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Hi everyone,
I can't believe how quickly three hours passed this afternoon. I sure wish we had more time! Discussions: We reviewed expression for asking for and giving and opinion, as well as for agreeing and disagreeing. We also had a short practice activity before our group discussions. Today, we focused on how to check for your group's understanding. You can use these expressions: a) Are you following me? b) Are we on the same page? c) Any questions, so far? If you're having trouble understanding your group leader, you can ask: a) Can you explain that again? b) What was that again? Literary Analysis: After the break, we continued with literary terms. In today's lesson, we review the terms protagonist, antagonist and setting through pair discussions about your graded reader. We also looked at climax and plot development. For your story's plot, there are different types of actions:
We also took a look at conflict, which is the tension in the novel. This is often caused by disagreement between two characters or a group of characters. There is usually more than one conflict in a novel: a. person against him/herself b. person against person c. group against group d. person / group against nature e. person / group against supernatural Homework:
Blog Question #3: Answer the following question about your graded reader: 1. Who is the protagonist? 2. Who is the antagonist? 3. What is the point of view? 4. What is the setting? 5. What are two conflicts in your story? * Write 8-10 sentences. * Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly. * Submit by Wednesday, April 29 by 6:00pm.
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It's only our second lesson, but it was just as busy as our first one. Just one more day, and you can all say TGIF! Do you remember that expression from class today? The Secret Garden and Literary Terms: After speed discussion, we had a quiz on chapters1-8 of The Secret Garden. Remember to finished read the rest of th story for next week. We will be using it in class for all of April. We also had a short activity that introduced literary terms. You will have to analyze each of these terms for your book reports. In today's class, we learned about (1) the protagonist; (2) the antagonist; (3) point of view; and (4) setting. Discussion Leading: Before we started our discussions, we went through the procedure for leading a discussion. We also looked at the criteria that I will use to evaluate your discussions each week. Group Discussions: You did a good job at giving your opinions and asking for the opinions of your other group members. However, remember these points to improve your discussions next week:
Journal: You exchanged journals with your writing partner. You will keep your partner's journal this week and write 3 pages in your partner's journal: a. one page of comments on your partner's writing b. two pages on this week's new topic Homework: 1. Discussion preparation (see schedule) 2. Journal entry #2: langauge learning experiences 3. Read Graded Reader (15+ pages) 4. The Secret Garden (ch. 8-15)
Blog Question #2: Choose one of the topics below. Give your opinion on the topic. Use an opinion giving expression, and give a reason and an example to support your opinion. Remember to start your opinion with an opinion expressions (e.g. In my opinion, ... / As I see it, ...) * the most annoying thing (In my opinion, the most annoying thing is ...) * the best Japanese food (As I see it, the best Japanese food is...) * learning languages (If you ask me, learning languages is ...) * living in Tokyo (I think living in Tokyo is...) * smart phones (In my opHi Yusa and Nobuko, I completely forgot about making the reservation at our Italian place, so when I tried ot make it today, the place was fully booked. I'm so sorry. I was wondering if you would like to try Spanish food. There's a place near Aogaku (either Shibuya or Omotesando station) that is really good. Ryoji and I go there every month. If that's ok, let me know. If not, I'll find another Italian place. So sorry again.inion, smart phones are...) * Write 8-10 sentences. * Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly. * Submit by Wednesday, April 22 by 6:00pm. FIELD TRIP: Please make sure to bring 2500円 next week for your ticket for our theater field trip. |
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