Reading Log (Short Story)
Pre-Reading
No.
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Day
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Titles
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Why I am
intresting to read?
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Question
before I read
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1
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Thrusday
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The Richman
and His Son
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Because I interested
of the title
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How the
ending of this story?
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2
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A Good Boy
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Because I
want have a good boy
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What the
boy did?
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3
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Friday
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A Simple
Heart
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Because my
friends told me that this is a good story
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What kind
story is it?
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4
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The Story
of An Hour
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Because I
saw the rating of this story is pretty good.
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What is
the strory happen in an hour?
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5
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Saturday
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Be Different
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I want to know
motivational from the story
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Is this story
able to give me a lesson or wisdom?
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6
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Always Follow Your Heart
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I want to know
motivational from the story
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Is this story
able to give me a lesson or wisdom?
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7
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Sunday
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Mr. Blackie
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I am curious
about what Mr Blackie did in this story.
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Does Mr
Blackie have an important service in this story?
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8
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The Boy Who
Cried Wolf
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I was curious
because of what made the boy cry because of the wolf.
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Does the boy
save people from the attacks of wolves?
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Day 1
Thrusday
Date: 9 March 2020
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Time
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19.00 – 20.00
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Title
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A Rich Man and His Son
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Sources
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Characters
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A rich man and his son
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Main point of the story
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The son of a rich man is graduating from college. For months, his son
asked his father to buy a new car. When graduation day arrived, the young
man's father called him to the study. The father gave him a wrapped gift and
congratulated him. But his son was disappointed and when he opened the prize
he only found a journal with the young man's name written on the cover. He
angrily threw the journal and hurried out. Since then he parted with his
father, it made him sad and he tried to find a gift given by his father
first. when found and opened it, and when he flipped through the pages, a car
key fell from the back of the journal.
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New Vocabularies found
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Mourning, flipped, wrapped
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Comment
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No matter what you expect, be
grateful for what you are given. It may be more of a blessing than you think. Cherish it..
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Actually, I like the character of the rich rather than his ungrateful
child. his father was very good at raising his child, although he did not get
the same respect from his child.
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Time
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19.00 – 20.00
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Title
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A Good Boy
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Sources
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Characters
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Old woman and the boy
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Main point of the story
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An old woman wants to cross the road, she is weak. Therefore she wants
help, She waits long. She waited alone. She saw a large number of school
boys. They laugh and talk. They looked at the old woman. They did not help
him. They walked on. But a boy goes to the old woman and he offers help to
the old woman if he wants to cross. The boy helped the old woman, he took her
across the street and the old woman prayed for the boy to be blessed by God.
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New Vocabularies found
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-
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Comment
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This story give me best motivation to more or always do kindness
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Of course, the boy's character. because he gave me a motivation to always
do good to anyone.
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Day 2
Friday
Date: 10
April 2020
Frist
Story
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|
Time
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20:00-20:50
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Title/pages
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A Simple Heart
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Sources
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Characters
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Felicite Barrete, Madame Aubain, Paul,
Virginie, Victor, Monsieur Bourais, Theodore, Townies.
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Main point
of the story
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This story is about Felicite Barrete, who
works for fifty years as Madame Aubain’s maid. All of Madame Aubain’s friends
are jealous of her because Felicite is a really good servant. Felicite had
her heart broken by a man named Theodore, who ran off and married a rich
woman to a avoid military draft, leaving her high and dry. Filicite is crazy
about Madame Aubain’s daughter, Virginie, and about her own nephew, Victor.
Victor signs on to an ocean voyage and dies of yellow fever in Cuba, to
Felicite’s utter dismay. Virginie dies at boarding school of pneumonia, which
breaks both Felicite’s and Madame Aubain’s hearts. Felicite inherits a parrot
named Loulou, and after he dies she has him stuffed. Madame Aubain dies, and
Felicite remains in her hoom, impoverished and deaf. She gets very sick until
one day she dies, with a vision of Loulou as the holy spirit greeting her in
heaven
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New
vocabularies found
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Comment
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This is quite a long story for a “short
story” I haven’t finished it yet. I only read a few pages and the summary.
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Second
Story
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Time
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20:00-20:50
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Title/pages
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The Story
of an Hour/13
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Sources
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Characters
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Louise
Mallard, Brently Mallard, Josephine, and Richards
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Main point
of the story
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“The Story
of an Hour” follows Mallard as she deals with news of her husband Brently’s
death. After being informad of her husband Brently’s tragic death in a
railroad accident by a close frend of his, Louise reacts with immediate
grief. Louis heads to her room and gradually comes to the realization that
she is happy that her husband died. Later, she heads back downstairs, only to
witness Brently coming home, and she dies of shock at the sight, due to
complications of her heart disease.
