Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Week 12 - Unit 11: I'm going to have a party

Homework Unit 12 Online Workbook due today!

Next week (Dec. 21), Kevin will introduce quiz questions. Oral Quiz will be on Dec. 28. Don't be absent!

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Last week this form didn't work for some people; please try again! Body parts. Form    (If you already did it last week, you don't have to do it again.)


Picture Differences #1 / #2


Unit 11 - I'm going to have a party!

[2] Conversation - Is she going to bake a cake? p. 72  AUDIO 🔊


[3] Grammar Focus, , p. 73



[5] Listening - Holiday Plans, p. 74   AUDIO 🔊


[8] Conversation - We're going to go dancing, p. 75   AUDIO 🔊

[9] Grammar Focus, p. 75

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Pairwork Activity - Kevin will give you a handout.

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'Going to' Online Form - Period 3 / Period 4

Watch the video below.

 
Emily and Ana are twin sisters. They are going to have an amazing weekend.

What are Emily and Ana going to do on Friday evening? _______
What are they going to do on Saturday? _______
How is the weather going to be on Saturday? _________
What is Ana going to do in the park? ________
What is Ana going to do on Sunday? ________
What is Emily going to do on Sunday? _________


Padlet

Which course are you going to join next year? Tell me the reason on Padlet! Choose from communicationeducationculture or literature. Type your name at the top. Use "going to join ...".

Sairishu students: You can say "I am in the ___ course because ___ .


To Do List:
1) Padlet - Which course are you going to join? Give a reason!
2) Unit 11 Online Workbook; due next Wed
3) Finish your Xreading homework (2 books by Jan. 11).

Next week (Dec. 21) Kevin will introduce quiz questions. Oral Quiz will be on Dec. 28. Don't be absent!

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Sairishu Homework Unit 11 Form

This form is for sairishu students only!

The reading below is from p. 77 in your textbook. It is part of the Unit 11 Sairishu homework. Read it first before doing the online form. 


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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Unit 10 Workbook Scores



If you don't do the online workbook homework, you will fail.

Monday, December 5, 2022

Week 11 - How do you feel?

Unit 10 Online Workbook due today! 

Unit 12 - How do you feel? - body parts, pains and illnesses.

Learning ChocolateBody Parts #1 / Body Parts #2 / Leg / Everyday Aches & Pains / Types of Medication / (more body & health vocabulary)

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Some important vocabulary:
sore throat - 喉の痛み                         tired - 疲れた
cough - 咳                                         the flu - インフルエンザ
headache - 頭痛                                 aspirin - アスピリン
symptoms - 症状                                plenty of fluids - たくさんの液体
patient - 患者 

[2] Conversation - Do you want some tea? p. 79    AUDIO 🔊


[3] Grammar Focus, p. 79


[4] Listening - Are you OK? p. 80    AUDIO 🔊


[5] Snapshot, p. 80     AUDIO 
🔊


[6] Conversation - Try to relax, p. 81
    AUDIO 🔊


[7] Listening - I think I have a cold, p. 81    AUDIO 🔊


[9] Grammar Focus, p. 82


[10] Speaking - Good Advice, p. 82


Advice for common problems, p. 126

Speaking
Make a doctor and patient dialog with your partner. Be prepared to perform it!

Doctor: How are you today?    or    What seems to be the problem?   or   How do you feel today?
Patient: _______________________________________________
Doctor: _______________________________________________
Patient: _______________________________________________
etc.

  • Use some of the vocabulary words in the text or from the video and online exercises.
  • Patient: Explain your medical problem.
  • Doctor: Give the patient some medical advice. You may also give medication.
  • Patient: Thank the doctor for his/her help.
  • Try to remember!
  • Practice and perform!

Practice tying the names of body parts. Form ⇦ ⇦ 

Homework Unit 12 (How do you feel?) Online Workbook, is due next Wed, Dec. 14

Oral Quiz is in 3 weeks! Dec. 28. Don't be absent!

To Do List
1) Unit 12 online workbook; due Dec. 14
2) Xreading - read 2 books and pass the quizzes by Jan. 11

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Sairishu Homework Unit 12 Form

This form is for sairishu students only!

The reading below is from p. 83 in your textbook. It is part of the Unit 12 Sairishu homework. Read it first before doing the online form. Form questions are written below.

answers are at the bottom in the red space

Women's hearts beat faster than men's hearts.   T or F

Your natural smell changes as you age.  T or F

Brain cells do not live in the stomach.  T or F

Your brain sends billions of signals every minute.  T or F

The human heart beats about 200 times a minute.  T or F

Some bacteria (small living things) in your body help you live.  T or F

Your brain makes electricity.  T or F

140 million cells in your eyes help to tell what you can see.  T or F

Your brain stops working when you're asleep.  T or F

Your body loses about 40,000 tiny pieces of skin an hour.  T or F

What does your body lose every hour? _______________

What part of your body sends signals and makes electricity? ________________


Thursday, December 1, 2022

Unit 9 Homework Scores


If you don't do the online workbook homework, you will fail.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Week 10 - What sports do you like?

