octopus lesson 1

Rewriting questions ;  The questions in the book are general questions and must be changed into easy spoken English.

Textbook Q1. 
1.  What is the average age of the class in years and months?  Which month do most people have a birthday?

Interview style
How old are you?  Which month were you born?

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Data collection (of about 15 -20 students)

"How old are you?  Which month were you born?"

18  April
18 Dec
20 Dec
19 July
18 Nov
etc.

(Example)
Report
Most students in my class are 18 years old but not everyone.  A few are 19 or 20 years old.  Most of us were in HS last year so our age is not surprising.  I guess a few students had a year off.  Perhaps they went to cram school in order to get into the university of their choice.  Anyway, here we are in Takikawa now as freshmen at Kokugakuin.  It was interesting that the largest birthday month was December. Next came April.  I guess that is because Spring brings beautiful weather and December is 9 months later.

Practice changing the questions to make them into spoken English.
Examples:

2. How tall are the students in the class?  (Work out the average height.)
How tall are you?
3. What is the average size of families of the class?  How big is the largest family?
How many people in your family?