China 1894-1937-Jan 31

[3] East Asian Countries #3: China 1894-1937  

1894 Sino-Japanese War  1904 Russo-Japanese War  1910 Japan annexed Korea

1911 Xinhai Revolution

   => Fall of Qing Dynasty (1644-, Manchus), end of 2,000 years of imperial rule

   => 1912 Republic of China (ROC) by Sun Yat-sen (孫文), Kuomintang (KMT 国民党)

       -> Yuan Shikai (袁世凱)

1927 Chinese Civil War  KMT by Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) 

        vs Communist Party of China (CPC) by Mao Zedong (毛沢東)

1931 Liutiaohu (Mukden) Incident (柳条湖事件)

   => 1932 Manchukuo (満州国) Puyi (溥儀)

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

  => The Second United Front between KMT by Chiang Kai-shek and CPC by Mao Zedong

  => 1941 Dissolved

Online Lesson-Jan 31

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 49 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up 

7:36 Review Blog [2] East Asian Countries #2: Korea 1945-1953

7:40 Blog [3] East Asian Countries #3: China 1894-1937

Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading- 2  Playing with the *Pixels

8:00 Read to Review #1-> 8:05 Study Words/Expressions and Text #2 Par.5-9 

Read & Write Unit 8 Reading 2  Preventing Disease around the World

8:40 CD Listen to Par.1-3/4-5/6-8 -> C. Categorize/p.182 E. Identify/p.183

-> Read to check=> Breakout

( -> B. Explain/p.181-> D. Apply/p.182 => Breakout )

Korea 1945-1953-Jan 28

[2] East Asian Countries #2: Korea 1945-1953

Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1945-1953 in Korea in English or 日本語. 

Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

1945 Japan’s surrender to the Allies

=> Divided into the USA-occupied southern zone and the Soviet-occupied northern zone 

     along the 38th parallel.

1948 The Republic of Korea (ROK) by Syngman Rhee (李承晩) in Seoul,

   The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) by Kim Il-sung (金日成) in Pyongyang

1950 Korean War: Soviet-backed DPRK attacked ROK. 

   => The US joined from Japan to defend ROK, China joined to support DPRK.

=> 1953 Armistice was signed just to cease fire. A Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was set.

Video (2:45)

Online Lesson-Jan 28

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 47 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up 

7:36 Review Blog [1] East Asian Countries #1: Korea 1910-1945

7:43 Blog Use AI tools to learn about the major events/incidents during 1945-1953 in Korea in English or 日本語. Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

[2] East Asian Countries #2: Korea 1945-1953  Video (2:45)

Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading- 2  Playing with the *Pixels  

8:00 Study Words/Expressions #1 [Line 1~48]

8:25 Deepfakes (2-3 min)

Should posting all deep-faked photos/videos be banned on the Internet? Speak your response in 3 sen.

Read & Write Unit 8 Public Health

8:32 Review Blog Some people worry a lot about catching a cold from others, and some people are not very concerned. How concerned are you on a scale from 1 to 10? Write your response in four to six sentences.

Review => Speak=> Q&A

8:53 Reading 2  Preventing Disease around the World

Vocabulary  contagious, contaminated

How concerned are you?-Jan 24

Some people worry a lot about catching a cold from others, and some people are not very concerned. 

How concerned are you on a scale from 1 to 10? (10: extremely concerned, 1 not concerned at all)

Speak your response in three sentences. 

      I would rate myself X on a scale of 1 to 10 about how concerned I am about catching a cold.

Write your response in four to six sentences.

Write MIs-Jan 24

Read the article by section and write the main idea in one sentence. 

Par. 1-4: Photo Alteration 

    Par. 1, 2, 3 Examples => undermine the public’s trust in the new photos 

    -> Par. 4 The public shouldn’t simply trust the photos in the news.

Viewers should be aware that news photos are often modified by the photographer or media to make the event or persons look more impressive.

Par. 5-6: What’s Truth? 

   Par.5, 6 Examples of alterations, emphasis, and amendments of photos and images

   -> Par. 6 It’s difficult to draw a clear line between what’s acceptable or inaccurate.

Since photos are often edited to show things that cannot be seen by human eyes, it seems difficult to define what is accurate or how much modification is acceptable. 

Par. 7-8: What we see/Perception? 

   Par.7, 8 Examples of viewers’ perceptions controlled by the media.

   => Photo alteration is inevitable, and it could alter viewers’ perceptions.

