Reading Log (Short Story)
Name: Salma Sahrul
Ramadan
NPM: 222122018
Class: A
PRE-READING
No |
Day |
Titles |
Why I am interested to read |
Questions before I read |
1 |
Friday |
The Hungry Mouse, The Lion and The Mouse, Strong or
Weak |
because I was curious when I saw the title |
Is there anything we can learn from the story? |
2 |
Saturday |
The Diamond Ring, The Sun and The Wind, Fox and Crow |
From the title I am already curious and it seems
interesting |
What is the content of the story? |
3 |
Monday |
The Ant and The Dove, Tippy and Kitty, The Foolish Deer |
because I want to read it and it seems like the story
is exciting |
How is the story? |
4 |
Tuesday |
A Poor Little Girl, Bell The Cat, Concentration |
I was curious to read it and it seemed that there was a
moral to be gained from the story |
What lessons will be learned from that story? |
Day 1 Friday Date: 31 March 2023 |
|
Time |
12:39-12:41 |
Title & Page |
The Hungry Mouse |
Sources |
Short stories app – bed time stories – the hungry mouse |
Characters |
mouse and rat |
Main point of the story |
The main point of the story is that there is a mouse
that is hungry he has no food, one day the mouse sees a basket filled with
corn and there is a small hole in the basket and the mouse enters it. because the mouse had not eaten for days so the mouse
ate a lot of corn and became very fat, as a result the mouse could not get
out of the basket anymore because he got fat and couldn't get out
of the small hole. |
New vocabularies found |
strenuous, sufficient |
Comments |
the story is interesting and the lesson we get is that
something that is too much is indeed not good. and if we need something then
just as necessary do not overdo it. |
Day 1 Friday Date: 31 March 2023 |
|
Time |
13:45-13:47 |
Title & Page |
The Lion and The Mouse |
Sources |
Short stories app – kids stories – the lion and the
mouse |
Characters |
Lion and mouse |
Main point of the story |
one day a lion was sleeping in a jungle and was woken
up by the mouse, the lion became angry and wanted to eat the mouse. the rat
begged not to eat him and he promised to help the lion. the lion let him go.
Once upon a time the lion was caught in a trap, the lion roared and the mouse
heard it and then helped the lion, the lion was free and the lion thanked the
mouse for helping him. |
New vocabularies found |
shady |
Comments |
The story is interesting, we can learn to always do
good to anyone indiscriminately, because by doing good we will also get good
treatment by others. |
Day 1 Friday Date: 31 March 2023 |
|
Time |
14:17-14:19 |
Title & Page |
Strong or Weak |
Sources |
Short stories app – short stories – strong or weak |
Characters |
teak tree and small herb |
Main point of the story |
there is a proud teak tree in the forest, he is tall
and strong. there is a small herb beside the tree. the teak tree said he was very handsome and strong. no
one can beat me. hearing this, herb replied, being too much pride is harmful.
even the strong will fall one day. the teak ignored the herb's words, he continued to
praise himself, One day, there was a storm in the forest and the teak
could no longer hold it and was weak. but in the end he fell. |
New vocabularies found |
herb |
Comments |
the story is good, i like the herb he is very good.
from the story it is true that we should not be arrogant or too proud is not
good. as strong as we are, or as strong as anything, there will definitely be
a fall. |
Day 2 Saturday Date: 01 April 2023 |
|
Time |
13:57-13:59 |
Title & Page |
The Diamond Ring |
Sources |
https://www.advance-africa.com/the-diamond-ring.html |
Characters |
Old man and his three sons |
Main point of the story |
An old man gives his money and gold to his sons. and he
showed them his diamond ring but he will not give it to them immediately, but
the sons must do the most noble deeds and then tell him about their noble
deeds. then he will give his diamond ring to one of his children. And all his
sons told him their noble deeds and the father gave the diamond ring to his
third son, because the other sons did noble deeds to their friends but the
third son saved his enemy which was the noblest deed said the father, so he
gave the diamond ring to his third son. |
New vocabularies found |
noble deeds |
Comments |
The story is good, so when doing noble deeds are not
only done to good people but enemies we can help or we do noble deeds, and
with all noble deeds or helping people will be rewarded directly or
indirectly. |
Day 2 Saturday Date: 01 April 2023 |
|
Time |
15:15-15:17 |
Title & Page |
The Sun and The Wind |
Sources |
Short stories app – kids stories – the sun and the wind |
Characters |
Sun, wind, and traveller |
Main point of the story |
In the fall, the sun and the wind argued that the wind was
the strongest but the sun said gently "no, you are not". when they
saw a traveller the wind said whoever could separate the blanket from the
traveller was the strongest. And the wind began to blow harder and harder but
the traveller held his blanket tightly. The wind failed and when the sun
smiled gently and warmly the traveller began to loosen and let go of his
blanket. and the sun was declared the strongest. |
New vocabularies found |
boasted, tighter and firmer |
Comments |
the story is good, it teaches us not to be arrogant
because it is not good, fury or force cannot break the ice, in any situation
we must remain gentle. |
Day 2 Saturday Date: 01 April 2023 |
|
Time |
19:42-19:44 |
Title & Page |
Fox and Crow |
Sources |
Short stories app – 100 famous stories – fox and crow |
Characters |
Fox and crow |
Main point of the story |
A fox saw a crow flying with a piece of cheese and
landed on a tree trunk. The fox approached the crow and praised how bright your
