IE3 Core Thursday: Lesson 12

6/26/2015

Hi everyone,

We're heading into the home stretch (the "home stretch" is the area between third base and home plate in baseball". This idiom means that you are almost finished something. In this case, we are almost finished out course.

American Slang:
Since we've finished all of our course requirements, we had a lesson on American slang today. When you use slang, makes sure you are using it in the appropriate context (e.g. who you're speaking with and the type of situation). We learned these verbs:
1. ditch: I'm going ditch class today.
2. hit up: I'll hit you up after class.
3. bomb: I totally bombed my exam.
4. bounce: This party is boring. I'm gonna bounce.
5. hang out: I'm gonna hang out with friends tomorrow.

We learned these adjectives:
1. shady: The man in front of the station is really shady.
2. ballin': She's wearing Prada heels. She must be ballin'.
3. down: I'm down with that.
4. lame: That's so lame. / He's so lame.
5. tight: That idol grop is so tight.

Discussions:
All group leaders did an excellent job in today's discussions. They were over 20 minutes each! This is because all groups have very strong conversational style. I was very happy to see more member to member interactions in the discussions. Great work!

Homework:
1. Blog Comment #11
2. Discussion Preparation
3. Journal Topic #9: festival experiences

Blog Question #11:

Tell me three plans you have for your summer vacation.

Write 8-10 sentences.
Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
Submit by Wednesday, July 1 by 6:00pm

18 Comments

IE3-Motoko

6/26/2015 07:05:15 pm

Three plans which I will do in summer vacation are going trips, relaxing and spending time with my family and friends. I will go to three trips this summer. I am going to Karyizawa, Singapore and hotspring. I am so exited. I can relax there. Secondly, I will go to Matsuri or firework. This is annual and I love it. I love bebycastera so much. I love the food in Omatsu to and fireworks. However, I hate crowded place. Therefore, I want to spend for a short time there. These are my plans for my summer vacation. I am looking forward to them really.

IEⅢ-Hiroko

6/26/2015 11:09:24 pm

I have three plans during summer vacation.
First, I will go back to my hometown, Nagoya, and meet my old friends. I want to meet them who stay in Nagoya and move to other places, because it is not easy to meet them.
Second, I will practice driving. I had a driving license last year, but I always drive in Tokyo, because public transportations are very useful in Tokyo. However, if I don’t practice it, I will forget the skill of driving, so I want to practice it in my hometown, because the roads are wide in Nagoya and it is easy for me to drive. In addition, I will buy new car, so it is the best time!
Finally, I have a plan to go to Hiroshima with my friends who went to the same school. We decided the flight’s time just today. For me, it is the biggest event during summer vacation, so I’m looking forward it so much.

IEIII-Ayano

6/27/2015 09:45:12 pm

I will share my three plans what I'm going to do this summer vacation. First, I will go back to my hometown and meet my family and friends. I will ask my mom to buy new clothes and ask my grandma for money. I will meet my friends from junior high school. My friends from high school are all in Tokyo so I don't have to meet them. Next, I'm planning to do 2 nights and 3 days sleepover at my house. We will watch movie, do cooking, chatting and we are going out for shopping. She is my best friend in Aogaku. Lastly, I like to sleep so I want to sleep as much as I can! I can't wait for my summer vacation!

IEⅢ-Miki

6/28/2015 03:20:46 am

I'd like to tell you three plans I have for my summer vacation. First, I'll go to Karuizawa. I and my family have a mansion there, and we go there every year. Secondly, I have to work hard. I do my part time job as a teacher of a cram school. My students are in third grades of junior high schools, so they have two take entrance examinations for high schools in next February. I want them to pass the examinations, so I'll teach them Japanese hard in this summer vacation. Finally, I'll do my circle activity. We will perform our musical in October, so we have to practice hard in this summer. These are my plans in my summer vacation.

