Title : Death by Scrabble
Author : Charlie Fish
No. pages : 3 pages
Source : www.eastoftheweb.com
Summary :
There was a man and his wife who was playing scrabble on a hot summer day. He hated his wife so much. He had a habit to chew something when he think or confused. That day when he played scrabble with his wife he felt so angry. When he and his wife arranged the words, the words were coming true. He tried to prove his prediction. He kept chewing the tile. He made the word earthquake and the tile that he chew was swollen. Finally he death and the word that appeared in his wife’s board was “murder”.
Comment
From this story, we learnt that whatever our psychological condition, we still have to think something well.
Ahmad Khoirul
Friday, 19 February 2010
Where I am?
Title : Where I am?
Author/Source : Sarah galbraith, 13, Hopewell, NJ. In Http://mgfx.com/kidlit/artlit/stories/sgalbrth.htm
Summary :
Sarah was in the new bookstore while her mother was going to the fabric shop. There were lots of section in that bookstore, more than other bookstore in her town. For the first, she went to the medieval section. Suddenly, there was one of the cooks in King Arthur’s castle. Because she was confused, she run blindly. Then, she got to dinosaur section, and at last horror section. Thunder ended her journey and the bookstore keeper asked “Do you get what you want?”
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Author/Source : Sarah galbraith, 13, Hopewell, NJ. In Http://mgfx.com/kidlit/artlit/stories/sgalbrth.htm
Summary :
Sarah was in the new bookstore while her mother was going to the fabric shop. There were lots of section in that bookstore, more than other bookstore in her town. For the first, she went to the medieval section. Suddenly, there was one of the cooks in King Arthur’s castle. Because she was confused, she run blindly. Then, she got to dinosaur section, and at last horror section. Thunder ended her journey and the bookstore keeper asked “Do you get what you want?”
Comment
- I like the story. It seems that Sarah was very imaginative person.
- Language use: I think some of them seems new for me such as run blindly, and a daze of confusion.
Room 204
Title : Room 204
Author : Eric Smith
Sources : http://magfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/stories
Summary :
This story tells us about a girl who moved into her new apartment. The first day Meg came, she felt that there was something weird. Meg also saw an old lady looked at her from the window. The following day her dog, Henry, went into the room 204 and Meg tried to catch it. She was very surprised because there was nothing in the room. Suddenly, an old lady came with two cups of tea. They were a good friend then. One day, an old lady, Margery asked her to come to her room, but Meg had to watch “Axia Rose Concert”thus, she could not come. Meg could not concern well in the concrete and when she arrived at the appaertment. She came to the Margery’s room. Meg screamed loudly because she saw Margery’s ran over with her hands up like she was going to kill her. She said apologize to Malgery because she could not come. Margery awaked her and told why she wanted meg to come to her house at that day. She told that she did not want to be alone because it was the day when Margery died.
Comment:
Author : Eric Smith
Sources : http://magfx.com/kidlit/kids/artlit/stories
Summary :
This story tells us about a girl who moved into her new apartment. The first day Meg came, she felt that there was something weird. Meg also saw an old lady looked at her from the window. The following day her dog, Henry, went into the room 204 and Meg tried to catch it. She was very surprised because there was nothing in the room. Suddenly, an old lady came with two cups of tea. They were a good friend then. One day, an old lady, Margery asked her to come to her room, but Meg had to watch “Axia Rose Concert”thus, she could not come. Meg could not concern well in the concrete and when she arrived at the appaertment. She came to the Margery’s room. Meg screamed loudly because she saw Margery’s ran over with her hands up like she was going to kill her. She said apologize to Malgery because she could not come. Margery awaked her and told why she wanted meg to come to her house at that day. She told that she did not want to be alone because it was the day when Margery died.
Comment:
- I like this story. It is a kind of mystery story which always makes us want to know what the next. It is also makes our heart beat loudly.
- By reading this short story, I get the lesson that we should not break our promise to other. In addition, as the human being we can not live alone. We need others to help us.
King Grisly-Beard
Source : www.eastoftheweb.com
Title : King Grisly-Beard
Pages : 4 pages
Summary :
There was a great king of land far away in the East. He had a daughter. The king wanted to find a good husband for her. But his daughter always refused the men who come to marry her. One day, she saw a man who had beard and she said that his beard was like an old mop. The king was very angry with his daughter behaved to all his guests. He vowed that his daughter had to marry the first man that come to the door. Then, there was a fiddler come by the castle and played under the window, begged for money. The king heard him and he said that he wanted to marry him with his daughter. Finally, his daughter married with the fiddler and moved to small house. She felt angry because the fiddler did not has a servant and she could not buy anything she wanted. She decided to work, so she weave and many people wanted to buy her wares. Then, there was a drunken soldier came by and rode his horse against her and broke all her goods into a thousand pieces. She cried and said to her husband, but her husband was angry and said that she had to be a kitchen maid and helped the cook in the king’s palace. In a party, she saw the king Grisly-beard and then he said to the princess that actually he was faddler who had lived with her. He was the soldier that over her stall. He did all that things because he loved her so much and wanted her to learn wisdom. Finally, his father came and the party was actually for her and her husband.
Comment:
It’s an interesting story about how to make bad habit/ behave of someone change. The princess who had bad behave at the first could change to a good woman, wise and also nice person.
