Participation
in Extensive reading challenge, April 2015



30 minutes
0.5h

during class

33 minutes
0.55h

advanced on chinese reading practice

15 minutes
0.25h

Re-read some stories on ChineseReadingPractice.com at an airport. Haven't slept much, so kept it short.

30 minutes
0.5h

JustLearnChinese.com short stories. Staying in Elementary zone.

50 minutes
0.83h

JustLearnChinese short stories

25 minutes
0.42h
60 minutes
1.0h

JustLearnChinese.com mini stories

71 minutes
1.18h

Did JustLearnChinese.com's short stories.

50 minutes
0.83h

Finished ChineseReadingPractice Intermediate and started JustLearnChinese.com

50 minutes
0.83h

Almost done with all the intermediate stories on Chinese Reading Practice. Going to have to find new ones soon!

60 minutes
1.0h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/category/intermediate/page/3/

50 minutes
0.83h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/11/09/story-behind-the-idiom-yi-pu-shi-han/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/12/07/micro-blog-posts-from-weibo-what-you-could-have-missed/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/12/20/my-familys-dragon-boat-festival/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/01/12/micro-blog-posts-from-weibo-patience/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/30/you-can-come-back-again/ - ridiculous joke
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/09/09/setting-off-fireworks/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/10/28/a-promise-is-worth-a-thousand-gold-and-thoughts-on-crying/

16 minutes
0.27h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2013/03/03/story-behind-the-idiom-lose-the-axe-suspect-the-neighbor/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2013/01/08/my-gluttonous-elder-brother/

On a plane, starting to get sleepy.

39 minutes
0.65h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/06/the-sun-gives-the-grass-a-call-the-f-word-a-lot/

64 minutes
1.07h

Started doing Intermediate readings:
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/16/wolf-goes-fishing/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/26/apparently-dreaming-about-temples-is-usually-bad/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/28/famous-chinese-authoress-bingxin/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/30/gull-girls-pride/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/01/the-house-behind-me/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/13/jiaozi-and-chinese-new-year/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/the-history-of-postage-stamps/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/19/the-turkey-and-the-bull/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/27/i-did-something-wrong/

19 minutes
0.32h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/13/bao-gong-interrogates-a-rock/ - long!
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/08/08/the-desert/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/06/06/the-little-elephant-that-wanted-to-fly/

41 minutes
0.68h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/17/super-simple-one-liners/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/09/white-hair-black-beard/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/05/birthday-present/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/22/im-feeling-sick/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/14/jiang-ping-going-to-study-abroad/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/11/little-bear-lived-in-a-mountain-cave/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/24/mr-wang-works-at-the-university/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/three-good-friends/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/30/polite-little-rabbit/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/28/cat-goes-fishing/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/06/06/the-little-elephant-that-wanted-to-fly/

10 minutes
0.17h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/08/29/a-foolish-affair-from-my-childhood/

25 minutes
0.42h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/09/12/watermelon/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/10/06/my-toy-bears/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/11/02/umbrella-flowers/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/12/10/happy-me/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/01/02/little-dog-wears-shoes/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/02/12/the-little-bird-with-no-head/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/03/31/riddle-guess-the-word-3/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/04/05/the-harmonious-environment-song/

25 minutes
0.42h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/05/03/dear-diary-mama-please-believe-me/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/08/10/im-all-alone/http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/06/15/little-grass-silver-hair/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/08/03/my-dads-a-scoundrel/

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E6%9C%89%E5%84%BF%E5%A5%B3 - section on the mother's character

14 minutes
0.23h

http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/09/10/after-i-got-my-new-years-money/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2013/01/26/our-100th-post-plus-some-new-beginner-jokes/
http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2012/10/02/our-familys-jump-rope-contest/

60 minutes
1.0h

Went to ChineseReadingPractice.com and read "Beginner" stories.

- The Beautiful Rabbit
- Ke Zhou Qiu Jian
- Catching Frogs
- Dew drops
- Mr. Pig's Picnic
- The Doctor and the Monkey
- Essay: My First Telephone Call
- Baba Hao Lyrics

60 minutes
1.0h

Read through Stepping Stones: http://www.clavisinica.com/SS/intro.html.

- Read through each on my own using a pop-up dictionary, which I didn't need as much.
- Read through the pinyin in case the pronunciation was ambiguous.
- Read through the translation to make sure I understood the text.




Challenge time progress:100%
Goal progress:149.5%
Score14.95
Rank14th
Hours reported14.95
Goal10h