Bridget Jones's Diary

I'm reading the book called 'Bridget Jones's Diary' which was written by Helen Fielding. I read 20 pages this week.
Bridget is still worried about her weight and she tries to lose her weight because she falls in love with one guy who works at the same office as Bridget. One day, she gets up early to go to the office and she tries to make up carefully and also she wants to take long time to choose her clothes because she wants to be a beautiful woman in front of a her favorite guy. But, she doesn't remember where she put her favorite clothes and the cosmetic set in the house because she always leads a loose life. Finally, she spend time to find them for two hours. Although she got up early, she was late for the office.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategy called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I tried to imagine that she could not find her clothes and make-up set. It reminded me about myself because I also take long time to prepare to go to the outside so I get up early if I play with my friends. And also I sympathized about Bridget's feeling that she wanted to be a beautiful woman in front of her favorite guy because if I fall in love with a guy, I would think that I want to be beautiful in front of him. I though that almost every girls or women had experienced like this feeling.

I will continue reading this book.

Bridget Jones's Diary

I'm reading the book called 'Bridget Jones's Diary' was written by Helen Fielding. I read 20 pages this week.

The chapter that I read this week was about Bridget worries about her life because she is not a clever and she always goes wrong with something . And also she feels lonely because she doesn't have a boyfriend and almost all her colleagues have husband or boyfriends. One day, Bridget calls on her father. And her father tells her that her mother falls in love with a young man and she wants to divorce with her father. When Bridget knows about that, she is shocked because she think that her mother loves her father forever.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I read to help me remember what I read'. I could imagine in my mind that she always goes wrong about the business and romance. While I was reading, I sympathized with her feeling because I thought that I was also worried about myself. I didn't excel at anything and also I had to take long time to do everything. Also I tried to picture in my mind about her mother falls in love with a young man, though she has a husband. I imagines that if I noticed that my mother fell in love with a young man, I would cry and feel shock so much about it.

Bridget Jones's Diary

I started to read a new book called 'Bridget Jones's Diary' is written by Helen Fielding. I read 20 pages this week. This story is about a woman who is 30 years old and called Bridget. She lives in London and she likes to write the diary everyday. Even though she has no boyfriends, she has many friends in London. Her bobby is playing with her friends. The chapter that I read this week is started from January and then Bridget hold A Happy New Year party with friends in the house. In the party, she eats a lot of sweets and gorgeous meals and also she drinks all night with her friends. When she weighs herself on the scales next morning, she gets fat because she continues to eats and drink in the party. She is shocked and she decides to go on a diet.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I read to help me remember what I read'. I imagined in my mind that Bridget weighed herself on the scales and she was shocked about her weight. I thought that many girls and women had experienced same thing as Bridget one time. Almost every girls and women care about their weight all the time and if they get fat a little bit, they try to do a diet. This chapter reminded me about myself. When I was in elementary school, I always held a New Year party with my family. I was looking forward to coming A New Year party because I liked to eat special food and also I liked to celebrate with my family.

All the Year of Her Life

In English class, I read the article called 'All the Year of Her Life' which is written by Morley Callaghan. This story is about the boy steals the lipsticks, a compact and a lipstick and at least two tubes of toothpaste in the store. The owner of the shop finds that these things is in the Alfred's pocket. The owner, Mr. Carr calls his mother to tell about it, but when his mother come in the store, she has a friendly smile. When Alfred and his mother come back to the house, she changes her attitude and she is angry at Alfred. On the night, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea in the kitchen and then he was shocked because she looked very old and her lips was shaking. I think that the theme of this story is that everyone should care of their mother and the author wants to tell that children must not make parents worry.

While I was reading this story, I used one of the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I imagined in my mind that Mr. Carr tried to get back the things from the boy's pocket. And I asked myself question that why Alfred went to the kitchen. I think that he decided to go to the kitchen because he worried about his mother. And also I could imagine in my mind that Alfred watched his mother quietly and sadly. In the English class, I listened the music which is related to the story and then I discussed about how the reading and music affected on the setting and the characters of the story. When I listened the music, I felt that it was jazz music and also the music tone was quite old, so I thought that the setting of the story was in the past and in Europe. When I read the story, I guessed that the characters were white and they were not so rich because if the boy was rich, he would not steal things in the store.