   -> Par.9 Conclusion

News photos should never be modified to deceive the viewers.

Korea 1910-1945-Jan 24

Use AI tools to learn what Japan did to Korea between 1910-1945 in English or日本語. 

Learn the words and expressions to describe the historic incidents, names, and places in English.

1392 Joseon Dynasty by Yi Seong-gye (李成桂): Neo-Confusianism, Hangul

1876 Japan-Korea Treaty of Amity-> 1905 Protectorate Treaty

        ->1909 Ito’s assassination-> 1910 Annexed by Japan

1906 Land ownership by Japan-> Koreans became tenant farmers: 8%/1910-> 40%/1920-> 50%/1930

1930s Assimilation-> speak Japanese, study in Japanese, adopt Japanese names

1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War: Men were sent to Japan or China as labor, and women were drafted as comfort women

How Japan annexed Korea 5:32 (1910)->9:20

Online Lesson-Jan 22

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 46 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up

7:38 Review Chicken #3 鶏卵の判別

Blog East Asian Countries: Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan

Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading- 2  Playing with the *Pixels

7:55 Blog Read by section and write the main idea in one sentence. Par.1-4, 5-6, 7-8

Read & Write Unit 8 Reading 1  University Health Center: Cold News

8:35 CD Read=> Blog Some people worry a lot about catching a cold from others, and some people are not very concerned. How concerned are you on a scale from 1 to 10? (10: extremely concerned, 1 not concerned at all)

8:42 Speak your response in three sentences. 

8:48 Write your response in four to six sentences.   

Chiken #3-Jan 21

[3] Unwanted Males Killed at Birth
At an Iowa hatchery for layer chickens, 150,000 newborn male chicks are shredded every single day. Male chicks born at the hatchery are sent off to slaughter the very day they take their first breath. Workers grab them by their wings, toss them onto conveyor belts, and throw them down a chute for their final moments in a grinding machine, in which they are ground up while they are still alive. All this is a normal procedure and widely accepted at commercial hatcheries within the bounds of animal welfare laws. The egg industry considers male chicks useless because they don’t lay eggs and can’t be raised profitably for meat.
Image  Male Chick Culling  

Video (disturbing!)  Unwanted Males Killed at Birth (3:43) 

Question

Male chicks of egg layers are culled at birth, and their sisters are slaughtered once they’ve laid around 500+ eggs. 

If you’re in the chicken business, what would you do with male chicks?

Online Lesson-Jan 21

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 43 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up 

7:38 Review #2 Blog -> An Inconvenient Story of Chickens and Eggs #3

7:42 Blog [3] Unwanted Males Killed at Birth

Image  Male Chick Culling  Video (disturbing)  Unwanted Males Killed at Birth (3:43) 

7:50 Question: Male chicks of egg layers are culled at birth, and their sisters are slaughtered once they’ve laid around 500+ eggs. If you’re in the chicken business, what would you do with male chicks?

Inside Reading  

7:55 Reading 1 Read to Review #2 [Checking Everything] [Serious Consequences]

Unit 9 Reading- 2  Playing with the 

8:02 Before you Read 1.  “The camera doesn’t lie.” Can photos be altered?

8:07 Read-> Reading Comprehension  T/F, Mark the line #, Correct false statement

Read & Write Unit 8 Public Health

8:32 Q Classroom How can we prevent diseases?

Reading 1  University Health Center: Cold News

8:40 Vocabulary -> Read aloud the definitions

C. Quick Write: Speak about the last time you had a bad cold or the flu, inc. the answers to the questions.

8:45 Preview the text: Title, subtitles-> CD Read-> B. Categorize/p.175

8:52 C. Identify -> Breakout

9:00 Lesson Review   面談1/31 -

Chiken #2-Jan 17

[2] How long do commercial chickens live? 

Chickens live for between 5 and 10 years, but factors like quality of life, breed, and the environment play a significant role in their lifespan. Chickens raised for meat are called broilers. They do not live nearly that long because they’re raised solely for their meat. They are usually slaughtered between the ages of 6 and 10 weeks.  They are bred to mature quickly and reach a target weight at a young age. This cuts down on the cost of feeding and raising birds for slaughter, and it makes it easier to produce more birds throughout the year.

Chickens meant for laying eggs, egg layers, mature more slowly. They begin laying eggs around the age of 5 months. By the age of 4 or 5 years, most hens have slowed down or stopped laying eggs. In commercial farms, hens that have stopped laying are usually killed to prevent using up resources on an unproductive bird. These older hens often turn up in pet food or soup stock because their meat is less tender and palatable.  Battery Cages

If you start a chicken farm, which would you raise, broilers or layers? Why?

