応用英語II-4A Writing - Last Class

Hello everyone,

Today is the last class. It's been a good year.

Today lets read and comment on writing by Toyo Gakuen university students. First, let's comment on some movie reviews by 1st year Togaku students. Please click the link: Voicethread movie reviews.

Now let's Voicethread presentations of our own. When you are finished, send me the link.
Then, watch and listen to your classmates' Voicethread presentations about their favourite photos.

Here are the links to your classmates' Voicethread presentations:
Seiga's Favourite Photo
Kenshi's Favourite Photo
Takaaki's Favourite Photo.

Enjoy!

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing: Task 3: An Ideal Partner Part 2

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to start the first draught of our paragraph on our ideal partners. First, let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link. Next, let's watch a video. In the video, a Shibaura Institute of Technology student talks about his ideal partner.



Now let's start writing. Please submit your first draught to me by e-mail. The deadline is next Wednesday, the thirteenth of June. You can see paragraphs written by previous classes to help you write about your ideal partner.

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing: Task 3: An Ideal Partner

Hello everyone,
Well, last week most of you were out job hunting, so you missed the lesson. If you were absent last week, please click the link to last week's lesson.

Now, for those of you who came to class last week, let's start the next task. . Please click the link: An Ideal Partner. Read the paragraphs by Shibaura Institute of Technology students and Toyo Gakuen University students. What are some of the characteristics of an ideal partner? Make a list of 5 things.

Now let's do the tasks in our textbook.

Have a nice week-end!

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing: Task 2 - An important place Part 2

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to continue working on our second task. First let's do Quizlet.

Now let's read some stories about some important places by Shibaura Institute of Technology students.

OK, now it's your turn. Write a paragraph about your important place. Your paragraph must be 100 words or more. Use the Writing Style sheet to help you format your e-mail and document correctly. Please send your paragraph to me by e-mail by 6 pm. Wednesday 30 June. Also, please take a picture of your important place and bring it to class on a USB stick next week.

Enjoy!

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing: Task 2 - An important place Part 1

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to start our next task: Task 2 - An important place.
First, let's practice typing. Click this link: Qwerty Warriors. Next, let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Togaku 英単 Set 3.

Look at the picture on the left. The picture is of an important place to me. Read my paragraph and answer the questions.



There was a picnic table on Ward's Island in Toronto. One day, when I was in Grade 6, I ate lunch there with my father and my two brothers. It was raining. We enjoyed talking. After lunch we took the ferry back home. It's one of my best memories.

1. What is my important place?
2. Where is my important place?
3. When did I go there?
4. What did I do there?

Now let's listen to some Togaku students talk about their important places. Choose two. Click the link. Listen. Answer the questions above.

Akira's Special Place, Manae's Special Place, Kaname's Special Place, Aya Y.'s Special Place, Misato's Special Place, Koutarou's Special Place, Ryuhei's Special Place, Chen's Special Place, Reika's Special Place, Kohei's Special Place, Kousuke's Special Place, Kousei's Special Place,Tatsuya's Special Place, Atsuko's Special Place, Ai's Special Place, Aya S.'s Special Place. Rie's Special Place,

Let's do Unit 2 in our text book Writing from Within 1.

Have a nice week-end!

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing: Task 1 - Self Introduction E-mail Part 3

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to review and edit the first draught of our Self Introduction.

First, let's practice typing. Click this link: Qwerty Warriors. Next, let's study some vocabulary. Please click the link: Togaku 英単 Set 2.

Please download the document below: Writing Error Codes.
Look at the marks I've made on your first draft. Correct your mistakes. Send me your final draft by Thursday, 10th May at 12 noon.
Have a good Golden Week.

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing Lesson 2: Task 1 - Self Introduction E-mail

Hi, TGIF!
Today we are going to learn how to write an English e-mail.

First let's practice typing. Please click the link and play Air Typer . Next, let's review some vocabulary. Please click this link: Togaku 英単４.

The topic of our first writing task is self introduction (自己紹介). Let do a self introdcution tweet. Click the link: https://twitter.com/ Follow the model below:

Hi, my name is Ichirou. I am 21 years old. I'm a Japanese uni student. Pls follow me #Togaku

Please don't forget the hashtag  - #Togaku . Click the link to learn about hash tags from wikipedia in Japanese.

Now let's start your first writing task.
Task 1: My Letter of Introduction is an e-mail. Look at the picture below. Click the picture to make it bigger. Format your e-mail like the image below.

Write an e-mail to me introducing yourself. Your e-mail should be at least 100 words. Send it to me by next Thursday 26th April.
Have fun writing

応用英吾II-4 作文 Writing Introduction to the course

Hello everyone! Welcome to 応用英吾II-4 作文.
Today we will learn about this course.  You will do almost all of your writing on a computer and you will use some websites too. Here's what will do today:

1. Get to know your classmates and teacher
2. Subscribe to this blog (～のブログを定期的に購読する). 
3. Sign up for Quizlet. Please click the link.
4. Use Quizlet for vocabulary study
5. Sign up for Twitter. Please click the link.
6. Post a "tweet"
7. Look at our textbook
8. Make a comment on this blog (コメント投稿法.)

The textbook we will use is Writing from Within Intro. You can see a picture of the textbook above. Writing from Within Intro was written by Curtis Kelly and Arlen Gargagliano. Curtis Kelly is my friend. You can see a picture of him below.

I have used Writing from Within Intro before. You can see some of my former student's work. Click this link: Students write about their special places.

OK, let's take a look at the textbook now.
Now, please post a comment.
Finally, let's practice typing with a fun game called Qwerty Warriors
Enjoy!.