2012年12月19日水曜日

BR 2-14: The Mystery of the Missing Dog

Except for his tail, Chip's dog, Max, was invisible! So was Chip. But at least Chip wore clothes. (No page number.)

When I went to the library at KGU, I picked this book. I saw the cover of the book, and I found invisible boy and  dog in the picture. I thought this story would be fun then. This story is about an invisible boy, Chip, and his friends, Justin and Charlene who look for missing Chip's dog, Max. One day, they decided to take pat in the dog show. However, the judges of the dog show won't be able to see Max, so they colored Max by using food coloring. Max can be seen by everyone. On the day of the dog show, they met some participants and their dogs. As Max walked around, the color fade, and Max became invisible again. They lost sight of Max. They tried to find him very hard. They searched the clue to find him. If you want to know the continuation of the story, please read it.

This book is level 3 in the English Garden of KGU library. You may think it is difficult to read. If you think that, you are wrong. It is easy to read, so I want you to read it. I recommend you this book. It is an interesting story.


Reference
Levy, Elizabeth.(1995). The Mystery of the Missing Dog. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
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2012年12月17日月曜日

BR 2-13: Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas

“Every year, two weeks before Christmas, Fang gets a Christmas card from his mother in the mail,” Annie said. (p.3) 

I picked this book because I became a fan of Nate the Great series. When I saw the title of the book, I found a word “Christmas.” It is December now, so I thought this book was just right for this season. This story is about a boy who is a detective, and he solves the cases with his dog Sludge. In this story, his friend Annie came to him, and she asked him to solve the problem. Annie’s dog Fang got a Christmas card from his mother every year, but he has not received it yet this year. Nate the Great and Sludge have to do a lot of things, so they didn’t want to find clues and solve the case on the day. However, they are kind, so they tried to solve the problem with Annie and Fang. If you want to know the answer and the continuation of the story, please read it.

Also, this book has fun activities pages. First, there are explanations about snowfall, types of snow and Christmas catalogs. Next, it shows six fun things to do on snowy day. I want to try them if it snows this year. Lastly, it shows how to make four things. When you read them, you can know how to make potato pancakes, applesauce, Greeting cards and dog biscuits. I want to make them too. Reading these pages was very fun for me, so I want you to read it. 


Reference 
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman & Craig. (1996). Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas. New York, NY: Random House.
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BR 2-12: The Cobble Street cousins #4: Some Good News

“I have an idea,” Lily said one evening as the cousins played Scrabble in the attic. (p.5) 

I picked this book because I thought it was a pretty book when I saw this book. I also thought this book would make me happy when I saw its title. This story is about three girls who make a newspaper in cooperation. Three girls’ names are Lily, Tess and Rosie. Lily and Rosie are sisters, and Tess is their cousin. Lily wants to be a poet. Tess wants to be a Broadway star. Rosie wants a little cottage with flowers by the door. One day, three girls played together. Then, Lily caught up with a great idea. It was to make a newspaper. They interviewed a man, worked themselves in each room, and so on. They worked very hard to complete their first paper. If you are interested is this story, please read it. This book will make you feel calm.

This story is set in spring. The sentences are beautiful, so the pictures of the book are black and white, but you will be able to image colorful scenes. In the middle of the book, there is the newspaper three girls made. It is very fun to read. Moreover, this book is one of the Cobble Street Cousins series. The series have six stories. This book is fourth story. I felt it was interesting for me, so I also want to read other stories. I want you to read the book too.

Reference 
Rylant, Cynthia. (1999). The Cobble Street cousins #4: Some Good News. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.

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2012年12月12日水曜日

Essay 2-03b: Revised essays

Hello! Our team is Hikari, Mitsuki and Rina. We chose Anne Hathaway, so we will introduce about her. She is an American actress. And she is thirty years old now, but she has appeared in a lot of movies. She made her debut as a movie star at nineteen. Her first movie is The Princess Diaries. She got Best actress of Broadcast Film Critics Association in 2009, and she is also nominated Academy Award for Best Actress. She is a famous actress! This essay aims to compare three movies, focusing on Anne Hathaway. Three movies are The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada and Alice in Wonderland.