Online Lesson-Jan 17

7:30 Kikutan Review Day 42 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up 

7:40 Blog An Inconvenient Story of Chickens and Eggs #2

Review #1-> [2] How long do commercial chickens live?

Broilers vs Layers (2:45)  Battery Cages

Question: If you start a chicken farm, which would you raise, broilers or layers? Why?Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading-1  A Game of Checkers

8:00 Review #1=> 8:05 Study Words/Expressions #2 [Checking Everything] [Serious Consequences] 

Q How would you verify the information that is provided by an AI tool?

Read & Write 

8:40 Blog Review the opinion essay about nature in your city/town/neighborhood.

=> Have ChatGPT revise=> Add keywords in TS. Rewrite TS=> Present

9:00 Lesson Review   

Essay Writing-Jan 14

B. Plan/p.167: Write an opinion essay about nature in your city/town/neighborhood. 

Try using a variety of sentences.

Introduction: Write an introduction. Then clearly state your opinion.

Main Body: two or three reasons to support your opinion with the fact/example/explanation.

Conclusion: Restate, rephrase, and reemphasize your opinion in one or two sentences.

[Intro] I live in Ome, a small city located on the northwest edge of Tokyo. A good part of the city is surrounded by the Tama Mountains, which provide us with clean air and water. I think Ome offers a wonderful nature that is enjoyed by both residents and visitors at ease.

[Body] First, Ome is about an hour away from downtown Tokyo by train. (Convenience) => SD/Example  Second, we can enjoy nature in just a ten-minute walk from the JR train stations. (Easy access for everyone) => SD/Example     In addition, parks and walking trails are well-maintained and easily accessible. (Easily enjoyable)=> SD/Example  

[CS] Though Ome is part of Tokyo, it is full of nature that is enjoyed by anyone without difficulty.

C.Create/p.166-Jan 14

Complete the sentences about the environment of your city. 

1. Our city park is planted with many cherry trees, so many people come when they bloom in spring.

2. People who ride bicycles in my/a city tend not to follow the traffic rules, and they often park their bikes anywhere they like. 

3. In my opinion, trees in my/a city should be maintained more often to make our city look more attractive.

4. Why should we have more bike lanes in our city? 

5. Don’t leave the trash in the city park.

Chicken #1-Jan 14

[1] How many eggs does a chicken lay in a lifetime?  

　　Video: CHICKEN LAYING EGG (0:46)

A hen could lay for ten years. However, most commercial egg layers live no more than two years, and then they are replaced with new egg layers, hens. 

They usually lay 5 eggs per week and roughly 260 eggs in their first year, but only about 500 eggs in their lifetime. A hen could lay roughly the following percentage of its first-year laying:

Year 1: 100%     Year 2: 85%      Year 3: 68%       Year 4: 60%      Year 5: 50%      

Year 6: 45%       Year 7: 35%       Year 8: 30%      Year 9: 25%     Year 10: 20%

Question: Why do commercial hens lay only about 500 eggs in a lifetime? 

Online Lesson-Jan 14

7:30 Blog An Inconvenient Story of Chickens and Eggs #1

[1] How many eggs does a chicken lay in a lifetime? 

CHICKEN LAYING EGG (0:46)

Question: Why do commercial hens lay only about 500 eggs in a lifetime?

7:45 Kikutan Review Day 41 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up

Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading-1  A Game of Checkers

7:57 Study Words/Expressions #1 [Intro] [Worth the Effort] 

8:20 Reading Skill: Understanding Sequences-> Study Par. 2, 3 for verb tenses

Read & Write Unit 7 Writing 

8:27 Review Writing Skill: Blog Sentence Variety:

( 8:30 C. Create/p.166 Blog Complete the sentences about the environment of your city.)

Critical Thinking Strategy/p.166-> p.167

8:35 Blog B. Plan/p.167: Write an opinion essay about nature in your city/town/neighborhood. Try using a variety of sentences.

I9:00 Lesson Review   Last Lesson/Graduation on Feb.22 at 11:00 am

Sentence Variety-Jan 10

Sentence Variety
- Simple sentence: I’m Japanese. I sometimes play tennis. I didn’t go to school yesterday.
- Interrogative sentence: Are you from Japan?  What’s your name?
- Exclamatory sentence: Ouch!  It hurts! 
- Imperative sentence: Be careful. Don’t eat too fast.
- Compound sentence: I like to read, and I also like to write.
- Complex sentence: I prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

Past Simple & Continuous-Jan 10

Write a sentence using the past simple and while in the past continuous. 

