Here you are some reports on Rip Van Winkle, one of the two stories in your second reader (Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving). Please take your time and read them because they are very good.
There are two stories in the book. The name of the story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is legend. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains in 1765. The story is about a man who lives with his wife. His name is Rip Van Winkle. Rip went to the Catskill Mountains and he found an old person. He played ninepins with him and he drank alcohol. When he woke up he went to the town. When he arrived all was different. He found his daughter and he lived with her.
The characters are Rip, his wife and their daughter. Rip is poor, thin and tall. His wife is fat and she is always angry. They are family.
The book is easy to read and it explains the difficult words (harsh, crowd, navigator).
I like the book because it is interesting and when you begin to read, you can’t stop. I like Rip because he is a good person. I don’t like his wife because she is ugly and fool on herself.
By Lucas Giráldez Torres
In the book there are two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of this book is legend. This story happens in New York in 1765. The story is about a man. He plays with the children and makes things for them. His name is Rip Van Winkle. Rip has a wife, she is very harsh and he goes to the village inn. It is called King George the Third. He finds a man on the way. And he helps the man. The next morning he cannot find the man. He finds men with very old clothes. He goes on to the Union Hotel and he sees a lot of people. The people think he is a spy. Finally he goes to live with her daughter and he lives very happy.
In the story there are a lot of characters. These are some of them: Rip Van Winkle (he is a good person and he likes travelling), and old man (he is very old and he has a white beard), Judith Garnier (she is a good person). Rip Van Winkle finds the old men and he is Judith Garnier’s father.
The language is very easy but I have learnt some new words, for example: Dutch, nag, innkeeper, toward, scare, Congress, Democrat, crowd.
I like the book because it is not boring. I like Rip Van Winkle because he is a main character. I like all characters!
By Jesús Martínez Mestre
Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has got two stories and it is a novel. The story takes place in New York, in the British colony. Rip Van Winkle is a simple kind man. He doesn’t like working, he only does the things he likes. He plays with the children and makes things for them. Rip is a poor person. His wife is a bad, poor person. They live in the village. King George the Third is the British king. Nicholas Vedder is the innkeeper. The man is an old person.
The book is written very well and it gives a lot of information. Some new words for me were: Dutch, nag, dirty. The book is very interesting. Rip is my favourite character because he is friendly and I don’t like his wife because she is a bad person.
By Lorena López Gómez
I am going to talk about one story: Rip Van Winkle's story. It is a mysterious story. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains in 1765.
The story is about a man called Rip Van Winkle. Everyone in his village loves him, but he has a problem: he doesn't like working. One day he goes to the Catskill Mountains and he wakes up a lot of years later.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle (a friendly and helpful man), his family and his friends.
The vocabulary of the book was very easy for me. In my opinion the book was very small and it wasn't interesting. The characters were a little boring.
By Ana Gutiérrez Osuna
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is mystery and magic. The story takes place in the Ctaskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. It is the story of a man that disappears for twenty years.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle, the strange man and Judith Gardiner. The relationship of the characters is this: Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book isn't difficult. I like the book because there is mystery and magic. I like Rip Van Winkle. I don't like the strange man because he doesn't talk.
By Miguel Ángel Conde Úbeda
In the book there are two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of this story is legend. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. Rip Van Winkle lives in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. He hears a voice. Rip sees and old man. Who is this man?
In the story there are three characters. My favourite character is Rip Van Winkle.
The language of the book is English and I learnt some words: toward, scare, bizarre, captain, strange, friendly.
I don't like the story because it isn't fantasy and it is very sad. I like Rip because he is the main character.
By Alba Catalán Baena.
In the book there are two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is fantasy. The story takes place in the 1700's. Thew story talks about a man that is married to a bad woman, they have two children and a dog. One day he goes to the mountain, when he comes back he sees a strange mn that says to Rip: "Drink". Rip drinks and after that he sleeps. When he wakes up fifty years are passed.
There are two important characters, Rip and his child. Rip likes drinking and sleeping but not working. Rip's child likes seeing his father. They are a family.
I find the language of the book easy. There aren't expressions that I don't know. I like the book because it is very well written and there is no fantasy story but it is funny. The character I like is Rip because he is a poor man with bad luck. The character I don't like is Rip's wife, because she is a bad person.
By Cayetano Gil Valdellós
The book has two stories. The name of this story is Rip Van Winkle. It is a legend. The story takes place in 1765.
Rip Van Winkle is a man. He has a wife. He finds a man in the Catskill Mountains. The next morning he cannot find the man. He is very hungry and decides to go home. He finfs a man and he goes to the inn. In the Union Hotel the people think he is a spy. Twenty years ago he went away and he never returned and he decided to live with his daughter and he is very happy.
In the story there are a lot of characters. Here are some of them: Rip Van Winkle (he is Judith Gardiner's father), the old men (Rip finds them), Judith Gardiner (she is Rip Van Winkle's daughter).
The language is normal, I understand all. I like the story because it is a good book. My favourite character is Rip because he is very adventurous. I like all characters because they are good people.
By Jaime Casado Sánchez
Rip Van Winkle lives in the Catskill Mountains. One day he goes walking up the mountains and there he meets a stranger who leads him to a place. In this place there are many people. There he drinks and sleeps. When he wakes up and returns to the village everything has changed. When he wakes up many years have passed.
By Jesús Castaño Durán
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle and the second is 0. The genre of the book is a mystery, humour and magic novel. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. The man sleeps for twenty years in the amphitheatre.
The characters of the story are Rip Van Winkle (a kind man), the strange man (he is short, square and old). Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book is easy but there is a lot of new vocabulary. I like the book because it is of mystery. My favourite character is Rip for his story. The character I don't like is Rip's wife because she is always angry.
By Maite Eseverri Zarzuelo
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the story is mystery, humour and magic novel. The story happens in 1765. This story is about a man that sleeps for twenty years.
Rip Van Winkle is a simple kind man. The strange man is short, squeare and old. He has a long white beard. Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language is easy but there is a lot of new vocabulary. I like the book because it is very interesting. Rip Van Winkle is my favourite character because he is a good man. I don't like the strange man because he is very serious.
By Aitor Márquez Aguilar
This book has got two stories. The name of the first story is Rip Van Winkle. The genre of the book is mystery and magic. The story takes place in the Catskill Mountains. The story happens in 1765. It is the story of a man that disappears for twenty years.
The characters are Rip Van Winkle, the strange man and Judith Gardiner. The relationship of the characters is: Judith Gardiner is Rip Van Winkle's daughter.
The language of the book isn't difficult. I like the book because it is of mystery and magic. I like Rip Van Winkle. I don't like the strange man because he doesn't talk.
By José Luis Rebollo Pallares
We have finished up the second reader of the year (Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving). At the end of the second story we learn that "only Brom knows the true story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. It is Brom's secret". However, the narrator is not completely right, because the students in this class also know the true story of Sleepy Hollow. Here you can read different versions of what really happened. Which is your favourite one?
