MEL School News: 12月 2013

MEL News - December 2013

いよいよ2013年も終わりに近づき、新しく2014年を迎えますね。MEL Schoolでも年内すべてのレッスンを無事に終わらせることができました。4月からレッスンに参加している生徒さんにとっては、76回目のレッスンが終了したことになります。週2回のレッスンにきちんと出席することは、なかなか大変ですが、この8ヶ月で大きく力を伸ばした生徒さんもたくさんいます。ご家庭の支えがあればこそ、達成できたことだと心から感謝しております。
それでは、MEL News (2014年1月号）をお届けいたします。

News-1
9月からオランダ、香港、アメリカでの生活を始めた生徒さんから嬉しいお便りが届きました。みんな慣れない環境で頑張っているようです。UWC（United World College）香港校で学ぶ高校2年生は年末年始の一時帰国の折にMELSchoolに立ち寄ってくれました。充実した留学生活の話を聞き、大いに触発された生徒さんもいたようです。オランダのインターナショナルスクールに通う中学3年生からはクリスマスカードも届きました。お母様から現地の様子を知らせるメールもいただきました。彼女の著しい成長を感じることができます。こちらをクリックしてぜひご一読ください。
http://melschool-voices.blogspot.jp/2013/12/blog-post.html

Update-1
年内最後のレッスンでは、中学生以上はほとんどのクラスでスピーチテストを行いました。どのクラスもこれまでで一番上手に発表ができました。相手に聞いてもらいたいという気持ちでお話する姿勢が見についてきていて、とても嬉しく思いました。
中学生以上のクラスでは冬休みの宿題も出ていますので、ご家庭でもぜひお声がけください。
年始のレッスンは1月4日（土）からになります。

Update-2

いよいよ高校、大学入試試験が近づいてきました。受験生には課題や過去問題を使って、問題への取り組み方や解答の仕方などの指導も行っています。みんな日頃の練習がいかに大切かを再認識しているようです。また、勉強時間が全体として増えているので、英語の学習力も向上しているようです。冬休み中にさらにパワーアップしてくれることを願っています。

Update-3
新Primary-1クラス（小学4-6年生の初心者）および新Junior-1（新中学1年生）クラスの体験レッスンを2月に実施いたします。ご兄弟やお知り合いでご希望の方がいらっしゃいましたら早めにお知らせください。なお、新Junior-1クラスは定員まで残りわずかとなっております。

Update-4
次回の英検は1月26日（日）に一次試験をMEL Schoolにて実施します。
集合時間は、4級、準2級が9:40　5級、3級が13:10です。
2級は受験票を渡しますので、指示に従って本会場で受験してください。

それでは、皆様どうぞよいお年をお迎えください。
2014年もぜひよろしくお願いいたします。

from Towako Asai
MEL School 三鷹

Lesson Report Junior-1E December 26th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Thursday, December 26th, 2013.
It's raining today.
今日のレッスンで2学期が無事終了しました。
10月からレッスンを始めてまだ3カ月に満たない程度ですが、
音読などがとても上手にできるようになりましたね。
冬休みにはBridge Workの前半のレッスンで扱わなかったところをすべて確認しておきましょう。
2014年はさらに力を伸ばせるように頑張りましょうね！

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 122 & 123
Bridge Work
Chapter 7 Unit 1
Grammar and Communication-2
動詞の-ing形の作り方
Exercise-2
(pp. 105-106)

Happy holidays!
I'll see you all on January 4th.

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-1 December 25th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Thursday, December 26th, 2013.
It's raining today.
きのうのレッスンで2学期が無事終了しました。
You did a great job!
スピーチは全員が今までで最高の出来でしたね。
この8ヶ月間でみなさんの英語を使う力、コミュニケーションをとる姿勢はとてもよくなりました。
I'm really proud of you all!
2014年はさらに力を伸ばせるように頑張りましょうね。
You can do it!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 122 & 123
Bridge Work
Chapter 9 Unit 1
Grammar and Communication-2
wellの表現
Exercise-2 #2-a, 2-b, 3, and 4
(pp. 140-141)
Speech test

Happy holidays!
I'll see you all on January 4th.

Towako

Lesson Report-Senior 1-December 25th

Dear Senior-1 Classmates,
Did you enjoy the cake you ate and presentation you made on the evening of Christmas?
It was the last lesson for the year. As you know, you have 96 lessons a year, which amount 192 hours of English time! Your first lesson of the next 96 lessons in 2014 starts on 4th of January.
Enjoy your holidays!!!

