Reading Log : Short Story
PRE-READING
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No.
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Day
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Titles
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Why I am interesting to read
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Questions before I read
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1.
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Thursday
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Be Grateful
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The title show the
thing that we have to do in daily life.
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What this story tell
about “grateful”?
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2.
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Be Different
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The title of this
story make me curious.
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Why this story told
to be different?
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3.
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Be Happy Now
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The title of story
is simple, but describe good attitude.
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What this story told
about “happy”?
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4.
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Friday
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Cow Story
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I think the story
about cow would be interesting to read.
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What happen with
cow?
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5.
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Eureka Eureka
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I remember there is
a scientist that say “eureka” when he successfully of his research.
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Is this story tell
about that scientist?
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6.
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Different Cultures
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I love culture and
diversity. Like our country have, diversity.
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What the story told
about “diversity”?
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7.
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Saturday
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Do not give up
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The title show us
the motivation to keep our spirit.
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Why this story told
us to “do not give up”?
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8.
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Do not waste your energy
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This title is
suitable with condition nowadays. Saving our energy.
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What the steps that
we can do to avoiding energy wasting?
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9.
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Good and evil
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The title make me
curious about the story between good and evil.
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What this story told
about?
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10.
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Happiness Not Given
by Others
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The title is simple
and suitable the previous story.
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Why the happiness
not given by others?
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11.
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Sunday
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Last Journey
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The title make me
curious about “the last journey”.
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How it can be the
last journey?
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12.
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Ribbit the Rabbit
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I love rabbit. So it
would be interest story for me.
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What the story told
about the “rabbit”?
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13.
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A Good Boy
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I’m curious about
the title, what this boy do to be a good boy?
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Is the story told
about good attitude of this boy?
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14.
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Perceptive
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I’m curious about
the the title, I think the story would be interesting.
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What this story told
about the “perceptive”?
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REPORT
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Day 1
Thursday
Date : March 9th, 2020
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Time
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08.00 – 08.10
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Title & Page
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Be Grateful
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Sources
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Characters
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Carl, Hans, and Old Farmer
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Main points of the story
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You don’t need money to be rich, be grateful
for what you have in life and you will feel happier.
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New Vocabularies found
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Landowner, Tenant Farmer, Ought
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Comments
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This short story
remind us to be grateful for everything we have. Because to feel happy, we
don’t need money until rich, be grateful about what we have.
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What character do you like most? Why?
The old farmer. He
reminding Carl, the rich landowner, with his dream. Although, just told his
dream. He also reminding Carl to be grateful about what he have.
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Day 1
Thursday
Date : March 9th, 2020
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Time
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08.10 – 08.19
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Title & Page
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Be Different
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Sources
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Characters
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The monkeys, Scientist
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Main points of the story
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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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New Vocabularies found
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Temptation, Beaten
up, Ladder
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Comments
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This short story
told us, we must be create or doing something different with the other if we
want to be an influencer or great person.
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What character do you like most? Why?
The “new monkeys”.
They do something different with previous monkeys in an scientist’s research
project. I love the way they do that.
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Day 1
Thursday
Date : March 9th, 2020
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Time
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08.19 – 08.30
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Title & Page
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Be Happy Now
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Sources
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Characters
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Tenali, Tenali’s
friend
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Main points of the story
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Relax and enjoy what
we are doing now. Do not think too much dreaming something really hard.
Because while you work hard, you will need to be relax and enjoy, right?
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New Vocabularies found
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Hammock, Broad smile
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Comments
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This short story
told us to be enjoy whenever we are, take a deep breath and relaxing your
body.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Tenali remind his
friend which dreamy about something hard and big, while they are enjoying her
time in a beach. Enjoying time and take a relax, do not think too much,
Tenali said.
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Day 2
Friday
Date : March 10th, 2020
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Time
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13.13 – 13.20
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Title & Page
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Cow Story
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Sources
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Characters
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Daddy cow, Mummy
Cow, and Baby Cow
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Main points of the story
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Once up a time there were three cows. The three cows wandered into the neighboring field and looked about.
There were lots of cars. They had seen people get in and out of them and
drive them about. They tried to drive it. But, actually they didn’t know how
to drive. Even though, they actually damaged the cars in the end.