Rufa’idatul H
Title : King Grisly-Beard
Pages : 4 pages
Summary :
There was a great king of land far away in the East. He had a daughter. The king wanted to find a good husband for her. But his daughter always refused the men who come to marry her. One day, she saw a man who had beard and she said that his beard was like an old mop. The king was very angry with his daughter behaved to all his guests. He vowed that his daughter had to marry the first man that come to the door. Then, there was a fiddler come by the castle and played under the window, begged for money. The king heard him and he said that he wanted to marry him with his daughter. Finally, his daughter married with the fiddler and moved to small house. She felt angry because the fiddler did not has a servant and she could not buy anything she wanted. She decided to work, so she weave and many people wanted to buy her wares. Then, there was a drunken soldier came by and rode his horse against her and broke all her goods into a thousand pieces. She cried and said to her husband, but her husband was angry and said that she had to be a kitchen maid and helped the cook in the king’s palace. In a party, she saw the king Grisly-beard and then he said to the princess that actually he was faddler who had lived with her. He was the soldier that over her stall. He did all that things because he loved her so much and wanted her to learn wisdom. Finally, his father came and the party was actually for her and her husband.
Comment:
It’s an interesting story about how to make bad habit/ behave of someone change. The princess who had bad behave at the first could change to a good woman, wise and also nice person.
Rufa’idatul H
The Bee and Road to Happiness
I read Islamic articles, The Bee and Road to Happiness, and short story which title is The God Tum. Also I read in a glances about news, and some knowledge about American life.
Comment
Comment
- I do like these
- The Bee and Road to Happiness. From language aspects, I gain so many new languages which is related with religion. From the content aspects, it is improve my knowledge. For instances, why God choose the name “The Bee” in Sura 16 of the Qur’an is to get our attention to the importance of the bees. The bees are one of these miracles of God. Bees can produce honey, keep plants living well, and many other wonderful things that proves bees are so important. Also, I read “Road to Happiness, what I can take from their article is if we want to got the truth happiness, we have to take God as number one priority. In sum, it is only improve my English and knowledge, but also my faith to God.
Waiting for Her
From : www.eastoftheweb.com
Title : Waiting for Her
Author : Amina Henry
Pages : 6 pages
Summary :
There was a young girl named Victory Barness. Her mom was put in prison because of selling drugs in school yard and her father passed away because of heroin addict. Victory was born just before her mom got sent away to prison and her mom gave that name because she though that after all the dope she did when she was pregnant she just had to thank God and called her daughter victory. Since her mom imprison, victory lived with her grandma. Victory also had a friend named Tommy and a boyfriend name Jay. They all grew up together. Deep inside her heart, Victory always felt that there was a hole gap needing to be filled. She felt hurt so bad, felt so empty. She just wanted to forget everything. Because of that, she also trapped on free sex with Jay, his boyfriend. One day, after 12 years she felt that she need her mom badly. At first everything seems so perfect when she met her mom and huge her. She felt relax, surrender and wanted to scream. Then, the perfect moment gone, suddenly she cried. Both of them burst into tears and the tears didn’t bring them any closer. They were already move away from each other. They didn’t know each other at all. At last Victory wrapped her arms around herself and looked away. She wondered why it is so hard to fell anything.
Comment:
Great story, so touching. It is described how important family is; moreover, a mother. Every child need a good figure of mother to light up her/his life. This story also show about the feeling of a broken home girl and how she tried to feel the emptiness inside her heart. It teach me “mother to be” to care more about my child and always stand by him/her self.
Candrika Citra S
Title : Waiting for Her
Author : Amina Henry
Pages : 6 pages
Summary :
There was a young girl named Victory Barness. Her mom was put in prison because of selling drugs in school yard and her father passed away because of heroin addict. Victory was born just before her mom got sent away to prison and her mom gave that name because she though that after all the dope she did when she was pregnant she just had to thank God and called her daughter victory. Since her mom imprison, victory lived with her grandma. Victory also had a friend named Tommy and a boyfriend name Jay. They all grew up together. Deep inside her heart, Victory always felt that there was a hole gap needing to be filled. She felt hurt so bad, felt so empty. She just wanted to forget everything. Because of that, she also trapped on free sex with Jay, his boyfriend. One day, after 12 years she felt that she need her mom badly. At first everything seems so perfect when she met her mom and huge her. She felt relax, surrender and wanted to scream. Then, the perfect moment gone, suddenly she cried. Both of them burst into tears and the tears didn’t bring them any closer. They were already move away from each other. They didn’t know each other at all. At last Victory wrapped her arms around herself and looked away. She wondered why it is so hard to fell anything.
Comment:
Great story, so touching. It is described how important family is; moreover, a mother. Every child need a good figure of mother to light up her/his life. This story also show about the feeling of a broken home girl and how she tried to feel the emptiness inside her heart. It teach me “mother to be” to care more about my child and always stand by him/her self.
Candrika Citra S
the first thanks giving day
I read about the first thanks giving day. Actually, the thanksgiving is celebrate for keeping with a long tradition of celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops. The first thanksgiving was done in 1621 by the Plymouth colonist and Wampanoag Indians by sharing an autumn harvest feast. This harvest meal has become and less vegetables, also surprising spicy cooking.
Comments:
Comments:
- I like this topic because basically I am interested in reading about history.
- From this reading material I have learned
- Language ---> vocabulary
- Content ---> I have learnt about culture of the Americans that they also have thanks feeling represented on their tradition of celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for harvest.
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