Use a time word(s).

While I was doing my homework last night, Ron called me on the phone to ask me a favor.

Fred broke his leg while he was playing soccer yesterday.

SDG 17-Jan 10

SDG 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development] 

The SDGs can only be realized with inclusive partnerships and cooperation, at the global, regional, national, and local levels. 

They are built upon a shared vision and goals that put people and the planet at the center. However, aid levels are falling, and donor countries have not provided their *pledged financing support to developing countries.

   *pledge (v) to make a serious or formal promise (n)

For example, almost half of the world’s population is not connected to the Internet, particularly in poor countries. Also, Covid vaccination rates in developing countries are lagging far behind those in developed countries despite the *COVAX efforts.  

*COVAX aims to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and to guarantee fair access for every country in the world.

Online Lesson-Jan 10

7:30 SDG Blog Review [SDG 16: Promote just, peaceful, and *inclusive societies]
Blog [SDG 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development]

7:48 Kikutan Review Day 39 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up

Inside Reading Unit 9 Reading-1  A Game of Checkers

8:00 Review MI Blog => Reading Comprehension: T/F, Mark the line #, Correct false parts.

Read & Write Unit 7 Writing

8:25 Video [B. Categorize/p.160]

Watch the Video-> B. Categorize/p.160

8:35 Grammar: Simple past and past continuous -> A. Identify/p.163 -> B. Identify/p.164

=> Chat Write a sentence using the past simple and while in the past continuous. Use a time word(s).

8:48 Writing Skill: Blog Sentence Variety:

-> A. Identify/p.165: Write the sentence numbers

-> B. Restate/p.165 Blog Write the combined sentences.

9:00 Lesson Review   Feb 21=> Feb 22 at 11:00 am for Graduation?

Write MI-Jan 7

Write the main idea of the online article in one sentence.

News reports are supposed to be verified by a dedicated group of people before they are published

-> to prevent the release of false news to the public.

-> because any error or mistake could have a serious influence on people or things that are reported. 

SDG 16-Jan 7

[SDG 16: Promote just, peaceful, and *inclusive societies] 

  *inclusive  including many different types of people and treating them all fairly and equally 

    <=> exclusive

Conflict, insecurity, weak institutions, and limited access to justice remain great threats to sustainable development. And the births of one in four children under age 5 worldwide are never officially recorded, *depriving them of proof of legal identity for their rights and access to justice and social services, including education and health care.

   *deprive prevent (sth/place) from having or using stg; the city was ~ed of its water supplies.

- The number of people fleeing war, cruel treatment, and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018, the highest in 7 decades.

- 50% of the world’s children experience violence every year, and a child is killed by violence somewhere every 7 min.

Goal 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against children

Goal 16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.

Online Lesson-Jan 7

7:30 Speak New Year’s Resolution or this year’s objective in two to three sentences. 

7:40 SDG Blog Review [SDG 15: Life on Land]

Blog [SDG 16: Promote just, peaceful, and *inclusive societies]

7:58 Kikutan Review Day 38 Listen & Read-> Read & Look up

Inside Reading 

Unit 8  Reading- 2  8:05 Read to review Words/Expressions #2 [L66-]

8:10 Unit 9 Reading-1  A Game of Checkers

Target Words

Preview: Title: Game of Checkers Photo/p.130: verify fact Photo/p.131: fact checker  Subtitle: Checking everything

☆Correct the line numbers; 25-> 20. 30-> 25 ~ 110->105

Skim the text -> Read=> Blog Write the main idea of the online article in one sentence.

Read & Write Unit 7 Reading 2  Naturally Urban

8:25 Review Blog Which green project do you think is the most remarkable, innovative, or effective? Why? Write your response in 5-6 sentences. => Revise=> Read

8:40 Video  [B. Categorize/p.160]

Watch the Video-> B. Categorize/p.160

Do you think it’s good to have vegetable gardens in a city? => Speak your response in 3 sentences

8:50 Vocabulary Skill/p.161: Phrasal Verbs-> A. Apply/p.161-162 -> B. Apply/p.162

9:00 Lesson Review   Feb 21=> Feb 22 at 11:00 am for Graduation?