2012年1月3日火曜日

BR 2-14: The Band

"What a bad dog!" (P.14, Hunt, 2003).

I would like to know who is the band, what is a musical instrument, and why did she or he play a band. That is why I read the book. I like a band and musical instrument. When I was small, I had played piano until 1st grade of high school, so I am interested in music.

The story is that dad played trumpet in the house, but Floppy barked at him while his playing. He change the place to play again and again, but floppy barked at Dad. Dad is the police. It is the police's band. He played it in the park, Floppy barked again. I became angry.

The interesting point is annoying. Floppy always barked at him when he played it. He could not practice it, so he annoyed Floppy. However, he could not stop his barking at him.

Hunt, Roderick. (2003). The Band. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Movie

The ending of the story is that Romeo and Juliet choose the death because they marry. Therefore, they could marry unless choise the death, in other words, I will deal with how to marry them mainly on a solution except death from a point of view whether there was not without their dying.

At first, it was necessary for a monk to tell suspended animation of Juliet to Romeo exactly. It is a matter of course. The ending is: Romeo hurries to hear death of Juliet from his messenger to the graveyard where Juliet was buried. Then, Juliet was in suspended animation, but Romeo who did not know it committed suicide at the side of Juliet .  It was a monk that thought about this strategy.  If the monk told this strategy to Romeo exactly, they should have passed away. I think that the monk was able to tell the decision of Juliet taking medicine and becoming in suspended animation to Romeo immediately . I guess that it was as for 42 hours or more, from Juliet decided to take medicine to she woke. I wonder if the monk told Romeo about the strategy.

Next, I thinks that Juliet should handle a nurse and  it was necessary for the nurse to tell Romeo the strategy exactly. I guess that the nurse would stand by Juliet, as a result. The nurse would accomplish it by all means.
 The death can say that it was a big mistake to have trusted a monk perfectly. It was dangerous the nurse talk to others. However, they could look for the solution. For example, she let a nurse tell Romeo that she wake 42 hours later. She was a secret and do the elopement and escape in the distance. She handed a letter to Romeo to employ a nurse and prevent a nurse from being able to see contents. There is not the security that this strategy completely succeeds, but I think that it was necessary to tell this strategy to Romeo precisely.

Finally, there is the method that Romeo and Juliet evade. It is the fact that they understood each other's parents not allowing for Juliet to marry Romeo at the beginning. I ran in two people not, the thing which were going to have you recognize it from the beginning and should have failed. Even if the one did not die, and person himself had a hard time, there should have been able to be it much together.

It may be said that there were a lot of methods becoming same as avoiding death in conclusion. It was necessary for mutual understanding of Romeo and Juliet to be done properly, but after all there was a problem of each other's houses or distance and was particular. Destined mischief led Romeo and Juliet to the choice called the death.
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Teaching Plane

TEACHING PLAN
Teacher: Saori Y
1. Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
2. Class: 2nd grade of public junior high school (15 boys, 15 girl)
3. Text: Sunshine English course 2, PROGRAM 3-1, A Trip to Australia
4. Periods Allotted: 
  The 1st period: (this period)
Introduce of "I'm going to play soccer with my friends." and Section 1
  The 2nd period:
     Introduce of "Really? Then, I'll call him tonight." and section 2
  The 3rd grade:
     Introduce of "We have to go home." and section 3
5. Aims of This Period: 
  New structure: I'm going to play soccer with my friends.
  New words: guess, as, exchange, lucky, away, host, hope
  New Phrases: Guess what!, That's great!
6. Teaching Aids: 
  Flash cards, and picture cards
7. Teaching Procedure: 
PRODUCE(Time)
ACTIVITIES
Points to pay attention to while giving instructions
TEACHER
STUDENT(S)
()Greeting (02')
Greets students.
Asks students "How are you?" and the season.
Respond to the tea-
cher.
To introduce Today's topic and communicate in English.
(2)Reviews(05')
Explain about Aust-
Ralia.
Introduce fa-
mous city, and place.
Listen to my talking, and sometimes answer some question.
Interested in  Aust-
ralia.
Pay attention not  to talk one-sidedly.
(3)Reading(05')
new words
Reading 
Check new words and pronunciation. Then, do not use flash cards.
Reading sentences of text book.
Check the grammar.
Conversation 
Check the new words and repeat after the teacher.
Listening to the  Model reading care-
fully, and repeat after the teacher.
Correct pronuncia-
tion. 
First, reading  the sentences slowly.
(4)vocabulaly(03')
Useing flash cards and reviewing new words.
Reviewing new words and pronounce them.
Correct pronuncia-
tion. 

