Midsummer Essay and Book Report Course

Well then, this time I'm changing things up from the usual and talking about my main line of work.
This summer, I'll be holding an essay writing course for students at a certain prep school, and I'm currently busy with various preparations.
However, it would be a waste to just throw away all the research I've done for a single week once it's over, so I thought I'd share some tips on how to write, or perhaps provide some motivation here, and that is what this post will be about.

First, let's talk about "book reports" for students from upper elementary school to junior high.
Recently, I've heard that submitting a book report as a school assignment is no longer mandatory but optional, but well, if you ask me, there is nothing easier than a book report.
You might retort, "What? That's a pain!", but that's just something people who have a mental block against it would say.
After all, unlike math or physics, you don't need to come up with a single correct answer, right? You just have to write your own thoughts.
I don't think there's any homework more laid-back than that.

However, even so, there are many people who say, for example, "It's a hassle to have to read a book."
I completely understand the feeling of, "Why do I have to read a book I don't even want to read?" But you should be able to choose between a designated book or one you pick yourself.
There are designated books precisely because many people say, "I don't know what I should read," so if you really want to read a different book, please consult with your teacher.

Now, here is the main point.
Do you think that for a book report, you have to read the book and write a critique?
Well, if you can do that and you enjoy it, that's fine, but there are people who don't read books,
or don't want to read them, right? Like, they can't find any interest in them.
For those people, try thinking of it this way.

"A book report is a self-introduction."

Well, what I mean by that is that a book report for a school assignment is neither a summary of the book nor a critical essay.
What is being asked for in a report is "what you thought about it."
For example, to use "Momotaro" as an easy-to-understand example, there should be various thoughts after reading that work.
"There's no way a human could be born from a peach."
"Why take animals with you? That's animal abuse."
"Attacking the ogres out of the blue is quite a nuisance from the ogres' perspective."
But for some reason, what everyone submits is, "I'm glad the ogres were defeated."
It is true that Momotaro is a story where Momotaro and his animal companions defeat ogres who do bad things. At the very least, that is all that is written in the book.
But as a reader, you feel a bit conflicted, right? You should just declare, "I feel conflicted about this part of the story," and write about what you thought regarding that conflict.

So, for a while, I'm going to hold a course on how to write essays.

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