Algeria's Internet Blackout-Sr.3-Jun.30

Algeria turns off internet for high school exams

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is a country of youth. Approximately 28% of the total population of 40 million are under age of 15. The North African country conducts a nationwide high-school diploma exam in June every year. As many as 700,000 students are taking the test in 2,000 exam halls this year. It is a serious business for high school students and they try all kinds of efforts to get good or just enough scores to pass the tests.

Nowadays, digital technologies have made leaking and cheating of exams quite easy and widespread. Because of the significance and influence of the certification exams, there were considerable cases of leaks of the problems before and during the exam last year via social media. Therefore, the education ministry is taking a bold move this year by imposing a nationwide Internet blackout for an hour during the six-day exam period.

It surely is annoying for the rest of the population. In the meantime, it could be a good opportunity to spend an hour without online interactions.

Enjoy reading and think what you would do during the blackout hour.

If you were an ordinary Algerian citizen, would you support the Internet blackout for a high school exam? 

Verb Pattern-Sr.1-Jun.28

Write sample sentences for each verb. (total of 10 sentences)

1. get up, walk

2. play, eat

3. I’m, The cakes looks

4. give, send

5. My friends call, Ron named

Speech To Text-Sr.1-Jun.28

Click the below to find your Speech-To-Text (STT)app. 

Speechnotes for Android  

Notes for iOS

1.  Record sentences. 

2.  You can say, "period" for "," in the sentence,

     and "period" for "." at the end of the sentence.

3.  gmail to your own gmail account.

     -> Revise the sentences.

     => Send the message to TK.

Bunjee Jumping-Sr.3-Jun.27

Bunjee Jump from highest bridge  

1. Do you want to walk across the glass bridge over 200 meters above the ground?

2. If you had a chance, would you like to try bungee-jumping off the bridge?

Writing-Sr.3-Jun.27

What do you think?-A.2

Clarify Mad Anthony’s reasons to support his opinion in the textbook

Main Point: A throwaway society is sign that things are better and people are wealthier.

Support-1: Lower Prices – Technology lowered the costs. Smaller price difference between buying and fixing

Support-2: Increased Wealth <- More money, lower prices

Support-3: Increased Features <- Technology especially electronics. Digital camera, cell phone, GPS

Conclusion: The throwaway society shows how good things are.

=>Do you agree or disagree with Anthony’s arguments? 

Write your response in 5-8 sentences.

Parts of Speech #2-Sr.1-Jun.25-Sr.1

Write the part of speech of the underlined words.

There was a sausage in the fridge.

I kept it for dinner.
It is a tasty sausage but it smells strange.
Fred doesn't study hard but plays the drums well.

emoji-Sr.3-Jun.23

Could an emoji save your life?

Most of the mobile phone users must have seen or used emojis. The emoji is a small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in electronic communication worldwide. They include sequences for gender or skin tone, flags, and the components used to create keycap, flag, and other sequences. Originated on Japanese mobile phones in 1999, emojis have become increasingly popular around the world especially on smartphones and now there are over 2,800 emojis in the Unicode Standard as of June 2018. Since the emoji is used without training and beyond language barriers, it could be regarded as one of the most popular international communication tools.

Also, the emoji expresses the meaning, feeling and even situations clearly and instantly like pictographs and other visual images that are used to show for safety instructions to passengers and warnings signs to visitors. Now, some people are campaigning to use this common communication tool as an early warning message tool for climate and environmental events, especially for an earthquake. Since so many people are visiting or staying in places whose languages are different from theirs, universal and easy-to-understand mobile messages are essential and convenient for critical events. So, why not use it more effectively?

☆ Over 2,600 emojis are in Unicode. 

=> Draft emoji candidates for 2019

Do you think if someday the emoji will become the leading universal communication tool over languages?  
Write your answer in four to six sentences.

Part of Speech-Sr.1-Jun.21

Tell the part of speech

Your dog looks cute. 

Yes, he is a cute dog. 

He walks slowly but runs fast. 

He’s been with us for a year.

Bungee Jumping-Sr.1-Jun.18

World's highest glass bridge to open world's highest bungee jump

Speak-1 Do you want to walk across the glass bridge over 200 meters above the ground?

Speak-2 If you had a chance, would you like to try bungee-jumping off the bridge?

Review C37U2-Sr.1-Jun.18

Write in English.