The Enchanted Garden

I read the article called 'The Enchanted Garden' which was written by Italo Calvino. This story is about two poor children are impressed with the beautiful garden because they never seen the beautiful things so two children try to play there but they feel uncomfortable because they worry that someone come to find and catch them. And a rich boy lives in that beautiful house but he can not play outside because he is sick. This story tells me that a life is not easy and everyone who live in all over the world can not be a perfect person.

While I was reading this article, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I imagined in my mind about one sentence that 'Whenever Giovannino said, "Let's go there," or "Let's do this," Serenella followed without a word.' (p 126) This sentence reminded me about myself. I have a older brother and I always followed him when I was young. And also I used 'I stop time to time to think about what I am reading', and 'When text become difficult , I pay closer attention to what I am reading'. This story was quite difficult for me, so I read carefully. In the article, when I read one sentence that 'sharp bends in the path and high, curling eucalyptus leaves and patches of sky' (p 127), I could picture in my mind that two children were impressed with the beauty of the garden.

The Beautiful Gardens

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I finished reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 30 pages this week.

Finally, four main characters; Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget came back their mother country and they felt very happy about they could meet again. At the night, they held the party because they wanted to celebrate that they could meet again in the mother country. Each of them talked about the memory that they experienced during summer vacation. Through the travel in summer vacation, each of them had the precious experiences at the different places and then they could learn the importance of friends and family.

While I was reading this book, I tried to imagine that they could meet again at their home country. It reminded me about myself. In this summer vacation, I went back to Japan for one month and I met again with my friends there. I could sympathize with the main characters' feeling because I also felt happy that I could meet again with my friends in the mother country. Through this book, I could sympathize their feeling and thought many times and also this book remembered me again about the importance of friends.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I'm still reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week.

The chapter that I read this week focused on Carmen. She has a father who remarried with other wife. When Carmen heard that a new wife divorced her old husband in the past because he had a serious drinking problem, she feels sorry to her. After her father and a new wife celebrate wedding, Carmen is requested to live with them. Carmen accepts about it, but after few weeks, she notices herself that her father doesn't care about her at all, and he loves only a new wife and her children. Her father doesn't love Carmen. She is shocked and feels lonely again. She tries to leave from her father's house because she can't believe him anymore.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I tried to imagine that Carmen left from her father's house because she noticed that her father didn't care about her and also he didn't show love to her anymore. I felt sad and I thought that her father was really terrible because he had no responsibility for her. I felt sorry to her when she said 'I eat when I'm happy'.(p.182) She couldn't eat anything for few days because she was really shocked about it. Through this chapter, I noticed that I was very happy since I was born because I had parents and they gave love to me very much.

I almost finish to read this book.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I'm still reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week. 

The chapter that I read this week focus on Lena. She went to Greek to meet her grandmother. One day, she is going out for a walk and while she is walking, she finds so beautiful the lake. And she looks over around the pond, and when she confirms that there is no one as far as she can see, she takes off all her clothes without the Pants, and then she tries to get in the lake. But she forgets that if the jeans pants get wet, it will become really heavy, so she is going to sink easily because of the Pants and she yells very loud. She thinks in her mind that 'This is the most perfect moment of my life'. After a few minutes, one boy rescues her from the lake. She doesn't know him but she is really ashamed because she doesn't wear anything without the Pants.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I use a dictionary to help me understand what I read'. I used the dictionary because I didn't understand the word called 'vineyards' and 'meadows'. And I couldn't make sure the meaning of the sentence, 'She discovered a small spring-fed lake.' I tried to search the meaning of 'spring-fed' with the dictionary but I couldn't find the meaning of it. Also I tried to imagine that she got in the lake and she sank into the water. It reminded me about myself. When I was 14 years old, I had swimming class in the school and then I dove into the pool because I thought that this pool is a shallow. But it was really deep pool and then I sank into the water. My classmates helped me and they laughed at me very much. I remembered my stupid experience through this chapter.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I'm still reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week.

