2010年1月5日火曜日


Title: Ali and his Camera

Author:Raymond Pizante

Publisher (level): PENGUIN READERS(1)

Summary:

Ali looks at the boat from his room.
Ali is taking photos in his head.
He asks his father to buy a camera.
However, his father said that he did not have money for a camera.
One day, Ali met the old woman.
She gave Ali her son's first camera.
He was very pleased.
He took photos of people.
He started the study of the photo.
He did not have the talent.
However, he made an effort.
One day,his photo was published in the newspaper.
He became a famous photographer.
(91words)

Evaluation: 3stars
He simply liked photograph.
He became a photographer by effort.
I think that he is very wonderful.
(27words)


2009年12月16日水曜日


Title:Newspaper Boy

Author:John Escott

Publisher (level):MACMILLAN(2)

Summary:
This book has two stories of Toby.

In the morning with December, Toby who delivers the newspaper finds the light that must be not on in the shop of Mr Spry.
Toby peeps into the inside.
And he is caught by two strong men.
They were burglars.
Toby has an idea.
Toby tells a lie, "There was an accident on a one-way road".
Men thought that we only had to escape in an electric factory if it was not possible to pass a one-way road.
Toby knew a new alarm system had been set up by an electric factory.
Men were arrested.

One day, Toby found one old newspaper clipping in the desk of a new neighbor.
Toby regarded whether this neighbor was a bank robber.
He was very scared.
However, he proposed the story of the clipping to neighbor.
Neighbor said, "I am a policeman".
To write the story of the burglar case, neighbor had a clipping.
Toby was relieved.
(149words)

Evaluation: 5stars
Toby is a very wise boy.
And, he is brave.
I want to hear his story more.
This book is very interesting.
(21words)

2009年12月9日水曜日


Title:The MONKEY'S PAW

Author:W.W.JACOB

Publisher (level):OXFORD(1)

Summary:
One night,old Mr White and his son played chess.
Mrs White sat and watched them.
Tom who is Mr White's old friend has visited to them.
He was a soldier in India for 21 years.
He talked to them about India.
He talked about the story of monkey's paw though he hesitated.
He gave them monkey's paw.
Monkey's paw can realize three wishes.
However, it seems to be very dangerous.
Mrs White asked monkey's paw to give them 3,000 pounds after Tom had returned.
However, anything did not occur though several days passed.
They did not think that the story of monkey's paw was true.
But,when their son set off for work, the stranger had visited Mr. and Mrs.White.
He said, "Your son died of the machine accident".
And, he passed 3,000 pounds as the apology to them.
(140words)

Evaluation: 5stars
We can live happily even if there is no money.
The son dies instead of money.
It is very poor.
The power of monkey 's paw is frightened.
The story of this book is interesting.
It is necessary to read once.
(40words)

2009年12月2日水曜日


Title:WANTED:ANNA MARKER
Author:KRIS ANDERSON

Publisher (level):PENGUIN READERS(2)

Summary:
The thief entered the museum.
A very expensive crown was stolen.
Karen help to catch the boss of the gang Anna Marker.
Karen participates in the tour to Thailand.
Anna seems to have been diverted to the tourist.
The tour guide is policeman Mike.
She encounters many dangerous situation.
One photograph reaches Karen from the police on the final day.
The person who was reflected in the photograph looked like Agnes or Elli.
Karen visits Elli's room.
There was Agnes though there was not Elli.
When Karen was about to touch the bag of Elli, Agnes held one's gun at the ready.
Elli and Agnes were companions.
They try to kill Karen.
However, the tour guide helped her.
They were arrested.
(111words)

Evaluation: 5stars
I think that Anna is a very dangerous woman.
She tries to commit murder in cold blood.
Karen is a very wise woman.
She is very good at the conversation.
This book is very good!
(35words)

2009年11月25日水曜日


Title:FIVE CHILDREN AND IT
Author:EDITH NESBIT
Publisher (level): OXFORD(2)
Summary:
A certain family moved in the country.
Five children were very pleased.
They explored surroundings of the house.
They found the fairy.
It was very strange.
He can realize their wishes.
They wished to him.
Robert wants to become rich.
Anthea wants to fly over the sky.
Cyril wants to have the best of the fight.
Jane wants the jewel.
However, there was no application for which any wish was really necessary.
They finally said that there were no wish.
A strange fairy said,"child always ask for stupid things.
However,adults wish a really important things:like free hauses for poor people."
Five children were ashamed of selfishness.
And, they learnt sympathy.
A strange fairy vanished.
(107words)

Evaluation: 5stars
I decided to read this book,because I liked this book'cover.
I think that the fairy taught a really necessary wish not to be.
Our wish is always selfish.
I think that people should sympathize with others.
Finally, a fairy disappears.
It is not written where the fairy went in this book.
I think that the fairy wents to people who have the really necessary wishes.
(67words)

2009年11月16日月曜日


Title:The Truth Machine

Author:Norman Whitney

Publisher (level): MACMILLAN(2)

Summary:
The Verity professor invented the Truth Machine.
All over the world, newspapers and magazine wrote about Professor Verity the Truth Machine.
He chose three people as his first client.
Mrs Seeker asked Verity to use the Truth Machine for her husband who having an affair.
As a result, she learnt her husband did not love her but he loved her best friend Anne.
Inspector Sack asked Verity to use the Truth Machine for some criminals.
As a result, he solved some crimes.
However, he lost his job because not guilty meant there was no more work of him.
Dr Simple asked Verity to use the Truth Machine to his enemy spy.
However, his enemy spy said,"I never tell the truth. I always tell lies."
As a result, he is perplexed to this fact.
Three people received the disadvantage because they had known the fact.
They protested against Professor Verity.
In the end,three people break the Truth Machine.
(158words)

Evaluation: 4stars
Everyone want to know the truth.
However, the truth is not necessarily accepted to everyone.
You might not know in the world.
Three people have broken The Truth Machine.
I think that it was a correct selection.
(37words)

2009年11月15日日曜日



Title:Love among the Haystacks

Author: D.H.LAWRENCE

Publisher (level):OXFORD(2)

Summary:

It is in the midst of the haymaking in the Wookey farm.

The brother became crazy about a beautiful woman who had come from Germany.

Geoffrey envies her choice of Maurice.

Maurice was in the hut on a certain night.

The woman came there.

Two people will spend night in the hut due to a little trouble.

After all, two people fall in love.

Finally, Geoffrey blesses two people.

(67words)


Evaluation: 3stars

Brothers are often compared.

They fell in love with one woman.

Maurice had the merit that Geoffrey did not have.

And, Maurice got woman's heart.

It was unpleasant that Geoffrey worked with Maurice in farm.

It was drawn in how to Geoffrey who had the uneasiness not loved by the woman and the inferiority complex changed.

(59words)