First, The Princess Diaries was made in America, and it was shown in 2001. This is her first movie as a leading actress. This movie is a cinderella story. In this movie, Anne Hathaway's part is a girl who goes to high school. Her name is Mia. She was retiring, shy and stupid. Her parents had divorced, and she lived with her mother.

One day, few weeks before Mia's 16th birthday, her grandmother, Clarisse, on her father's  side came to see her from Europe. Mia and her grandmother had never seen before. Clarisse told Mia that she was a queen of Genovia, it was a small European kingdom, and Mia was a person of succession. First, Mia would like to give up the right. However, she concerned her father, and she decided that she took an education for a princess by the day of a ball three weeks later, and she was going to choose the choices that she came to the throne or not then. Her father kept on concerning Mia, after he and her mother divorced, and he sent Mia presents and letters on her birthday every year, but he died suddenly of an accident. Between of Mia and Queen Clarisse, a ties that bind grandmother and granddaughter together had begun to grow during Mia learned manners and greeting worthy of princess.

She changed her appearances and personality, so she was approached by Josh who was a man of Mia's dreams. But he just wanted to become famous used her position. Then, she noticed for the first time that her best friend's older brother, Michael, encouraged and really loved her. She knew that she was supported by her father, her best friend, Michael and so on. After that, she chose the way of Princess Genovia.

Next, The Devil Wears Prada was shown in America in 2006. The catch copy of this movie is ‘Your story to try hard work and love’, ‘Such best workplace may die!’ and ‘With such worst boss, I don’t want to die!’. Anne Hathaway is the leading actress, and her role is an assistant of a chief editor of fashion magazine. Her role’s name is Andrea "Andy" Sachs. This movie describe gorgeous and humorous.

This story is about fashion, working, love and relationship. And this movie’s summary is that Andy who has become Assistant of chief editor of the superb fashion magazine, though there is not the interest at all. But the chief editor, Miranda, was a woman like the devils who was afraid as a dictator from all around. The editorial department of fashion magazine looked like a gorgeous editorial department, but in fact, it is severe. Andy is vacillating between hope and fear, has an ambition to be a journalist. She meet the chief editor like the devils who says unreasonable. And Andy finds out a living way.

This movie is so interesting. Andy became perfect woman through she met Miranda. Her efforts were rewarded. This movie tell us to make effort is important. She wears a frumpy dress at first time, but she becomes a smart dresser. She matured about mental and looks.

Lastly, Alice in Wonderland is a fantasy movie. It was released in 2010. Tim Burton directed this movie. This story is about a girl who goes to Wonderland by accident. When she went to wonderland, the world was controlled by Queen of Red. Queen of Red is described evilly and cruelly. The girl, whose name is Alice, fights against Queen of Red in order to hand over sovereignty to Queen of White. Anne Hathaway acts Queen of White in the movie. Queen of White is a younger sister of Queen of Red, but she is opposite to Queen of Red. She is beautiful, elegant and gracious, but she sometimes looks pretty and strange. People loved Queen of White and admire her.

The attraction of Anne Hathaway’s act in this movie is expression. When Queen of White talks to Alice seriously, she fastens her eyes on Alice. As she makes a medicine to become small people’s body, she looks very interesting and strange because she put fantastic things into the medicine. Her gestures and expressions are funny then. She is so expressive!

In this movie, people who are in wonderland wear unique makeup. Anne Hathaway wears white dress, and she applies white to her face to become Queen of White. Her hair is also white. Moreover, opposite to white, her eyes and eyebrows are applied black, and her lip is applied dark red. She wears heavy makeup, but her beauty doesn’t change.

