IE3 Core Thursday: Lesson 6

5/14/2015

Hi everyone,

What a beautiful day today! I hope you can enjoy the sunshine during your breaks.

The Secret Garden
After speed discussion, we completed listening and discussion activities about two of the songs you'll hear in the Secret Garden musical this evening (or tomorrow evening). In these activities, we looked at idiomatic expressions, character relationships and themes.

Make sure to meet me in front of the theater at 6:40pm and I'll give you your ticket. We'll be sitting in a group in the theater. Please don't forget the map from class, or you can check the map on your phones - justclick on this link for the map: IE Field Trip map

Showing Interest:
We had a short activity on how to show interest during a discussion. We need to show interest to let the speaker know that we are listening to him/her. You can use these expressions:

Fixed Expressions: I see, Ya/Yes, Uh-huh, Mm-mm
Suprise: Oh my God! Really? Wow!
Sympathy: Oh no! What a shame. That's to bad.

Discussion Leader Absences:
In today's class, THREE of the four discussion leaders were absent, so we could not have our discussions. It would have been very unfair to today's leader to lead a discussion with the entire class!

In the future, you can only reschedule your discussion if you have a serious illness and you must do the following:

Contact me on Wednesday before 6:00pm
Email your discussion worksheet on that Wednesday.
Bring a doctor's note to the next lesson.

For those students who do not following these steps (which are explained in the course syllabus), you will automatically receive 0% for your discussion.

Homework:
1. Discussion Preparation
2. Blog Post #6
3. Journal Topic #5:

volunteer and/or part-time work experiences

4. Choose Graded Reader #2

Blog Question #6:

What did you think about our field trip to see the musical The Secret Garden (interesting and/or suprising observations)?

Write 8-10 sentences.
Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
Submit by Wednesday, May 20 by 6:00pm.

16 Comments

IE3-Motoko

5/14/2015 12:37:16 pm

I was surprised that actors and actress were so great. Sometimes it was hard for me to listen to their English. However, I could recognize the music which I was taught in previous class.At first, I thought the stage was small but as the curtain opened, it became large. Moreover, setting was also great. I was interested in the songs. Therefore, I will search it on the internet and listen again. Their voice was so beautiful. I though I wish I could sing like them.

IEⅢ-Hiroko

5/15/2015 12:16:06 am

I enjoyed the musical. Especially, I was surprised at the actor’s and actress’s voices. Their voices were very nice and I was impressed with that. On Thursday, we studied the songs of the musical, so I could understand deeply the situation. There were a few different scenes from the novel which I read, so I was not able to understand completely them. Thus, I thought that it was very important to study the statement in advance. I knew that you could see the musical in English at Shinjyuku Gyoenmae for the first time. If I have a chance to go to the theater, I want to see another musical.

IEIII- Harufu

5/15/2015 12:33:32 pm

I enjoyed the musical so much. It was difficult for me to listen to all words in the musical. However, I learned many things. I was surprised at the number of the characters. There are many important characters. For example, Lily and Neville. I impressed the songs that actors and actresses sang. They are very beautiful and emotional. The ending is the most impressive part. The scene of Mary, Colin, and Mr. Craven go in the secret garden was very emotional. In conclusion, it was very good for me to study English and literature.

IEⅢ- Miki

5/16/2015 02:51:43 pm

I love musicals. When I was a student of a junior high school and high school, I belonged to a musical club. So, I was very happy when I heard we would go to watch the musical titled "The Secret Garden", and I enjoyed it so much!
I was so impressed by the music. The songs were so good, and the actors' singing voices were fantastic!
Especially, Lily's voice was beautiful. The duet of Mr.Craven and Lily moved me, and I was close to tears.
It was little difficult for me to understand all English words, but I could enjoy this musical enough. I want to watch it again someday.

IEIII-Ami

5/16/2015 08:40:36 pm

I left early before the musical ended and I couldn't watch the ending of it, but it moved me. I could learn the description from another viewpoint. When I read the plot of Secret Garden, I imaged that Colin's voice was so weak. However, Colin's voice in the musical was so strong and clear. So I could notice that many differences were produced by person's imagination and thoughts. In terms of "English" musical, it was a little hard for me to understand all meanings of the lines. However, it helped me that I had read the book in advance. Thus I could enjoy this musical. And I want to watch another musical in English someday.

IE3-Yui

5/17/2015 06:28:25 pm

It was my first time to watch the play in English in Japan. I read "The Secret Garden", so I have known the story. First, I thought there were little difference between the play and book. However, it wasn't right, because Mary and Colin are protagonists in the book, but Mr. Craven was also protagonist in the play. I was impressed by his storing voice. Moreover, the play had the scene I was surprised. It was that Mary and Indian danced for healing Colun's leg. In the play, I think Indian spilit is so important. To sum up, I could enjoy this play, and had an interst in play.

IE3-Hinako

5/18/2015 12:25:45 am

I wasn't looking forward to see musical, but it was very interesting for me. I often go to musical because I love music. All actors and actresses are very good at singing.
The last scene was really moving. In the book we read, there was not so much descriptions about Lily, but in the musical, Lily often appeared on stage. First of the musical, I confused because people who were not alive appeared, but they were very important for the story. I like The Girl I mean To Be, so I was happy to hear the song at the first scene of the latter half. I enjoyed the musical very much.

