MEL-2025

2026年2月18日水曜日

学習計画-Feb 18

夏休みまでは学習習慣を確立する

　・実行可能な計画に沿って学習する: 1.5～2時間

　・科目毎に時間を区切る、集中する：10～30分

　・延長しない、無理しないで継続

　・英語は毎日30分以内、授業で学んだことの復習を中心に

　・休憩する、勉強時間以外は楽しんでOn/Offを切替え

　・授業や試験は日中＝＞夜型は自滅、12時前には就寝

夏休み前後に進路や受験校、進学方法を固める

　・将来に向けて自分で探す、調べる、考える

　・過去問題を解いて現状と可能性(伸びしろ）を検討

　　難度、偏差値、倍率＝＞科目、配点、方式、傾向、得手不得手

　・やらないことを決めて、やるべきことに注力

　・進路や方式に沿った学習計画に再編して実行

Write an explanatory essay about something or someone you want the audience to know about, such as a book or story, movie or drama, instrument or device, food or drink, place or monument, event, or someone you know, like, admire, studied about, or who is remarkable or famous.

Write introduction, TS, explanations, and CS.

Japan 1931-1945-Feb 18

East Asian Countries #8: Japan 1931-1945

1930’s Great Depression

1931 Liutiaohu (Mukden) Incident (柳条湖事件) Manchuria=> Sino-Japanese War

-> 1932 Manchukuo under Pu Yi

1932 5.15 Incident: PM Inukai was murdered 歴代首相

1933 Withdrawal from the League of Nations (50+ states w/o US, 1920-1946)

1936 2.26 Coup attempt

Anti-communism The Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Italy)

=>1940 Tripartite Pact against Allies

1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident (盧溝橋事件) China=> Second Sino-Japanese War

1938 National Mobilization Law (国家総動員法): government controls, nationalized industries, rations, price control

1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland=> WWII

1940 Imperial Rule Assistance Association (大政翼賛会)

Democracy-> Imperial rule, totalitarianism, info control

1941 Pearl Harbor Attack (Dec.8) USA (Dec.7)=> The Pacific War

French Indochina (Vietnam) British Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

1942 Midway, Leyte Gulf

1944 Saipan/Guam-> Bombing by B29 1945 硫黄島、東京大空襲、沖縄、広島・長崎

Nazi Pearl Harbor (2:41) Pacific War

Last Lesson-Feb 18

7:30 Review Blog [7] East Asian Countries #7: Japan 1868-1931

Blog [8] East Asian Countries #8: Japan 1931-1945

Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1931-1945 in Japan in English or日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

Inside Reading Unit 10 Reading-1 Attack of the Fire Ants

7:50 Review Words/Exp #1 [L1-L50] -> 7:55 Study Words/Expr #2 [Serious Reactions ~]

Read & Write Unit 8 Writing

8:20 Writing Skill: Writing an explanatory paragraph-> Read A.Identity/p.187

8:27 Tip for Success/p.192 Keep your audience in mind.

8:30 Blog Write an explanatory essay about something or someone you want the audience to know about, such as a book or story, movie or drama, instrument or device, food or drink, place or monument, event, or someone you know, like, admire, studied about, or who is remarkable or famous. Write introduction, TS, explanations, and CS.

9:00 Feb 22, 11:00 at MEL School

Speak My interest, My competence, My future/ambition, Where to live/study/work and do what

2026年2月14日土曜日

B.Create/p.191-Feb 14

Complete the sentences with your own ideas/opinions.

1. I think ...

2. In my opinion, ...

3. I can ...

4. For me, ...

5. I have ...

Blue Whale-Feb 14

The blue whale is the largest animal in the world.

It weighs 150 tons and grows 30 meters long.

Baby blue whales drink 600 liters of their mothers’ milk every day.

Blue whales live in the sea but they come to the surface every 15 minutes to breathe.

When a whale breathes, it blows water into the air.

There are 83 kinds of whales. They all sing different songs.

Some people hunt whales to get meat and oil.

Japan 1968-1931-Feb 14

Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1894-1931 in Japan in English or 日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.　

