1. Kira-kira Novel reading
Class:112
Group member:
3 吳盈萱 11 林洵鋌 22 陳芃亦
23 陳怡玲 25 陳香安 29 楊敏

2. Summary.1 Lynn taught Katie her first word: kira kira.
Lynn is Katie’s sister. She told Katie the
special way of viewing the world. However,
they had to move from Iowa to Georgia.
Because their parents’ store is out of business.
Their uncle said he could get their dad a job
in hatchery. Katie missed the things that their
parents worked regular hours and the view in
Iowa.

3. Summary.2 Their apartment was so small that their mom
was unhappy. Lynn didn’t seem to be making
many friends at school, so she spent a lot of
time with Katie. Lynn told Katie that the
people on the town ignored them because they
are Japanese. Their mom gave birth to Sam
while Katie was first grade. He was so cute
that Katie was proud of him. However, every
thing started to changed when Katie was ten.

4. Summary.3 Lynn made a first best friend, Amber. Even
though Lynn spent most of her time with her
friend, she still worried about Katie all the
time. But Katie thought the way which is
Lynn might worry about a baby. Lynn, Amber,
Katie and their uncle’s whole family went
camping. Katie thought her sister didn’t
understand her and she wanted her own
friends.

5. Summary.4 After few days, Lynn got sick. So Katie and
Sam had to sleep in the living room. They
went to work with their mom everyday in
summer. Katie made a new friend, Silly,
during the time in factory. Amber dropped
Lynn. Her parents want to get Lynn’s house.
Because the new house maybe can make Lynn
feel better.

6. Summary.5 One night Lynn called Katie to give her water,
but Katie yelled at her. Because since Lynn
was sick, Katie did everything for her. During
the new year celebration, Lynn was dead. On
Lynn’s funeral, Katie gave the speech to
remember her sister. After that their father
took them to California because there is the
place where Lynn wanted to lived when she
get older. They went to coast, when Katie saw the
sea she heard her sister’s voice in the waves:
“Kira-kira! Kira-kira!”

7. Word watcher.1 1.strode(stride_strode_stridden) vt. vi.
walk across, walk over
＊He strode over the crying girl without a look.
2.vicious adj. evil, fiendish
＊Mr. Dickson has a vicious dog that always bark at every one passed.
3.expertly adv. proficiency, skilled
＊Macy went into the kitchen and did the apple pie expertly.

8. Word watcher.2 4.exhilarated adj. excited, cheerful
＊Cara is exhilarated because if the travel to the France and Italy.
5.lobby n. [U] a lounge, a foyer
＊The famous actress, Anne Hathaway, is talking with her manager in lobby.
6.emanating(emanate_emanated) vt. vi. to transpire
＊Hank emanates concern at the girl besides him.
7.sardines n. [C] a kind of fish
＊Chantal’s favorite food are sardines and apples.

9. Word watcher.3 8.hemoglobin n. the composition of blood
＊Doctor said that Hanna was lack of hemoglobin.
9.fatigue vt. vi. n. [U] [C] tired
＊His health is deteriorating from fatigue.
10.surgical adj. a medical science
＊She did a surgical operation to make herself more beautiful.
11.assistance n. [U] help or support
＊A report drawn up with the assistance of experts.

10. Main character Katie Lynn Sam Katie’s parents Katie’s uncle Amber
Silly

11. Opinion
1.I think this is a touching story . But I don’t like the ending very much . Because I don’t want Lynn died . This story is very “ kira-kira”.
2.Though I thought the story was very boring at first , I found it’s a touching story after finishing reading it .
3.It’s a memorable and interesting story . I can learn something more than what is in my textbooks.

12. Rewrite the end of story
Katie went to the beach. She suddenly heard a voice.
“kira-kira, kira-kira......” It’s Lynn’s voice! Katie
followed the voice and walked into the sea slowly.
“Katie! What are you doing?” Everyone was scared.
But Katie seems didn’t hear anything, she kept walking.
“Katie! Katie!” Katie’s dad went ahead so that he could
hold Katie’s hand. To everyone’s surprise, Katie refused
anyone to stop her. “kira-kira, kira-kira......” Katie was
listening to Lynn carefully. She kept walking and the sea
water was higher and higher until it covered Katie.
“kira-kira, kira-kira......” There was only Lynn’s voice
in the air, for a long long time.

13. Our job! 03 吳盈萱 演戲 11 林洵鋌 報告.演戲 22 陳芃亦 演戲 23 陳怡玲 簡報.演戲 25 陳香安 演戲
03 吳盈萱 演戲
11 林洵鋌 報告.演戲
22 陳芃亦 演戲
23 陳怡玲 簡報.演戲
25 陳香安 演戲
29 楊 敏 簡報.演戲

14. The End