BOOK REVIEW30

Alfie Kitten was the cheekiest cat in the entire neighbourhood. He thought up the most brilliant games. He never ran out of jokes. And, when Alfie was around, it was almost impossible not to smile. One day a new tabby kitten came to the neighbourhood. She was snooty and sniffy. She was vain and a pain. And right too busy worrying about her looks to enjoy herself.

 I read "Alfie Kitten Makes a Friend" today. Alfie kitten is the cheekest little cat around. When a snooty new tabby comes to live in the neighbourhood, it's Alfie's job to cheer her up.

VOCABURALY

cheek:生意気
tabby:トラ猫の子供
snooty:上流ぶった
sniffy:人を見下した

Joan,S. Alfie Kitten Makes a Friend, China

BOOK REVIEW29

Once upon a time, there was a little old woman and a little old man. They lived by themselves in a little old house. They had no little boys and no little girls. One day, the little old woman said to the little old man, "I shall make a little boy out of gingerbread. I shall make his eyes from two fat currants. I shall make his nose and mouth from bits of lemon peel. I shall make his coat from suger."

I read "The Gingerbread Man" today. One day a old woman wanted to eat the giggerbread man so she baked it. When it baked, it run away from the oven. She chase after it but she couldn't catch it. After that some kinds of animals chase it but they couldn't catch it. But there is a river and it couldn't across the river. The fox said it ride his back and across the river. Then the fox said it come his nose and the fox ate it!!!

VOCABURALY

gingerbread:ショウガ入りクッキー

currant:小粒の種無し干しブドウ

Vera,S. The Gingerbread Man,China

BOOK REVIEW28

"WIl you help me plant the wheat?" asked Little Red Hen. "No," said the rat, the cat and the dog. "Then I will plant it all by myself," said Little Red Hen. And she did. "Will you help me cut the wheat?" asked Little Red Hen. "No," said the rat, the cat and the dog."Then I will cut it all by myself," said Little Red Hen. And she did.

I read "Little Red Hen" today. It's about the chikin which wanted to make bread. He has a three friends, the rat, the cat and the dog. The chikin wanted them to help him but they didn't want to because they didn't know he wanted to make the bread finally. Until the chikin make the bread, they didn't heip him. But he asked  them "Will you help me eat the bread?", then they replied "Yes," but he said them "No," and he eat it all by hisself!

VOCABURALY

wheat:小麦

A Penguin Company

BOOK REVIEW27

Daisy loved to dance. More than anything else she wanted to be a famous ballet dancer. Every night she dremed of performing in front of a real audience. Today was Daisy's first lesson at her new dancing school. As she walked into the huge hall, she felt a bit worried.
"Hello Daisy," said Mrs Pringle, the dancing teacher. Daisy thought Mrs Pringle looked beautiful - elegant, tall and graceful.

I read "Daisy Learns to Dance" today. It's about the girl who loved to dance but she is nervous when she joins a new dance school. All of them in the dance school will take part in the big show. Then Mrs Pringle, the teacher of the dance school, decide a role each of them. Daisy is a little girl so she will fly across the stage on dancer's ropes. After all the big show was very great show and one day she would be famous, after all.



VOCABURALY
ballet:バレエ
graceful:優美な


Marie,B. Daisy Learns to Dance,China

BOOK REVIEW26

Once there was a prince wanted to marry. But he only wanted to marry a real princess. "Is she a real princess?" asked the prince. "No," said the queen. "She is not a real princess." "Is she a real princess?" asked the prince. "No," said the queen. "She is not a real princess."

I read "The Princess and the Pea" today. It's about the prince who want to marry a real princess. When he look girls, he always asked queen "Is she a real princess?". But she always answered "No." One day a girl came to see the prince. she is a real princess. Then prince marry the real princess!

A Penguin company, Itary

BOOK REVIEW25

Everyone loved Mouse and Jojo's new hamster, Jumbo. They thought he was sweet and funny. But Mouse was not very keen on him. " He is too shy, and he hides all the time," he said. " You should like him, then," said Jojo. "He's just like you!" Mouse wanted another pet. "There are two of us, so we should have two pets," he said. Jojo liked the idea of having Jumbo all to herself. They went to ask their mum.


I read " A Rat for Mouse" today. Mouse got a new pet, the rat. He called it Ricky. His mum surprised when he had Ricky to home, but he liked Ricky. They spend all day long everyday even he sleep on his bed. One day, when the friends were watching television, Ricky took Ben's biscuit. Ricky sank his teeth into Ben's finger. Mouse's mum said he have to take Ricky back to the pet shop but he didn't want to that.After that everyone was a bit scared of Ricky but Mouse adored him.

