Reading Review No.8

I read "Rockets and spaceships".
Astronauts are scientists who travel in space. They go to space with a rocket. Some astronauts have travelled on the moon. They explored the Moon and picked up dust and rocks for scientists to study. To serch the Moon is not easy because the temperature of the Moon is over -30℃.
Astronauts uses space shuttle which is loaded rocket engines. It can carry satellites. Satellites send signals from one part of the world to another and do a lot of jobs in our life. For example, we use these signals when we watch television, talk on the tlephone, car navigation system and so on.

I'm very interested in the space, so I enjoyed reading this book. (120words)

Written by: Wallance K. (2001)

Reading Review No.7

I read book "A Trip to the zoo".
There are two children Billy and Matt. They are a brother who like animals very much. In the holidays, their mother took them to a zoo. Billy and Matt were so glad to go to the zoo. They saw alot of animals at the zoo, elephants, rhinos, zebras, tigers, giraffes, gorillas, sea lion, squirrel monkeys, koalas and so on. Billy and Matt wish they could take some animals home. When the got home, they painted pictures of all the animals they had seen. They felt that they were taking are of their pets.
I learned about the words of some animal's name. This book could be done to learn about the animals! (120words)

Lofthouse A. (2003)9780751346206

Reading Review No.6

I read "Land of the Dinosaurs".
There are four children, Biff, Nadim, Chip nad Wilf.
First, there is a model of a house which will take children majic adventure. Then, the children went through the door of the majic house. The majic took the children to the land of the dinosaurs. A lot of grasses grow thickly. The children found a giant dragonfly and a big footpoint. Biff took some pictures. Nadim found some eggs near the footpoint. One of the eggs began to crack and a little dinosaur came out of the egg. Suddenly, a flying dinosaur which looks like Pteranodon appeared and it picked uo the little dinosaur in its teeth. Biff picked a stick and ran out. She cried "Go away". The dinosaur was astounded and flew away. The children set the little dinosaur free. Next, a giant dinosaur appeared. It looks like very fierce. The children remembered the footpoint. They thought it must be its footpoint. They were so frighten of the dinosaur that they ran away. In spite of the fear, Biff took a picture. After that, the majic key began to glow. The majic took the children to Biff's bedroom. Biff wanted to show the pictures of the adventure, but it had not put a film in the camera.(234words)

This story made me feel uneasy just to see it. I thought it was very funny the last of this book!

written by:Hunt R. Brychta A. (2003)

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)