Little hunters

The boys sat in the rain with nothing to do until they saw the hunters.  Evaluate the wrong doings in the story.   150 words

Life in Takikawa

MODULE 3

LIFE IN TAKIKAWA:  In this task you will write about becoming more independent, moving to Takikawa, discovering new things, living alone; visiting local places.  Students should summarize their composition with a photograph.

Task 1 – The challenges of living alone.   Write about the challenges of living alone and make comparisons to your high school days.　Things to consider: living expenses, cleaning, cooking, shopping, roommates, privacy, time management, what surprised you? Things you miss about home.  Challenges. 

Plan your composition using notes.  (When you use notes you do not need to write sentences.)

Spend about 20 -30 minutes planning before you begin writing. 

Myth of stork wife

20. The Stork Wife
Once upon a time an honest man who was cutting grass in the hills rescued a stork that had an arrow in its throat. In the autumn a young woman he did not know came to his house and asked to stay and they married. They had nothing with which to celebrate New Year as it approached. The wife said she would do her best to weave something for her husband to take to the feudal lord to sell. He received a lot of money for this and was asked to bring another length of cloth. When he told his wife, she said she was not sure she could weave that much, but she would try. She told her husband not to look into the room until she was finished. He thought that strange and spied anyway. He saw a naked stork plucking the remaining few feathers from her body with her beak and weaving them into the cloth. She reminded him that she had told him not to watch her weave and asked why he had done it. She said that since she had been seen, she could no longer stay with him. She was the stork he had saved and had come to repay her debt of gratitude, but now she had to leave. She flew away completely naked as she spoke. The weaving she had done was known as shokuk6 brocade. Nagano, Kitaazumi-gun 

Discuss the photograph

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.
Comment about the picture from the point of view of at least three different people.

Marcus Aurelius

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Marcus Aurelius | life

Agree or disagree

Treason notes

Treason Notes

Notice Kanna’s feelings toward her father change.

What are some of the words she uses to describe him?

Notice the difference between the word grandmother and grandmotherly.  How are they used and what is the difference.

Notice the use of makeup and accessories in the story.  Why is this important?

Notice that Kanna thinks the yellow butterfly is the same one.  What do this say about her?

Notice the story is told in the 1^st person,  which means Kanna is telling the story.  Why use this style of narrative?

The writer of this story won an award for journalism.  Her area of interest in journalism prompted her to write this story.

Report

Write about the story with reference to the above.  Mention a passage, your feelings, and the writer's purpose.

laughing

Laughing prompts

Choose one:

1.  I like to laugh a lot.   I don’t like to laugh.  I sometimes laugh.

2. What makes you laugh?

3.  When did you last have a good laugh?

3 (b) What happened?  Who were you with?  Where were you?

4.  How do you laugh?  Quietly?  Loudly?

5. Is it always appropriate to laugh?  When is it inappropriate?

6.  Have you ever laughed at the wrong time?

7.  Some people are good at telling jokes?  Are you?

8.  In conclusion, do you feel laughter is good for our health?

Instructions:  Write a paragraph using a selection of the above questions.     You don't need to use all questions.   Remember,  the questions are a plan.  Don't do Q&A!

Complicity

Answer in paragraph form

What was her father's place in the story? Was this the main action?
How did Emma feel about Dan?
Is there a juxtaposition in the story?
What part of the story did you feel strongly about? Why?
Do you think Emma understands the situation well?
If so, describe the wrongdoing.

Keep your partner talking 5

Your friend has a huge number of letters tickets.  You always share your bento lunch with your friend who you like very much but your friend never shares their lunch with you.  How do you feel?  Your friend offers you a lottery ticket but it has a number pattern you dislike.  What do you do?

Keep your partner talking 4

You are on a bicycle trip.  You have a few tools but the toolkit is incomplete.  Does your bicycle breakdown?  Do you have the tools to fix it?  How do you feel?  Do you have a cellphone to call for help? You have a camera.  Do you take a picture of the scene?

keep your partner taking 3

It’s raining outside but you feel in an energetic mood.  You have a date with an English speaking friend but the friend calls to cancel.  Do you ask why?  Do you try to cheer your friend up and suggest another time? Your friend explains they have lost their wallet.  Do you offer to help them?  Your friend says someone found the wallet but the money had been stolen.  Do you offer to pay for the date?

keep your partner talking 2

It’s raining outside and you feel in a strange mood.  You have a date with an English speaking friend.  Do you cancel or go?  What do you think your friend will do? Will you call your friend to confirm?  If your feelings anxiety, what will you do to relax?