Senior 2-Sep.30th

Eiken Lis-2^nd 2018-1 

STT-Speaking Blog Review=>Speak 

Blog If you are required to study your major in the local language in China, India, Russia or Spain, which country will you study in? Speak your answer in 5~6 sentences/1 min.

Inside Reading Unit 8  Reading 8   #2

- Words & Phrases #2

L35 circumstance -> Corpus/p.117-> A./p.118

L47 initial (L47) Corpus/p.120 Dic (adj) beginning, primary, original, first: on the ~ try, ~ payment, ~ stages, ~ reaction/impression (n) JFK are the ~s of John Fitzgerald Kennedy  -> initiative take/use the ~, on ones ~ -> E.

L48 commit-committed  - to promise to give yourself, your money, your time to support sth; deliver, promise   - to do something illegal or considered wrong; act, carry out: ~ a crime/suicide   

L48 issue -> Corpus/p.119-> C.

L62 evidence (L62) Corpus/p.121– evident  -> F.

Read & Write Unit 5  Reading 1 Vacation from Work: Employee Vacation Policy/Toy’s Inc.  #4

- Review Writing: Blog Which option do you prefer, to choose your vacation days or to take a vacation when the factory is closed? Write your answer in three to five sentences

- Read w/ Q-Skills

- Reading Skills-> A/p.86: vacation days + holidays => Total days off -> take a day off

-> B/p.87: response(s) Dic respond

Lesson Report Senior-1 September 28th

Hello Class! This is Towako from MEL School.

It's September 30, 2019.
The weather is still beautiful today.
Just stay healthy!

See you on Wednesday!

<Lesson Review>

Greeting  Date, weather

Warm up: two min. questions: => Do you have anything special in October? (2 min. each)

ð  Report to a new partner in indirect speech (30 sec. each)

Speech:Live     => Hiromitsu (Aug. 28)  => Kosei (Aug. 31) => Shuji (Sep. 4) => Ayaka (Sep. 7) Video  Kaoru (Sep. 11=> 14) =>  Kengo (Sep. 18) => Natsumi (Sep. 21) => Masahiro (Sep. 25) => Keisuke (Sep. 28) => Akari (Oct. 2)  => Ami (Oct. 5) 

Eiken Pre 2^nd Listening practice  2017-2

☆☆No. 13

☆Hello?

★Mom, I heard from Barbara that you had an accident.

☆Yes. I fell down and hit my head, but I’m all right.

★Did you see a doctor about it?

☆Oh, yes. He didn’t find anything wrong, though. He just told me to stay home and relax for a few days.

☆☆Question: What did the doctor tell the woman to do?

The woman fell down and hit her head. She went see the doctor but he didn’t find anything wrong, so she just took it easy for a few days.

Answer the question. => Listen again. => Tell the partner what they heard in two sentences. => Repeating => Shadowing

☆☆No. 23

★Mary works in a shop that sells pens and greeting cards. In her free time, she likes drawing. At Christmastime, she often designs her own Christmas cards. Mary’s friends say her cards are very beautiful, so she wants to start her own business and sell her cards someday. Mary hopes she will make people happy with them.

☆☆Question: What is one thing that Mary wants to do someday?

Mary is good at making greeting cards. She is hoping to start her own business to make many people happy with her cards.

Answer the question. => Listen again. => Tell the partner what they heard in two sentences. => Repeating ＝＞Dictation => STT

Cover to Cover  Extensive Reading 4

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer

Watch a short modern version anime of Tom Sawyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzGDQAq7eLc

Try Timed Repeated Reading

Listen and read silently. => Talk with a partner. Try to explain what is the interesting point of this story.

Thinking About the Story

Do you like Tom? Why? Why not?

Bridge Work

Chapter 37 Unit 2

Grammar and Communication-1  If I were …

Exercise-1

#1 Review: Practice repeating in pairs.

#2 Repeat your partner’s answer.

(p. 196) Vocabulary in Use #1 賞賛や態度などに関することば

Listen and check the pronunciation

Memorize the words. => Quiz in pairs

Complete the sentences and practice reading the text aloud.

