Netty Sargent

This is the story how Netty lost her house and got them back again.

1.  Evaluate Netty's ingenuity in 3 or 4 sentences.
2.  Evaluate her uncle's attitude and manner (mention his emotions) that lead to the loss of the house.
3.  What astonished you about the story?

module 1 - 2

Writing about a picture

Choose one of the ainu drawings and write about it using the plan below. 

Write about all of the following:

What is the subject? What is the action? What is the setting?
What astonishes you about it?
 Make an inference (guess) about the picture.
Ask a question about the picture and answer the question.
 Finally, write about the picture from the point of view of at least three different people. 

Example

Landscape at sunset with ship

The title of this painting is “landscape at sunset with ship″（１８９３）painted in Hokkaido by Henry Savage Landor。

I guess that he sketched this landscape of Hokkaido while on his approach in the boat. If my guess is correct, I have to ask why did he draw the picture before he arrived in Hokkaido? Perhaps this was his point of view: Hokkaido, the land of the Ainu, was an unknown place to him. So, he painted the feelings of fear and curiosity. Looking at the paintings, the river is black, the sky is not blue, and the color of red, yellow and white are also mixed. My point of view is that he paid close attention to the same point. First, the boat seems to be old and small.  The sky is messed up. My impression from studying this painting is that he was worried about going to Hokkaido and meeting the Ainu.

Yoshitake Mikiko

artist bio

Biography

Research the following:

1. Anecdote about the artist.

2. When did they live and die?

3. When did they work in Hokkaido?

4. What was their interest in the Ainu?

5. How did they portray the Ainu?

6. What do the paintings convey to the viewer?

B.  writing about the paintings

What is the subject? What is the action? What is the setting?
What astonishes you about it?
Make an inference about the picture.
Ask a question about the picture and answer the question.
 Finally, write about the picture from the point of view of at least three different people. 

ICD #1

Hello everyone. WELCOME... to International Communication Day.  Are you as EXCITED about today's event as I am? I am REALLY happy to be here.

We are pleased to welcome you:--guest teachers, staff, and students-- to I --  C --- D --- . We feel HONOURED that you have given up your time to BE HERE today at Hotel MuiraKaen in Takikawa
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Sougoukyou Students! Please take time to get to know your group leader! We feel this year's program will be the BEST ever. MAKE THE MOST of this opportunity to practice your English skills!

As you know, ICD is a yearly event.  We have had a great variety of speakers over the years, all giving us something to  think about. This event really contributes to our program at Kokugakuin.  OK,  Joke!

We are very happy to welcome our main speaker, Simon Thollar.  He is a Professor, in the Department of Systems & Informatics, at Hokkaido Information University.

Let me say a few words about him.

He is from Tasmania,  Australia but has been a teacher in Japan from many years.

He is an EXPERT in English Pronunciation, Education Systems, e-Learning, and Motivation.

At university he majored in MATHEMATICS and JAPanese.  SIMON has many interesting hobbies: he has managed his own BAR, PLAYS very GOOD acoustic guitar, does Kempo, sport cars, and he loves Okinawa!

he also believes strongly in LEARNING FOR LIFE, and MAKE LEARNING FUN!  So Simon,  welcome again!

The cask of Amontillado

Respond to the following questions - IN A PARAGRAPH  D0 not use Q&A

1.  Why (do you guess) did Edgar Allen Poe have the murder take place during the carnival season?
2.   Montresor doesn't tell us about the insult.  Why not?
3.  Why did Montresor wait 50 years to tell his story?
4.  Why does Poe have his character say, "The cough is nothing, it will not kill me."  And Montresor' "And I drink to your long life."
5. What surprised you about the story?
6.  What is the important point the writer wants us to understand?

The House

The House by Erica N Robinson

Literary point - 1.        Turnaround, a character began doing/thinking one thing but ended doing/thinking something differently.

1.  Give examples of turnaround in the story.
2.  Themes:  a)  renewal,  b) generosity, c) trust,  d) loyalty: What themes are there in this story?  Give an example for the story 
3. Was Sonny right to help Tanya even though, "went with other men and she kicked him out on the street."?   (p.17)
4. Setting:  Give examples of the social situation that motivated Sonny to act the way he did.
5.  Astonishment:  What astonished you about the story?
6.  Why do you think Nan understood Sonny?  Would you understand?