Dear Students,
You've been doing some very good work with your reading. Keep going. Your book summaries are interesting. I hope they are useful to other students.
• If you are ready, try a level higher.
• Read a little every day. Try to read at the same time every day to develop a habit.
• Follow the same instructions as for May 18 for your new blog.
Email me if you have any questions.
Haruka Miyawaki 9
ReplyDeleteThe Last Sherlock Holmes Story
Level 3
mystery
1 This story was written by Dr Watson.
In 1926, he died and he left a locked box.
In this box, there was a story about Sherlock Holmes. We still don't know this story is true or fiction.
2 Sherlock Holmes became a detective in 1877.
He became a famous detective ten years later, but he didn't enjoy his job. One day, he met an interesting case and he tried to find a killer.
I would recommend this book. Because I love mystery and it is easy to read. If you like mystery, you have to read this book!
Yuko Hashimoto/5
ReplyDeleteGULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Level 4
adventure
1 A hero of this book, Gulliver traveled some places which are really odd for him. He thought that opinions of people who live in places he traveled was strange but he began to wonder why human beings can't live peacefully by seeing their behaviors.
2 Gulliver became a doctor after he graduated from a university. He voyaged a few times as a doctor of a ship because he always wanted to travel. He reached at Lilliput by accident because a ship he rode dashed against a rock, he also fell from the ship and he was carried to Lilliput by a stream of a sea.
I would recommend this book because this story is interesting and it is also easy to read. It will give you a chance to think about people we don't see in a real world.
Ayumi Hattori 6
ReplyDeleteA Tale of Two Cities
Level 4
a romance
1 The two cities in this story is Paris and London. Many people were killed during French Revolution, and most prisoners finally were killed by guillotine as you see in cover (title page). There are some murders in this story however people in these troubled times can still love and be kind…
2 Dr Manette is a main character in this story had been a prisoner in Bastille. However one day he met his daughter Lucie. They went back to London after being in prison. Then they lived peacefully, but two men came and she fell in love …
During stormy years of the Revolution, its dangerous secrets pull Lucie and the peple she loved back to Paris.
I would NOT recommend, because there are many characters so it was hard for me to understand each character,(complecated) so I may understand quite different. But the story was bit interesting.
Sayuri Oyama 3
ReplyDeleteTREASURE ISLAND
Level:4
adventure
1. A hero was Jim Hawkins who was a seventeen-year-old boy. His father run the Admiral Benbow inn. He met a pirate, Captain Flint there. Then his life changed to a daferous.
2. After the death of Captain Flint, he found a map of treasure island. He and his friends, Dr.Livesey and Squie Trelawney, decided to voyage to found Flint's trasure. On the other hand their enemies were chasing them to rob the treasure.
3. I would not recommend this book because it is a little difficult for me to understand. If I had used a dictionary, I would have understand it.
Miu Teramoto 4
ReplyDeleteDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Level 4
a mystery
1. It's famous story all over the world, and the word "Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" has become a synonym for a man with a double character.
This story is unfolding that Mr.Utterson who is one of Dr.Jekyll's friend found out the evil and terrible man, Mr.Hide. At last, he could find him out. Who is the identity of Mr.Hide?
2. One day, Mr.Utterson the lawyer received a testament from Dr.Jekyll. It said "If I die, or if I disappear for more than three months, I wish to give all my legacy to my dear friend, Edward Hyde." He never heard the name before, so he wondered and worried about him.
At the same time, a mysterious man beat an old man to death. The criminal of this murder case is just Mr.Hyde.
I would recommend this book, because it's really interesting. I think all people are Dr.Jekyll, and also we are Mr.Hyde. In brief, we live with both well and evil.
If you have already read "The Last Sherlock Holmes Story" and liked it, you should try to read this book. I think you'll enjoy this story.
Sae Urata 2
ReplyDeleteFar from the MADDING CROWD
level 5
love romance and suspence
The main character of this story is Bathsheba, who beatiful girl and has own farm. She met three men who want to get married with her but she didn't want to do at fitst.
The first man who is a shepherd proposed to her but she didn't accept because she still want to have independence.
Then she met an armt man who serious middele-aged man and she got married with him after his ex wife was dead. However he disappearesuddenly and everyone thought he was dead.
Last one is handsome young soldier. Because of her not serious love letters, they became closer and got married. Thier wedding went well but the second man came there and killed her new husband and he was took to jail and she became alone.
Afeter that case, She visited the rich one's grave yards and happened to meet Shepherd one which askeed her to marry at first and got married.
I would recommend this book because her life thrilled me with 3 times marriages. It was not hard to read even level 5.