2026年1月17日土曜日

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?
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   

2026年1月14日水曜日

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? 
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

2026年1月10日土曜日

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
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?

2026年1月7日水曜日

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.
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?