That is why Anne Hathaway is a wonderful actress. In the Princess Diaries, she gave a great hit of one hundred million the whole America, and she became very famous. In the Devil wears Prada, she is a leading actress, and her acting attracts all women. Anne Hathaway acts a life-size Andy’s feelings. In Alice in Wonderland, she is not a leading actress, but her act in the movie fascinates audiences. She is beautiful, and she is a good actress. We want to watch her other movies. And we are looking forward to watching new her movie. We want you to watch movies she appears.


Reference

Producer, Houston. Whitney., Chase. Martin. Debra. and Iscovich. Mario. (Producer), & Directer, Marshall. Garry. (Directer). (2001). The Princess Diaries. United States: Walt Disney Pictures.

Aline Brosh McKenna. (Producer) & David Frankel. (Directer). (2006). The Devil Werars Prada. The Devil Wears Prada. United States: 20th Century Fox.

Zanuck, Richard., Roth, Joe., Todd, Suzanne. & Todd, Jennifer. (Producer). Burton, Tim. (Director). (2010). Alice in Wonderland. United States & United Kingdom: Walt Disney Pictures.

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2012年12月10日月曜日

Essay 2-03a: Joint movie review

Hello! Our team is Hikari, Mitsuki and Rina. We chose Anne Hathaway, so we will introduce about her. She is an American actress. And she is thirty years old now, but she has appeared in a lot of movies. She made her debut as a movie star at nineteen. Her first movie is The Princess Diaries. She got Best actress of Broadcast Film Critics Association in 2009, and she is also nominated Academy Award for Best Actress. She is a famous actress! This essay aims to compare three movies, focusing on Anne Hathaway. Three movies are The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada and Alice in Wonderland.

First, The Princess Diaries was made in America, and it was shown in 2001. This is her first movie as a leading actress. This movie is a cinderella story. Anne Hathaway's part is a girl who goes to high school. Her name is Mia. She was retiring, shy and stupid. Her parents had divorced, and she lived with her mother. One day, few weeks before Mia's 16th birthday, her grandmother, Clarisse, on her father's side came to see her from Europe. Mia and her grandmother had never seen before. Clarisse told Mia that she was a queen of Genovia, it was a small European kingdom, and Mia was a person of succession. First, Mia would like to give up the right. However, she concerned her father, and she decided that she took an education for a princess by the day of a ball three weeks later, and she was going to choose the choices that she came to the throne or not then. Her father kept on concerning Mia, after he and her mother divorced, and he sent Mia presents and letters on her birthday every year, but he died suddenly of an accident. Between of Mia and Queen Clarisse, a ties that bind grandmother and granddaughter together had begun to grow during Mia learned manners and greeting worthy of princess. She changed her appearances and personality, so she was approached by Josh who was a man of Mia's dreams. But he just wanted to become famous used her position. Then, she noticed for the first time that her best friend's older brother, Michael, encouraged and really loved her. She knew that she was supported by her father, her best friend, Michael and so on. After that, she chose the way of Princess Genovia.

Next, we will introduce about The Devil Wears Prada. This movie was shown in America in 2006. The catch copy of this movie is ‘Your story to try hard work and love’, ‘Such best workplace may die!’ and ‘With such worst boss, I don’t want to die!’. Anne Hathaway is the leading actress, and her role is an assistant of a chief editor of fashion magazine. Her role’s name is Andrea "Andy" Sachs. This movie describe gorgeous and humorous.

This story is about fashion, working, love and relationship. And this movie’s summary is that Andy who has become Assistant of chief editor of the superb fashion magazine, though there is not the interest at all. But the chief editor, Miranda, was a woman like the devils who was afraid as a dictator from all around. The editorial department of fashion magazine looked like a gorgeous editorial department, but in fact, it is severe. Andy is vacillating between hope and fear, has an ambition to be a journalist. She meet the chief editor like the devils who says unreasonable. And Andy finds out a living way.