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New
vocabularies found
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Afflicted,
revealed
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Comment
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It is an
informative story reflecting two points: first, the female search for
identity in a male-dominated world; second: marriage, specially in the late
19 cenury, results in a loss of freedom for women.
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What
character do you like the most? Why?
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Frist
story: A Simple Heart
My favorite character is the main character
of course, Felicite, although she has a bad past where she was brokenhearted
because the man she loves leave her for someone else and then the people she
holds dear also dies. She seems to be a kind, loving and patient person
judging from how she managed to get through all that.
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Second
story: The Story of an Hour
I like
Louise Mallard. I know that she tries to be a good wife for her husband, but
after her husband dead she realize that she get freedom and enjoy her life.
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Day 3
Saturday
Date: 11
April 2020
Frist
Story
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Time
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09.00 – 10.00
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Title
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Be Different
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Sources
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Characters
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5 monkeys
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Main point of the story
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One of the biggest challenges in life is to be yourself in the world
trying to make you like someone else. For research purposes, the scientists
placed 5 monkeys in a cage, with a ladder in the middle and a banana on top.
Every time the monkey goes up the stairs, scientists wet the other monkeys
with cold water. After a while, every time a monkey tries to climb a ladder,
the others will beat it. After some time, no monkey dares go up the stairs
despite temptation. The scientists then decided to replace one of the
monkeys. As expected, the new monkey immediately fell in love with temptation
and was beaten by others. After being hit several times, this new member
learned not to go up the stairs even though he never knew the real reason.
Then, a second monkey was brought in and the same thing happened. The first
monkey participated in the second beating monkey. Substitute continues, until
only a group of 5 monkeys are left in the cage. Although the new group of
monkeys never received a cold shower, they continued to beat up the monkeys
who were trying to climb the stairs. If you ask one of the new monkeys why
the beating happened, the answer might be, "Yes, how do I know. I guess
that's what is done here! "
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New Vocabularies found
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Ladder, soaked, attempted,
dared
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Comment
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You will never influence the world
if you continue doing things the way they have always been done. Be
different. Create chaos. Leave an echo behind!
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Time
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09.00 – 10.00
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Title
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Always Follow Your Heart
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Sources
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Characters
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Monty Robert, his father, and the teacher
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Main point of the story
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One day, when Monty Roberts was senior, his teacher asked him to write
about what he wanted when he was an adult. He did not hesitate and wrote a
seven-page paper about his aim to become the owner of a horse farm. This is a
detailed paper with the location of the building, stable and even house
plans. Two days later he received his paper back with a low value on the
front page. After class he asked his teacher why he received a low grade. The
teacher said that was not realistic. After a few days, the boy brought the
same paper to his teacher. No changes made. He told his teacher, "Save
and I will save my dream." Monty Roberts then owns a 4,000 square foot
house in the middle of a 200 acre horse farm. He frames the paper he wrote
and hangs it on the fireplace.
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New Vocabularies found
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Stable, ranch, itinerant,
acre
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Comment
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Always remember to follow your
heart and never listen to those who do not believe in your ability to achieve
your dreams.
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Of course, Monty Robert, because of his character who believes in what he
dreams of. he sticks to his stance without anticipating what people say to
him. focusing on your goals is what I learned from him
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : April 12th, 2020
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Time
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19:00 – 20:00
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Title & Page
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Mr. Blackie
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Sources
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Characters
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The Farmer, Mr. Blackie, Mr. Ox, Quail.
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Main points of the story
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Mr. Blackie is a strong and deep black buffalo. He is a lazy buffalo who
is always invited to work in the fields by his employer who is a farmer. From
morning to afternoon he was in the fields while in the afternoon he went to
eat grass. One day, Mr. Blackie met a quail took the grass and the buffalo
stepped on a quail’s tail. The next day while Mr. Blackie was resting under a
tree, came Mr. Ox which is a wild cow who asked him to run away and no longer
needed to work with the farmers and finally Mr. Blackie agreed. But the
farmer can find Mr. Blackie again and after this incident the farmer ties Mr.
Blackie’s nose with a rope so that Mr. Blackie cannot run again.
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New Vocabularies Found
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Himplough, Quarrelling, Noose.
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Comments
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I don't like Mr.Blackie, because he doesn't know thank you and just wants
to enjoy what many farmers have given to him.
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Time
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19:00 – 20:00
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Title & Page
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
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Sources
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Characters
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Boy, Wolf, The Neighbor.
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Main points of the story
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The boy is always lying so that he not trusted by his neighbors.
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New Vocabularies Found
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Flock, Leisure, Shouted, Lacerated.
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Comments
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This story is good and has a moral message, the moral message is, don't
lie like a shepherd boy does, because no one believes in a liar, even when he
is telling the truth.
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