I'm Vera

Las Vegas

BR 2-18: Look at me (Randell, 1995)

"I am painting. Look at me." (p.2)

In the book, several children do something. For example, they're painting, counting, or singing. Why do they do it? They do it because they want someone to look at them. They want to look at them any time. After I read the book, I felt we want someone to look at us any time because we try everything. If you read the book, you may want to try something new.

Reference: Randell, Beverley. (1995). Look at me. Albany: Nelson Price Milburn.

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BR 2-17: Tom is brave (Beverley, 1996)

"You are brave." (p.12)

The main character's name is Tom. He is a boy. One day, he went to the shop for his mother. He tumbled then and cried. He went back home soon. He stopped crying as soon as her mother took care of his injury. She said to him, "You are brave." When he heard the word, he became happy and he went out to show people his injury she took care of.

After I read the book, I felt the boy was cheerful and cute. He was just said, "You are brave." and he became happy. As people grow older, they don't feel small happiness. When I found that, I was a little sad. I want to notice small happiness, and to live happily. You should read the book, too.

Reference: Randell, Beverley. (1996). Tom is brave. Albany: Nelson Price Milburn.

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The season I hate

The season I hate is winter because I dislike cold. I'm reluctant to do everything in winter. I don't want to put up with cold because I can't do. In addition, I can't get up early in winter because it's too cold. I hate cold. When I was a girl, I was happy about snowing because Kumamoto rarely has snow and I could play with snow. I didn't understand my friends don't want to play outside when it snowed. However, I can understand that now. It's too cold when it snows, so I hope that it doesn't snow. In winter, my action becomes slow because I don't want to move as possible. I always want to stay in a warm room. I don't want to know an environmental problem in winter. I use air-conditioning more than in summer.

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My favorite sport to watch

I have a lot of favorite sports to watch because sports are exciting, but I'm not good at them. My favorite sports are volleyball, basketball, and soccer. First, volleyball is very exciting. When I watched its game, I'm often cheering without my noticing that. I also like playing volleyball, but I'm not good at it. In addition, I like watching games of basketball. My sister and brother have joined the basketball teams. My brother plays basketball in high school, too. That is why I'm interested in it. When I'm watching the game on TV with my sister and brother, they talked a lot about it because they are experienced persons. I'm not, so I sometimes don't understand their talk. Basketball is a so cool sport. I don't know the reason, but I feel it's very cool. Finally, I like both watching and playing soccer.

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My favorite clubs/circle

My favorite club is a chorus club. I belong to it when I was a junior high school student. I like singing though I'm not good at doing. I like the members of the club, too. We practiced hard and helped each other. I was the leader, and the role was so hard. However, I continued to make an effort to be a good leader because I liked chorus so much. I like both singing and listening chorus. The chorus club won several awards. I was so happy then. However, I disliked chorus when I was ninth grader because the practice was so hard and my skill of singing didn't improve. I didn't belong to the chorus club in high school, and I didn't sing. However, I often looked back on my memory of the chorus club in junior high school then. I liked chorus so much again. Of course, I like it now, too.

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