6/28/2015 03:25:37 am

Sorry, I made grammatical mistakes for previous post, so I want to post once more.
I'd like to tell you three plans I have for my summer vacation. First, I'll go to Karuizawa. I and my family have a mansion there, and we go there every year. Secondly, I have to work hard. I do my part time job as a teacher of a cram school. My students are in third grades of junior high schools, so they have to take entrance examinations for high schools in next February. I want them to pass the examinations, so I'll teach them Japanese hard in this summer vacation. Finally, I'll do my circle activity hard. We will perform our musical in this October, so we have to practice hard in this summer. These are my plans in my summer vacation.

IEIII-Ami

6/28/2015 03:06:37 pm

I have three plans for my summer vacation. First of all, I will go to the concert of Nogizaka46 which one of my favorite artist is. The concert will be held in Tokyo and I'm looking forward to going to the concert.
Second, I will spend much time studying English because I have to score up TOEFL's score. I want to study abroad, but my score doesn't reach the border line. Thus I need to improve my English skill.
Finally, I will help the summer festival held in my home town. People who assist at the summer festival run short at this year, so my grandfather told me to help it. Therefore I will assist the night stand at the summer festival.
Before I enjoy these plans, I need to pass many final exams, so I do my best for them now.

IE3 Hiroki

6/29/2015 01:27:35 pm

I have three plans during this summer vacation.First, I am going to go to the sea with my friends by car. I can't swim well but I'm looking forward to go there. Second, I am going to participate in club camps. Now, I belong to two clubs, baseball and all-around, so I will participate in both of them. I have to pay much money, so I want to save money. Third, I want to go to some festivals. In my hometown, there is a big one and I participte in festival every year. These are my summer vacation plans.

IE-3 Shunsuke

6/29/2015 01:28:52 pm

I have some plans in tjis summer vacation. First, I plan to go to Shimoda with old friends. We will do BBQ there. We get along with each other since we were babies, so I am looking forword to it.
Second, I have footsal cpmpettion in August. It is held every vacation. We are practicing hard to win the competition.
Lastly , I plan to do "takoyaki party" at my house in this vacation. I invite my circle members.
I'm looking forword to the summer vacation.

IE3-Yui

6/29/2015 02:49:51 pm

Three plans I plan to do for summer vacation are a trip abroad, a trip in Japan, and going tour.
I am going to Hawaii with my family and I plan to go shopping at Alamoana shopping center. I really like my father's driving in Hawaii. It is so cool and I can see beautiful sea and nature. I also plan to go to Guam or Tailand because I watched beautiful ocean in Phuket on TV, and this hotel was luxury and had big pool, so I want to go there. Next, I want to travel in Japan. Recently, we can go from Tokyo to Kanazawa without having a transfer. I've never been to Kanazawa, so am really interested in there. Finally, going tour is the biggest event for this summer vacation. The artist is coming to Japan is Maroon5, and the main vocalist, Adam, sing very well and his voice is amasing and cool, and he is my favorite artist, so I can't wait meeting him.

IEIII-Harufu

6/29/2015 06:57:42 pm

I am very looking foward to spending summer vacation. I have fantastic plan. First, I will go to two concerts of my favorite groups. I go to their concerts every year. One of my friends likes same groups as me, so we always go together. It is the most exciting plan for me. Second, I will go to fire works festival. My sister and I will go there. We are planning to go to our hometown festival. It has really many beautiful fire works in the sky and on the sea. We can watch them at the beach. Third, I will do part-time job. Now, I am not working, and there are many times to work during summer vacation, so I want to work very hard.

IE3 Hinako

6/29/2015 11:19:24 pm

I'm really looking forward to summer vacation, and I'll tell you three big plans. First, I will join tennis camp. It will take me one week. It's too long but last year I could make many wonderful memories, so this year I also want to make good memories. Next I will do BBQ with my elementary school friends. One of them lives in Osaka now, so we can't see often. I want to see her soon. Last plan is to go to Hokkaido with my family. My both grand parents live in Hokkaido. I want to eat many delicious seafood at there. I have more enjoyable plans, so I will study hard and after test, I will enjoy my summer vacation.

