Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Girl on a motorcycle





Student Name: Mohammed Ahmed



Book Title: Girl on a motorcycle



Writer: Johan Escott



Publishing Company: Oxford University press



Date of Publication: 2000



What is the genre of the book? (The kind of book- comedy, action, mystery etc.)?
Action

what is the setting of the story? (Place)
1-In the little town in California
2-In the Los Angeles

who is the characters in the story? (Important people or things)
1-Kenny: He is the hero in this story
2-Mel: She is the women the hero thought that she is the thief
3-Ned: He is the thief who stole the money from the supermarket



What is the conflict in the story? (The problem)
There was a conflict in the money from the supermarket and also the hero was wrong because he thought the girl stole the money

what is the plot of the story? (The important events)
It’s about a man who stole the money from a supermarket in Los Angeles and he wore the same clothes as a Mel’s clothes for the reason that he wanted the police to catch her

how is the problem solved at the end of the story?
The girl tried to catch the man who stole the money from the supermarket but she could not catch him then he had accident and the police came to arrest Ned

what was the best thing that happened in the story? Why do you think so?
I think the best thing that happened in the story was that the hero discovered the real thief. Because if he didn’t know who was the real thief the police would arrest Mel

what is your opinion of the book? Give reasons.
It’s an interesting story but there are some mysteries in this story.
It teaches us that evil people always are caught by the police

Cambodia





Today we read about immigrant family who had lived in America for a long time and were going back to live in Cambodia. Before reading we did an Internet search to find out about Cambodia. It is a country in the South East of Asia, next to Vietnam. 1975 was a very bad time for the Cambodians.
There was a civil war and then Polpot decided that he wanted everyone to be the same and work on the farms. He forced everyone to leave the cities. Everyone had to walk out including the old and the sick.
Civilian deaths in this period, from execution disease, exhaustion and starvation, have been estimated at well over two million. This was more than a quarter of all Cambodians.
If you go to Cambodia now you can go to a museum and see thousands of skulls.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008