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Reading Journal By Miss Jutamat Bunpajak 6031006043This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor English reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

The 5 Best Summer Fruits, RankedPete wellsMay 22, 2018Our restaurant critic heads outdoors to celebrate his five favorites for crisps,crumbles, slumps or just plain eating. The season for most summer fruits isshort. In some cases, it’s not short enough. Mulberries, reaching the peak oftheir stewed-shoe flavor and falling one by one to the ground, noticed onlyby flies? Nope. Black currants, useful only for crème de cassis, and then onlyif you have a broad definition of “useful”? No, thanks. Honeydews,indestructible totems of hotel breakfast buffets? Not until all the batter atthe make-your-own waffle station is gone, and probably not even then.I’ll wait for the five charmers below. They earned their positions by theirversatility, although each one can be perfect if you just, you know, pick it upand eat it.5. RaspberriesThey have the cheeriest and most hopeful flavor of the berries, but act fast.What looked like a basket of jewels at the market can turn to mush by thetime you get to your front door. Americans seem to be forgetting how goodfresh raspberry purée can be — strain and sweeten it, and you are two-thirdsof the way to peach Melba, or an ice cream sundae. Left alone with somesugar for 15 minutes they will also give you a topping for shortcake or angelfood cake, whose only near rival is a mound of macerated strawberries.Unlike strawberries, though, raspberries don’t lose their spirit when youcook them. If you can get a flat or two at a decent price, make jam rightaway. But just a pint, baked with their weight in sugar at 325 degrees for 20minutes or so and then stirred to dissolve the sugar, will make a very loosejam. (Darina Allen goes into more detail, but not much more, in her book Page 2 of 8

“Forgotten Skills of Cooking.”) It won’t keep long, but it will taste like themorning sun.4. PeachesA peach is almost impossible to screw up. Eaten out of hand, it is the bestkind of mess. A quart or more in a cobbler, pie, slump, crisp, crumble, bettyor buckle is always good, even if the baker isn’t. Before they’re ripe, peachescan slip into a salad or a skillet, where after a few minutes with butter andseasoning (allspice? fennel seed? saffron? sage?) they are ready to meetgrilled duck, pork chops or a sliced ham. Once they’re soft all over, eat orcook without delay. Even a few hours in a fruit bowl on a summer afternoonis enough to fur them with mold, after which emergency measures may ormay not help.3. BlueberriesBlueberries are the only big-deal summer fruit that is native to NorthAmerica. They earn their high ranking in part by appearing so often in thewild, spread across valley meadows and mountaintop clearings. The ground-hugging, scrubby bushes have the darkest, smallest, most concentrated fruit,while the high-bush varieties will fill your hat or basket faster. A small haulcan be enough for pancakes, muffins or a bowl of cereal; more means a foolor a pie. For either one, try making half into a compote and, after it cools,stirring in the other half. Big portions of blueberries alone can be a luxury.The other trait that raises them high on the list, though, is that even ahandful pitched into anything made with stone fruits, or other berries,produces tiny explosions of flavor and color.2. CherriesNobody shares a cherry. Its pleasures are private, from the way it rolls loosein your mouth once you pluck the stem to the sudden rush of juice — which Page 3 of 8

in your first taste of the year is always more lush and complicated than youremember — to the quiet, propulsive exit of a stripped-clean pit. The cherryin question is a sweet variety, Bing or Rainier or Queen Anne, usually verycold, although the juice of a cherry left in the sun has a wonderful urgency.Sour cherries’ rewards take more effort. Bake them, stones and all, into aclafoutis. Pit them for a pie filling that will make you wish you’d bought 10more pounds for the freezer. Boil them with sugar and maybe a vanilla bean,and you have a base for sodas, lime rickeys, any number of cocktails, thesharbats that Persian hosts pour for their grateful guests, or best of all an icecream sauce so bright and intense that other toppings can stand down.1. WatermelonsYou could call its flavor plain. Or one-dimensional. You could say it’s boringand still not get much argument. But complex aromatic compounds did notmake the watermelon the champion of summer fruits. No, it is thewatermelon’s eagerness to join any party in sight. Cheapskate sophomoreson a bender? Carve out a plug of rind, patiently feed the melon a bottle ofvodka as if you were giving baby formula to a pet pig, then stopper it up andrefrigerate. Neo-tiki sophisticates? Saber the top off, scoop the guts out, andbehold the bowl for your watermelon punch. Unexpected teetotalers? Blend,strain, add water and lime juice — that’s agua de sandia. Last minute lunch?Knock wedges or cubes together with red onions and feta or an other saltyyoung goat or sheep cheese, splatter it with oil and tarragon, mint, or anisehyssop. Dinner without cooking? A half-tomato, half-watermelon gazpacho,don’t be shy with the vinegar. All-grilled dinner? Hmm, grilled watermelonis sort of nasty. Just keep it cold and cut it up for dessert.Horticulturists have bred what they call “personal watermelons,” butwatermelons are social by nature, built for crowds, happiest surrounded byhumans, surrendered to the whim of the summer mob, whether that leavesthem split open on a blanket or thickly Vaselined and tossed into the pool.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/dining/best-summer-fruit.html Page 4 of 8