Unit 9 Online Workbook due today (Nov. 30). 

Before we start Unit 10, let's do ...

Adverbs of Frequency

Online exercises: adverbs of frequency
How often ...?    (2 minutes) 
Mike's week - adverbs    (3 minutes)
My time (Hint: Use 'I'm' and 'You're' whenever possible.)  (3 minutes)

ELLLO: Do you cook much?    Do you cook much?
Click on the video start button and listen to the audio. There are some mistakes in the transcript. Answer the quiz questions if you feel genki!

Adverbs of Frequency - 4 Conversations LINK

Video Questions

Conversation 1  (quick link)
1) What does the girl usually do on the weekend?
    a. She stays home.
    b. She goes out.
2) What does she sometimes do on the weekend?
    a. She stays home.
    b. She goes out.
3) How often does she go to the beach?
    a. always   b. often   c. sometimes   d. rarely
4) 
How often does she go to the lake?
    a. very often   b. sometimes   c. very rarely

Conversation 2  (quick link)
1) What does the girl usually have for dinner?
    a. hamburgers   b. fish   c. vegetables   d. pasta
2) How often does she make stir fry?
    a. often   b. sometimes   c. rarely

Conversation 3  (quick link)
1) How often does the man take the bus to work?
    a. always   b. often   c. sometimes   d. rarely   e. never
2) How often does the woman drive to work?
    a. always   b. often   c. sometimes   d. rarely   e. never
3) How does the woman usually get to work?
    a. She takes the bus.
    b. She takes the train.
    c. She walks.
    d. She rides her bicycle.

Conversation 4  (quick link)
1) How often does the woman go to the movies (at the theater)?
    a. often   b. sometimes   c. rarely   d. never
2) How does she usually watch movies?
    a. She usually rents DVDs.
    b. She usually streams movies.

Also ...
Learning Chocolate: Fast Food

Unit 10 - What sports do you like? p. 64

Homework this week is Unit 10 Online Workbook!


[2] Conversation - When do you play all these sports? p. 64  AUDIO  🔊


[3] Grammar Focus - Wh-questions, p. 65



[4] Listening - What do you think of sports? p. 66  AUDIO  
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[7] Grammar Focus - Can for ability, p. 67



[8] Pronunciation, p. 67

[9] Listening, p. 68   AUDIO 🔊


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To Do List
1) Unit 10 online workbook; due next week; Dec. 7
2) Xreading - read 2 books and pass the quizzes by Jan. 11

English Reader Marathon ends tonight at 12:00 midnight! Gambatte!
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Sairishu Unit 10 Homework - Sairishu students only!
[If you have the current online workbook, you must do that!]

Watch this video as part of the homework: Listening Exercise (can/can't). Do this before you start the online homework!


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Sunday, November 27, 2022

Units 8, 13 Homework Scores


If you don't do the online workbook homework, you will fail.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Week 9 - I always eat breakfast

Interchange INTRO, Unit 9
(Online Workbook Unit 9 due in two weeks - Nov. 30; There is no class next week, Nov. 23)


Let's talk about vegetables ...


[2] Conversation, p. 59  AUDIO 🔊


[3] Grammar, p. 59


[5] Snapshot, p. 60


[6] Conversation, p. 61  AUDIO 🔊


[7] Grammar Focus, p. 61 (Adverbs of Frequency)


[8] Listening, p. 62  AUDIO 🔊


[9] Speaking, p. 62

1. Do you always have a big breakfast?
2. What time do you usually have lunch?
3. What do you usually have for lunch?
4. Do you often have snacks in the afternoon?
5. Do you ever go to a restaurant for dinner?
6. What's something you never eat for dinner?
* Your question for Kevin or someone in the class.


Padlet Link - What do you oftensometimes, never, usually, or hardly ever have for breakfast or lunch? Answer 2. Type your name first!

You must write sentences! (Not one word!)



Vocabulary for talking about food - Learning Chocolate

Tell Me About You!  - type the answer only, like always or usually or hardly ever.  Period 3 Form // Period 4 Form

Quizizz Link - Do you remember what we learned about vegetables? Which vegetables are stem, flower, root, leaves, fruit or seeds? 

