尊敬的家长们，
我希望九年级的中文课有助于加强你们和自己的子女之间的交流沟通。希望你们假期间抽空阅读我的前些届学生的感人泪下的“我父母艰苦奋斗的故事”。希望你们喜欢这些短文，因为它们是我们大家有过的共同历程。请打开以下几个校刊link：
There will be no Chinese school for the next two Sundays. For the last two weeks of this semester, we will have the review on 01/15/2017, and the final exam on 01/22/2017.
To help your child prepare for the exam essay “我父母艰苦奋斗的故事”, you may find the following information helpful. Please open the link below and find the listed page number:
https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/past/2009_03.pdf page 10 – 12
https://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/past/2008_06.pdf page 14 – 17
http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/journal/past/2007_03.pdf page 2 – 3
Please also see the textbook: Lesson 6, Page 55-56, 成语故事: 艰苦奋斗
Please help your child becoming proficient in Microsoft Word Chinese, so s/he can write his/her essay for the exams with this software.
The minimum 250 words including the tile “我父母艰苦奋斗的故事”, 九年级甲班, 学生中文姓名, 日期，标点符号， are required. 1. Please email the essay to me before 1 PM on the exam day. 2. Please print the essay and bring the paper copy to the classroom and turn it in with 考卷 on the exam day.
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