The chapter that I read this week focus on Tibby. She lives with her parents and her much younger siblings. When Tibby was little, her father had worked as a journalist and he was always home for dinner. But when her mother decided to move to big, clearn houses, her father started practicing law in a private company, and he was only home about half the night. His father is busy and works late, so her mother expects Tibby to step in and be her coparent. She is a bore about it because she doesn't like her siblings because they are very noisy and wicked babies. Tibby refuses to care of them anymore.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I used a dictionary to help me understand what I read'. I used a dictionary to make sure the word called "coparent" because I was not sure about the meaning of this word. Also I used 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read' in this chapter. I tried to imagine in my mind about one of her siblings was digging both hands in his yogurt and then licking his fingers. And Tibby's mother snatched the yogurt away, and he started yelling. It reminded me about when I was in junior high school student. I had a friend who had much younger sister and she always cared of her sister because her parents went to work. I felt sorry to her because she looked so tired everyday. I thought that to care of young child is very hard thing.

I will continue reading this book.

GIRL

I read the article called ‘Girl' written by Jamaica Kincaid.

This story is about a girl who is educated by her mother to be a nice woman. Her mother is really fussy and annoying parson to her daughter about everything. She always brings up her daughter about the way of washing, cooking, and setting a table for dinner or tea etc... And also her mother says that she must not talk to wharf-rat boys. She always think about her daughter and what is good or bad thing for her future. What do you think about her mother? Do you think that her mother is an annoying person? 

When I read this article, I guess the meaning of unknown words or phrases’ in line 7. I try to imagine about a sentence, ‘always eat your food in such a way that it won't turn someone else's stomach’ (in line 7), but I couldn't try to picture in my mind and also I couldn't try to guess the meaning of ‘it turn someone else's stomach’. In class discussion, I could understand the meaning of this sentence. And I used a dictionary to help me understand the meaning of okra, dasheen, pepper pot, doukona, and slut but I couldn't find the meaning of pepper pot and doukona with the dictionary so I searched them with the Internet. I was surprised that her mother doesn't allow her to talk to wharf-rat boys. I thought that she can fall in love with only a rich man. I thought that if I was  a her daughter, I would feel bad because I don't want to dance to mother's tune. And I asked the question myself, Is her mother an annoying or vicious person? My answer will be no, because although her mother is  strict with her daughter, she loves her daughter very much and she just wants her to be good woman. 

I HAD A HERO

I read the article called ‘I HAD A HERO’ written by Mike Tidwell RPCV Congo.

This story is about a man who called Mike visits to the village where Ilunga lives because he tries to teach him how to raise fish. Mike thinks they need water for raising fish so he asks Ilunga about a good spot where there is a small stream or a spring. And then they pace off a pond and stake a water canal running between it and a point father up the stream. Ilunga start to digging with a shovel. He is digging the pond everyday and everyday. It is very hard work for them because they have to make ten-by-fifteen-meter pond with only a shovel. Mike tries to help him but he is tired very much. Even though Ilunga is tried too, he continues to digging the pond. Several weeks later, the pond is completely finished. They celebrate together. Mike thinks that Ilunga is a hero because he had done completely the pond with a shovel.

While I was reading this article, I use the reading strategies called ‘I try to picture in mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read’. I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘fish culture’ (in paragraph 1) and also I couldn’t imagine in my mind. I could make sure later that ‘fish culture’ means ‘raising fish’. Also I used the reading strategies called ‘I use a dictionary to help me understand what I read’. I used the dictionary to make sure the word, ‘underfed’ (in paragraph 2) because I didn’t understand the meaning of it. In paragraph 12, I tried to picture that they were digging the pond with only a shovel. I thought that it’s very hard work for them. Through this story, I thought that Ilunga was very stubborn and diligent parson because he didn’t give up digging the pond, however he was sick. And I agreed that Mike thought that Ilunga was a hero because the pond was completely finished by him. After I finished reading this article, I could understand the meaning of title of this story.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I am still reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week.

