Education

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)	What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘education’?
(2)	How important do you think education is?
(3)	Do you think you had a good education?
(4)	Was there a high standard of education at your schools?
(5)	Do you think the quality of education is slipping?
(6)	What do you think of the idea of all education being online?
(7)	What kind of education did you have in your home?
(8)	What would the world be like if everyone had access to a good education?
(9)	Does your government really care about education?
(10)	In which country do you think you can receive the best education?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)	What is a good education?
(2)	Is the level of education in your country good?
(3)	What would you like to change about the education system of your country
(4)	Would you like to work in education?
(5)	Do you think there’s a lot of money to be made in education?
(6)	What kind of experience and qualifications do you think a government’s education minister/secretary needs?
(7)	When does education begin?
(8)	What do you think Mark Twain meant when he said, “never let school interfere with your education”?
(9)	What do you think of single-sex education?
(10)	What do you think of the idea of lifelong education?

Leaving

leaving

Choose 1 question only

(A) The final paragraph of the story ends with three visual images.  Why does the story end this way?  Answer with reference to all three images.


(B) Critically discuss the nature of the problem between mother and son.    Make reference to the text.  

Animal idioms

Animal idioms

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 
Does your teacher ever have to badger you to get your homework?
Who is the black sheep of your family and what is it about them that is so bad? 

Did you ever cry wolf when you were young, and then no one believed your stories?

Who really annoys you and gets your goat? Why do they get your goat? 
What do you think of road hogs? 
How can the police stop their bad manners and dangerous driving?

Have you ever been a guinea pig and let someone test something on you?

Do you always take the bull by the horns and make strong decisions? 
Has your government ever wasted money on a white elephant – a project that was a really, really bad idea that no one used? 
Did you have a piggy bank as a child? Did you smash it?
Has anyone made a monkey out of you and made you look foolish?
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ANIMAL IDIOMS DISCUSSION 
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) 

What was the last thing you did in two shakes of a lamb’s tail? 
Do you believe that a leopard cannot change its spots? Are you flexible? 
Have you ever seen a sporting competition with a strong and weak team – like lambs to the slaughter? 

When was the last time you had a whale of a time? What was so great about it?

Do you usually manage to get or end up with the lion’s share of something? Is this good or bad?

Are you a lone wolf or do you like being with other people? 
Do you agree that the 9-to-5 lifestyle is a rat race?

When was the last time you were so hungry you wolfed your food down in a few seconds? 
Are you good at smelling a rat and noticing suspicious things?
Do you always go the whole hog and do, buy, eat... everything possible? 

speed questions

Ask your partner these questions and comment on their answer using REJOINDERS.

Rejoinders:  Oh!  I see.  OK, I understand your opinion.  Really!?  etc.

How often do you eat out?

Do you have a part-time job?

Do you get enough sleep?

Tell us some different ways to fight stress?

Where do you usually have lunch?

Do you have any plans for the weekend?

When did you last visit your hometown?

Do you prefer vacationing with family or friends?

Have you been to Paris or London?

Do you have any plans to travel abroad?

Have you ever heard of the six thinking hats?

Can you name the colours and their meaning?

What kind of music do you listen to?

Do you listen to classical or jazz?

What most concerns you about the environment?

What would you like to research?

Do you like speaking English?

Do you think computers are indispensable?

Do you think ONE USE plastic should be banned?

Do you think plastic straws are bad for the environment?

if you could

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

If you could live anywhere, where would you live?

If you could buy anything, what would you buy?

If you could eat anything, what would you eat?

If you could do anything, what would you do?

If you could be anything, what would you be?

If you could meet anybody, who would you meet?

If you could do something you have always been afraid of, what would you do?

If you could talk to a homeless person, what would you say?

If you could have any car you wished for, what would you have?

If you could put an end to one war, which war would you end?

If you could change one thing in history, what would you change?

If you could be better at something, what would it be?

If you could meet Prime  Minister Abe, what would you ask him?

If you could change your appearance, what would you change?

If you could choose any name, what would you choose?

Cardboard Mansions

Respond to the following questions:

Reducing poverty in the world is one of the main tasks of Economics. Agree or disagree.  

How would you judge Dadi-Ma’s life?  Make reference to the story.  


OR, 

Watch the video with Japanese subtitles.

Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now

http://timlxii.blogspot.jp/2015/11/global-poverty.html

Review the video (100 words) stating your opinion.

The day Harukor got tattooed

In this module you will write about the story The day Harukor got Tattooed.

In your first DRAFT, you will reposed to the following questions.  We will make reference to the six-colorer hats to help focus your writing.

Draft 1

1.  Write a short summary of the story.  (Blue)  

2. How did her position in society change?  (Green / yellow)

3.  What social fact did you learn from reading the story?  (white)

4. What most surprised you about the story?  (red)

5.  What did Ainu women have to do when coming of age?   (white)

6. Was the process an ordeal?  (red/black)

7.  Was tattooing necessary?   Why?   (white)

8.  What problems did the characters have?  (black)

9.  What did the writer want us to experience?    (yellow/green/black)

10.  How do you think Harukor felt about getting her tattoo? (red)

Draft 2

After responding to these questions you will have the necessary notes to begin writing DRAFT 2.  Note: you should make reference to the story in this assignment.  This should be the basic structure of your assignment:

Is the story significant? Or, in what ways is the story significant?

What about the story astonished you?

What assumptions did you have before reading this story?

How was your mind changed from reading this story?

What did the writer want us to think about (theme)?