Advancing-Sep.28th

Eiken Lis-2^nd 2018-1  

STT-Speaking Blog Review=>Speak <= win a round trip ticket

Blog If you need to be fluent and proficient in one language other than Japanese to get a job you are interested in, what language will you try to master? Speak your answer in 5~6 sentences/1 min.

Inside Reading-2 Unit 3  Reading 2 ID Fraud  #3

Study Words/Expressions #1: L2 prestigious  having a high reputation; honored, esteem, distinguished, prominent, respected: a ~ author/address <- prestige  L12 consequently  as a result/consequence, effect, or outcome; therefore - consequent  - consequence  L13 fraud [frɔd]; hoax. blackmail, deception, misrepresentation: mail ~, election ~, L18 false identity  - false  not true or correct; erroneous: a ~ statement/document - falsify-falsification 

L23 Dic vulnerable open to attack/temptation, exposed, weak: ~ to attack/illness/abuse/corruption, ~ position/person  - vulnerability  L31 scheme  course of action, plot, arrangement, plan, system 

L33 Dic anonymity  <-anonymous [ənɒnəməs]      name is unknown/withheld) undisclosed, unidentified; ~ letter, author L42 serve the same purpose           L56 hologram [hɒləgræm,hoʊlə-]  a special type of picture in which the objects look 3D  L57 magnetic stripe       L58 fake (v) ~ a report (n) It’s a ~. (adj) a ~ ID  L60 encode-decode  

- Corpus/p.47 privacy

=>E. Choose one of the situations. Speak why it is justified/not justified in 90 seconds with an example.

- Read aloud Par.3 => STT

- Reading Skill/p.44                      Scanning-> Complete the Chart.

Open Forum-1 Unit 4 Listening 1  TV news report about the Boot Camp for the Brain #1

- Introducing the Topic-> Take notes=> Pair Describe the Scene=> Talk how good your memory is

- Focus on Listening Skill: Predicting-> Title of the TV news program: What’s Boot Camp?

- Vocabulary before Listening: scan-scanning->MRI, crossword puzzle, strategy, brain function

- Listen-> MI, More Detail

- Listen [Part 1-3]=> Explain what the Boot Camp for the Brain is, how it works with Rubin’s experience.

- Listen [Part-4, 5] => Explain how the research was conducted.

Senior 2-Sep.26th

Eiken Lis-2^nd 2018-1 

STT-Speaking Blog Review=>Speak

Blog If you need to be fluent and proficient in one language other than Japanese to get a job you are interested in, what language will you try to master? Speak your answer in 5~6 sentences/1 min.

Inside Reading Unit 8  Reading 1  Museum Theft #3

- Review Blog Main Ideas of the article in four to six sentences.

- Words & Phrases #1

[Intro-L1] Dic display (v) to arrange something or a collection of things so that it can be seen by the public; show, present : The photos were displayed on the wall  - to show a feeling  (n); exhibit, presentation

[L3] artifact  an object, such as a tool, that was made in the past: The museum has artifacts of prehistoric times. [L3] pottery  dishes, bowls, and other objects made from baked clay  [L8] preserve  - to keep sth as it is to prevent it from decaying or to protect it from being damaged/destroyed  - (food) to treat it in a particular way so it can be kept for a long time without going bad  L8 collect L13 collection-> Corpus/p.118 -> B.

L18 valuable  [L18] unique  [L23] secure-security  [L25] valuable object<- item  

L26 theft-> Corpus/p.119  steal (L13), thef/theivs (L52) -> D./p.120

Read & Write Unit 5  Reading 1  Vacation from Work: Employee Vacation Policy/Toy’s Inc. #3

- Read Q-Skills-> Study Words/Expressions

Intro: time off, option, one-the other, by the end of the day

Option 1: reduce worker stress, 52 weeks a year, improve their health

Option 2: lose money, more likely to, get hurt/sick, improve worker attention/health

=> Speak Which option do you prefer, to choose your vacation days or to take vacation when the factory is closed? => Blog Write your answer in three to five sentences.