The chapter that I read focus on Carmen. I already read before about she goes to South Carolina to meet her father but her father tries to remarry with a new wife. In this chapter, Carmen talks with her father and she asks him about a new wife. She asks her father that why they celebrate the wedding now. Her father answers that his new wife never had celebrate the wedding before because she was planning the wedding with her mother but her mother died suddenly six weeks before the wedding. Her father thinks that now is her chance and he wants her to enjoy the wedding. Also Carmen is told by her father that his new wife divorced her old husband because he had a serious drinking problem and he has been in and out of treatment. While Carmen is listening about her father's new wife, she feels so sad and sorry to her. Carmen promises herself that she would smile at a new wife.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. There was many conversation with Carmen and her father in this chapter, so I could imagine the situation easily. I also used 'I ask myself question I like to have answered in the text'. After I read the chapter, I asked the question myself that what does Carmen think about a new wife now? I answered that she felt sorry to her and she sympathized with her past. Although Carmen didn't like a new wife first, she approved that her father remarried with her. I could understand her feeling that she felt shock at first about her father tried to remarry with a new wife, but I thought that she had to wish her father's happiness if she loves him. So I felt happy that Carmen finally approved the remarriage of them.

I will continue reading this book.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I continue to reading the book called 'The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week.

The chapter that I read this week focus on Tibby. Although three girls travels to different places, only Tibby stays at home and she works part-time on summer vacation. She hates the part-time job because it is really boring work. One day, when she works on the supermarket with the Pants, a girl comes in the supermarket and then she tries to buy something. But a girl falls down on the floor suddenly. Tibby was surprised and she gets into a panic. After she called 911, she thinks that she has to tell a girl's parents what is going on, so she takes her wallet to find her parents' phone number. The ambulance and three guys comes to the store, and they carry a girl to the ambulance. One guy notice that Tibby has a girl's wallet and he asks to Tibby that why she has a girl's wallet because he thinks that she steals her wallet. Tibby tries to clean up the misunderstanding but he doesn't trust her.

In this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I tried to imagine that Tibby gets into panic when a girl falls down to the floor in front of her. I thought that if I work in the supermarket and I see the customer fall down suddenly in front of me, I will get into a panic like Tibby. And I felt sorry to Tibby because she took a girl's wallet to tell her parents that she was carried to the hospital, but one guy suspected that she stole her wallet. If I was a girl who fell down, I would not suspect that she stole my wallet. I will appreciate that she tried to help me and her kindness. When I read this chapter, I learned that to clean up the misunderstanding and suspicion are very difficult thing.
I will continue to reading this book.

The Wisdom of Toads

I read the article called "The Wisdom of Toads" written by Puerto del Sol. The story is about a man who is in prison commits a crime. He has three daughters and wife and also he is a teacher. He stays in the prison because he falls in love with his student. A girl is only fourteen years old.

When I read the paragraph three, I thought that the author's writing is an individual and interesting style of writing because the reader can not predict the whole story if they read only paragraph three. And I learned that the author used a hook for the readers. I used the reading strategies called 'I use a dictionary to help me understand what I read' in paragraph three because there was many difficult words for me, so I used the dictionary to understand these words. And also I used 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I imagined that the toad was moving in the sand whole and I felt sick because I really hated the toad. I had two questions after reading paragraph three. First question is why does he stay in the prison? Second question is why did he catch the toad?

In paragraph six and seven, the toad was used for the drug by prisoner because they can relief from walls and bars when they smoked the toad. While I was reading this paragraph, I could get the answer of one of my questions. He caught the toad because he tried to use it for the drug. I used the reading strategies called 'When text becomes difficult I re-read it to increase my understanding'.