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New Vocabularies found
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Wander, hoof prints
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Comments
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I think this short story
similar with the Shaun the Sheeps’ story. They curious about anything that
human do, and unfortunately they destroy things that belong to human.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Baby Cow basically
curious and want to know everything that he found. I love the way he learn
it. Actually, it’s okay to be curious but not be careless.
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Day 2
Friday
Date : March 10th, 2020
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Time
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13.20 – 13.29
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Title & Page
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Eureka Eureka
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Sources
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Characters
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Archimedes, The
King, and Goldsmith
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Main points of the story
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The king wants to make a crown, he told the
goldsmith and gave gold to him. After the crown was made, the King wondered
why the weight of the crown was the same as the gold he had given. Finally,
he told Archimedes to find out what his authenticity was. While bathing in a
bathtub, he found a theory to prove it. "Eureka" means "I have
found it!". When proven, it turns out that the crown has been mixed with
other metals. And the goldsmith confessed that he stole some of the gold
given by the King.
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New Vocabularies found
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Goldsmith, brim,
vessels
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Comments
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This story told us,
that can found something important although when we was take a bath.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Archimedes. He
inspired me to be sensitive to things around us. we can find interesting
things or important things through things that seem trivial.
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Day 2
Friday
Date : March 10th, 2020
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Time
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13.30 – 13.41
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Title & Page
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Different Cultures
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Sources
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Characters
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Amy, Amina, Ibrahim,
Juan, Rajat, Anita, and friends.
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Main points of the story
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Amy's school needed to have a fundraiser so
they could earn money to buy more computers. Amy
had a brilliant idea for a fundraiser! She suggested that every student could
bring in their favorite dish and hold an ethnic dinner night. And it called
“Dinner Around the World”.
The fundraiser was a great success. Everyone
enjoyed seeing, smelling and tasting foods from so many different cultures.
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New Vocabularies found
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Stimed, hummus, dip
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Comments
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Amy's idea to make a
fundraiser through "dinner around the world" is brilliant. Cultural
diversity can be a beauty when put together in one place. Exquisite!
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What character do you like most? Why?
Amy. She has an
interesting idea. Armed with the ability to be sensitive to her surroundings,
She got the idea to unite the diversity that exists to make it happen that
can be enjoyed by many people.
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Day 3
Saturday
Date : March 11th, 2020
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Time
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09.30 – 09.41
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Title & Page
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Do Not Give Up
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Sources
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Characters
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I, His God.
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Main points of the story
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This story is about someone who feels tired
about his work. Then he decided to download from all his activities. Then he
went to the forest to meditate. There he talked to his god about ferns and
bamboo. The Lord analogized that ferns and bambo were different but they
complemented each other and made the forest beautiful. It takes a year for a
plant to grow to the surface, while bamboo takes five years to grow to the surface.
Why? because bamboo has strong roots for five years, so that when he grows
tens of feet he becomes strong.
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New Vocabularies found
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Fein, sprout,
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Comments
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Therefore, do not ever complain and give up.
Don't compare yourself to other people. Because maybe everyone has different
goals with you. Do not give up!
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What character do you like most? Why?
The main character. His
choice to pause from his various busy routines is a good choice. So that he
feels more relaxed and calm, when the following days undergo work.
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Day 3
Saturday
Date : March 11th, 2020
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Time
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13.42 – 13.50
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Title & Page
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Do Not Waste Your
Energy
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Sources
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Characters
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Socrates, someone
who
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Main points of the story
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Socrates is a famous philosopher with high
knowledge. One day when someone came to tell him something, he asked the
person with three filters namely, truth, goodness, and usefulness. However,
it turns out that what the person is carrying does not fulfill these three
filters.
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New Vocabularies found
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Acquaintance,
contrary
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Comments
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Therefore, do not
waste your time talking about things that are not important or gossiping.
Because it only wastes your time. Smart people will be wise in using their
time.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Socrates. He said
that “do not waste time gossiping kills your energy, the
people you are gossiping about and the people you are telling it to.” Well, I agree with it.
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Day 3
Saturday
Date : March 11th, 2020
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Time
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09.50 – 10.01
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Title & Page
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Good and Evil
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Sources
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Characters
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Teacher, students.