Week 3 Title: The 5 Best Summer Fruits, Ranked Author: By Pete wells Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/dining/best- summer-fruit.html Summary They are first five summer fruit which are Watermelons,Cherries, Blueberries, Peaches, Raspberries in order. They areused in different ceremony. They show you that each of fruitcan cook in different ways. My reaction/reflection: It’s medium for me to understand because the vocab doesn’t much difficult, but it quite long and sometime it’s make me missunderstand a sentence and I have to go back read it again. I like this context because I love to eat fruit and I want to eat right now. Page 5 of 8

New words learned: New Words Definitions1. Indestructible impossible to destroy or break (adj.) indestructible totems of hotel breakfast buffets?2. Charmer (n.) a person who has good qualities that make you like them I’ll wait for the five charmers below.3. Versatility (n.) the quality of being versatile (= able to change easily or to be4. Decent (adj.) used for different purposes)5. Meadow (n.) They earned their positions by their versatility, although each one can be perfect if you just, you 6. propulsive (n.) know, pick it up and eat it. 7. intense (adj.) socially acceptable or good If you can get a flat or two at a decent price, make jam right away. a field with grass and often wild flowers in it They earn their high ranking in part by appearing so often in the wild, spread across valley meadows and mountaintop clearings the act or process of propelling. to the quiet, propulsive exit of a stripped-clean pit. extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong best of all an ice cream sauce so bright and intense that other toppings can stand down.8. sauce (n.) a thick liquid eaten with food to add flavour9. refrigerate (v.) best of all an ice cream sauce so bright and intense that other toppings can stand down. to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that itstays fresh, usually in a fridge stopper it up and refrigerate. Page 6 of 8

10. Horticulturists a person who studies or grows garden plants(n.) Horticulturists have bred what they call “personal watermelons,” but watermelons are social by nature Page 7 of 8

Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%)Articles 1234 51. Summary (4 %)2. Reflection (3%)3. VocabularyLearned (3%)Scores Total scores _______ ÷ 5 = _____ marksCriteria for the above categories1. Rubric for Article SummaryCategory 5-4 3 2 1-0Summarizing Provides a very Provides a clear Provides a clear but Provides a somewhatthe content thorough and clear and concise shallow summary of muddled, unclear and and concise summary of the the article; may be rambling summary of summary of the article context excessively brief or the article. article context and and content. may include some content. extraneous information.Identifying Student recalls Student recalls Student is not able to Student cannot locateDetails several details for details for most locate most of the details with accuracy. each main point. main point. details of the main point. Is characterized byParaphrasing Is characterized by Is characterized Is characterized by the substantial paraphrasing of the by paraphrasing the substantial copying of main idea and of the main idea copying of key indiscriminately significant details and significant phrases and minimal selected phrases or details paraphrasing sentences.Spelling & There are few or There are some There are serious Serious errors inGrammar no errors in usage, errors in usage, errors in usage, mechanics, usage, grammar, grammar, grammar, grammar, or spelling punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, that make the sentence sentence sentence fragments, summary difficult to fragments, or fragments, or or spelling. understand. spelling. spelling.Total ________/20 ÷ 5 = 4 %2. Reflection on the Articles (3%)Students who have completely and clearly responded to the guided questions stated in the reading journalform will get 3 marks.3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≤ 70% = 1 mark All correct = 3 marks Page 8 of 8