Reading Review No.5

I read a book "The Evil Genie.
There is a girl named Biff. She wanted to an experiment. So one day, she put a bottle over a tiny apple. I decided to wait until the apple grows. After a long, long time Biff went to see if the experiment was working. There was a big apple in the bottle. Biff showed the apple to her friends Nadim and Kipper. When they saw the apple, they were very amazed.
Suddenly, the majic key began to glow. The majic key took the children into another adventure. The majic key took them to a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. There are three people, Biff, Nadim, Kipper and Biff's pet dog Floppy. The island has only standing tree in the middle of on it. They thought it is not good adventure. Nadim climbed the tree because he can see a ship going past. Biff found a strange bottle sticking out of the sand. It was tied to the base of the tree. She untied the bottle and picked it up. Suddenly Nadim began to wave his hand. Fotunately, they encountered a boat. The boat came toward the island. There was a boy named Kamar on the boat. Kamar said he would rescue them, so they all climbed into the boat. Kamar journeyed the ocean to look for his father Hassan. His father has been missing for four years. Biff remembered the strange bottle which she found in the island. She pulled the cork. Then, it was loud bang and a cloud of smoke An evil genie shot out. There was a bad smell like rotten eggs. "I hate the man who put me in this bottle" said evil genie. The evil genie wants to pay back the man who put in the bottle. Suddenly, the genie grew very big and made a storm. The storm made soem big waves and snapped off the mast. The boat washed ashore on the beach. It hit some rocks and turned over, but nobody was hurt. They found a man and he ran towards them. He was very hairy person. He had a long beard and long hair. Surprisingly, he is Kamar's father Hassen. His sank in the storm. After that, he has been lived a small hut for four years. When they talked each other, there was a big sound and a terrible smell of rotten eggs. The evil genie appeared. Biff's pet dog floppy hated the ginie, so he bark and snarl at the genie. Because the genie hated the dog, he flew away. However, the genie was very vengeful. There was a big bird on the top of the island. The genie went to near the bird and he used his power to the bird. "Get he dog" he said. The bird flew down from the mountain. The flying speed was so fast that Floppy was picked in its claws. They wanted to help Floppy hurry, but the majic key began to glow. The majic took the children home behind Floppy. They wanted to go to adventure again to help Floppy.(522words)

written by:Hunt K. Brychta A.(2001)

April Fool!

I read a book titled April Fool.
Today is April first. There are three children named Will, Sam and Cory. Will talk to other children over walking along to the school.
Will said " I saw an elephant whose body was big and the elephant had on a hat". "The elephant rode a bicycle". "Then he raced with a bus that was going to town. "On arriving to the town, the elephant picked up five kids and gave them ride". Sam and Cory doubted if Will tell true story or lie. Will continued to tell the story. "The elephant stood on one leg and sang through his trunk".
Finally, other children said "it's lie". after that,"Apri Fool" Will said.(120words)


Written by Ziefert H. (2000)
illustrated by Demarest C.

My other classes

I take a lot of other classes this year. Some classes are so difficult for me. For example, I take linguistics. It will be good for me, but it is difficult for me. Tuesday is the hardest day for me. I have only one class on Wednesday, this day is the easiest for me. As I lost some credits last year, so I would like to get all the credits this year.
I take biology. This class is very easy for me to study. I learn about ancient creatures. I'm interested in about creatures.
I must study harder than last year. I try not to be absent for classes! (110words)