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Main points of the story
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One day the teacher told a story in front of
his students about a story of good and bad. The teacher wants to show that in
assessing something one must not only use one point of view. However, looking
at it from another perspective too. So that we really know which is called
good and bad. sometimes people are mistaken, they are too quick to conclude
something. Be wise in judging.
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New Vocabularies found
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Stood, terminal
illness
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Comments
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This story reminds me of my childhood, when
teachers in kindergarten and elementary school focused on instilling moral
values in their students. May their services be rewarded by Allah Swt.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Teacher. He told
that, there are many complications which are hard to
understand. Which is why we should never focus only on the surface and judge other
without understanding them first.
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Day 3
Saturday
Date : March 11th, 2020
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Time
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10.02 – 10.11
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Title & Page
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Happiness Not Given
by Others
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Sources
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Characters
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The main character
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Main points of the story
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Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love,
of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person – without
possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without
reducing the other to a thing and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the
other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will
be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other,
because it is not given by the other.
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New Vocabularies found
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Possessing,
paradoxical
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Comments
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This story tells me, that happiness will
arise when we can love ourselves and not force others to like us. We are
happy, because we created it ourselves.
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What character do you like most? Why?
The main character. He
remembers us so that we love ourselves, not forcing others to like us, nor
for being possessive of others to be happy. Happiness is what we create.
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : March 12th, 2020
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Time
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06.39 – 06.50
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Title & Page
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Last Journey
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Sources
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Characters
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The cab driver, the passenger
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Main points of the story
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A cab driver gets a passenger of an old
woman whose age is sentenced soon. The woman asked him to walk around the
city, he agreed. This woman told me about the buildings that had raised her
so far. In the end, early in the morning, this woman stopped at a hospital
and continued her recovery while spending the remaining time she had.
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New Vocabularies found
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Glistening, trunk, dead
of the night, rear-view mirror, orderslies, bent
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Comments
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We never get to know the stories of the
people we meet. A little kindness and love is all that is needed to make a
difference in the world.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Cab driver. He gave
his best services to his passanger. Although, the request is heard unusual.
But, I agreed with his attitude to gave his best services.
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : March 12th, 2020
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Time
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06.50 – 07.00
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Title & Page
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Ribbit the Rabbit
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Sources
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Characters
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Rabbit, tortoise
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Main points of the story
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A rabbit feels that when he lives on land he
feels dangerous. And he felt that life in the river would be safer. So he
jumped into the river, when he drowned. He even didn't know how to swim.
Luckily, there was a tortoise to save him. That was the last time he went
near the river.
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New Vocabularies found
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Ribbit
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Comments
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In dealing with a problem, don't give up
easily, so you think that when we move away from it, we will avoid the
problem. It could be, instead you find new laziness encountered.
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What character do you like most? Why?
Tortoise. He saved
the rabbit. Although his body is small, but he still tries to save it.
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : March 12th, 2020
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Time
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07.00 – 07.10
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Title & Page
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A Good Boy
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Sources
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Characters
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An old woman, A boy
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Main points of the story
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When his classmates come home from school and pass in front of an old
woman who wants to cross the street. There was a boy who approached and
offered his help. He then helped an old woman cross the road. He happily
said, I'm happy to help old woman, so somebody will help my mother in her old
age. She
smiled and prayed for him.
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New Vocabularies found
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Deed
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Comments
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Good behavior and we can follow it.
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What character do you like most? Why?
A boy. He did good
deed. He feels happy. He also thinks that what we do will turn to us.
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Day 4
Sunday
Date : March 12th, 2020
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Time
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07.11 – 07.21
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Title & Page
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Perceptive
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Sources
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Characters
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Two twin boys, father
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Main points of the story
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Two twin boys were raised by an alcoholic
father. One grew up to be an alcoholic the other grew up and never drank in his life.
When asked what happened, both
of them said "I watched my father."
Two boys, same dad, two different
perspectives.
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New Vocabularies found
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Alcoholic
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Comments
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The title it’s not
suitable with the story. I think the title was typo. But, overall the message
of the story delivered well.
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What character do you like most? Why?
A boy who don't drink alcohol. Although his father was an alcoholic, but he saw
his father with a different perspective.
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