boring days

Detail: not ‘wasting time’ with homework

Detail: sleep well

Detail: enjoy the ‘outside world’

Third supporting sentence: not be able to see friends

Detail: not be able to hang out with them

Detail: not have as much fun

Concluding sentence: to conclude not having school is both a good and a bad thing

Second supporting paragraph

Topic sentence: my best friends are coming to Greece

First supporting sentence: go to the beach

Detail: play with the waves

Detail: get darker skin

Detail: eat ice cream

Second supporting sentence: go shopping

Detail: see what’s in fashion

Detail: buy swimming suits and hats and other swimming supplies

Third supporting sentence: go to the movies

Detail: with my friends from Greece

Detail: eat pop corn

Detail: eat waffles

Concluding sentence: this summer my friends are coming to Greece and we are going to have so much fun

Third supporting paragraph

Topic sentence: go vacation

First supporting sentence: swim

Detail: explore the sea

Detail: compete with my dad and win

Detail: jump from the rocks

Second supporting sentence: have fun

Detail: go to restaurants and play with food

Detail: visit souvenirs shops and make my parents to  wear weird stuff

Third supporting sentence: visit museums

Detail: aquariums

Detail: nationals

Detail: madame tussauds

Concluding: after Greece we are going to visit other places that are new to us and explore them

Concluding Paragraph

Restate Thesis Statement: This summer will be the best of all years, although sort, because we will not have homework as always, my best friends are coming from Belgrade and I will go to island with my parents  and have fun with family friends

First Point Summarized: as every summer we are not going to school and we are not going to have homework or “loose” our time with homework or assignments but we are not going to see our friends

Detail: we are going to have more time, sleep well but will not going have as much fun and hang out at usce

Second Point Summarized: my best friends are coming from Belgrade and I am going to host them at my house and we are going every day to the beach, shopping and to the cinema

Detail: we are going to eat ice cream, buy swimming suits and go to the cinema with my friends from my old school

Third point Summarized:  I am going to go to islands in Greece with my parents and meet friends, go swimming, visit museums and have lots of fun

Detail: I am going to compete with my dad and of course win, visit Madame Tussauds and have fun by visiting souvenir shops and giving my parents weird things to try on

Clincher Sentence: This is going to be the best vacation ever, with friends