Jenny, A ( 2001). A Rat for Mouse, New York

BOOK REVIEW24

When Jojo was younger, some big boys teased her in the park. Joko was so angry, she kicked the bal really hard. It went over Billy and Sam... over Grumpyboots and the flower bed...and whacked the big boy on the back! Jojo was amazed at what a great kick she had. Since then, Joko had been keen on playing football. She spent her dinner times playing with the boys in her class, and soon she was as good as any of them.


I read "Jojo Makes the TEAM" today. It's about the girl who is the first girl to play in the Story Street School football team. Her name is Jojo and she play football very well. Her teacher chose her to part in a football tournament but her classmate was jealous of her. After that none of them would let her join in football. She was very angry but her teacher told her classmate about Jojo and they understood   her. At last, the big day came and she scored a goal!


VOCABULARY
tease:いじめる
whack:強く打つ


Jenny,A (2001). Jojo Makes the Team, New York

BOOK REVIEW23

Mr and Mrs King were going out for the night. They had an invitation. The Kings were dressed up as ghosts. Ben said they didn't look scary at all. Tessa thought it was silly to go to a party looking like a ghost. "I'd dress up like a pop star," she said dreamily. "I'd look beautiful. I wouldn't be seen dead dressed like a grotty ghost." Mrs King laughed. "It's nice to know that you two are so proud of your parents!"


I read "Ben and the Ghost" today. Ben's parents were going out for the night so Ben and Tessa stayed overnight with their grandparents. While Ben, Tessa and their grandparents go their home, rain fell from the sky like a giant waterfall. When they arrived the home, they looks as if they were swimming. Then they changed clothes and dried wet clothes they had put on. At night Ben saw the ghost and screemed. But it was the T-shirt he dried.



VOCABULARY
invitation:招待状
grotty:不快な


Jeremy,S (2001). Ben and the Ghost, New York

BOOK REVIEW22

The coach was already waiting outside ghe school.  When Donut first saw it, he almost took off with excitement. "It's huge! I have never seen such a big coach. Look at that! It will be like flying! We'll be able to see everything!" He began reading all the words in the back window of the coach. "It's got TV! And a shower! And a toilet!" He was not the only one bursting with excitement. The pavement around the coach was crowded with children from school, and their parents.


I read "French Adventures" today. It's about the trip to France. The friends have lots of adventures on their school trip to France. From French ghosts appearing in their chateau to Mr Hopkins' strange disappearance from an old church, this is a trip they never forget.


VOCABURALY
coach:長距離バス
pavement:車道

Jeremy,S (2001) French Adventure,New York

BOOK REVIEW21

''What can we do?'' yelled Mouse. ''There'll be a crash!'' The piano was lumbering towards them. The man on top was shouting. '' Quick,"shouted Ben. "Give me your jumpers." The friend pulled off their jumpers. "What are you going to do?" asked Jojo. Ben just grabbed the jumpers and threw them into the middle of the road.What did you do that for? demanded Donut, staring at his best jumper. "It might not work," said Ben. "But it's the only thing I can think of."


I read "A Monster on the street" today. A piano thunders down story Street, but Ben has a bright idea that could save the day. Then,Dounut and Cleo's parents came running down the road. She said children to come her house and come to tea. Children didn't want to go her house because she was a terrible cook. In her house she made "the peanut butter omelettes" Everyone didn't want to eat it but ate slowly. She said children to come her house again and she will cook Chikun stuffed with marshmallows.


VOCABULARY
lumberゴトゴト進む


Jeremy,S (2001). A monster on the street,New York

BOOK REVIEW⑳

Wilma and Biff saw a notice. It was about a go-kart race. William had an idea. She told Biff about it. Biff and Wilma were excited. They told Mum about the race. "We need a go-kart,"said Biff. "What about the old one?" Mum went to the shed. She found the old go-kart, but it was broken and rusty. "Oh no!" said Biff. Biff told Dad about the race. Dad looked at the old go-kart. "This one is broken," he said. "But we can make a new one."

I read "The Go-kart Race" today.  Biff had a old go-kart and she wanted to part in the go-kart race, so her mums and dads made a new go-kart.When she rode it, she found Annenna's special go-kart. They had a race. Suddenly, thier go-kart crashed! The mums and dads made a new go-kart out of two. In the race, their go-kart came third. Their didn't win but win a prize " best-looking go-kart".


VOCABULARY
rusty:さびた

Roderick,H(1994). The Go-kart Race, China

BOOK REVIEW⑲

Jo had some good news. She was expecting a baby. "What good news!"said everyone. Wilma's mum found the old buggy. "Oh look !" Said Wilma's dad. "Wolf had it when he was a baby." The buggy looked a bit scruffy. A wheel had come off. "We can do it up,"said Wilma's mum. Wilma told Biff and   Chip. "Jo is expecting a baby," she said. "What good news!" said Chip.