IE3 Kento

6/30/2015 12:15:56 pm

I like summer, and this season is always fun for me. Firstly, I would like to go to camping near a lake with my friends. We have a plan to go to Sagami Lake or Ashino lake on the head of August. Secondly, I'll go to the theater to watch "Lion King." I've never been and watched it. Therefore I'm really looking forward to watching. Finally, I'll buy a watch as a my birthday's present. My birthday has been passed already but my mother said she would have bought it. I'll work hard during July; then the summer is waiting for me!

IE3 Kasumi

6/30/2015 03:49:18 pm

I will tell you three plan which I will do in this summer vacation. First, I will go to summer festival in Yokohama with my friends. I go to the festival every year and it is very exciting. Second, I join club camp. I have two camp in the summer, and the camp is hard. However, I could make a lot of memory in last summer, so I am looking forward it. Third, I will go to Yakushima with my family. It is a place which I've been want to go, so I can't wait to go there.

IE3-Hiroka

6/30/2015 03:50:52 pm

I am planning to do three things at this moment. First of all, I am thinking about taking a driver’s license in the first half of the vacation. As most of the university students, I was going to take it last summer, but I miss the chance for I went for a trip for two weeks. I think this year is the last chance for me to acquire the driver’s skill because internship or other commitments related to job hunting might come in the years to come. Therefore, I have to make sure to complete this training within a month. Secondly, I am looking forward to the camping of my club. We are planning to go to Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the beach seems as beautiful as that of Okinawa. Since in the last year camping (do not ask me where it was) we could see a lot of rubbish there and it was almost impossible to swim or enjoy marine activities in the sea, I have become a member of camp-planning group, we chose the best one within three-hour driving from Tokyo. So I expect that this year camping must be much more exciting than last year. The last plan is that I am going to do volunteer activities of teaching English in a junior high school. It is one of the summer programs of AGU, and I am not confirmed yet. I will have an interview later, and I hope I will pass it. I cannot wait the summer vacation coming soon! Yet before that, all of the students have to study very hard for final examinations.

IEIII-Ryo

6/30/2015 04:41:01 pm

I have three plans which I would like to do during this summer vacation. Firstly, I would like to do part time job a lot. Summer vacation is the best time when I can earn much money. Secondly, I want to go trip with my club friends. Especially, I'm very interested in Nagoya's food. They seems so delicious. Therefore, I wanna go there. Thirdly, I like to play baseball satisfactorily. Now, my shoulder is so painful, so I can't throw a ball. Hence, in this summer, I want to cure my shoulder.

IE3- Akane

6/30/2015 04:58:29 pm

I have three plans durning summer vacation. First, I'll go to Kyoto as a club activity. I guide foreign people in Kiyomizu temple. This guiding is harder than usual one because it takes longer time. I try to do my best. Second, I' ll take a trip on Guam with my friends. This is the most exciting event this summer. This is second time for me to go abroad. I want to see beautiful beach and ocean. For this trip, I have to earn much money. So, I'll do part-time job much time. I'm really looking forward to summer vacation.

IE3-Aoi

6/30/2015 08:30:08 pm

I have three plans in this summer. First, I'll go back to my home town Niigata with my friends and see the most famous fire works in Japan. I'm looking forward to making a chance for them to meet my family. We already reserved the sheet for it. Second, I'll go to Fukushima to see the sticken areas. A company member invited me to this tour. I want to learn many things from this tour. Third, I'll go to Thailand with my friend. It will be my second trip to abroad. My summer time vacation souhld be amazing!

IEⅢ-Haruna

7/1/2015 01:50:18 pm

In this summer vacation,I have a lot of plans.
So I will tell you three plans for you.
At first, my friends take me to "No-Ryo-Sen"(it is the ship that goes around Bay Area).
We can take the ship wearing yukata.
Next, I will go to fireworks-festival with my friends!
I bought my camera, so I want to show you the pictures of fireworks.
At last, I will go to Oxford not as a trip but studying.
I will go there to get a large amount of skill of English and increase my skill !
I will do my best in Oxford !

IE3 Core Thursday: Lesson 12

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