To Do List
1) Make two sentences on Padlet (see above)
2) Do the Learning Chocolate Vocabulary
3) Do the Tell Me About You! Form
4) Do the Quizizz online game.
5) Unit 9 online workbook; due Nov. 30 (Sairishu see below.)
** There is no class next week; Nov. 23 **
6) Xreading - read 2 books and pass the quizzes by Jan. 11

English Reader Marathon ends on Nov. 30, but your Xreading assignment continues until Jan. 11.
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Sairishu only - Unit 9 Homework Form

It may be easier to do the reading on a PC. You can see it below or on the homework form.


Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Week 8 - Finish Unit 13

Interchange INTRO, Unit 13 (continued).

Homework this week is Unit 13 online workbook. (Link for sairishu students below; scroll down to the form.) Due Nov. 16.

Padlet: Fun, exciting, interesting, dangerous or terrible places to work

  • What is a fun, exciting or interesting place to work that you can see around town? Make a sentence. Say the place and give a reason why you think it is fun, exciting or interesting. Please type your name at the top of the post!
  • You can use the words 'dangerous' or 'terrible' instead if you want to. Just be sure to give a reason.


Unit 13 [3] Conversation, p. 87    AUDIO 🔊


[5] Grammar Focus, p. 97

[6] Listening, p. 89    AUDIO 🔊


Where can I get ...?

1) Click on the map above to see original size.
2) Ask where you can find something in the A or B lists.
3) Another student will answer. You don't have to say, "Go straight ..." etc.

Examples:
A: Excuse me.  I need some aspirin (fruit, etc.). Can you tell me where I can find some?
B: Aspirin? Sure. There's a drugstore on the corner of Main St and Maple St.

A: "Excuse me. I'm looking for the movie theater (swimming pool, etc.)."
B: The movie theater? Sure. It's on Davis St. across from the newsstand.


[8] Conversation, p. 89    AUDIO 🔊


Extra

1) How do I get to the ___ ?
  • Go straight on Main Road about two blocks. Go left at West Street. Go one block, and then go right at Station Road. It's on the corner of West and Station. It's next to the bookstore.
2) How do I get to the ___ ?
  • Go straight on Main Road about two blocks. Go past the bakery and the toy shop. It will be on your right. It's across from a red house.
3) Excuse me, how do I get to the ___ ?
  • Go straight on Main Road for one block. Turn left on Middle Road. Go one block and turn right on Station Road. It's between the pet shop and a blue house.
4) How do I get to the ___ ?
  • Go straight on Main Road for two blocks. Go left at West Street and go straight for one block. It's at the end of the street. You'll see it in front of you as you're walking.
For pair work ...
Last thing ...
*** One more activity! Do the form below now! It's short and easy.

Warning
Students who don't do the online homework will fail. You will have to repeat this class next year. You will have a different teacher and a different textbook.

Homework: Unit 13 Online Workbook - due next Wed. (Nov. 16)
Sairishu only homework: Unit 13 form 

Don't forget to do the Xreading homework! (Read 2 books and pass the quizzes. Due Jan. 11. If there is no quiz for your book, send Kevin an email.)

The English Reader Marathon 2022 ends on the last day of November!

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Week 7 - Remaining presentations, late presentations; also short quiz

Late presentations today! 

   a. Try to remember
   b. Must have good eye contact; look at students in the class
   c. Only reading will get a low grade!
   d. Pronounce correctly; check the pronunciation in advance
   e. Listen and take notes while other people present!

Nov. 1 scheduled presentations (3rd Period only)

Aota, Ryou

Kawasaki, Yuuki

Kunieda, Daiki

Kurata, Itsuki

Kobayashi, Aika

Sugiyama, Seri

Hamada, Mahiro

Yoshida, Kan

Watanabe, Yurina

Okuyama, Rinka

Honda, Kaito

Terakado, Riku


Late Presentations
Students who did not present last week will have one chance to present their famous person today (for reduced points).

3rd  Per           4th Per
Aina                Naoki
Rei

Heroes Quiz
We will have a listening quiz in class on the famous people we heard about last week. You will take the quiz during class time.

Places Around Town

Learning Chocolate





Giving Directions online activity; listen and match the questions to the correct answers.

Click here for online activity.


















The English Reader Marathon will finish on the last day of this month (Nov. 30).

Interchange INTRO
Unit 13 [1] Word Power, p. 86

Unit 13 [2] Listening, p. 87    AUDIO 🔊

Unit 13 [3] Conversation, p. 87    AUDIO 🔊



No homework! However ...
1) Online workbook, Unit 13, due in two weeks (Nov. 16)
2) Did you read 2 books on Xreading and take the quizzes? Do it!

Sairishu homework in 2022: Unit 13 form
Due. Nov. 16