IE-3 Akane

5/19/2015 01:10:55 am

I enjoyed this musical so much. There are some differences between the novel and the musical. I was surprised the number of character is increasing. I could understand the story because we read the novel before watching the musical. All of characters sang so well. Their singing voice was so clear. Especially,I like Dickons singing voice. He sang so strongly. The songs which we learned in IE class is also good. I want to listen their song.

IE3 Kento

5/19/2015 10:28:45 am

I really enjoyed this musical. This is the first time for me to watch a musical. I didn't know how going on a musical. So I was amazed about greatness of singer's voice. However, I could not have watched entire program. Because, I had a strong headache. I'd like to watch it again some day. A warm admiration of each section was really impressive. Because if it was movie, actors could not have a way to know their admiration directly. So, I thought this applause is very good. As additional factor, the story of book and musical had a difference especially character. It's integral discovery for me.

HIroko Katsu

5/19/2015 11:44:29 am

The musical was amazing and awesome. Powerful and beautiful voices all of the actors and actresses had made the musical more impressive. I was a bit confused to find that the musical was different from the novel in some way. Without Nicole had not told us about Mr. Craven’s brothers and Lilly in the previous class, I might have been more confused. I do not still know who the man and woman in Indian outfit and other people in elegant dresses were, and why they appeared in the secret garden in some scene. Before I see this musical, I wondered what Robbin would be like in the musical. I felt a bit funny to see that Robbin was bigger and chubbier than I expected, but anyway he was cute. I was also surprise to find the almost all of the audience were foreigners and we Japanese were minority. (I wondered some of them might be parents of actors and actresses.) I found a foreign culture of the audience showing their excitement in the curtain call.

IE3- Hiroka

5/19/2015 11:58:03 am

This is revised in my Name.The musical was amazing and awesome. Powerful and beautiful voices all of the actors and actresses had made the musical more impressive. I was a bit confused to find that the musical was different from the novel in some way. Without Nicole had not told us about Mr. Craven’s brothers and Lilly in the previous class, I might have been more confused. I do not still know who the man and woman in Indian outfit and other people in elegant dresses were, and why they appeared in the secret garden in some scene. Before I see this musical, I wondered what Robbin would be like in the musical. I felt a bit funny to see that Robbin was bigger and chubbier than I expected, but anyway he was cute. I was also surprise to find the almost all of the audience were foreigners and we Japanese were minority. (I wondered some of them might be parents of actors and actresses.) I found a foreign culture of the audience showing their excitement in the curtain call.

IE3 Hiroki

5/19/2015 02:24:55 pm

I enjoyed the musical,"The Secret Garden " very much. I was so nervous before watching this musical because it is very difficult for me to listen to English. However, our class studied "The Secret Garden " in advance,so I could understand than I expected. I was moved to listen to actors and actresses great voice. Their voices echoed through the hall. I got interested in English musicals. Especially, I like music. I will try it again after improving my listening skill

IE3 Kasumi

5/19/2015 02:29:23 pm

Before see the musical, I thought it is boring for me. Because I was not interested in musical. However, the musical was so interesting and amazing for me. The singing voice of actor and actress are so beautiful. I read the novel of "secret garden" , so I had known the outline of the story. Thanks to that, I could understand the story easily. It became great experience for me. If I have chance, I want to see another musical in English.

IEⅢ-Ryo

5/19/2015 02:35:01 pm

I was so impressed by this musical. The acter's and actress' beautiful voice were so funtastic. The voice enphasize the musical. To be honest, I don't understand what the actor say in the musical. However, I learned the contents in advance, so I gradually conprehend. Especially, the last scene is the most impressive for me. Mary and Colin become friends and the relatioonship gets better. In the end, they entered the garden with each other. The music and song was so match the musical atmosphere. I want to see another musical and gets better my english ability.

IEIII-Ayano

5/19/2015 03:41:20 pm

I enjoyed the musical. Because we read the story before the musical, I could understand most of the story. However, some words were difficult to understand. I was very surprised at actor’s play. The person who acted Mary and Colin were younger than me. I understand that they spend many times for the musical. I did drama in high school festival 3 years ago. I remember that I had very difficult time delivering the voice all the way to the back. I’m very impressed that all the actors said clearly and in a loud voice. I hope I can go to the different musical someday.

IEⅢ-Haruna

5/20/2015 11:02:39 am

I'm sorry for being late post.

At first,when I went to the theater alone, I got surprised because almost all the audiences were foreigners.
It was a little bit difficult for me to listen to their English correctly.
I felt I should have tried to increase my listening skill.
Secondary, I was amazed because the set was big and beautiful instead that the theater was not so big.
Third, I was moved by Colin.
I thought all characters we're got surprised but felt absolutely happy.
At last, I could see characters' bond . There were a lot of important things in the story. I learned that it is inportant to have our own thoughts and be kind to people around us.

IE3 Core Thursday: Lesson 6

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