This movie is so interesting. I thought that Andy became perfect woman through she met Miranda. Her efforts were rewarded. I thought that to make effort is important. She wears a frumpy dress at first time, but she becomes a smart dresser. I felt that she matured about mental and looks. I was impressed by watching this movie. I recommend watching this movie for all women.

Lastly, Alice in Wonderland is an American fantasy movie. It was released in 2010. Tim Burton directed this movie. This story is about a girl who goes to Wonderland by accident. When she went to wonderland, the world was controlled by Queen of Red. Queen of Red is described evilly and cruelly. The girl, whose name is Alice, fights against Queen of Red in order to hand over sovereignty to Queen of White. Anne Hathaway acts Queen of White in the movie. Queen of White is a younger sister of Queen of Red, but she is opposite to Queen of Red. She is beautiful, elegant and gracious, but she sometimes looks pretty and strange. People loved Queen of White and admire her.

The attraction of Anne Hathaway’s act in this movie is expression. When Queen of White talks to Alice seriously, she fastens her eyes on Alice. As she makes a medicine to become small people’s body, she looks very interesting and strange because she put fantastic things into the medicine. Her gestures and expressions are funny then. She is so expressive!

In this movie, people who are in wonderland wear unique makeup. Anne Hathaway wears white dress, and she applies white to her face to become Queen of White. Her hair is also white. Moreover, Opposite to white, her eyes and eyebrows are applied black, and her lip is applied dark red. She wears heavy makeup, but her beauty doesn’t change.

That is why Anne Hathaway is a wonderful actress. In the Princess Diaries, she gave a great hit of one hundred million the whole America, and she became very famous. In the Devil wears Prada, she is a leading actress, and her acting attracts all women. Anne Hathaway acts a life-size Andy’s feelings. In Alice in Wonderland, she is not a leading actress, but her act in the movie fascinates audiences. She is beautiful, and she is a good actress. We want to watch her other movies. And we are looking forward to watching new her movie. We want you to watch movies she,,, appears.


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2012年12月7日金曜日

Mind-map about movies





Anne Hathaway 
  • The Princess Diaries
    • in 2001
    • in America
    • her first movie
    • the leading actress
    • cinderella story
    • Mia Thermopolis
    • high school student, princess
  • The Devil Wears Prada
    • in 2006
    • in America
    • the leading actress
    • Andrea "Andy" Sachs
    • Assistant of a chief editor
  • Alice in Wonderland
    • in 2010
    • Queen of white

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BR 2-11: Snake Camp

He wasn’t going to computer camp! He was going to… SNAKE CAMP! (p.5) 

I picked this book because the picture of the book was unique and cute. I thought it would be fun. I also wanted to know the mean of the title because I could not understand this mean. This story was about a boy who took part in the camp. His parents let him participate in the camp, but they made a mistake. He would learn about computer software at camp, but this camp was a chance to learn about snakes. However, he had a problem. He didn’t like snakes.

In the end, he grew up through the camp. He met other participants, and he made friends with them. Moreover, his thought about snakes changed. I thought the process of his growth was interesting for me. If you are interested in the story, please read it. You will feel the story is very fun. I want you to read it.

Reference 
Stanley, George Edward. (2000). Snake Camp. New York, NY: Random House.

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2012年12月5日水曜日

Free writing about movies

I have not watched yet The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Alice in Wonderland. I heard from my friends these movies are very interesting. When I watch these movies, I will focus on Anne Hathaway.
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BR 2-10: French Adventures

"Bye bye Story Street!" yelled Billy and Ravi. "France, here we come!" (p.6)


I picked this book because I was interested in the title and I thought the pictures are so cute. I thought this story would be fun, so I tried to read it. This story is about the children and their teachers who go to France on a school trip. The story has six chapters. First chapter described leaving for school and incidents in the bus. Second chapter described incidents in the ferry. Third chapter described going through Customs. Fourth and fifth chapter described incidents at the chateau. Last chapter described visiting church. I like the scene at the chateau because I could understand children’s feelings. They were very happy to visit France, so they jumped on the bed in their room. I identified myself with their excitement.

