Extensive reading
Semester 2: 2 hours reading
What have you read?
Some pages out of the book little Women
When did you read it?
Somewhere in the month December.
How many pages and how long did it take you?
I have read 55 pages, so I stopped just before the sixth paragraph. this took me at least 3 hours but
sadly I don’t remember precisely how long it took me.
Was it interesting and why?
I really liked reading this book. I have seen the movies that are based on it and I feel like the book is a
great extension of it. But I have never finished the book, this is because the sentence construction is
too hard for me to read. But I’m planning on reading it in the future.
I really love the characters in the book. They all feel unique and there is a strong connection between
them, more than a ‘normal’ family has.
Would you advise a fellow student to read this and
why?
I wouldn’t advise my fellow students to read this book. Although the storyline is one of the best I
have ever read so far, the book is too difficult for people of my age. However, I would advise older
friends, with more knowledge of the English langue, to read this book.
Write down at least 15 new words and the content, find
the meaning
1. It may surprise some readers to discover that this literary tribute…
Literary tribute: literair eerbetoon
2. ..Is thus to enage with contemporary ideas about female authority..
Contemporary: hedendaags/modern
Authority: gezaghebber/autoriteit
3. ..Both parents thought that the impetuous moody Louisa…
Impetuous: heftig
4. Then Meg said in an altered tone…
Altered: veranderen/wijzigen
5. Amy never minded the rumpling of her curls..
Rumpling: verfrommelen/kreuken/kreukelen
6. ..too old for that familiar lullaby.
Lullaby: wiegelied/slaaplied
7. For Jo exclaimed impetuously.
Exclaimed: uitkraaien/uitschreeuwen
8. ..and her own shawl.
Semester 2: 2 hours reading
What have you read?
Some pages out of the book little Women
When did you read it?
Somewhere in the month December.
How many pages and how long did it take you?
I have read 55 pages, so I stopped just before the sixth paragraph. this took me at least 3 hours but
sadly I don’t remember precisely how long it took me.
Was it interesting and why?
I really liked reading this book. I have seen the movies that are based on it and I feel like the book is a
great extension of it. But I have never finished the book, this is because the sentence construction is
too hard for me to read. But I’m planning on reading it in the future.
I really love the characters in the book. They all feel unique and there is a strong connection between
them, more than a ‘normal’ family has.
Would you advise a fellow student to read this and
why?
I wouldn’t advise my fellow students to read this book. Although the storyline is one of the best I
have ever read so far, the book is too difficult for people of my age. However, I would advise older
friends, with more knowledge of the English langue, to read this book.
Write down at least 15 new words and the content, find
the meaning
1. It may surprise some readers to discover that this literary tribute…
Literary tribute: literair eerbetoon
2. ..Is thus to enage with contemporary ideas about female authority..
Contemporary: hedendaags/modern
Authority: gezaghebber/autoriteit
3. ..Both parents thought that the impetuous moody Louisa…
Impetuous: heftig
4. Then Meg said in an altered tone…
Altered: veranderen/wijzigen
5. Amy never minded the rumpling of her curls..
Rumpling: verfrommelen/kreuken/kreukelen
6. ..too old for that familiar lullaby.
Lullaby: wiegelied/slaaplied
7. For Jo exclaimed impetuously.
Exclaimed: uitkraaien/uitschreeuwen
8. ..and her own shawl.
