2B May 24

■ I will have to make some changes to our Moodle site. So, though it is working now, I will post the class work here too.
■ It has taken a while to figure out what was wrong. Sorry I haven't finished grading your previous forum posts! 

1. You had a bad day (Worksheet)(YouTube)(Quizlet)

2. Solar Eclipse

2-1. Arrange sentences (a)-(e) in the correct order.  (Quizlet)

(1) I've been asking everyone if they saw the eclipse.

• (a) Some people said that they couldn't see it from their house.
• (b) She had stayed up all night to watch the final game in the Ice Hockey World Championship between Russia and Slovakia. 
• (c) Many people didn't, so I asked them why not.  
• (d) Others said that they had tried to buy glasses, but the glasses were sold out. 
• (e) The best excuse I heard was from a Russian woman. 

(7) She was happy because her team won. (5月23日号）

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2-2. Ask your partner about the solar eclipse. How do you say in English, e.g.

• 昨日日食見た？
• はっきり見えた？
• どうして見なかった? 

2-3. Some people met in the morning to watch the eclipse together. Take a look at Solar Eclipse & Tsukiji Breakfast (May 22, 2012, Experience Tokyo, Meetup).
Pick up phrases that show how they felt about it.

2-4. Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 (Qwiki)


3. Blogging ( Homework: Leave comments by May 24 )

3-1. Grammar Check (Quizlet)

3-2. (Q) How do you want to have your mistakes corrected?

1. Want them to be marked (in red) in my post. 
2. Want to be reminded of them in the comment to my post. 
3. What to learn from them in class, through a Grammar Check activity. 

3-3. If you're not sure yet, please take a look at "How to post a comment."

4. Story Telling Video: What do you like or dislike about Japan? (It'll take 2 weeks.)

HOW TO
■ Work in a pair first and then in a group of four

Step 1. Write a speech script (Pair)

• Introduction (+ Greetings & your first names/nicknames)
• What you like/dislike (1) 
• What you like/dislike (2) 
• What you like/dislike (3) 
• Conclusion (+ Greetings) 

Step 2. Find photos/images related to (1)-(3), and add them to the iPad's Home Screen. When you choose the best ones, save them as screenshots.

★Use dictionaries, including 英辞郎 and POP辞書.
★Here's a list of useful websites (find useful info & expressions, but don't copy & paste them) :

• Qwiki
• Tokyo Experience
• Web Japan
• Kids Web Japan
• JapanGuide.com
• Lonely Planet > Japan
• Japan National Tourism Organization

Step 3. Talk about what you like/dislike about Japan using your speech script and showing the pages/photos. Your partner team will take a video of you. (In Group)
★Or you may use Voicethread.
★Examples: Movies, VoiceThread (Which would you prefer?)

■ Homework 
(1) Complete Step 1 & Step 2. 
(2) If you haven't done it yet, go to the students' blog to leave some more comments and reply to the comments you get.