I read "The New Baby". Jo was expecting a baby. Everyone prepared to birth a baby. Kipper asked Miss Green about Jo's baby and she told the children about babies. Kipper learned a lot about a baby. After that Jo had a baby girl and Kipper wanted to help for Jo. Then Kipper looked at Vicky. He said "No thank you!!!!!"

VOCABULARY
buggy:軽装馬車
scruffy:みすぼらしい


Roderick,H(1994). The New Baby,New York

BOOK REVIE⑱

One winter's day, a young Queen stood sewing by her window. As she watched the feathery snowflakes fall,her needle slipped.Three drops of ruby-red blood fell onto the snow. The Queen sighed. "I wish I had a child," she said, "with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony wood." Her wish came true. The Queen's doughter had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony.

I read "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" today. It's about Snow White who is very beautiful. Her mother died when Snow White was little. Her father decided to marry again.
The new mother is Queen. She asked her mirror:"MIrror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of us all?" And every day the mirror replied, "You are!"...until the dreadful day it said, "Snow White!" So the Queen decided to kill her. She didn't expect Snow White to find not one but seven rescuers.



VOCABURALY
sew:縫物をする
freathery:羽のような
ebony:コクタン

BOOK REVIEW⑰

Sindi is an island in Engrand Africa. It has beautiful beaches with white sand. The sea is clear and blue. There are lovely trees and flowers on Sindi. There is also a small village with white houses. An old lighthouse stands near the village on the rocks by the sea. This lighthouse is empty now. Sometimes children from the village play in the lighthouse. Sindi lies about five hundred metres from the mainland of Africa. Alot of animals live on the mainland-monkeys,elephants and leopards. One day a leopard swims across the sea to Sindi.The leopard is very hungry and he is looking foe food. He swims quikly. He comes to the beach and gets out of the water. Then he walks along the road to the village.

I read "THE LEOPARD AND THE LIGHTHOUSE" today. Sindi is a beautiful island off the coast of Afirica.One day a hungy leopard swims across from the mainland and hides in the lighthouse. Then, the king of Sindi decided that the man who catch the leopard will marry his doughter. Some mans tried to catch the leopard but most of them couldn't catch it. But one man could catch it and married doughter of king.

VOCABULARY

lighthouse:灯台

leopard:ヒョウ

BOOK REVIEW⑯

Per and his girlfriend, Nina, live in a big town in Norway. They are on holiday in the country. They are driving on a road near a big forest. "It's beautiful here,"Per says. "Let's stop the car and walk in the forest." But the forest is very dark and quiet. "I don't like this place," Nina says. "I'm cold. Let's  go back to the car." Suddenly, per falls over a tree. "Are you OK?" Nina asks. "Yes," Per answers. Then he sees some old stones. "These are very strange stones," he says. He moves them with his hands. They are very heavy. "There's a hole under the stones,"he says. He puts his hand into the hole. "Be careful," Nina says. "Perhaps an animal lives in there."


I read "The Cup in the Forest" today. One day, Per and Nina found a beautiful cup in the forest. After that they take the cup to the museum. The museum curator found that the cup belongs to Hakon who is an old Viking name. They were drinking coffee in the hotel. He looked a old man who have a saw.Then Nina had a cup and rode a car, and went a museum to sell it because she wanted to get a money!  While she went to the museum, the old man came to her. Then she dropped the sea from the cliff and she dead... The old man get the stolen cup back.



Anne,C(2003). The Cup in the Forest,New York

BOOK REVIEW⑮

Millions of years ago, incredible creatures lived on Earth. They were dinosaurs.The word dinosaur means terrible lizard. Some dinosaurs walked on two legs. Some walked on four legs. There were lots of different dinosaurs. Some had spiny backs. Some had bony plates. Some had strange crests. These dinosaurs had very big crests. They probably blew trough them to make a noise. The dinosaur is called Apatosaurus. It was longer than a bus,taller than a house, and as heavy as four elephants.

I read "Dinosaurs " today. It's about kinds way of life of dinosaurs. For example, Pterosaurs looped and swooped in the sky and Plesiosaurs splashed and swam in the sea. Surprisingly some dinosaurs were meat-eaters, or carnivores. They ate anything they could catch...even other dinosaurs.

It is unbelievable for me but I want to go there where dinosaurs live. But I would  regret if I went the dinosaurs world because they are very scarcely!