Dear My Host Family

Hello, my name is Yoshimasa T. I am very happy to stay your home. Please let me introduce myself. I’m nineteen years old. My birthday is October 27th. I was born in Kumamoto prefecture. I will have been lived in Kumamoto for twenty years next year. I am a student of Kumamoto Gakuen University. I usually go to school by bicycle. If it is rainy day, I go to school by car. My favorite food is chicken. When I go to restaurant, I always order chicken. I also like sweets. For instance, I like chocolate cake, steamed bun and so forth. 　I like to eat very much. Then, I will introduce about my family. I have no brothers and sisters.　I have a small family. We are a family of three; my father, my mother and I. My father is forty seven years old and my mother is forty three years old. I and my father particularly get along well. So my father and I do and talk as if we are a friend or brother. My father is substitute of my brother.
I have a lot of hobbies. Especially, I like to play basketball. When I was a junior high school student, I began to play basketball. As I don’t have so quick reflexes, I cannot play well at first. But I took part in all the practices everyday and my skills were gradually increased. So, now to play basketball is my hobby. I play basketball every Mondays with my friends. We borrow a gym and play some games. It makes me happy. I often watch sports on TV like soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball. I also like to listen to music so much. I often listen to music while I go to school; I want to relax and so on. My favorite artist is B’z. The vocal’s voice is so high and cool. I have all the CDs that they released. I would like to go to their concert with my friends. I spend much money for them. I like Michel Jackson too. My favorite songs are Beat it, Black or White, Bad and Thriller.
I was very sad when he died last year. He left a lot of legends. I think his name remains in the future.
I work swimming instructor as a part time job. I chose this job, because I like children very much. Children’s smiling faces make me happy. I found it is difficult to teach something other people. I learned many things while I’m working.
I have studied English for seven years. In fact, I didn’t like to study English in my junior high days. But, When I was fifteen years old, I thought English is very interesting. It was so close to my life. One day, I want to know the word “Aquarius” means. After I knew that means, I was attracted the interest of English. So I decided to go to University. I would like to master great English skills. I want to meet you early. I’m looking forward to meeting you! (509words)

How I study English

I like English. English is necessary to learn words, listening, speaking, writing, reading, grammar and so on. Especially, I think that to learn a lot of English words is the most important thing. When I try to study English, I study words as a first step. Next, I study about English grammar. If I understand these two things, I can read English sentences. However, this is not enough to learn about English. Of course, English is a language, we need to contact other people. So we must communicate many English people adn our English skills increase. (96words)(total 2567)

My Hometown

I was born in Kumamoto in Kumamoto city. I will have been living in Kumamoto twenty years next years. Do you know Kusunoki? I live in there. No all the people know about Kusunoki. I will introduce about Kusunoki.
It is placed between Musashigaoka and Shimizu. In detail, it is 2km from Hikarinomori. Kusunoki is so countryside that there are not big shopping mall and some amusement places.
From my house to Kumamoto Gakuen University is about 6km.I usually go to Kumamoto Gakuen University by bicycle. It took about thirty minutes. If we have heavy rain, I go to school by car. All the classes that I take now begin first period. So if I go to school by car, I am caught in a traffic jam in North bypass. It often takes fifty minutes.
By the way, I live in housing development with my family. It is to be rebuilt by next year. The briefing session about that will be held this summer. So I and my family are going to move to Nagamine. It is near the red cross hospital. There is my grandparent’s house in Nagamine. If my family moves to Nagamine we and my grandparents live together. It is happy for me because I can meet my grandparents everyday and care for them. I like Nagamine better than Kusunoki. There is a road named Kokutaidouro near the Nagamine. There are so many shops that I like very much. For instance, There are joyful, mister Dornut, sushi shop and son on. As I often go to these shops, I think Nagamine is a very good place for me. However, I feel sad for a little because I have many friends in Kusunoki. If I move to Nagamine, I cannot meet my friends many times. So I have complex feeling now.(308words)

Reading Review No.4

I read Chriatmas Adventure.
It was Christams Eve. The children were excited, but Mum was hot and Dad was cross.
"Christmas is hard work," said Dad. Dad put up some decorations. He wanted the children to help, but they didn't want to. They were watching TV. Dad turned off the television. "It's time to help," said Dad.
There is a key. The key began to glow and it took the children to the land of Father Christmas. The children were excited. They all wanted special presents. There is a house and bell. The children rang the door bell, but nobody come to the door. They found another house and went inside. They met an old man sleeping on chair. He is the Father Christmas. He had not put up his decoration and had no dinner. He is so busy that he cannot cook and put his decorations. The children sorry for Father Christas. They found a Christmas tree and put it up. They found some decorations and put them up. After that, children made some strawberry jam sandwiches. Father Christmas put on his red coat and he laughed. Everyone cheered. "Thank you," said Father Christmas. Just then, the key began to glow. The children parted from Father Christmas. The magic key took the children home. It was Christmas again. "What else can we do to help?" said children.

This story was very interesting. I remembered my childhood.


Hunt R. Brychta A. (1994) Oxford University
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