02/15/07 Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Pages:3-20 Vocab.: Kago- a merchant’s mobile shop Haiku- Japanese style of a poem Mon- Crest Daimyo- Lord Hachimaki- Headband Tatami- Sleeping Mats Obi- Belt
Summary: What I have read in this book I learned that the main character is Seikei. I learned many Japanese words such as hachimaki. In this story Seikei and his father are trying to get to Edo, but they need to rest and so they go to a place called the Tokaido Inn. While they are there the innkeeper asked them if Seikei’s father can make tea for a daimyo. The father agrees and follows the innkeeper to the daimyo’s room. The lord picks the cheapest tea that they could make. After the daimyo tasted the tea he asks Seikei how much the daimyo should pay for the tea. Seikei replies,” As much as as you think is worthy.”
Strategy: I predict that Seikei will be a honost boy in the story.
02/20/07 Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Pages:35-65 Vocab: Jikininki- demons of japan Summary: In chapter 5 Seikei and the others that are in the Tokaido Inn are prisoners because the daimyo's ruby was stolen. Ooka (the judge) came for the trial on who stole the ruby. Ooka orders the guards to search in each room. The guards finds a fake jewel in Michiko's and Michiko's father's room. Then Seikei yells out saying it wasn't them and tells the judge the whole story from last night about a jikininki taking the jewel and placing in Michiko's room. Then Seikei and the judge go out on a investigation and finds a tunnel that is very long that they soon find out that it goes to the monastary. Bonunzu trains Seikei in quick lessons on Sword skills.
Strategy: I think Seikei and the judge will encounter the theif.
02/23/07 Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Pages: 74-80 Summary: Seikei and the judge go to a play. The play is about the 47 ronin avenging by killing themselves because thier lord died. They went to the play because they suspected that the thief would be there.
Stategy: I went to many plays myself and been in many too.
02/27/07 Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Pages: 81-83 Summary: Sekei and the judge are still watching this well-done play about the 47 ronin. During the play Seikei drempt of fighting like the ones on the stage. Strategy: Why does Seikei want to fight? If he goes fighting all the time he will eventually get killed by another.
The authors, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, did a great job creating The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. The setting was all on Tokaido Road located Southeast Japan where a young man, Seikei, takes a journey that he never could have imagined.
The authors’ description was very precise with what it actually was, but the Tokaido Inn (the starting setting) isn’t true. The authors did a lot of research to make the book accurate to the period. For example, Seikei ate traditional Japanese food and Buddhism was the zreligion, which he encountered.
In the book, Seikei solves a mystery and learns to be a samurai. I think becoming a samurai in a matter of minutes isn’t believable, but solving a mystery that quick could be possible.
In conclusion, I think Dorothy and Thomas really did there homework for this book and I really like it a lot.
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6 comments:
02/15/07
Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Pages:3-20
Vocab.: Kago- a merchant’s mobile shop
Haiku- Japanese style of a poem
Mon- Crest
Daimyo- Lord
Hachimaki- Headband
Tatami- Sleeping Mats
Obi- Belt
Summary:
What I have read in this book I learned that the main character is Seikei. I learned many Japanese words such as hachimaki. In this story Seikei and his father are trying to get to Edo, but they need to rest and so they go to a place called the Tokaido Inn. While they are there the innkeeper asked them if Seikei’s father can make tea for a daimyo. The father agrees and follows the innkeeper to the daimyo’s room. The lord picks the cheapest tea that they could make. After the daimyo tasted the tea he asks Seikei how much the daimyo should pay for the tea. Seikei replies,” As much as as you think is worthy.”
Strategy:
I predict that Seikei will be a honost boy in the story.
02/20/07
Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Pages:35-65
Vocab:
Jikininki- demons of japan
Summary:
In chapter 5 Seikei and the others that are in the Tokaido Inn are prisoners because the daimyo's ruby was stolen. Ooka (the judge) came for the trial on who stole the ruby. Ooka orders the guards to search in each room. The guards finds a fake jewel in Michiko's and Michiko's father's room. Then Seikei yells out saying it wasn't them and tells the judge the whole story from last night about a jikininki taking the jewel and placing in Michiko's room. Then Seikei and the judge go out on a investigation and finds a tunnel that is very long that they soon find out that it goes to the monastary. Bonunzu trains Seikei in quick lessons on Sword skills.
Strategy:
I think Seikei and the judge will encounter the theif.
02/23/07
Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Pages: 74-80
Summary:
Seikei and the judge go to a play. The play is about the 47 ronin avenging by killing themselves because thier lord died. They went to the play because they suspected that the thief would be there.
Stategy:
I went to many plays myself and been in many too.
02/27/07
Book: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Author: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Pages: 81-83
Summary:
Sekei and the judge are still watching this well-done play about the 47 ronin. During the play Seikei drempt of fighting like the ones on the stage.
Strategy:
Why does Seikei want to fight? If he goes fighting all the time he will eventually get killed by another.
Review on Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
The authors, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, did a great job creating The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. The setting was all on Tokaido Road located Southeast Japan where a young man, Seikei, takes a journey that he never could have imagined.
The authors’ description was very precise with what it actually was, but the Tokaido Inn (the starting setting) isn’t true. The authors did a lot of research to make the book accurate to the period. For example, Seikei ate traditional Japanese food and Buddhism was the zreligion, which he encountered.
In the book, Seikei solves a mystery and learns to be a samurai. I think becoming a samurai in a matter of minutes isn’t believable, but solving a mystery that quick could be possible.
In conclusion, I think Dorothy and Thomas really did there homework for this book and I really like it a lot.
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