Reading log - Fables

 

Name:                         Fahmi Adrian

NPM:                          172122081

Course subject:          Extensive Reading (C)

Meeting:                     4^rd meetings Reading Log Fables

 

No	Day	Title	Why I am interesting to read	Questions before I read
1	Friday	Wealth without a Value	I’m interested with the title. I assumed that this comic will relate with our life.	How the story would illustrate its title?
2	Saturday	Unity is Strength	I’m interested with the title. I assumed that this comic will relate with our life.	How the story would illustrate its title?
3	Sunday	The Fox and the Grapes	I’m interested with the title.	What does the fox do on the grapes?
4	Monday	The Ant and The Dove	I’m interested with the title.	What does the ant and the dove do?
5	Tuesday	The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf	I have already heard the story, but the story is still quite interesting.	Is there any new story line that I do not know?

 

 

Day 1 Friday Date: 19 March 2021
Time	09.00 - 09.20
Title	Wealth without a Value.
Sources	https://www.moralstories.org/wealth-without-value/
Characters	A Miser, A thief, and a stranger.
Main points of the story	The story illustrated a miser who have lot of money but he never once spending it to buy something, he only keep his money under the ground on his garden. One day, he discover that his money are robbed, he cried loud in frustration.
New Vocabularies found	Miser, Groaned.
Comments	Why the miser have to save his assets under the ground, don’t he know there is something called bank?

 

Moral value: Saving, Spending wisely and appropriately is a good sign if you do it for a good purpose. Otherwise, a possession is worth no more than the use we make of it.

 

Day 2 Saturday Date: 20 March 2021
Time	09.00 - 09.02
Title	Unity is Strength
Sources	https://www.moralstories.org/unity-is-strength/
Characters	The dove’ king, The doves, Hunter, The mouse.
Main points of the story	The story illustrated doves’ migration to find out a food or water, they landed up because of the rice scattered beneath a tree. Suddenly a net fell over them and they were all trapped. The dove’ king advise them to carrying the net fly with them because there is no way they can escape from the net. They are flying along with the net to find a mouse who is the king’ friend and help the dove to escape from the net.
New Vocabularies found	Astonishment.
Comments	For me, the story is good

 

Moral value: When you work together, you are stronger.

 

Day 3 Sunday Date: 21 March 2021
Time	09.00 - 09.20
Title	The Fox and the Grapes.
Sources	https://www.moralstories.org/the-fox-and-the-grapes/
Characters	The fox.
Main points of the story	The story illustrated the fox who is trying to get the grapes on a lofty branch, he jumped many times but keep failing. At the end, he decided to give up and walk away.
New Vocabularies found	Lofty branch, Quench.
Comments	The story is too short.

 

Moral value: It’s easy to despise what you cannot have.  Nothing comes easy without a hard work.  So, Work hard and reach your goals.

 

Day 4 Monday Date: 22 March 2021
Time	09.00 – 09.20
Title	The Ant and The Dove.
Sources	https://www.moralstories.org/the-ant-and-the-dove/
Characters	The ant, The dove, The bird catcher.
Main points of the story	The story illustrated the two animals who didn’t know each other but they are help each other.
New Vocabularies found	Plucked
Comments	The story is interesting, it has a powerful moral value. When you do well, the good will come to you.

 

Moral value: If you do good, good will come to you.  One good turn deserve another.

 

Day 5 Tuesday Date: 23 March 2021
Time	09.00 – 09.20
Title	The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf
Sources	https://www.moralstories.org/the-shepherd-boy-and-the-wolf/
Characters	Shepherd boy, His master, The villagers, The sheep, and The wolf
Main points of the story	The shepherd boy who is tricked the villagers, he is lying that there was a wolf attack but it’s not. One time, there was a real wolf attack, the shepherd boy tried to yelled again, but the villagers already pissed off because the shepherd boy always tricked them.   The villagers won’t come to help, then the wolf succeeded to kill many of his sheep.
New Vocabularies found	Pasture, Dull.
Comments	I have already heard the story, but the story is still quite interesting.

 

Moral value: If you keep lying, no one will believe you even if you are speaking the truth. Always speak the truth.