Shukugawa OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 28

Level 100

 

After a lengthy warm-up activity, we reviewed their answers for the Activity I questions on p.49.

Homework:

 

Please complete the "Your Modern Thing" section of Activity II, p. 50, following the example above, and be prepared to discuss your answers with a partner next week.

Level 300

 

We did a "Gender  Roles" questions sheet and then spent the rest of the class going through pp. 70-71 in Unit 16 (A Woman's Place).

 

Homework:

Please complete Part A of the Extending the Topic section with alternative answers and be prepared to discuss next week.

Level 200

Completed the questions on p. 60 (Free Music). More difficult for them than usual, lots of questions asked, but seemed to go OK.

Homework:

Please complete the Vocabulary Support section on p. 65 (16. Fast Food and Health) and do the reading on p. 66.

 

Level 400

Full house in this class, everyone on great form. We spent half the class on Isaac's "Gender" discussion questions, then (mostly) polished off Lesson 11...lots of questions ran us over the bell a tad.

Homework: Please complete the "Key Concepts" section on p. 72, Lesson 12 (Good Sports).

Itami OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 28

100

 

They did a great job on Pages 50-51.

 

Homework:  Please do the Review and Reflection on Page 53. Also, please answer the questions in Activity 1 for Unit 10 on page 54.

 

200

 

We finished the questions at the top of page 68. Good work!

 

Homework

Please complete the Writing and Class Discussion questions on page 68. Also write about your two favourite fast food restaurants- why you like these places and what's your favorite food there.

 

300

 

We had a wonderful debate. Terrific work!

 

Homework

 

Please complete page 69 sharing my ideas.  Also begin Unit 16: Complete the reading on page 70 and Check Your Understanding  on page 71.

 

400

 

We finished the unit and had a great discussion like usual.

 

Homework

 

For Unit 13: Please complete pages 78-79 and the Reading on page 80.

Shukugawa OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 21

100

 

Homework: Review the questions from page 49 and be ready to discuss

 

300

Homework: Prepare a hypothetical time capsule for people 500 years in the future with the 10-15 items that best represent what life was like in the years 2000-2015.

200

 

Homework: Finish up activity 5 and be prepared to debate both sides of the issue. Look through the questions in Activity 7 and be prepared to discuss

 

400

Homework: pg70-1 from Writing With Idioms through Vocabulary Expansion

Itami OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 21

100

Please do page 50 for homework. 

200

Please read pages 65-66.

300

Please list some reasons either team A or team B,  Next week debate (page 68).

400

Page 75, 76.  Reading for information and Word Forms.

Shukugawa OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 7

Level 100

Homework:

Please complete Activity II, p. 45 in preparation for next week. Also, please review and practice the A/B (customer and shop staff) conversation handout and be prepared to do a more free-form role play next lesson.

Level 300

Homework:

Please choose one of the topics from the "Sharing My Ideas" section on p. 69 and prepare a brief presentation to give in groups next week.

Level 200

Homework:

Please complete the Vocabulary Support on p. 57 and do the reading on p. 58 for Lesson 14 (Free Music).

Level 400

Homework:

Please make sure to complete the Key Concepts section on p. 66 and the reading on p. 68 in Lesson 11.

Itami OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, November 7

100

Please read page 49 in preparation for next class.

200

Choose any countries national flag and tell us what the colours represent (their meaning).

300

Please read page 66 in preparation for the next class.

400

Please do Word Forms on page 70 and Using Key Concepts & Vocabulary Expansion on page 71.

Shukugawa OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, October 31

Class 100

We had a quick catch up and then got into a clue swapping activity based on Haloweeny words. We moved on to the textbook and shared and discussed the answers the students had prepared from the discussion questions on shopping. We then worked in groups on a shopping vocab exercise.

 Homework: Please write a conversation between a customer and a sales clerk. Try to use as much of the vocabulary covered today as possible. Prepare to read through your conversation next week in pairs/groups.

 Class 300

 We started by talking about Halloween and its sudden popularity in Japan. We chatted about scary experiences, ghostly encounters and good horror movies. The students then discussed their answers to Isaac’s assignment from last week on difficulties foreigners might experience adapting to life in Japan. We moved on to unit 14 on immigration. I had prepared some discussion questions on the topic which took us up to the bell.

Homework: Please prepare some notes on the role technology plays in your life as preparation for next week’s topic.

Class 200

After a quick chat about Halloween in Japan we did a similar clue swapping exercise to the one used in class 100. We discussed some of the questions from the textbook on cosmetic surgery. We then looked at a Breaking News article on the use of Photoshop in ads and magazines. We finished off by looking at some body idioms - cried my heart out/ keep an eye on etc.

Homework: Please do the vocab exercises on p. 53 and read the text on p. 54 for next week.

Class 400

Like 300, we started by talking about Halloween and its sudden popularity in Japan. We chatted about scary experiences, ghostly encounters and good horror movies. This branched off into a discussion about the afterlife and reincarnation.  We then discussed the textbook topic of governments making apologies.

Homework: Please complete the opinion survey on War: What is it good for? and prepare to discuss next week.

Itami OCC Saturday Classes- Saturday, October 31

Level 100

Went through the discussion questions in Activity I, p. 44.
 
Homework:

Please complete Activity II, p. 45, both Tasks 1 and 2.

Level 200

Started Ch. 13 (Colors). Reviewed pp. 53-55.

Homework:

Please prepare your answers for parts 6 & 7 on p. 56 and be prepared to discuss them in pairs or groups next week.

Level 300

After warm-ups, we covered pp. 62-63 of Unit 14. Immigration is proving to be a controversial but lively topic.

Homework:

Please prepare answers to both A and B parts of the "Extending the Topic" section on p. 64., and be prepared to discuss them with your classmates.

Level 400

Polished off Lesson 10.

Homework:

Please complete the "Key Concepts" section for Lesson 11 on p. 66 (Public Apologies), and do the reading on p. 68.