Japan's Era Name-Sr.2-Apr.29

In the Japanese era name (年号 nengō, "year name"), also known as gengō (元号), the first of the two elements identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme, the second element, a number, indicates the year number within the era, and the last part is the literal "nen (年)" meaning "year".

Until April 30^th, the era name is 平成31年, the 31st year of the Heisei era. On May 1st, the era changes to: 令和元年, or the first year of the Reiwa era, meaning "order/beauty" and "harmony."

The last period is known as "Heisei" (平成), which started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, and his son, the 125th Emperor Akihito, ascended the throne.

On 30 April 2019, his planned date of abdication, the new era Reiwa (令和) starts on 1 May 2019, the day when Emperor Akihito's elder son, Naruhito, ascends to the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan.

Though the use of era name originally came from Chinese Imperial practice, Japanese era names are the only one that is still in use, and government offices usually require era names and years for official papers.

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Summary-Sr.2-Apr.25

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Scientists found that bacteria cause infectious diseases, developed the ways to prevent them from infections and created medicine to cure infectious diseases.
Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria in 1676 that cause diseases. Scientists didn’t know how to cure diseases but tried to prevent them.
Pasteur developed a way to make milk safe to drink by heating it to a high temperature to kill the bacteria in the milk. He also found that carbolic acid could destroy bacteria.
Lister put Pasteur’s idea into practice. He sprayed carbolic acid on surgery tools, patients’ skin, and bandages to prevent infections.
Fleming found the fungus could destroy bacteria and developed medicine called penicillin for patients to swallow.

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G&C 3-Sr2-Apr.22

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Write your answers-Sr.2-Apr.18

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World Tourism Ranking-Sr.2-Apr.15

In 2017, there were 1.323 billion international tourist arrivals worldwide, with a growth of 6.8% as compared to 2016.

The top 10 international tourism destinations in 2017 were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2017)[1]	International tourist arrivals (2016)[1]	Change (2016 to 2017) (%)	Change (2015 to 2016) (%)
1	France	86.9 million	82.7 million	5.1	2.1
2	Spain	81.8 million	75.3 million	8.6	10.5
3	United States	76.9 million	76.4 million	0.7	1.8
4	China	60.7 million	59.3 million	2.5	4.2
5	Italy	58.3 million	52.4 million	11.2	3.2
6	Mexico	39.3 million	35.1 million	12.0	9.3
7	United Kingdom	37.7 million	35.8 million	5.1	4.0
8	Turkey	37.6 million	30.3 million	24.1	23.3
9	Germany	37.5 million	35.6 million	5.2	1.8
10	Thailand	35.4 million	32.6 million	8.6	8.9

Reporting-Sr.2-Apr.15

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Use the past perfect if necessary.

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Reporting-Sr.2-Apr.11

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Haka-Sr.2-Apr.8

The Haka: What it means and how it's performed

All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby union team, does something very intriguing before their games. Stomping their feet, pumping their fists, and staining their vocal chords, all in unison. The Haka is a ceremonial dance or challenge in Maori culture. War Haka was originally performed by Maori warriors before a battle to displaying their strength to intimidate the opponent. Various versions of Haka are now performed by men, women and even children to welcome guests, to acknowledge achievements, or to show a sign of respect and unity in special occasions including funerals. Recently, Haka was performed in many places in New Zealand to mourn the victims of the mass shooting in Christchurch.

Haka seems not only to boil the blood of the performers but also appeal to the heart of onlookers. 

Main Idea-Sr.2-Apr.8

Write to explain the main idea of the text in three sentences.

Bacteria exist all over the places and inside of living creatures, such as plants, animals, and humans.

Harmful bacteria, also called germs, could infect the human’s digestive system and cause diseases.

However, some bacteria help humans digest food, create a food chain, maintain the ecosystem, and clean waste.

(47 words) 

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Writing-Sr.2-Apr.4

Write about what you are going to do or achieve in this new school year and why in four to six sentences.

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