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2012年1月2日月曜日

BR 2-13: Hair

"He has no hair!" (P.14, Ashley, 2004).

I think that hair is important. The hair express own character. If your hair style were changed, you would change your feeling. I would like to change my hair style now. I have a long hair for cerebration of 20 years old.

The book is written about hair. There are a lot of hair style in the world. For example, its color is different. Some people have black hair, and the others have bronze, white, brown, and so on. Then, some people have straight hair, and the others have curly hair. The length is different. They are short, medium, and long. It is written about the interesting points for hair.

Ashley, Michele. (2004). Hair. South Yarra: Macmillan Education Australia.
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THE THIRD MAN


THE THIRD MAN

Saori Y
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

1) What does Harry mean when he says,
"... you and I aren't heroes. The world doesn't make any heroes"?
Does this comment have special significance, considering the actionsof WWII? If so, what?

Yes, it have something special meaning.
I think, there are no heroes in WWII. 

2) What does Harry mean when he says,
" You're just a little mixed up about things in general. Nobody thinksin terms of human beings."

I think,
he thought that everyone is not justice and is just selfish.


3) What does Harry mean when he says,"the dead are happier dead."

Harbin, who was victim of the accident, should die.


4) What does Harry imply in his "cuckoo clock" speech (on page 156-157in the handout)? 
Why do you think this is one of the most memorablespeeches in film history?

Cuckoo clock was a symbol of peace.The speeches showed his thinking.


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5) Do you agree or disagree with Harry's point of view? why or why not?No, I dont. Because my thinking is that everyone has justice and there is the peacein the world.

2012年1月1日日曜日

BR 2-12: What Was It Like?

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 8: More Storybooks (Magic Key): What Was It Like?
"My goodness! I don't believe it!" (P.2, Hunt, 2003).

First of all, I could not understand the meaning of "What Was It Like?", so I would like to know the meaning of the title, and I decided to read it.

The story of the book is about the World War II. Children took part in a play about the history. Children were excited to play a role. Then, Gran, who experience in the World War II, she said, "I don't believe it!" Children did not know a terrible of the World War. After rehoarsal, the Children went back home. Then, the magic key began to glow and took the children off another adventure. It took then back to a street in the London.

The interesting point is the difference from Gran to the children. Gran know the terrible of the war very well, but the children did not know. If they played a role about the war, they studied about it.

Hunt, Roderick. (2003). What Was It Like?. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Kumamoto to Minnesota

This is the first time that I visit the U.S. If I compare the culture of the U.S. with Japan, I can find a lot of different things. I would like to tell you about the different things.

I think that the most important thing is foods and drinks. As you know, American foods and drinks are bigger than Japanese foods and drinks. I was surprised that large size drink at McDonalds are so big. Morever, about salad, I think it is a little different. In Japan, I often eat salad with Japanese dressing or sesami dressing. American dressing is different and I do not like it very much. So sometimes, I want to eat Japanese foods while Bethel's lunch. However, I think that it is very nice that my host parents cooked dinner.

I am interested in the difference between Japan and America. I went to many sights and went shopping a lot. Thanks to my host family, I had a good time in MN. Although I cannot speak English very well, my host family talked me a lot. I think that my host family is the greatest :) I hope The Haiders will be happy, Emily will run faster, and Luke will eat vegetable.
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