When I read the paragraph ten and eleven, I learned that he had three children and he loved so much his children. I would say that he was a good father because he tried to teach to his children about different things between other fathers. And I thought that he was a science teacher because he observed the toad and treasured it. I used the reading strategies called 'When I read I translate from English into my native language' in the last sentence of the paragraph ten because I couldn't understand clearly the meaning of the sentence.

I felt shock about him after reading the paragraph 14 because he fell in love with a girl who was one of his students. He tried to start a new life with her but she was only 14 years old. I was really surprised because she was only 14 years old. Did he recognize that his conduct will be guilt?

After I read this story, I thought that to fall in love with other is normal thing but a girl is too young for him in the story. I imagined that if my teacher fell in love with his student who is 14 years old, I will surprise and I can’t respect him anymore. The teachers must not fall in love with their students because they have to teach about the learning to their students in school. Through this story, I thought that there were many difficult words for me in each paragraphs and I used the dictionary many times while I was reading. Although this story was a little bit difficult for me, I liked the author’s style of writing.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I'm still reading the book called "The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants".
I read 20 pages in this week.

The chapter that I read focus on Carmen. She lives apart from her father because her mother and father get divorced. In summer holiday, she goes to her father's house in South Carolina. She was excited to see her father. When she arrived her father's house, there are her father and his new family in the house. He is getting remarried with new wife and gets two kids and her father tells Carmen that they will celebrate a wedding next day. A new wife talks to Carmen very friendly but Carmen was shocked that her father is getting remarried with other woman. She knows that it is not her father's fault but she doesn't like a new wife and her children. At night, Carmen calls to her mother and tells about her father's remarriage. Next day, she doesn't want to go to the wedding but she has to.

While I was reading this chapter, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read' in page 77. I imagined that her father was happily holding the hand of his new wife in front of Carmen. And also I used the reading strategies called 'I use words in boldface type and italics to identify key information' in this chapter. When Carmen saw her father's new wife and family, she thought that "Aren't we supposed to be a family too??" (P 78)in her mind. When I read it, I felt sorry to her and I could understand her feeling because if I am Carmen, I would feel sad about father's remarriage and I don't want to let him marry with a new wife. And I also used the strategies called 'I used a dictionary to help me understand what I read' because I sometimes couldn't understand the words and I used the dictionary to make sure them.

I read this chapter, I imagined about the situation of the remarriage of Carmen's father. If my father and mother get divorced and I know that my father will get marry with new wife, I would shock and I would feel shock about it. Even though a new wife is kind and good person, I can not be a daughter of new wife. I thought that I'm happy that I have real father and mother. I absolutely don't want them to get divorce.
I will continue to reading this book.

Reading for the Theme

Can you believe the silly rumour? Today, I read the book called "The Summer the Sun Dind Not Blow Up" written by Birmati Lakhan. I learned that the fear of going down the rumour to evryone because someone say a small rumour to someone, it spread quickly to everyone and then a small rumour will be a big silly rumour. This story is about Indian families in Fiji. When the author was six years old, a rumour spread among children in the villege that sun would break. Their families think of many ways that they can survive in the villege. But adults in villege doesn't know about a rumour because the rumour spread among only children. The rumour is silly, so the sun never broken in the villege. When I read this article, I began to understand about the rumour really affect on people's life. And I understood that a small rumour is changed to a big rumour quickly by mouth to mouth. I realized that almost everyone might believe a rumour and their feeling and thinking are sometimes dependent on the rumour. This article reminded me about myself. When I was in an elementary school, a bad rumour which was about one of my friend spread among other students. I didn't want to believe about it so I didin't believe a silly rumour. Although I would believe a good rumour, I would not believe a bad rumour.

