MAKO's enjoy reading blog

- In a place far away, there was a lorry. It was a very big lorry because on the back was a very big machine. The machine made rainbows and was called The Rainbow Machine. I read "The rainbow machine". Children want to know where is the start place of rainbow? The answer is Rainbow machine. It makes rainbow. One of the man who ride on the lorry, he missed how to use the lorry. So, children helped him, but they couldn't it. The member of the lorry, helped them, so the rainbow saved. Reference Hunt,R.(1990). The rainbow machine .Oxford university press.

- This is the story of Dragon mountain, phoenix mountain and a shining lake. It begins thousands of years ago, in China... I read "The dragon and the phoenix". They played with everyday, and then one day they find a pearl. The pearl shining more than sun light. So the queen of Heaven saw it shine, and in the night, her guard steal it. In the morning, they find the pearl was gone. They look for it, but they couldn't find it. Then they saw it in the sky. They went to Heaven and saw the queen. She fell it from the sky... It landed on the ground and became a shining lake. The dragon and the phoenix still keep it. Reference Sims,L.(2007). The dragon and the phienix .Usborne first reading.

- Dinosaurs lived on earth for more than a hundred million years. Then almost all of them disappeared. I read "Dinosaurs". I like to learn dinosaur's history. They lived on the land and in the sea. Most of them, they eat plant. But there were meat-eater,too. They eat anything they could catch, even other dinosaurs. Some people think that a big rock fell from space and hit the earth, so they disappeared. Dust filled the sky.It hid the sun. It was too cold for dinosaurs to live. We don't know detail of dinosaurs. We don't know what their skin looked like. Experts find out about dinosaurs by looking at fossils. We will find a fossil one day,maybe. Reference Mason,c.(2010). Dinosaurs. Usborne first reading.

- Anna is almost frozen. Kristoff loves Anna. His kiss might save her. But Elsa needs Anna's help! Huns tries to hurt Elsa. Anna blocks his sword when she freezes soild. I read "Frozen a tale of two sisters". It is very famous story all over the world. I watched this movie more than 10 times. Anna and Elsa is very good sister. But Elsa has a magic power. She can make ice and she made mistake. Her magic hits Anna. After they growing,Anna met prince Hans. They fall in love. Elsa becomes queen. Elsa's magic power improved,too. She make her own ice castle. Anna and Kristoff and olaf look for Elsa. They find Elsa, but her magic hits Anna's hand. Anna became ice, but Elsa's love melt the ice. Reference Lagonegro,M.(2013). Flozen .Random House.

- Stitch was not a dog. He was blue and furry. He had big ears. And he had sharp teeth. Stitch was really an alien! I read "Lilo and Stitch" now. Stitch is an alien. But, Lilo said he is a dog for her friend. So, stitch had angry. He stealed Lilo's friend's scooter and ride on it. Lilo and stitch rode under a waterfall. And then they came to a cliff. Just lots and lots of water. Stitch turned right. And they went to a market. They eat mango and banana. Sticth rode past a volcano. It began to rumble. Smoke and lava came out. They rode faster. They enjoyed it and Lilo said "Let's do it again!". Reference Kulling,M.(2003). Lilo and stitch Go, Stitch , Go! Random House

- Poof! The cottage was clean as a whistle. Poof! The cake was an a picture. Poof! The dress was fit for a princess.  I read "Surprise for a princess". Once apron a time, there was a girl named Briar Rose. She lived in the forest with three fairies. One day, the three fairies planed her birthday surprise. They make dress and cakes without magic. But they couldn't do this. The fairies began to worry. They use magic and then, they made wonderful cake and dress.  Briar Rose surprised but she was very happy! Reference  Weinberg,J.(2006). Surprise for a princess . Random House.  

- Ariel tries to open the shell. She lifts! She pulls! She does it! Ariel sets the seal free! Ariel is happy she has found the seal. And the seal is very happy to be found. Ariel gives her friend a big hug. She seals it with a kiss!  I read "Sealed with a kiss". Ariel and Flounder love to play hide- and- seek under the sea. They want to play with baby seal. He wanted to play with them,too. They started hide, and Ariel starts to count. First, she founded Flounder. But, she couldn't find baby seal. Because he stucked! His tail is caught in a giant clamshell. So Ariel and Flounder helped him. They could help him. I like Ariel's story. I watched "Little marmaid" when I childhood. It was exciting. Reference Lagonegro,M. (2006). Sealed with a kiss. Random House.

-   Drive fast, fast, fast. Drive nice and slow.  I read "Cars old, new, red, blue!". There are a lot of cars in the world. Our family's car is white. We have two cars. Big one and small one. So, I thought I want to ride colorful car after read this book. Car is very useful. But, it can be very dangerous if we don't know how to use. So, we have to more carefully when we ride car. Someday, I will go to car license school and get a license. Reference  Lagonegro,M. (2006) Cars old, new, red, blue! Rondom House

-The prince smiled.Then, he got down on one knee and asked the girl to marry him. Why? He knew that only a real princess could feel a tiny pea under 20 mattresses and 20 quilts! I read "The princess and the pea". It was very fun story. A prince looking for his wife. But there weren't girl suit for his wife. One day, a girl came to his castle. The girl wet and muddy. But she saif "I'm a princess." So the prince had a plan to find out. First, he put a tiny pea on a bed, and then he piled 20 mattresses on top of the pea. and, he piled 20 quilts on top of the mattresses. The princess, felt the pea. So, the prince admire her. Reference Findley,V. (2006) The princess and the pea. Scholastic.