[7] East Asian Countries #7: Japan 1868-1931

Meiji 1968- Taisho 1926- (Kanto Earthquake 1923) Showa 1926- (Great Depression 1930s)

1868 Meiji Restoration 　1877 Satsuma Rebellion 1879 Annexed Okinawa

1894 The First Sino-Japanese War

=> 1895 Annexed Taiwan, Liaodong Peninsula (later returned)

1904 Russo-Japanese War

=> South Sakhalin, Liaodong Peninsula, South Manchurian Railway

1905 Japan-Korea Protectorate Treaty

->1909 Ito’s assassination-> 1910 Annexed Korea

Territorial Expansion: 1895 Taiwan, 1905 South Sakhalin, 1910 Korea,

Industry Growth=> Increasing needs for raw materials in Southeast Asia

Population Increase: 35mil/1870-> 44mil/1900-> 50mil/1910-> 56mil/1920-> 65mil/1930

男女七歳にして席を同じゅうせず Tokyo Earthquake Territories

Online Lesson-Feb 14

7:30 Review Blog [6] East Asian Countries #6 Taiwan 1949 -

[7] East Asian Countries #7: Japan 1868-1931

Blog Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1894-1931 in Japan in English or日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

Inside Reading Unit 10 Reading-1 Attack of the Fire Ants

7:50 Study Words/Expressions #1 [L1-L50]

Read aloud Par. 3, 4: a/an, the, they

=> 8:25 Blog The Blue Whale

8:30 Read & Write Unit 8 Blog Review Writing

Do you like to help those who are vulnerable to diseases? If yes, how? Or, what do you think is the most effective way to improve public health? Write your response in 6-8 sentences. Revise with AI=> Speak=> Q&A

8:50 Grammar: Adverbs of manner, degree -> A. Identify/p.191

Tip for Success/p.191-> Review the Chart/p.190

-> Blog B. Create/p.191 Complete the sentences with your own ideas/opinions.

9:00 Feb 21=> 22^nd at MEL School, Lunch

2026年2月11日水曜日

Writing-Feb 11

There are many ways to improve public health to help people who are sick.

A doctor can help patients as an individual or in a group. Laboratory engineers can help develop new medicines. Scientists can research and develop new biological or medical solutions. Fundraisers can raise funds to help distribute medicine or provide better hygiene for the poor.

Do you like to help those who are vulnerable to diseases? If yes, how?

Or, what do you think is the most effective way to improve public health?

Write your response in five to six sentences.

Taiwan 1949-Feb 11

Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1945-1949 in Taiwan in English or日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

1949 - Republic of China (ROC)

After the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong of the Communist Party of China (CPC/共産党) proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) with its capital at Beijing on October 1, 1949.

PRC still remains as a single-party state under PRC until now.

Chiang Kai-shek of Kuomintang of China (KMT/国民党), and his two-million Kuomintang (KMT) nationalist Chinese retreated from mainland China (*外省人) to Taiwan in December and proclaimed Taipei the capital of the Republic of China (ROC) and continued to assert his government as the sole legitimate authority in China.

Taiwan (ROC) had been ruled solely by KMT until 1986.

Waishengren [wàishěng rén] (外省人) People who moved from mainland China after 1945 until the early 50's and their descendants born in Taiwan. Approx. 11% of the population.

Benshrengren [běn shěng rén] (本省人) People native to Taiwan before the ROC took over rule of Taiwan in 1945 and the mass exodus of mainlanders in 1949. Approx. Hokkien (福建人) 66%, *Hakka (客家) 15%. *Hakka: Chinese people who migrated to southern provinces and globally.

Online Lesson-Feb 11

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 54 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up

7:36 Review Blog[5] East Asian Countries #5: Taiwan 1895-1945

Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1945-1949 in Taiwan in English or日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

Blog [6] East Asian Countries #6 Taiwan in 1949

Video 1895 (1:40->) 1945 (2:53->4:19)

Inside Reading Unit 10 Reading-1 Attack of the Fire Ants

8:00 Read-> Reading Comprehension: T/F, Mark the line #, Correct false statements.

Read & Write Unit 8 Video Science Experiments

8:30 Vocabulary Skill/p.185: Collocations-> A. Apply/p.186=> Read aloud

8:37 Review Reading-1, 2 and the Video

=> 8:40 Blog What do you think

=> Write your response in five to six sentences.