Reading Journal

Title: The Hitchhiker
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Short Stories
Publication date: 1977
Rating: 2/5
I have read the handout.

Vocabulary words
Hodcarrier - a labourer who carries the materials in a hod for a plastere bricklayer, etc. Also called hodman.
Conjuror - a person who practises magic; sorcerer


What is the setting? When? Where? How important is the setting to the story?
What effect does it have?

The setting is on a road to London. It was around 1976-1977. That's because it was published in 1977 and the car he was driving was 1976 model and he said it was new and luxurios. It was important that the setting was on a road, but not that they were going to London. They could have been heading anywhere else. Without it being on a road he couldn't have been driving over the speed limit.

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Title: The Necklace
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Genre: Short stories
Publication date: 1884
Rating: 3/5
I have read the handout.

Vocabulary words:'
Gallantries - Nobility of spirit or action; courage.
Bewilderment - The condition of being confused or disoriented.
(thefreedictionary.com)

The Necklace is about a girl who wants to be rich, but she marries a lowly clerk. They get invited to a party for the Minister of Education. Her husband gives her a dress, but has to borrow jewelry from her rich friend. After the party she loses the jewelry and needs to by a new one. She borrows money to pay for a new one and she works for 10 years before she could pay the money. Then she meets her rich friends that she borrowed the jewelry from. She says the one she borrowed was a copy and was not worth much at all.

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Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar
Genre: Adventure, Satire
Publication date: 20 August, 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Rating: 3/5
I have read the handout (21 pages)

Vocabulary words:
perseverance: steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc.,in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
neglected: to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight.

3.What is the setting? When? Where? How important is the setting to the story? What effect doe it have?
The setting is in Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is in Texas. Its very important to the story. It is described in a sad way, where nobody wants to go. Stanley Yelnat
got the choice of being sent to jail or go to Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake. At Camp Green Lake the conditions were terrible. He and some other kids had to dig a hole every day.

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Title: The Man Who Married Himself
Author: Charlie Fish
www.eastoftheweb.com
Added to website: May 2000
Genre: Short Story(humor)
Source:http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/ManWho.shtml
Rating: 4/5
I have read the whole story (4 pages)
Vocabulary words:
Spouse: a married partner, husband or wife
Excruciating: causing great pain or anguish
2. Who is the narrator? What do you find out about him or her?
The narrator is the person getting married to himself. We find out that he want to marry himself. He says that according to the bible it is aloud, so he makes a wedding. After he have been married he wants a divorce, and he finds out that the only way out, is to cheat on himself and sleeping with another. So he gets divorced and waits for the media to lose interest of his story. At the end he finds a real wife and lives happily ever after.

Reading Journal

Title: The Star Author: Esther Claes Source: www.eastoftheweb.com Rating: 4 (out of 5)

I have read the whole story. It's about 2 pages.

Vocabulary words:
Solemnly: seriously, deeply earnest, sober
Fragrance: This word is used as a noun to talk about a particular smell that we notice or smell.

Web link: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Star717.shtml

Comment on the opening. How effective? How does it try to hook you? What is introduced?

The opening was very effective. It's straightforward, like it should be in a short story. Already in the first sentences we get to know that the world is at its end, and how they reacted. That's really hook's you. We get introduced to a rich, snobby pop star that's realizing that U.S.A is at war and that there are diseases and radiation poisoning spreading all over the country.

Reading Journal

Bolt set to be a legend

The Strait Times saturday 22/8 2009
I've read the whole article. Rating: 4
vocabulary words:
Altering: Usain Bolt is altering the sport.
Clenched: Teeth clenched
Question 12. An exciting part of what I have read is that Usain Bolt won the men's final 200m final. He set a new world record by 19.19 seconds. That's 0.11seconds faster than his old world record.
Shawn Crawford, who came on 4th said: "he's a gift to the earth"
Bolt did also set a new world record in the 100m sprint a few days ago, with the time, 9.58 seconds.

about myself

Hello,
I have lived in Norway all my life except when I was 5 - 8 years old when I lived in Ghana. I have just come to Singapore and began at Overseas Family School.

I like sports. I play most soccer but I also like other sports like golf, sqash, tennis and other things.