While I was reading this aricle, I used three reading strategies. First, I used the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read' in paraph 1. I imagined that what will happen to the villege if showers of fire and glowing splinters fall. I tried to picture in my mind about it, and I thought that if the showers of fire and glowing splinters fall down on the villege, Indian families in Fiji would die out. I was so scared to think about it. Second, I used 'when I read I translate from English into my native language' in paragraph 9. The author wrote "The rumour was getting out of hand" in paragraph 9 and the reason why I used the strategy on this sentence is that I didn't understand the exact meaning of "getting out of hand". Third, I used 'I underline or circle information or ideas in the text to help me remeber it' in paragraph 12. I underlined on "As the story went from mouth to mouth the time changed from 'millions of years' to 'next month'." because I thought that this sentence was most important part to relate with the theme of the story. It shows that the silly rumour in Fiji spread out the all families and it changed to big rumour. Through the article, I thought that the possible theme statement of this story was 'Rumour are easy to start but hard to stop" because it related to the theme that I decided first.

My process of reading for the theme is that I find the most important sentence in the story snd think carefully about why the sentence is impotant, and then I decide the theme of the story. I think that I worked well about I underlined on the important sentence in the paragraph and I can find the theme of the story. Next time, I will read more carefully for the theme and also I will use more the reading strategies to support the reading.

The theme of the Sisterhood of theTraveling Pants

I am reading the book called "The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." I think that the theme of this book is the importance of friendship and love.
The main characters, four girls never separated with each other but each of them have to travel to different places in summer vacation. Although they feel sad and they don't want to separate with their buddies first, each of them have good experiment at different places. Through their own travel, they learn about the importance of friendship and also they learn about love because four girls fall in love with the different guys.
I think that the theme of this book is the importance of friendship and love with someone.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I continue to reading this book called "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" was written by Ann Brashares. I read 20 pages in this week.

The main characters, four girls come apart at last and each of them travel to different places. This chapter focus on Lena. She travels with her younger sister to Greece to see her grandparents. When she arrives at grandparent's house, her grandmother wellcome Lena from the bottom of her heart. She tries to celebrate their arrival with big meal and a bunch of neighbors. At night, Lena and her younger sister change their cloth to beatiful dress for their wellcome party. At the party, her grandmother introduces a nice boy to her. His name is Kostos and everyone loves him because he is very handsome. Lena's grandparents are very close to Kostos's family and they considers him to be practically their own grandson. He is pleasured about Lena through the party but she is very hard on boys.

While I was reading this chapter, I was excited about four girls traveled to different places because I was interested in what will happen to them. This chapter that I read in this week was about Lena. I could imagine clearly about the situation of her reunion and it reminded me about myself. When I was 15 years old, I moved to Thailand from Japan. I was really sad to separate from my grandparents because I liked them so much. This summer holiday, I went back to Japan for a month, and then I met my grandmother again after an interval of two years. I was really happy to see her again. So I could sympathize with the feeling of them and Lena's grandmother. I surprised that this story is also about the romance because I thought that the story of the book is about only friendship with four girls. When I read this chapter, I predicted that four girls will fall in love with boys in different places. This book interests me very much and I felt that I want to read more. I will continue to reading this book.

The Lady or the Tiger?

I read the article called "The Lady or the Tiger?" in English class. While I was reading this article, I used some symbols. First, I translate from English into my native language when I read one paragraph. There were some words that I coul'd understand in one paragraph, so I used the dictionary to make sure these word. In paragraph two to five, I tried to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read. I imagined the situation of story in my mind and I tried to easy to understand the story.

This story is about a king who had his own ideas about justice in faraway country. He had to choose one of the two doors. A hungry tiger stayed behind One of doors but A Ledy stayed behind another door. The princess had to open the one of the doors. If she opened the door which stayed a hungy tiger, the accused man will be died, but if she opened another door which stayed the lady, a man had to marry with the lady. The princess hated the lary so she didn't want him to marry with the lady. She had to make the supreme choice.

While I was reading this article, I infered that if I was the princess, I will open the door which stayed a man because I don't want him to die. Although he has to marry with the lady, I will endure about it.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I continue to reading the book called 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' was written by Ann Brashares. I read twenty pages in this week.