[1] Communication: NHK基礎英語-3

<1A> Review Practice - A: I don’t know where the last Olympic Games were held. - Do you know when the next Olympic Games will take place? I got tired of eating the same thing every day for six months.

<1A> 基礎英語-3 　12月号

Lesson-125 - Voc: manage to escape, lead-led-led,

Lesson-126 - Voc: be engaged to, inn-innkeeper, look like a real ~

Review Writing: - Do you know what a rice ball is called on Japan? I don’t know why a rice ball is called Onigiri in Japan. I managed to pass the entrance exam for high school that I wanted to go to.

[3] Vocabulary in Use: C33-U1 #2 自然や災害に関することば

- Practice-> Exercise => <1B> Write down=> 和訳- A flood can be … - A human can survive …

[4] Bridge Work C33-U1 I asked Ron if he had done his homework.

<1A> Review Ex-3. 3 => Ex-3. 5 Activity-3 WB/p.35

- GIU: Let’s find out who she went to the movies with

- Reporting

<1B> Review - G&C-2, G&C-3-> Ex-3. 2

=> Activity-2WB/p.35-> Ex-3. 4=> Ex-3. 5

- GIU: Let’s find out who she went to the movies with

Presentation Test: Explain what your school is like to your pen pal with 10 or more verbs. Use vocabulary from Star Team Add a paragraph to describe what you do and enjoy doing in your school life and what you plan to do next year.

Lesson Report Junior-2 December 24th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Wednesday, December 25, 2013. It's Christmas today.

Did you get a present from Santa?
Congratulations on successfully finishing the second term at MEL School!
I was glad all of you tried your best at the speech test.
This time the speaker who got the first prize is Akane!
You did an excellent job.
I hope all of you'll have a great holiday season.
Don't forget your homework!
Please practice every day.
The first speaker of the year 2014 is Akane.

Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
Speech test: What has the year 2013 been like for you?
Bridge to MEL 2
Chapter 21 Unit 1 Grammar and Communication-2
need to ...「・・・する必要がある」の表現
to ～ to ...　「～すぎて・・・できない」という言い方
Exercise-2 #2 (p. 139)
Grammar and Communication-4 形容詞の復習ー１#2(11)-(20) 　Review
#3 (18)-(25) (p. 141)

See you on January 7th!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-2 December 24th

Hello Class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Wednesday, December 25, 2013.
It's sunny and very cold today. Was Santa able to find your house?
Picture Dictionary のUnit 49に出てくる単語は完璧ですね。
基礎英語のセリフは良くできていました。次回も期待しています。
Grammar　Unit 16:　P 51 , Exercise 4,5の文の組み立ては完璧でした。
Card　作り。どれも素敵なcardでした！

<Lesson Review>
Picture Dictionary Topic 49 The Fairground
Sing chant together
基礎英語　#125,#126
Grammar One
Chapter 16 P 51 Exercise 4,5
Making Xmas cards.　

Hope to see all of your wonderful smiles in January.
Our first lesson of 2014 will be on January 7^th.

Happy holidays!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Primary-1 December 24th

Hello class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It’s Wednesday, December 25, 2013.
It's sunny and cold today. I hope Santa was able to find your house!
Picture Dictionary のTopic 18　のSummer at the Beachの単語はとても良くできていました。
Chantも完璧でしたね。
Up and Away　のReview P15, 復習はとても良くできていました。Good work!
Cardは喜んでもらえましたか？どれもとても素敵でした！

<Lesson Review>
Picture Dictionary
Topic 18 Summer at the Beach
Sing the Chant
Up and Away Student Book P 15
Review adjectives
Xmas Party!! Making cards.

I hope to see all of your wonderful smiles in January. Our first lesson of 2014 is on Tuesday, January 7^th!

P.S. Congratulations on completing the adjectives contest. You all did great. The best part was you helped each other while you went over each word repeatedly．I am very proud of all of you! Good work!!

Happy holidays!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Senior-2 December 23rd

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Tuesday, December 24th, 2013.
It's Christmas Eve!
It's getting colder and colder. It seems like we're in the middle of the winter.
Congratulations on successfully finishing the second term.
You tried hard on the debate, didn't you?
All of the judges seemed to find it extremely challenging to give reasonable scores and comments.
Most of you felt you had a good experience and, at the same time, found there was room to improve your debate skills.
I'm happy to find you wrote you wanted to try harder next time.
We had a guest yesterday who is studying in Hong Kong after learning English at MEL School.
Most of you were really inspired by her speech.
We also had three speakers yesterday.
Aoi talked about visiting Nagoya with her family.
Riko talked about her plans to go to a concert and visit her grandparents.
Mizuki's speech was about a book she had been reading.
The first speaker of the year 2014 is Akira.
Get ready for your speech!

