bamboo grove chap. 1-3

1.Yoko is an 11 year old girl, she is Japanese but currently living in Korea because the Japanese just took over Korea. Yoko is a character who listens to what anyone says and she i very polite too. Yoko is a person who wines about allot of things like there was a few quotes in the book saying "I'm hungry".

2.Yoko and Ko are sisters, they don't fight that much except when Yoko is wining about her hunger issues. Yoko and Ko are close sisters and Yoko looks up to Ko as a roll model, But sometimes calls her bossy because Ko bosses her around. Yoko calls Ko honorable sister because i think Yoko honors Ko but calls her bossy because she really is too bossy.

3. On the train, there was allot of hurt people. The kawashima family was surprised, The mother was wanting to help. Ko was just standing around doing nothing and Yoko was disgusted and didn't want to even get near the hurt body's. After a while Yoko realized that these people were normal people and still are normal people, and she shouldn't be disgusted.

weekly vocab

pestiferous-bringing disease
purposefully-having a purpose
infinitesimal-infinite
skedaddle-to run away in a hurry
contemplated-to look at with full attention

Weekly reading responce

NAME:Michael Fortin
DATE:11/16/07
TIME:2:00hours
PAGES:0-100
TITLE:dragon rider
AUTHOR:Cornelia Funke


The book I'm reading is a very interesting book because it is full of adventure and mystical creatures. On the first page of the book a dragon named Firedrake is sleeping but then suddenly a rat comes and tells the whole tribe of dragons the bad news. The humans are coming, and the elder dragon tells every one that their is a myth that their is a magical place in the Himalayas called the rim of heaven, he says its a safe place to live and no humans can find you. Only Firedrake believes that there is a place called the rim of heaven and only he is going. They flew for a few days to get to a big city to find the rats cousin because the rats cousin specializes in making maps, they land in a trash dump so no one will see them.

They were talking about where the rats cousin would be and suddenly something moves behind the crates, but they don't know what it is so Firedrake decides to find out. He walks over their and suddenly a boy pops out, The boy somehow acted calm and just kept staring at the dragon. Firedrake asks him what he's doing in a dump, and he says he lives here. Firedrake found out that the boy is actually homeless and lives in the dump. The boy then helps the dragon find where the rats cousin is, He takes him to a giant abandoned building and inside they find a giant white rat.

new bo.ok

since i finished my last book im reading a new book called Dragon Rider.

weekly vocabulary

Judicially-fairly


contentedly-mental or emotional stability

inquiring-telling someone something or asking someone

relinquishing-To give up

undulating-to walk in a wave like motion

Weekly reading responce

NAME:Michael Fortin

DATE:11/1/07

TIME:2:00hours

PAGES:102-171
TITLE:Blue Willow

AUTHOR:Doris Gates


RESPONCE:
In the story Janie is still goofing around and saying weird things like "My hand is bigger than any cloud around". There is a contest now called the Wasco county cotton picking contest and 76 people are joining this contest because this contest is a fun contest and the prize is 125 dollars, but its going to be hard because you start at 7:00 am and pick for 9 hours trying to pick over 300 pounds of cotton.

Later in the story janie's mom is sick and her dad wont be able to go to work for the next few days because of her mom. Dr.Peirce had to come and stay half of the afternoon to find out if Janie's mom is going to be ok. Janie spent most of the day at romero, her best friends house. When she was at romero's house, she tryed to get her mind off of her mom being sick, but she was too worried so she asked Romero to tell some jokes to get her mind off of her mom. After a while Janie got too worried so she went home and checked on her mom.

vocab

cupped- using 2 or more things to make a barrier with emty space in it.

shimmering-shaking or moving realy fast back and forth

scorching-HOT!!!

astonishment-suprised

pitying- hate

Weekly Reading Response

NAME:Michael Fortin
DATE:11/1/07
TIME:1:30 hours
PAGES:1-102
TITLE:Blue Willow
AUTHOR:Doris Gates


The book blue willow is a very interesting book that kept me entertained the whole time i was reading it. Janey Larkin is a very normal girl who likes to explore and do everything barefoot for some reason. The confusing part in this book is why it skips from one scene to another very fast.



The thing that surprised me is i would think this is just a normal girly girl who cares about a plate that means allot to her but its actually an interesting story because i found out she is a girl who likes to have fun and explore things, which made the book more interesting to me.

The thing that bothers me is the fact that Janie's family isn't that "lucky" and what i mean by that is she wasn't that wealthy and she didn't get allot of what she wanted. She grew up on a farm land with not allot of friends and the most precious thing that she has is a plate.