-"OK," said Big Billy, for he had a sneaky plan. When Troll climbed up on the bridge, Big Billy rammed him so hard that he fell into the water with a giant splash! I read "The three billy goats gruff". There are three billy goat brotheres. One day, they desides to closs the bridge to eat sweet grass on the other side. But under the bridge, there were a troll. He try to eat the three goats but they used blain. So they could ward off the troll and eat very sweet grass. Reference Findley,V.(2006). The three Billy Gorts Gruff . Scholastic

-When the wolf come down the chimney, he landed right in the pot. "OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!" he yalled. I read "The three little pigs". I read the book in my childhood. From this story, I learned the importance of use blain. The first pig, built a cozy house. But a bad wolf broke it.The second pig built a wooden house, but wolf broke it. The third pig built a strong house with a chimney. It was their plan. Wolf come in the house from the chimney, so the wolf came down in the hot and big pot! So the three pigs could punish the wolf. Reference Findley,V.(2006). The three little pigs . Scholatic

- What do you think of when you hear the name 'Scotland'? Golf? Tartan? Bagpipes? The Loch Ness Monster?These are all part of Scotland - but there is much more too. Scotland is a country in a country. It's part of Great Britain, and of the United Kingdom. Scotland is the oldest country in the world. So it has a lot of great history. The first scots is the people north of Hadrian's Wall were called Picts by the Romans. WE can still see some of their story in their pictures in stone. Edinburgh is one of the old city with many important and interesting buildings. It is built on hills. Theren are many famous streets, and the most famous town is 'the new town'. In the town, a lot of famous Scottish tartans shop. I love tartan. All Scotish family has own tartan. Glasgow is Scotland's biggest city.There are lots of things to do at night in Grasgow. I went to there 3 years ago. There were a lot of intreating places. Scoyland is a small country. But fo

-I don't know what is happening to me.My life is turning upside-down. YEsterday a boy kissed me for the first time in my life and today my parents said , 'Val,Jason come and see the house of our dreams.' Today I read "Val's diary". It was a novel written in the form of diary. Val is an teennager girl.From her diary, I could feel her unsettled heart. She want to live in urban. I live in Kumamoto city, so here is so-so urban. I'm satisfied. But when I was junior high, I want to live in Tokyo.I think everyone has this desire once. I don't write diary now, but I thought I want to write it in the future. vocaburaly odd 奇妙な lid ふた Flagan,M.(2009) Val's dialy. Recanati, MC, Italy:Eli.

-In the 1650s, about 500 people lived in the quiet little Dutch town of New Amsterdam. Now, in the twenty-first century, New Amsterdam is the city of New York. Seven and a half million people live there, and more than twenty million people come to visit it every year. I read "New York". I this searies(Introduction of the famous cities). It introduce about New York. In this book, there are explanation of why people call New York "The big apple" but I coudn't understand it. New York made by a lot of tribes. There are China town, Italian town and some of the imigrant's town. New york is a dream town. Many of musician and dancer gather this town. And there are a lot of shops, so we can enjoy stages, shoping, and concerts. 9.11 is the one of the impressive day for people around the world. It is unforgettable day and we should't forget. We have to keep peace in this world I thought.

Hi, everyone, how are things? I spent this weekend very busy. On saturday, I went to my part-time job, and Sunday, I joined open campas. In this week, I have to finish my homework. I have 3 reports. And end-term exam will start soon. So I have to study. Next week, I'll go back to my hometown, so I'm really looking foward to it. So I want to finish my homework early.

This sunday, I joined Open campas at PUK. Because I'm a member of ELLA, so I helped it. I didn't come to this event, so it was fresh for me. There were a lot of high school students and their parents. I remembered last year's memorie. I went to Kagoshima university's open campas. In the morning, Prof.Bourib tought us Edger Allan Poe's poem. It was interested for me! But I thought it was difficult for high school students I tooght. "The Raven" was a horrible poem. I didn't know about poe, so I was happy I could know about him. And in the afternoon, we had Ella intoroduction and Prof.Hara's lecture. It was fun for me and also high school students I thought. I was happy because I could come get to know elder people. They were very kind to me. And I was happy I could to talk with Prof.Lavin. It was great experience for me.

Last friday,we had a last class of making carrer. We had 8 classes in the first semester. It helped us to know about job. A lot of people came to our university and tought us. One of a memorable class was introduction of studing in abroad. On the presentation, there were a lot of interesting picture and speech. I have hesitation about studing in abroad, but now I'm interested in it. In the future, I want to make use of this classes well.

'I hate apartheid. I have fought it all my life. I fight it now and I will do so until the end of my days... I am guilty of no crime... When I come out of prison, I will take up again the struggle against injustice. I have no doubt that history will say that I was not guilty and that the criminals who should be in front of this court are the members of the government.' Today I read 'Nelson Mandela'. I knew his name, but I didn't know his detailed information. He is on of the most famous African American activist. He was arrested again and again because of his action and remark. He only wanted justice between black and white. His claim won the sympathy of black people, and a lot of people joined his group. Their group had 'justice' as its slogan, and they wanted it. They receive unfairly treatment for a long time. Nelson Mandela got sympathy all over the world, and he could change the conditions of african people. He is a great person for our future, a

Last sunday, I stayed in my room all day long. Because it was raining and I had many things I have to do. i finished my homeworks, and cooked some dishes. And then I watched some videos on Youtube. It sounds boring, but for me, it was fun. I watched Ariana Grande's Live performance after the incident before about 1 month. I was really surprised at that, and I wanted go to the live performance. Of course, I couldn't go there, so I was happy I could watch the live show on the internet. There are a lot of famous artists, and I could feel deep love for casualties.