Bridge Work Round 2
Chapter 27 Unit 1 Grammar and Communication 1 & 2
過去形の使い方
be used to の復習
Debate session

Enjoy the holidays!
I'll see you on January 6.

Towako

Lesson Report-Advancing-Dec.23rd

Dear Advancing Classmates,

Did you enjoy the talk with Rina and debate by the Senior class students?

It was the last lesson of the year. The next lesson will take place on 6th of January and will be the 24th to the last lesson of your class. There aren't many left before the last, are they?

Please make sure to send your assignment by the due date.

Enjoy your holidays and see you on the 6th.

- Reading Challenge: How we can tell an accident from purposeful actions

=> Write a Summary=> email by Dec.31

- 北大-12-[3] 中文-英答・Writing:70-100w=> email by Jan.4=> Review on 6^th

[1] Read and Think: Robert Owen Evans from Chapter 11/Open Forum

(1) Fill a suitable word in the brackets. => Earth, our planes, (us)

(2) 下線部を日本語にしなさい: It just seems right that an event of that magnitude should be witnessed."

Think & Write You’re interviewing Evans. Write your response to his comment and a following question to him in 50 words.

[2] Talk with Rina and enjoy Christmas cake

[3] Observe, Judge and Comment on Debate by Senior-2 Students

Judge and explain why you scored and judged.

Lesson Report-Senior 1-Dec.21st

Dear Sr-1 Classmates,

One English teacher asked his students after the class if they learned anything at the class.

Some of the students said they practiced really hard and felt that they had learned something.

Others said they just worked hard but didn't understand what they were doing for.

The teacher told his students they would need to work harder.

He also said the next lesson would be the last one for the year and they would enjoy Christmas cake!

[1A] Communication: NHK基礎英語-3

Review Practice: - It’s kind of you to give me such an expensive sweater.

- You look as if you’ve never been here before. - Tell me what a typical Japanese temple is like.

基礎英語-3 　12月号 Lesson-123 , 124

Practice & Writing: - A: I don’t know where the last Olympic Games were held. - Do you know when the next Olympic Games will take place? I got tired of eating the same thing every day for six months.

[2] Star Team-2: Aston House=> Ex.6: Prepare and ask three questions to interview Jake

[3] Vocabulary in Use: C33-U1 #1 海や自然に関することば

- Repeat & Spelling => <1B> Voc-Writing WB/p.91

[4] Bridge Work C33-U1 I asked Ron if he had done his homework.

<1A> Review G&C-3. 1, 2-> Ex-3. 3, 4=> Ex-3. 5

<1B> Review G&C-1, Ex-1. 2, 3=> Activity-1 WB/p.35

- G&C-2-> Ex-2. 1, 2

- G&C-3-> Ex-3. 1, 2, 3, 4=> Activity-2, 3 WB/p.35=> Ex-3. 5

< Winter Assignment Check List > 1. Deep Listening: Listen and Answer, Dictation Lesson 18, 19, 20

2. Worksheet: <1A> 三省堂Worksheet (21+7 p) <1B> C30U2-C33U1 (6p)

Workbook: C33-U1 Grammar-Writing/p.36

3. Report writing about a conversation took place during the holidays: Use the indirect speech (said that …, told/asked ~ to/if/what….). Write 10 or more sentences.

Lesson Report Junior-1 December 21st

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Saturday, December 21st, 2013.
It's sunny today.
Can you write English well?
今日はcanと well, fast などの副詞を使った表現を練習しました。
自信を持ってI can ...と言えるものを増やしていきましょう！
次回はいよいよスピーチテストです。
2学期の総まとめとしてよい内容にしましょう。
宿題もさっそく進めている人もいるようですね。
毎日少しずつ取り組んでください。これまでの学習をしっかり振り返りましょう。

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 122 & 123
Bridge Work
Chapter 9 Unit 1
Grammar and Communication-1
動詞の紹介　Review
Exercise-1 #3
Grammar and Communication-2
wellの表現
Exercise-2 #1
(pp. 138-139)

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-2 December 20th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Saturday, December 21st, 2013.

It's sunny today!
きのうのレッスンではlook, sound, feel に加え smell, taste を使った表現を練習しました。
形容詞の確認練習もがんばりましたね。
正確な文がすらすら書けるようにがんばりましょう。
そして次回はスピーチテストですね。
2学期の締めくくりなので、ぜひよい内容にしてください。
鏡の前でしっかり練習しましょう。
Our speakers yesterday were Yuma and Yuria.
They were the last speakers this year!