BOOK REVIEW⑭

My story starts in late July. It was July 21st, I think. It was the first day of our holiday, a hot July day. I stood in the sun and looked at the sea. It was eleven o'clock in the morning. I was on the boat at Portsmouth with my mother and father and my sister, Louise. Sea birds played near our big boat and the small boats near us on the sea. I started to look at the people with us on our boat. They all watched the sea birds and talked and laughed. They were all happy on the first day of their holiday too. And suddenly there he was, this tall, quiet boy in a blue and white shirt: he was really good-looking. I'll always remember the first time I saw him.


I read "GIRL meets BOY" today. It's love story of  Donna and Mark. They met on the boat first time and they love at first time each other. However, they were shy and didn't talk a lot, so they couldn't reduce the distance between them. After that, they narrowly miss each other. But they always thought of each other. One day they met again and danced! It was very happy ending !!!!!


VOCABULARY 
Portsmouth:ポーツマス


Derek,S(1995) GIRL meets BOY ,London

BOOK REVIEW⑬

Nick's father was angry."Why do you want to go to Australia now?" he asked. "You're only sixteen - you can go to Australia later. College is the important thing for you now. And you can't get to Australia and live there with only eight hundred pounds, you know? His mother and father didn't like Nick's plan. They wanted him to go to college, but he wanted to go to Australia for three months. He worked in the surf shop and he had eight hundred pounds in the bank now.


I read "Surfer!" today. It's about a boy who loves surfing. He wanted to go to Australia because there's an important surfing competition in Australia but his parents didn't understand his plan. One day, his friend Janelle said there will be a competition in the sea near their house. He took part in the competition and he won! Then he gave the prize "A thousand pounds" ! Finally, His father allowed to go to Australia!


VOCABULARY
pound:ポンド(英国・英連邦の通貨単位）


Paul,H.(1996) Surfer!,London

BOOK REVIEW⑫

Ali lives in Istanbul, a big city in Turkey. He lives in an old building near the famous Blue Mosque. After school, Ali comes home and sits at the window. He looks at the boats. They are going out to sea. "What are you doing? Ali's mother asks. "I'm taking photos of those boats," Ali says. His mother looks at him and laughs."Photos? How can you take photos? You haven't got a camera!"....




I read "ALI AND HIS CAMERA" today. It's about a boy who likes to take photos but he don't have a camera. Of cause he can't take photos so he taking photos in his head. He can see the photos his head! But, one day, the old woman gives him a camera. He working hard to get some money to buy films of it. After he get some films, he take photos. Finally, his photo in the news paper! He and his family was happy!

VOCABULARY
Turkey:トルコ
Blue Mosque：スルタンアフメト・モスク


Raymond,P.(2000)  ALI AND HIS CAMERA,China

How's it going？

I'm going to talking about my last weekend.

Last Sunday, I met my brother after a long interval because PUK's open day and I know he came to there.I was looking forward to seeing him. Then, I bought a lunch for him and went there. I was ashamed because everyone in there wear a school uniform. After all,I met him and gave him it but I had a little minute to talk with him...

I am looking forward to seeing him again!

BOOK REVIEW⑪

Dear Diary,
 We're going on holiday to Greenhill tomorrow. Dad's driving. It's a small village in the middle of nowhere about 20 miles from the city centre. Mum and Dad want to go and live there forever. They say that they're tried of all the traffic and air pollution here. Jason is really happy. His rucksack is packed and ready.

I read ''Val's Diary'' today. It's about Val's diary which her brother gave her for her birthday. She think it is a stupid present but she started writing in it because she was so bored. She wrote a diary about her awful summer.

Mary,F.(2009) Val's Diary, Itary

How's it going?

I am going to talk about my three-day weekend.

I woke up around the noon so I could sleep a lot.

Actually, I planned shopping last day but I don't want to go out because it was a hot day!!!

I regret a little not to do anything...

BOOK REVIEW⑩

In 1897, something very strange happened in the town of Aurora,Texas. Children playing in a field saw a strange 'ship' fly over and then crash into a farm building. Men ran to the crash and found just one alien in the ship-dead. They put the alien under the ground- and, if the story is true, he is still there, somewhere under Aurora.

I read 'U.F.O.s'  today. It's about UFO and ALIEN. On 30 June,1908, the people of Nizhne-Karelinsk, a small village in Tunguska, saw a line of fire cut across the sky.
Tunguska was very difficult to get to in 1908. Some news papers wrote about the explosion, but no sciemtist to go there was Leonid Kuilk, in 1927.

Helen,B (1999) U.F.O.s, New York

What's going on?

  I went to Kumamoto Gakuen University on June 30 with Sayaka.

We went there for the first time and met a friend who are same high school.
 We ate gakusyoku in there and talked a lot.
I had a good time, and a want her to come our school !