Also, a problem happened in the end of the story. If you are interested in the story, please read it. This book is part 1, so KGU library has French Adventures part 2. I have not read part 2. I want to read it because I want to know the continuation of the story. Moreover, I thought the conversations between children and teachers were very interesting. I recommend you to read this book. I believe both part 1 and 2 are fun for readers. 

Reference
Strong, Jeremy. (2001). French Adventures. London, the U.S.: Literacy Land.

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2012年12月4日火曜日

BR 2-09: Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine

I LOVE YOU SLUDGE MORE THAN FUDGE. Someone had given Sludge a Valentine! (p.8)

I picked this book because I like mystery stories. I had ever read other book of Nate the Great before I read this book. When I first read one of the books of Nate the Great series, I came to like this series, so I wanted to read this book. This story is about a boy who is a detective and solve a variety of cases with his dog Sludge. One day, he saw a big paper heart that taped to the out side of the house. Message was written on the paper. However, it was signed with initials. This initials were ABH, but Nate the Great and Sludge didn't know the person whose initials were ABH. They started to solve the case. If you want to know the continuation of the story and the answer of the case, please read it. I felt it was a very interesting story.

Also, there are fun activities in the second half of the book. When you read these pages, you will be able to know a lot of things about valentine. For example, you can understand how to make a puppy love pendant, mailing a valentine, chocolate dip recipe, and so on. It was very interesting for me.  I recommend you to read it.


Reference
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. (1994). Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine. New York, NY: Random House.
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My favorite place I've been

My favorite place I have been is Kyoto. I went to Kyoto on a school trip when I was a high school student. I think Kyoto is the most old-fashioned place in Japan. Kyoto has a lot of temples and shrines. I went to Kinkakuji, Kiyomizu Temple and Kitano Tenmangu. Kinkakuji is a gold building, so it is so gorgeous. Kiyomizu Temple is famous in Japan. The scenery from there is also beautiful. Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to God of study. As I went there, I practiced Zen medication. It was very hard for me. I also went shopping at Kawara Town. There are a lot of stores, so I enjoyed shopping! I first rode in a rickshaw. I saw Kyoto Tower too. My mother has lived for a few years when she was a young. She told me that she had a lot of memories in Kyoto. I want to  go to Kyoto with my mother. If I can go to Kyoto, I want to visit Arashiyama. It is a famous place in Kyoto.
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My favorite character

My favorite character is Donald Duck. I have loved Disney animation since I was a child. I also like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Winnie the Pooh, but I especially like Donald Duck because he is very funny. I like his expressions, for example, smile, angry face, sad face, surprising face, and so on. I feel all of his expressions are so cute. I also like his voice. His voice is unique. Whenever I hear his voice, I started laughing. I have collected him goods since I liked Donald Duck. I have straps, mascots, puzzles, memo pads, mugs, and so on. Also, I have ever been to Tokyo Disney Land once. I met Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck, but I could not see Donald Duck. I was looking forward to seeing him, so I was sad. I really want to go to Tokyo Disney Land again. I loved Donald Duck.
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My favorite elementary school memory

My favorite elementary school memory is a sports day. I especially remember when I was in the 6th grade. Students separated red team and white team. I was in the white team. Each team made cheering party, and we made an original fight song. Also, I took part in a lot of competitions, for example, footrace, tug of war, obstacle race, relay race, and so on. Our school has a special program. It was Bon dancing. The name is Kawachi Ondo. Not only students but also teachers and parents danced it. This Bon dancing was danced every year. This program was not related to competition of team, so I could enjoy with a lot of people. It was so fun. As a result of competition, our team won. I was so happy. I prepared for a sports day very hard, and I really enjoyed on the day. It was memorable day for me.
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