Next time, all of you are speakers.
Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 122 & 123
Review 31
Bridge to MEL 2
Chapter 21 Unit 1 Grammar and Communication-1
look/sound/feel + 形容詞の表現
Grammar and Communication-2
smell/taste + 形容詞の表現
(pp. 136-138)
Grammar and Communication-4 形容詞の復習ー１#1(1)-(10) 　Review
#2 (11)-(20) (p. 141)

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-2 December 20th

Hello Class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Saturday , December 21, 2013.
It's sunny. It is the beginning of a three-day weekend. Are you going anywhere?
Picture Dictionary のUnit 49のchantはとても上手に歌えていました。
基礎英語のセリフはしっかり読めていました。次回期待しています。
Grammar　Unit 16: What are they doing now? Exercise 3bはじっくり読んだらできましたね。Good work!

<Lesson Review>
We Wish You a Merry Christmas song
Picture Dictionary Topic 49 The Fairground
Sing chant together
基礎英語　#123,#124
Grammar One
Chapter 16 Exercise 3b P50
Up and Away Reader Sunny the Ski Jumper P24-26 New Words
Reading Comprehension P27 1-6
Have a wonderful weekend ! See you onTuesaday!

PS Don’t forget to bring the items we discussed!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Primary-1 December 20th

Hello class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It’s Saturday, December 21, 2013.
It's sunny . It is the beginning -day weekend. Are you going anywhere?
We Wish You a Merry Christmasを歌いました。来週もまた歌いましょう！
Up and Away　のUnit 6 Whose is it? Whose are they? P13,14を学習しました。　
It/theyの違いをもう一度確認しましょう！
The Very Dangerous Driverは誰かわかりましたね。Bird と lightを、間違えるとは！！
次回も楽しみです。

<Lesson Review>
We Wish You a Merry Christmas song
Picture Dictionary
Topic 18 Summer at the Beach
Sing the Chant
Up and Away Student Book P 13,14
Workbook P 6,7
Reader 2A :The Very Dangerous Driver P4-7
Have a nice week! See you on Tuesday.

PS Please don’t forget to bring the items we discussed!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Senior-2 December 19th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Friday, December 20th, 2013.
I hate cold rain. What about you?
You are having a debate session next lesson.
Please be prepared well!
Hope you'll have a good one.
Aoi and Riko were ready for their speeches but we had to wait for the students who were late for the lesson, and I had to reschedule their speeches to next time.
Don't be late for class, everyone! That's really rude for everyone.
The next speakers are still Aoi , Riko and Mizuki. Get ready for your speech!

Cover to Cover 2 Unit 6 Science Part 2 The Science of Weather Prediction
Communication Task 1 & 2
Checking vocabulary in context
Vocabulary Review
Open Forum Chapter 5 Part 2
News Report on Corporate Anthropology Com Task-Part [B][C][D] Lis-3 w/Script, Pronun Speaking Skills: Clarifying => Com Task

Have a good weekend.
See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report-Advancing-Dec.19th

Dear Advancing Classmates,

How was the last before the last lesson of this year?

It was surprising to learn how amazing memory capacity a man, not young, could have and how he uses it. Should you possess such an extraordinary memory, what and how would you use it?

Some may try to monitor the stock market to find any particular moves and make sound investment.

Others may want to use the memory for scientific explorations such as nature observance or bird watching. How to use particular talent is important not only for the possessor of the talent but also for the world.

Open Forum 2 Chapter 11 Interview about Amateur Astronomers: Robert Evance

- Vocabulary Before Listening: hemisphere, nova-supernova, grain

[2] Reading Comprehension/Writing

- 北大-11-[2]-長文-和答/訳・英文in 25min=>Review

Winter Assignment-1 Reading Challenge: How we can tell an accident from purposeful actions

=> Write a Summary=> email by Dec.31

Winter Assignment-2 北大-12-[3] 中文-英答・Writing:70-100w

=> email by Jan.4=> Review on 6th

Lesson Report Junior-1 December 18th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Wednesday, December 18th, 2013.
It's rainy and cold today. It's going to snow late at night.
Can you sing songs well?
Can you speak English well?
今日から助動詞can の使い方の練習を始めました。
正確に使えるようにしっかり復習をしておきましょう！
Star TeamではCarlos The Clown の絵を描きましたね。
しっかり文章を読み取って描けた人、細かいところまであまりよく読めなかった人、それぞれでしたが、書かれていることを正確に読み取ることはとても大事なので少しずつできるようにしていきましょう！
Our speaker today was Minori.
She talked about her sister's daily routine.
しっかり準備ができていましたね!
今年のToday's speechはここまでです。
新年はHinakoからになります。
Speech testもあるのでがんばりましょう！

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 120 & 121
Bridge Work
Chapter 9 Unit 1
Grammar and Communication-1 can 肯定文、否定文、疑問文
動詞の紹介　
Exercise-1 #1, 2-a, 2-b
(pp. 136-138)
Star Team　
Unit 10 Vocabulary Parts of the body #1, 2 Review
#3 Drawing "Carlos the Clown"
(p. 53)

See you on Saturday!

