Vocabulary,
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| The Giver's cover |
Hello Blog Friends :), I hope you are doing
well and working hard on your new year resolutions list.
Recently, Shizusan, Shishimesan, and I
started reading Lois Lowry's books, and we have begun with the well-known novel
'The Giver'.
I got this book last year at a bookfair, I
found the description on the cover intriguing, so I bought it. Later on when I
told my teacher about it, she pointed out that it is the first novel of an
exhilarating series followed by "Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son"
and she highly recommends us to read the whole set.
Anyway, three weeks ago we finished The
Giver, and we really enjoyed going through its chapters despite how some
paragraphs sounded funny and ridiculous, such as the telling of feelings ritual
every night, and when someone makes a mistake or causes trouble they must
apologise by using an customary formula.
Like
in my case: "I apologise for making
you read this useless post" and everyone must reply in unison "We
accept your apology, Bassima!".
On the other hand, the most shockingly gloomy part of the story
was when Jonas (plus us for sure) found out what it really means to
"release" someone out of the community, I remember when Jonas watched
a recorded tape of his father doing a
release of one of a pair of identical twins, Shizusan and I couldn't read that
section, so Shishimesan read that dreadful painful part, while we were sobbing
and rubbing our eyes. (Women!)
However, if you are willing to improve your
English vocabulary, and your level is between intermediate and advanced, I
think this is a very useful novel to practise, it is well written and the
language is straightforward.
It is not a heavy going book that forces
you to check up almost every single word, it is interesting, catchy, fictional,
and we went through the book swiftly without any difficulties.
I made notes for the new vocabulary I've
learnt while reading, they're in a PDF document , organized chapter by chapter,
with some examples, I will insert the link to download the file at the bottom
of this post.
Of course the novel is not out of
copyright, so I cannot provide any links to download the book.
If you wish to read more information about
the setting, plot, and awards check out the giver article on Wikipedia HERE
I would like to send a special thank you to
my reading mates from Japan, Shizusan, and Shishimesan -who joined us
recently-, for lifting up the burden of boredom and making my Mondays the best
ever in my life. Love you guys xoxo
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Tags: Learn English, Reading, The giver, Lois Lowry, Vocabulary, Notes, Bassima
good job for you :)
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thanks for the notes :)