The main characters, four girls buy one jeans in the second hand clothes store. At night, Carmen says to other girls, "this jeans will travel to all the places we're going, and it will keep us together when we are apart." (P.20) Another girl also says "Tonight we give the Pants the love of our Sisterhood so we can take love wherever we go." (p.21) They make an evidence of their friendship and they make ten rules about keeping in touch one another over the summer, and making sure the jeans keep moving from one girl to the next. They decide that the Pants will start to travel from Bridget.

While I am reading this chapter, I can easy to imagine the situation of story because there are many conversation about girls in this chapter. Through this chapter, I make sure about the reason why the book called 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'. I think that it is an interesting idea that they decide the Pants travel to all the places they are going because they can keep in touch over the summer with it. Also I can sympathize their idea because it remind me about my memory. When I had to move to Thailand from Japan, I really didn't want to separate with my friends and I was so sad about it. Before I leave from Japan, I went to shopping with my four friends and then we bought the same necklace. I thought that I can keep in touch with my friends through the necklace. So I can understand the feeling that they feel lonely about it.
I will continue to reading this book.

Mystery 'iphone Girl' generates Internet intrigue

I read an article called Mystery 'iPhone Girl' generates Internet intrigue on the internet.

When I read this article, I don't think that it is a serious problem but I infer that if the customers buy the new iPhone with pictures, they are shocked to pay big amount of money for new iPhone and they may lose an reputation for an Apple company. Almost everyone, including me think that it is interesting news in the world.

This article is about a woman factory worker makes mistake. When the new iPhone is completed, she takes the pictures to make sure that the camera of iPhone was right. The problem is the company forget to delete that pictures and they sale the iPhone with pictures.

The news makes me surprise but I think that it is not so serious problem because she just makes small mistake. I infer that she attracts people's attention because everyone cannot expect that the pictures on new iPhone. It is an accidental happening for people.

I infer about why she was not fired is that she makes small mistake and it doesn't become a really big problem in the world. And one thing that I surprise about this news is that the iPhone is made in China. I heard that the new iPhone is sold in America, so I believe that it is also made in the U.S. It really makes me surprise. I infer the reason why the company has no comment about the news and problem is the company want to keep a secret that the new iPhone is made in China.

While I was reading this article, I wonder that the world takes this small problem as the news because in the world, there are many big problems and events that have to report in the news. I infer that the new iPhone with the pictures is taken as the news because everyone is interested in the new things.

Using reading strategies

I read part of the story called "The Telephone" was written by A. F Ancawi during English class.

First, Ms. Jo Ann asked the question that how did the telephone change the villege?
I predicted that if the telephone come to the villege, it might help to communicate with others.

After I read some paragraphs, I thought that 8th and 25th are the most important paragraphs in the story because 8th paragraph shows that the villege was the year of whirlwind and black moon. It means the villege was depression.

25th paragraph makes me feel sorry because my prediction is wrong. I predicted that the telephone help people but finally, the telephone took her family away and she had to separate with her father because of the telephone.

I feel that this book is quite difficult to read for me but I want to try to read more.

The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

I started to read the book called The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants which was written by Ann Brashares. The book is about four girls spend their first summer apart from one another. The main characters of this book is sixteen-year-old girls who called Lena, Bridget, Tibby, and Carmen.They are the best friends since birth, and always need each other to live. In summer, they have to separate from each other becuase each of them go to other country for various pouposes. The day before departure date, four girls go to the second hand clothes store. They find one jeans there, and each of them try to put on it. They have various figure but all of them can wear that jeans so this jeans is called "magic jeans" by them. Girls decide that they take it for the travel.

The book cover interested me because when I saw the book cover first time, I couldn't imagine the relation between the traveling pants and jeans, also I couldn't understand the meaning of them. After I read first chapter, I understood the meaning of the book cover. This book is quite easy to read for me because the main characters of this story are teenager, and there are many dialogue sentences in the story. So I think that I can sympathize their feeling and thought. I continue reading this book.