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-2 December 17th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Wednesday, December 18th, 2013.

It's rainy and cold today.
We're going to have snow this evening!
Did you feel cold this morning?
Are you feeling cold now?
昨日のレッスンでは引き続き知覚動詞の使い方を練習しました。
付加疑問文を作るのが難しく感じたようですね。
すらすら作れるようにがんばりましょう！
形容詞と副詞が整理できていない人はChapter 13 Unit 2をよく復習しておきましょう。
Our speaker yesterday was Yuhei. He talked about a table match.
The next speakers are Yuma and Yuria.

Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 120 & 121
Star Team Unit 8
Pronunciation, Study Skills: Correct Grammar mistakes
Bridge to MEL 2
Chapter 21 Unit 1 Grammar and Communication-1
look/sound/feel + 形容詞の表現
Exercise-1 #2, 3-a
(pp. 136-137)
Grammar and Communication-4 形容詞の復習ー１#1(1)-(10) (p. 141)

See you on Friday!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-2 December 17th

Hello Class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Wednesday ,December 18, 2013.
It's cloudy today and very cold. I hope it doesn’t snow tonight!
Picture Dictionary のUnit 49に出てくる単語は覚えましたか？
Picture Dictionaryも残りわずかになりました。いくつ単語を覚えていますか？
基礎英語のセリフはしっかり読めていましたが、皆元気がありませんでした。
次回期待しています。
Grammar　Unit 16 -ingのworksheet の裏面を確認のために学習しましたが、
まだ不安な単語は復習しておきましょう！

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle
Picture Dictionary Topic 49 The Fairground
Sing chant together
基礎英語　#121,#122
Grammar One
Chapter 16 ----ing worksheet, Exercise 3a

Have a wonderful week ! See you on Friday!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Primary-1 December 17th

Hello class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It’s Wednesday, December 18, 2013.
It's cloudy and very cold today. I hope it doesn’t rain!
Picture Dictionary のTopic 18　のようにSummer at the Beachが恋しいです！
Beachにいるつもりでunitの練習しましょう！
Up and Away　のUnit ５ P11, 12には新しい単語がたくさん出てきました。覚えましょう！
The Very Dangerous Driverは誰の事でしょう？次回が楽しみですね！

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle Silent “e”
Picture Dictionary
Topic 18 Summer at the Beach
Sing the Chant
Up and Away Student Book P 11, 12
Workbook P 5,6
Reader 2A :The Very Dangerous Driver P1-3

Have a nice week! See you on Friday.

Kumiko

Lesson Report Senior-2 December 16th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How's everything?
It's Tuesday, December 17th, 2013.
We learned about how difficult to predict the weather yesterday.
I was surprised to learn most of you didn't care the weather so much.
As for me, I check the forecast every day, at least a few times a day.
You worked hard on the preparation for the debate on 23rd.
Try your best to collect the data and research as much as you can, and you'll learn a lot from what you've done.
Our speaker yesterday was Harutaka.
He talked about a game called "Number Place". I've never tried one but it sounded interesting.
The next speakers are Aoi , Riko and Mizuki. Get ready for your speech!

Cover to Cover 2 Unit 6 Science Part 2 The Science of Weather Prediction
Fluency Strategy: Skimming for the Main Idea
Checking Fluency and Comprehension
Writing a summary
Open Forum Chapter 5 Part 2
News Report on Corporate Anthropology
Lis-1, 2=> Com Task-Part [A]

See you on Thursday!

Towako

Lesson Report-Advancing-Dec.16th

Dear Advancing Classmates,
Asking good questions is one of the key qualifications to take part in a class, meeting or activity because they not only explore new aspects but also inspire other members.
What questions to ask and how you ask good questions could make difference in your future.

A paragraph about how you use math in your daily life. Include facts and examples. Use numbers to support your ideas.

Review Check the spelling, punctuation, grammar and pronouns in 3 min.

=> Peer Review check if the topic sentence and reasons are clear and the paragraph answers the question.=> Revise 5 min. => Present/Pair Reading

✩Short Essay #5: Should cyclists of all ages be forced to wear bicycle helmets or should they have freedom not to wear any protection?