eye, how beautiful the crow's voice was, and the fox wanted to listen to the
crow's voice then when the crow made a sound and his mouth opened and
automatically the cheese fell to the ground. and that's where the fox stole
the crow's cheese. |
New vocabularies found |
branch, feathers |
Comments |
The story is good, but it's a pity that the crow was
deceived by the fox. It's true not to trust someone who praises us too much
because there must be something in disguise. Although it's not all so, but we
still have to be careful always. |
Day 3 Monday Date: 03 April 2023 |
|
Time |
14:50-14:52 |
Title & Page |
The Ant and The Dove |
Sources |
Short stories app – stories for kids – the ant and the
dove |
Characters |
the ant, dove and hunter |
Main point of the story |
there was an ant looking for water, and when he got to
a spring he had to climb a blade of grass but he slipped, seeing that the
dove quickly picked a leaf and dropped it into the water and the ant moved
towards the leaf and climbed on it. just then the hunter threw his net at the
dove and the ant bit the hunter's heel and feeling the pain the hunter let go
of his net. and the dove flew to safety. |
New vocabularies found |
plucked, towards |
Comments |
The story is good, interesting. I like the story
because the ant and the dove are very helpful. |
Day 3 Monday Date: 03 April 2023 |
|
Time |
15:55-15:57 |
Title & Page |
Tippy and Kitty |
Sources |
https://www.advance-africa.com/tippy-and-kitty.html |
Characters |
tippy dog, kitty cat, Donny and Donny's father |
Main point of the story |
Tippy and Kitty live at Donny's house, Donny liked them
very much but they always fight. One night, the robbers came to Donny's
house, Tippy barked loudly and the robber approached Tippy with a stick to
beat Tippy. Then Kitty ran and scratched hard at the robber and the robber was
in pain, Donny and his father came out and caught the robber. Tippy thanks
Kitty and they become good friends. |
New vocabularies found |
quarreled, scratched, shrieked |
Comments |
I like the story to be good, when the dog and the cat
were always fighting but one night the cat helped the dog and made them good
friends that I liked. |
Day 3 Monday Date: 03 April 2023 |
|
Time |
19:00-19:02 |
Title & Page |
The Foolish Deer |
Sources |
Short stories app – stories for kids – the foolish deer |
Characters |
Deer and the hunter |
Main point of the story |
While a deer was grazing in the forest, some hunters
came and shot arrows at him, when the deer hid he could not control his
patience and started eating leaves and the hunters heard the rustling of
leaves and saw the deer then the hunter shot arrows and the deer died. |
New vocabularies found |
nibbling, bushes |
Comments |
The story is interesting, but it's a pity that the deer
had to die. And we can learn that when in situations of danger we must remain
careful, should keep patient and behave intelligently. |
Day 4 Tuesday Date: 04 April 2023 |
|
Time |
15:05-15:07 |
Title & Page |
A Poor Little Girl |
Sources |
Short stories app – general – a poor little girl |
Characters |
rich lady, girl child |
Main point of the story |
A rich lady want adopted a girl child. For this, she
gave advertisements in various newspapers. Many poor women came to sell their
daughters to her, and rich lady gave her money to go to the market and buy
her favourite things, On returning, all the girls showed the rich lady the
things they had bought, but one poor girl bought a prayer book and needle,
inspiring the lady to adapt her to worship and hard work. |
New vocabularies found |
ribbons |
Comments |
The story is good, very touching when there is a little
girl buying a prayer book and needles which reminds her to always work hard
and pray. |
Day 4 Tuesday Date: 04 April 2023 |
|
Time |
19:10-19:12 |
Title & Page |
Bell The Cat |
Sources |
https://www.advance-africa.com/bell-the-cat.html |
Characters |
The grocer, cat and |
Main point of the story |
There was a grocery shop in a town. Plenty of mice
lived in that grocery shop. They ate everything and spoiled all the bags. The
grocer got really worried and the, the grocer bought a cat and let it stay at
the grocery shop, but the cat had a nice time hunting the mice and killing
them. The mice wanted to do something, so they held a meeting and decided to
tie a bell around the cat's neck. However, no one was there to answer the
question of who would tie the bell. |
New vocabularies found |
grocer, mice, brooded |
Comments |
The story is good and we get that there is a solution
but with that solution no one dares to do it is just nonsense, the same with
empty solutions are of no worth. |
Day 4 Tuesday Date: 04 April 2023 |
|
Time |
20:20-20:22 |
Title & Page |
Concentration |
Sources |
Short stories app – moral - concentration |
Characters |
some youths and a saint |
Main point of the story |
The youths went to a jungle to practice shooting, but
none of them could hit a single pot. A saint, who was watching them, took the
gun and fired at the pots, smashing them one by one. The youths were amazed
to see this and asked the saint if he was a magician. The saint replied,
"I am neither a magician nor a sharpshooter. I just concentrated and the
result is in front of you. One should always work with concentration."
The youths thanked him for his advice. |
New vocabularies found |
smashed |
Comments |
The story is very good and interesting. It is true that
when doing something we must focus and concentrate in order to get the
results we want to achieve |
What character do you
like most? Why?
I like the character
of a saint in concentration stories, because he teaches us to concentrate on
doing or working on something.
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