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The document provides guidelines for students at Hialeah Gardens High School to complete summer reading assignments for the upcoming school year. Students are instructed to read one work of fiction and one non-fiction book and write an essay for each following the outlined paragraph structures. For fiction essays, students must describe characters, setting, theme, plot, and provide an evaluation. For non-fiction, students must list facts learned, discuss strengths and weaknesses, explain the title, discuss factual accuracy, summarize the subject and influence on thinking. All assignments are due the first week of school to English teachers.
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