[2] Reading Comprehension/Writing: 北大-2012-[1] 長文・和訳:

Lesson Report-Senior 1-Dec.14th

Dear Senior-1 Classmates,

What and how you are going to write about your school? It'll be interesting to hear how you'll present what your school life is like. Make sure to revise before finishing and practice reading and presenting it hard!

We look forward to hearing your presentation on 25th!!

[1] NHK基礎英語３

<1A> Review Practice: I have an appointment with Ms. Asai at four o’clock on Thursday. I think my mom looks younger than she is. Can you tell me what you ate for dinner yesterday?

Lesson-119 - Voc: mean-means

☆ Let’s Chant!/p.47<= Read the text first before chanting

Lesson-118 - Voc: check in, record, book/booking, according to, the wrong way,

<1A> Practice & Writing: You’re helping your mom clean the kitchen. It’s a good thing to do. You should be proud of yourself. Arigato means thank you in Japanese.

[2] Star Team-2: Bonus Unit-1

- Review School Exchange

=>Writing: Write to explain what your school is like to your pen pal with 10 or more verbs. Use vocabulary from Star Team Add a paragraph to describe what you do and enjoy doing in your school life and what you plan to do next year.=> Presentaton Test Dec.25th

[3] Vocabulary in Use: C32-U2 #2 感情に関する熟語

- Repeat & Spelling => <1B> Voc-Writing WB/p.88

[4] Bridge Work C33-U1 I asked Ron if he had done his homework.

<1A> Review G&C-1=> Ex-1. 1-> Ex-1. 2, 3=> Activity-1 WB/p.35

- G&C-2-> Ex-2. 1, 2

<1B> - G&C-3: have/get + 過去分詞=> Pair Ex-3. 1 Ex-3. 2=> Activity-2 WB/p.31

- GIU: A man lives in a white house=> Pair If you were the President of the US, what would you

tell the leaders of Japan, Korea and China to do with the recent territorial disputes over the islands?

Lesson Report Junior-1 December 14th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Saturday, December 14th, 2013.
It cold today.
今日のレッスンでは　Ron enjoys listening to music in his free time.
など、 like, enjoy, prefer, love + -ingで「～することを楽しむ、好き」などの表現を練習しました。
質問や否定も上手にできるようにしていきましょう。
Star Teamでは体や顔を表すことば、そして早口言葉を練習しましたね。
とっても速く言えた人もいましたね！
Our speaker today was Arisa.
She talked about her sister's daily routine.
しっかり準備ができていましたね。
The next speaker is Minori.
Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 119 & 120
Bridge Work
Chapter 8 Unit 2
Grammar and Communication-3 動詞の紹介　enjoy, prefer
動詞＋-ing の使い方
Exercise-3
Grammar in Use Tennis match-2
Key Communication 　(pp. 132-135)
Star Team　
Unit 10 Vocabulary Parts of the body #1, 2
Pronunciation (pp. 53-54)

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-1E December 14th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Saturday, December 14th, 2013.
It's sunny and cold today.
When's your birthday?
Is your birthday in December?
今日のレッスンではbe動詞の疑問文の作り方を確認しました。
そして Star Teamでは単数形、複数形の復習をしました。
慣れないとなかなか難しいですが、正確に使えるようにしていきましょう！

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 119 & 120
Bridge Work
Chapter 6 Unit 3
Grammar and Communication-1
疑問詞を使った疑問文（be動詞）
Exercise-1　#1-a
(pp. 96-97)
Star Team Unit 3 Grammar
Possessive adjectives (6) (7)
Plurals (8)
(p. 22)

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-2 December 13th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Saturday, December 14th, 2013.

Did you feel cold this morning?
Did the sky look beautiful this afternoon?
きのうのレッスンでは知覚動詞の使い方を練習しました。
be動詞との使い分けが練習しているうちに上手にできるようになりましたね！
そして環境についての語句の使い方も練習しました。
みんなずいぶん難しく感じたようですね。
しっかり復習しておきましょう！
Unfortunately, we didn't have any speakers yesterday.
The next speakers are Yuhei and Yuma.

Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 119 & 120
Review 30
Bridge to MEL 2

Chapter 20 Unit 2
Grammar in Use-2 #3
Chapter 21 Unit 1 Grammar and Communication-1
look/sound/feel + 形容詞の表現
Exercise-1 #1
(pp. 135-136)

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-2 December 13

Hello Class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Saturday, December 14, 2013.
It's sunny and cold today.
きのうのレッスンでは
Grammar　Unit 16: Trig is helpingの -ingのスペルのルールを復習しましたね。
間違いの多かった人はよく復習しておきましょう！
基礎英語のお話は続きが楽しみですね。
Reader Sunny the Ski Jumperはすべてお話を読み終わりました。
次回から単語の確認などをしていきましょう！

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle
Picture Dictionary Topic 49 The Fairground
Sing chant together
基礎英語　#119, #120
Grammar One
Chapter 16 Exercise 1 Review
Exercise-2
Reader 4A Sunny the Ski Jumper

See you next week!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-1 December 13th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It’s Saturday, December 14, 2013.
It's sunny and cold today.
きのうからPicture Dictionaryでは　Topic 18 Summer at the Beachに入りました。
毎日寒いので、夏が恋しいですね！
bathing suit など日本語とは全然違う言い方がありましたね。
your, our, their などの使い方、そして　Kumiko's のように「誰誰の」という言い方を練習しました。
とっても大事なことなのでしっかり覚えましょう！
The Naughty Monkeyはすべて終わりました。
次回からReader Level 2　になります。
楽しみにしていてくださいね！

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle Silent “e”
Picture Dictionary
Topic 18 Summer at the Beach
Sing the Chant
Up and Away Student Book
P 8 Our/ your Review
P 9 Review Personal Pronouns Review
P 10 's
Workbook (p. 4)
Reader 1D The Naughty Monkey (pp. 27-29)

Have a good weekend!

Towako

Lesson Report Senior-2 December 12th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing today?
It's Friday, December 13th, 2013. Wow, it's Friday the 13th!
Hope nothing bad will happen.
I gave you the winter assignment yesterday.
As I told you, please work on the earlier chapters of Bridge Work, and if there's something you forget, please review it thoroughly.
And you worked hard on the mind map for the debate coming up on December 23rd.
Please do some researches to make sure your idea is relevant.
In the debate, the most important thing is to convince others.
Try your best!
Unfortunately, we didn't have any speakers yesterday again.
The next speakers are Aoi , Riko and Harutaka. Get ready for your speech!

Cover to Cover 2 Unit 6 Science Part 1 Being Cute to Survive
Communication task 1 & 2
Open Forum Chapter 5 Part 1
Anthropology: Interview w/Anthropologist Lis-3 w/script
Voc: -er/-or=> Lis. CalWorks: How --er/-or defined?-> Study

Have a good weekend!

Towako

Lesson Report-Advancing-Dec.12th

Dear Advancing Classmates,

You've learned what "zero-sum game" means today.

It's is a situation in which what is gained by one is lost by the other(s). In other words, it's like getting something from someone in your family. No gain as a whole. It's a kind of situation you should avoid. It's a waste of time, energy and opportunities you might have gotten otherwise.

[1] Listening & Communication: Open Forum-2

Chapter 7 Language and Communication: Web: Lecture about Language Change and Loss

- 1st Lis-thru-> Exercises

- 2nd Lis by Part=> Com Task

[A] Explain what a historical linguist does.

[B] Explain how a language changes.

[C] Explain how a language corrupts.

- 3rd Lis w/Script=> Com Task Explain what Samuel Johnson insists in a plain language.

=> Com Task Do you think a language change corrupts or deteriorates its culture, or it’s simply a natural process? State your opinion with an example or two in three minutes.

[2] Reading Comprehension/Writing Task by Asai

- Constructive ideas' on thorny issues needed #2

=> Task (5) “zero-sum game” の引用も踏まえて、党の影響下にあるChina Dailyに当記事を掲載した理由と意図を話してみましょう。

Lesson Report Junior-1E December 12th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Thursday, December 12th, 2013.
It's sunny today.
How do you usually go to school?
What about on rainy days?
今日のレッスンでは、Chapter 6 Unit 2 で学習したことの総まとめをしましたね。
忘れていたところのある人はしっかり復習しましょう。
とにかく何度も声に出して練習することが大切です。
おうちでも大きな声でしっかり練習してください。
次回はKey Communicationのテストなので細かいところまで覚えてくださいね！

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 117 & 118
Bridge Work
Chapter 6 Unit 2
Grammar and Communication-3 Howを使った疑問文と交通手段の言い方　Review
Exercise-3
Grammar in Use
Key Communication (pp. 93-95)

See you on Saturday!

Towako

Lesson Report-Senior 1-Dec.11th

Dear Senior-1 Classmates,

So now you can tell others what you ate for lunch or what you were doing at some time yesterday.

To practice reading or saying aloud is not only the most efficient but also the easiest way to learn how to use the reporting speech.

And you like speaking rather than just reading things quietly, don't you?

[1] Communication: NHK基礎英語-3

<1A> Review Practice I’ve never been to Paris. What is Paris like? What were the people like there?