1. 雨が降ると、私は普段家で映画を観ます。

でももし明日雨が降ったら、私は本を読むでしょう。

When it rains, I usually watch a movie at home. 

But if it rains tomorrow, I’ll read a book.

2. 中国語を話すことが出来たらいいのになあ。

もしも中国語を話すことができたなら、私は中国で多くの友達を作るだろうに。
I wish I could speak Chinese. 

If I could speak Chinese, I’d make a lot of friends in China.

Alabama Miracle Boy Awakens-Sr.3-Jun.16

Alabama 'miracle' boy awakes before doctors pull plug

What would you do if you were the doctor of the patient who had told the parents that the boy would die for sure?

Main Ideas-Sr.3-Jun.16

Write the main ideas of the article in four to six sentences.

The police use science to identify the criminal but they don’t always find evidence.
S. Breitwieser stole many works of art from small museums for his art collection.
When he was arrested, his mother destroyed and threw away all the items that he had stolen.
Later, the police found the evidence of his theft and arrested him, his mother, and they were sent to prison.

Throw Away-Sr.3-Jun.13

What do you think? -1

Think about the item(s) you threw away recently. 

Do you think it could/should have been used longer or repaired, or you should have bought a new one?

=> Speak your answer in 60 sec

- Use the Conditional Type-3: could/should have used, shouldn’t have thrown away, could have been repaired

- Try these: not any/no longer, worth –ing, became too ~, worn out, unrepairable, not function (properly), useless

=>Write three to five sentences to explain what you did and should/shouldn’t/could have done. 

Eat more with company-Sr.3-Jun.9

Why you eat more when you’re in company

Why you eat more when you’re in company
It seems to be clear that people eat more with others than alone. Of course. When people eat in a group, they most likely gather to enjoy the company, time and meal. In other words, they are there to eat longer. The longer time you spend on eating, the more food you dine. Also, you tend to be indulged in more food than you usually eat when others are enjoying a larger portion of meat, extra pieces of pizza, or sugar-rich dessert. According to a food researcher, this phenomenon is called social facilitation. But is it really a bad habit?
When food was scarce and limited, people like hunter-gatherers shared whatever food available and edible. Also, sharing food gives chance to balance nutrition. So, social eating isn’t that too bad for your diet as long as you manage your appetite. 
There is another tip. People tend to eat more when they are accompanied or served by heavier people. Is that because they want to grow to match the others in size? 

=> Explain why people tend to eat more when they are with others in 90 sec.

Main Idea-Inside Reading-Sr.3-Jun.9

Identify the main idea/topic sentence(s) of each paragraph

=> Speak the main idea of each paragraph/subtitle in one sentence.

=> Write the main ideas of the article in four to six sentences.

Artworks in museums represent the human history and are valuable to all of us.
Museums try to prevent such treasures from being stolen by various measures, such as security cameras, alarms, and secured cases.
Thieves try to steal those valuable objects from smaller museums because their security measures aren’t as sophisticated/tight/strict as large museums.
Selling stolen artworks is more difficult than stealing them because the potential buyers, usually art dealers, are warned about the theft.
Though the police try to find the stolen artworks and arrest the thieves, they don’t always succeed.  
(91 words)

Report Ex-2.3b-Sr.1-Jun.7

Report what your partner said in the third person speech.

Report Ex.3-Sr.1-Jun.4

Report what your partner said in the third person speech.

AK for Déjà Vu-Sr.3-Jun.2

single out  choose/distinguish from others; identify, choose  

prevailing; dominant, general  subtle; delicate, indirect

  <= prevail; get control or influence, overcome, win: 

  I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end

subtle  to get control or influence; nice, quiet, delicate: 

  I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.

AK-3 恐らくそういった脳があることを他のことと錯覚してしまうことは、事務所のある一室が、あなたの子供の頃の思い出にある部屋に似たように配置されているといった程度のかすかな相違にすぎない。 （90語）

AK-4 一つ目の理論は、脳の中で既知のことを認知する領域と、記憶を呼び出す領域があること。これらは通常同期しているが、まれにこの認知領域が誤認識してしまうことでdéjà vuが生じる。もう一つは人間が記憶する際に、新たな出来事が短期ではなく長期間の記憶プロセスを経てしまって、以前に起きたことと感じてしまうこと。（147語）