Year 8-9 ESL Book Log by Shumin Tan

STARWARS

2025-04-18 14:41:44 UTC

The Figosian cryptosurgeons of Takobana give a criminal on the run just what she asks for in "The Face of Evil"

Bobbajo the Crittermnoger spins a tale of bravery against impossible odds in the fable"All Creatures Great and Small"

The little Red Hen

2025-04-20 13:12:32 UTC

A hen living on a farm finds some wheat and decides to make bread with it. She asks the other farmyard animals to help her plant it, but they refuse. The hen then harvests and mills the wheat into flour before baking it into bread; at each stage she again asks the animals for help, but they still refuse. Finally, with her task complete, the hen asks who will help her eat the bread. This time the animals eagerly accept, but the hen refuses, stating that no one helped her with her work and decides to eat the bread herself.

In some books, the Little Red Hen (though she did eat the bread all by herself) decides to give her friends another chance. (That is, in the end.) The Little Red Hen says that next time she will be happy to make enough bread for herself, her chicks, and all her farmyard animal friends if they help her. (Her friends ask, "If we help you?".) The little red hen says, "Yes. If you help me do the work". The friends happily promise to help her next time. From then on, her farmyard animal friends become eager helpers.

In some variations, the hen has chicks who help her out with the entire process, and the hen and her brood then proceed to eat the bread as a family. They cut some sandwiches to have during the day, then have a bit of toast the following morning before feeding the stale leftovers to the ducks.

Cloud Atlas - ms.shumin review (1/7 books)

st4033 — 2025-04-21 01:52:28 UTC

Hi all! I am currently reading this book called "Cloud Atlas." It is a series of short stories that are all connected in different way. It's very interesting and written in a clever way. There are many new words in the book that I do not know like "unanimity", "owlishly" "impinged."

brown bear brown bear what do you see? (Esther) (1/7)

estheryeoseong — 2025-04-22 22:26:09 UTC

1/7The brown bear sees the red bird,

The red bird sees the yellow duck,

The yellow duck sees the blue horse,

…

At the end, the teacher sees the children,

And the children see all the animals they have seen so far.

This is a children's picture book that teaches animals and colors through a repetitive structure like this.

I don't have a new word..