I can’t wait to visit there next month.

Lesson-117 - Voc: confirm-confirmation, arrive-arrival, put ~ through to …, due to,

Lesson-118 - Voc: expect, in other words, middle-aged, tend to

☆One more thing!/p.43: what 関係代名詞

<1A> Review Writing:　- I have an appointment with Ms. Asai at four o’clock on Thursday.

- I think my mom looks younger than she is. - Can you tell me what you ate for dinner yesterday?

[2] Deep Listening-2 - Lesson 16 Discoloration

[3] Vocabulary in Use: C32-U2 #2 感情に関する熟語

[4] Bridge Work: C32-U2 My mom made me clean the kitchen

<1A> Review G&C-2: make/find/keep/leave-> Ex-2. 1

=> Grammar Writing-1 WB/p.33

C33-U1 I asked Ron if he had done his homework.

- G&C-1=> Ex-1. 1-> Ex-1. 2, 3=> Activity-1 WB/p.35

<1B> => Grammar Writing-1 WB/p.33

Lesson Report Junior-1 December 11th

Hello class!
This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Wednesday, December 11th, 2013.
It was sunny today.
今日のレッスンでは　which, whoseを使った質問とone, onesの使い方を練習しました。
one, ones の使い方は難しく感じた人もいたようですが、使っていきながら慣れていきましょう。
Star TeamのRole playはみんな上手にできましたね。
発表の仕方が知らず知らずのうちに身についてきていますよ！
Our speaker today was Shun.
He talked about his brother's daily routine.
よく準備ができていましたね。
The next speaker is Arisa.
Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 117 & 118
Bridge Work
Chapter 8 Unit 2
Grammar and Communication-2 which, whoseを使った疑問文　one, ones の使い方
Exercise-2 #1, 2-a
Grammar and Communication-3 動詞の紹介　enjoy, prefer
動詞＋-ing の使い方　(pp. 130-132)
Star Team　
Unit 9 Presentation story Give the ball to me!
Comprehension
Role play
(pp. 48-49)

See you on Saturday!

Towako

Lesson Report Junior-2 December 10th

Hello class! This is Towako from MEL School.
How are you doing?
It's Wednesday, December 11th, 2013.

We've finished Chapter 20 of Bridge Work!
The vocabulary is getting challenging, so you have to study harder!
You'll have a Recap test on Friday.
Try your best!
Our speakers yesterday were Takehiro and Takeshi.
Takehiro talked about going to karaoke with his friends.
Takeshi talked about taking his little brother to Kichijoji for shopping.
The next speaker is Yuhei.

Get ready for your speech!

<Lesson Review>
基礎英語　Lessons 117 & 118
Star Team Unit 8
Vocabulary My Room
Bridge to MEL 2

Chapter 20 Unit 2
Grammar in Use I will have to go through immigration and customs Review
Recap
Grammar in Use-2
(pp. 133-135)

See you on Friday!

Towako

Lesson Report Primary-2 December 10th

Hello Class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It's Wednesday, December 11, 2013.
It's cloudy today.
Picture Dictionary の新しいUnit 49に入りました。遊園地は好きですか？
日本語と違うところがたくさんありましたね。
基礎英語のセリフはしっかり読めていました。もう少し元気な声でお願いします。
Grammar　Unit 16: Trig is helpingの -ingのスペルのルールはしっかり覚えましょう！

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle
Picture Dictionary Topic 49 The Fairground
Sing chant together
基礎英語　#117, #118
Grammar One
Chapter 16 Exercise 1

Have a wonderful week ! See you on Friday!

Kumiko

Lesson Report Primary-1 December 10th

Hello class! This is Kumiko from MEL School.
How are you?
It’s Wednesday , December 11, 2013.
It's cloudy today.
Support time で学習しているadjectives のコンテストの単語は、ほとんど覚えましたね。
お休みした仲間のためにジェスチャー、お手伝いしてくれている生徒達に感謝しています!
Thank you and good work!!
Picture Dictionary のTopic 17　のworksheetは良くできていました！
動物の親子の名前はわすれないでください。
Up and AwayのUnit 4 P 8, our /your 、P　9 Review はとても大切なところです。
時間があったらもう一度復習してください。

The Naughty MonkeyのNew Words　１－１５もできたらもう一度読んでみましょう。

<Lesson Review>
Phonics Jingle Silent “e”
Picture Dictionary
Topic 17 Spring on the Farm
Sing the Chant
Up and Away Student Book
P 8 Our/ your
P 9 Review Personal Pronouns

Have a nice week! See you on Friday!

Kumiko

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