Saturday, December 20

All classes were given an article to read and answer questions for homework. If you were absent from class, please email Robert directly and he will send it to you.

We hope that you have a great holiday season with your friends and family. Wishing you all of the best in 2015!

Level 1 - We completed all of Page 76 and did a lot of speaking with this activity. 

Level 2 - Akiko and Harumi did a great job in class and their presentations were really interesting. We talked a lot about their families. We had extra time so we talked about Christmas and then played a Game called AGO - Christmas version. 

Level 3 -  We thoroughly discussed the readings on beauty/cosmetic surgery/extreme makeovers. 

Level 4 - We finished Unit 12. Had a good  talk about inspiration and who or what inspired them. Then we finished with the Criticial Thinking Question. 

Saturday, December 13

Level 100

We finished Page 75A the question writing activity. 

Homework: Please finish Page 75 B. We will start with Page 75B and C activity next lesson. Also, please review Page 76 Communicate on inviting a partner to various events. Look at the example. Then decide when you are going on each activity.  This will make it easier to begin the speaking activity next class.

Level 200

Three students did their presentation on Books. They were very interesting.

Homework:  Please prepare your speech on Family for next class. Try to tell us interesting things about your family also.

Level 300

After some time spent catching up on my crazy life and mad escapades of moving, we started with the Preview section of the Beauty chapter. We had a pretty good talk about cosmetic surgeries and people we know who have had cosmetic surgery. 

Homework:  If you didn't do it last week, please complete Readings 1-3 on pp. 92-94 in the "Beauty" chapter, as well as the "Check the Facts" questions on pp. 95-96. Also, please think about or write your answer to this question: (1) If you could change something about yourself with cosmetic surgery, what would you want to change and why?  This will be our warm up discussion topic.

Level 400

We finished the first half of Lesson 12. We finished watching the DVD and checking the vocabulary and comprehension questions. 

Homework: Please do the reading and questions in Lesson 12. Also complete the Critical Thinking question for discussion next time.

Saturday, December 6

Level 100

After a fun warm-up discussion activity, we reviewed their homework and moved into the book and completed the Conversation section on p. 74. 

Homework: Please do the "Question Writing" exercises on p. 75 (Part A & B, "Asking for Information" questions.)

Level 200

Attendance was much better this week, but none of the students who hadn't done their speech yet were prepared to give it. I told them next week was the deadline for their "Books" speech. So, after an opening discussion exercise, we reviewed the Crossword homework, and then dove into the "Family" chapter. We completed the first two pages (30-31) of that chapter.

Homework: Yuriko, Aya, Ayako and Narimi still need to do their "Books" presentations, so I asked them to be ready to do it next week. I also asked the students to start thinking about their scraps for their next speech on "Family," which I scheduled for 12/20.

Level 300

We quickly went through the "Psychics" unit.  We had a lengthy conversation activity at the beginning of class, and then spent a lot of time going over the 3 readings on "Psychics" and going over the vocabulary. 

Homework: Please do Readings 1-3 on pp. 92-94 in the "Beauty" chapter, as well as the "Check the Facts" questions on pp. 95-96, in preparation for discussion next week. 

Level 400

We did a lengthy opening discussion activity on Television, and then went through the rest of Chapter 11 (I spent a little time talking about Homeschooling in America. We finished up with a typically spirited discussion on the questions they were asked to prepare and bring from last week. 

Homework: Please do the Key Word Study on p. 67 in Lesson 12, and be prepared to explain each word in simple English.