Appendix A
Reading Log
Your name
Student No.
Date
2014/3/10
Title
Amazon rainforest
Reading level
4
Author
ThomasHardy
Publisher
Enjoy, October
Please answer at least two of the following questions:
1. What was the main problem/conflict in the story? State the problem, how the
main character dealt with it, and how you would have dealt with it differently.
2. Write a letter to one of the characters giving him or her advice about dealing
with future problems.
3. Make up a different ending for the story.
4. How did you like the story? What experiences or memories did the story remind
you of?
Amazon rainforest is a wonder of the world. It spreads across Brazil, and the
other countries in South America. Scientists believe that the Amazon rainforest is at
least 55 million years old. The Amazon rainforest has the highest biodiversity on
Earth. Biodiversity is vital for medicine. Many drugs that we use now are made
from plants in the rainforests. However, the life of the Amazon rainforest is being
seriously threatened. Climate change is one problem that makes it harder for the
rainforest to survive. Another is farming. Deforestation causes great damage to
rainforests. If the rainforest keep disappearing, we might lose the chance to find
cures for certain diseases and many of the plants and animals will be gone forever.
And the only way we can protect it is to spread the word and let people know that
rainforest is of great importance to us.
The nature is like a mother to the human race. It provides us food to eat and place to
live. Though we are small, we have the smartest brains with biggest desire to get
what we want. Therefore, we get more than we want. Now, what we can do is
protect our earth as quickly as we can. Though we are students, we still can do
something positive to save our planet. For example, turn off the lamp when we
leave, use electricity and water in moderation and take a bus instead of driving a car.
If people in the world do these little things every time and every day, we can save
not only our lives but also our Earth.