Self - Introduction

Hi there. My name is Irvin Yeoh Joon Hoe. I am turning 12 on 3rd December. I study at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang Utara that is located at Taman Shamelin Perkasa, Cheras. It is a wonderful school. My favourite subject is Mathematics. It is my favourite subject because it is easy to understand and it makes my mind feel great. My hobbies are reading storybooks and listening to music. I would like to be an engineer when I grow up as it is very interesting. Besides, my family consist of 3 members. I'm the only child in the family. My mother is caring and responsible while my father is hardworking and kind-hearted. What they care the most are my studies. Lastly, my goal for the year 2008 is to score straight A's in the UPSR examination. Thats all for now, farewell.

Literature Part 1

Book Review

Title of book : Clever Katya
Retold by :Julia Donaldson
The Illustrator :Jane Kochnewitz
The Publisher :Ginn


Summary of Clever Katya :

This Story is about an intelligent girl named Katya. One day, the Czar of Russia was out in his coach when he saw a farmer eating some bread. He asked the farmer for some because he is hungry. The farmer kindly gave the Czar some bread from his basket of bread. The Czar told the farmer that this was the best bread he had ever tasted and asked who made the bread. The farmer told the Czar that his daughter, Katya made it. The Czar wanted to know more about Katya. The farmer told him that Katya was a wonderful girl, pretty, strong, a good farmer, a good singer, a good baker and is the cleverest person in Russia. After knowing more about Katya, the Czar then jumped back into his coach. He told the farmer that he will be back tomorrow. The next day, the Czar gave the farmer a basket of eggs. He asked Katya to hatch the eggs into chickens within a day. Katya realised that they were hard-boiled eggs and they will never hatch out. The next day, the Czar went to the farmer's house again, he saw a girl singing while sowing boiled beans. He knew that was Katya so he asked her why she did that. Katya then explained to the Czar that boiled beans will grow just as quickly as hard-boiled eggs can hatch out. The Czar had a great laugh. Then, the Czar gave Katya a handful of wool. He asked Katya to make curtains out the handful of wool. Katya thought of an idea. When the Czar came to the farmer's house the next day, Katya gave him a little twig. The Czar was beginning to like Katya. He was confused. Katya then told him that her family was too poor to buy a spinning wheel. She asked the Czar if he could make a spinning wheel out of a twig. The Czar laughed again. Katya laughed too, and she was beginning to like the Czar. the last question the Czar asked Katya was to fill a cup with all the water from the sea. With her intelligence, Katya thought of an idea again. The next day the Czar came back. Katya came to the door with the cup. The Czar found out that the cup was empty. Katya told him that if he couldn't dam all the rivers first, the rivers will flow into the sea and fill it up again. The Czar laughed again. This time he laughed louder than ever. Then, he asked Katya to marry him. He made a promise with Katya that when he gets fed-up with her, she can bring something she loved best in the palace. For a year they lived happily. One day, the Czar was in bad mood and asked Katya to go back to her father's house. Just then, she put the Czar into a chest as he is still fast asleep. When she reached home, the Czar jumped out of the big chest and scolded her. Katya reminded him about the promise that he made about the thing she loved best in the palace. the Czar was happy because Katya married him because she loved him but not his riches. The Czar agreed that Katya is the cleverest person in Russia.

The part I liked the most :
The part i liked the most is when Katya answered The Czar's questions wisely and correctly.

The moral of the story :
From the story, I learned not to boast but to be humble and speaking politely.

Ratings :
I would like to rate this book 5 stars (*****)

Literature Part 2

Similarities and Differences

Similarities

* Katya and Czar are intelligent
* Katya and Czar like to challenge each other
* Katya and Czar are staying in Russia
* Katya and Czar always keep their promise

Differences
Czar

* The King of Russia
* rich
* boastful
* not caring

Katya

* farmer's daughter
* poor
* polite
* caring

Literature Part 3

Letter to my favourite character.

Who is my favourite character and why?

My favourite character is Katya. She is my favourite character because she speaks politely and she is very intelligent.

Writing a letter to my favourite character.


Dear Katya,

My name is Irvin Yeoh Joon Hoe. I will be turning twelve this year, on 3rd December. For the story "Clever Katya", you are my favourite character because you speak politely and you are very intelligent. I think not many people have your brilliant ideas and intelligence. I do think that you had made the right choice in saying that you loved the Czar best in the palace. This is because he loves you more than anything else, too. Thats all for now, bye.
From, Yeoh Joon Hoe.

Appreciation and Reflection.

I would like to thank Pn. Ng for the support given to complete this assignment. I would also like to thank my English teacher, Pn. Nalini for giving me some tips in completing this task. In doing this assignment, I had learned how to create, decorate and publish a blog of my own. I also gained more knowledge and improved in my grammar when completing this folio. Now I know how to write a story using suitable grammar and punctuation. Lastly, I would like thank my teachers and friends for the guidance and support given to complete this folio. I really appreciate the great help.