Toyo Gakuen University FE2-Reading Semester 2 Final Exam Study Guide

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Well the end of the year is here. Your final exam is on Friday 8 January. Here's your final exam study guide:


The exam will cover units 9, 10, and 11.  In order to pass the exam (試験に合格するために) you must show that you understand and remember the content, vocabulary and grammar that you studied in units 9,10 and 11. You must also show that you can use the reading skills you practiced in class. There will be 6 types of questions:

Questions about the contents of Units 9,10, and 11

1. Vocabulary: A. Match the vocabulary from the textbook with the Japanese translation. B. Match the words that make collocations.
2. Grammar: These are multiple choice type questions. You will have to choose from 4 choices. Will will choose the best word or words to fill in the blank in a sentence. (p. 77 #3, p. 84 #1).
3. Content: These are multiple choice type questions. You will be asked questions about the readings ("Into the Wild", pp. 78,79; and "Seeds of Change", pp.86, 87). You will have to choose from 4 choices.
4. Personal response. This is a short paragraph type of answer. These questions will be about "Into the Wild" and Seeds of Change". Please study your answers to the "What do you think?" questions on pages 78 and 86. You will have to write 2 or 3 sentences in order to answer the question. Your answer should be at least 50 words.

Questions about two new readings.

1. Reading for the main idea. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
2. Reading for details. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.

The exam will be sixty minutes. Use the following resources to help you study for the exam:
The answer sheets for the Independent Study Tasks in the lecture (x) folder.
Verb patterns
Unit 10 Word search
Unit 11 Verbs + Nouns
Unit 3 Word Search
Sarah's Freshman English Reading Blog: Unit 10, and  Unit 11

 
Good luck!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading Unit 11: Seeds of Change

Today we are going to read about three plants that have changed the world: tobacco, cotton and sugar cane. Look at the pictures below. Which picture is tobacco? Which picture is cotton? Which picture is sugar cane?

 

 

Tobacco, cotton, and sugar cane were grown on slave plantations. Let's watch a video about slave plantations. A student in Singapore made the video. Enjoy!

What do you think? Post a comment. Which plant changed the world the most? Which plant was the most beneficial (都合が良い)? Which plant was the most harmful (有害な)? Which plant is most important in your life? Do your wear cotton clothes? Do you smoke? Do you eat a lot of sweets? Post your answers below.

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading Unit 10 Into the Wild Lesson 2

Today we continue enjoying the story of Chris McCandless. First, let's watch a video with Sean Penn, the director of the film Into the Wild and Emile Hirsh, the actor who played Chris McCandless.



Now let's watch a tribute to Chris McCandless. This video shows pictures of the real Chris McCandless.




Now open the lecture folder. Save the document called FE2U10-2IndepStudy to your own folder. Do the tasks.

Finally, post a comment. What do you think of Chris McCandless? Do you think he was brave (勇な)? Do you think he was foolish? How would you feel in his situation (どのようにあなたが彼の状況では感じることが) ?

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading Unit 10: Into the Wild

Today we are going to read a true story about a young man called Chris McCandless. McCandless' story was made into a movie called Into the Wild. Let's watch a movie trailer for Into the Wild.

Now open the lecture folder and save the document called "FE2IndepStudyU10" to your own folder. Do the tasks. When you are finished please post a comment.
Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2-Reading: Grammarman and Comics made by Students!

Today was the midterm exam. You must be tired. Let's finish the lesson with something fun!
Here are some videos of a cartoon character called Grammarman.  We have visited the Grammarman website before. We read the Frankenstein comic on the Grammarman website. Watch the videos. There are eight grammar mistakes in the first video. Can you find them?



Now let's read some comics made by students from around the world. These students are learning English - just like you! Some are Brian Boyd's students in Thailand. Brian Boyd is an English teacher in Bangkok and the creator of Grammarman.
Click this link: Student Comics Galleries. Read the comics in Gallery 1 and answer the questions on the Study Gallery Quiz. The Student Gallery Quiz is in the lecture folder.

OK! Go for lunch. See you next week!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2 Reading 2009 Semester 2 Study Guide

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The midterm exam is next Friday, the 20th of November.
Here is your study guide:

The exam will cover Units 6-8, and the Frankenstein comic. There will be 6 types of questions:

1. Timed reading: scan a reading for 1 minute in order to find specific information. This is a multiple choice type question.
   
2. Reading for the main idea. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
3. Reading for details. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
4. Making inferences. This is a multiple choice type of question. You will have to choose from 4 choices.
5. Matching activities: A. Match the vocabulary from the textbook with the Japanese translation. B. collocations.
   
6. Personal response. This is a short paragraph type of answer. You will have to write 2 or 3 sentences in order to answer the question. Your answer should be at least 50 words.
   

The test will be 60 minutes.
Use the following resources in order to study for the exam:

• American Headway Level 2 Unit 6 Crossword 
• Unit 8 Vocabulary Flashcards on Quizlet
• Unit 8 Vocabulary Flashcards on StudyStack
• Simple English News articles about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Guy Ritchie,  David and Victoria Beckham.
• Wikipedia articles about Milton Petrie, and Hetty Green.
  

Also, review these posts from Mr. Stout's Blog: Unit 7 - Celebrity Interview , Unit 8 - Dilemmas Unit 8 Part 2 and look at these posts from Sarah's Blog: Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, and Frankenstein.
Finally, please review the answer keys to the Independent Study Task sheets for Units 6 - 8.

Good luck!

Toyo Gakuen University FE2-Reading Unit 8 Dilemmas Part 2

Today we are going to finish Unit 8. Open the lecture folder. Save the document called "FE2U8-2IndepStudy". Read the instructions. Do the tasks.

The image below is an example of an e-mail to an online advice column called School of Life. Click the image for a larger view (画像をクリックして拡大イメージを見る).

Click the link below. Read the blog post. Do the online vocabulary study exercises.
Mr. Stout's Blog-For students and teachers: Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 - Reading Unit 8: Dilemmas

Finally, please read pp.70,71 in your textbook in order to prepare for next lesson (次の授業の準備のために教科書の70,71ペジを読んで下さい)
See ya next week!

Toyo Gakuen University FE-2 Special Halloween Lesson: Frankenstein

Frankenstein: a comic adaptation by Classical Comics

Happy Halloween! Today we are going to have a special lesson.
Click the link to learn about Halloween: http://www.grammarmancomic.com/factshalloween.html

Next, we are going to read a comic adaptation (改作) of Frankenstein.

Who was Frankenstein? (a) a monster (b) an alien (c) a scientist

Let's find out! Open the lecture folder. Click "FE2SpecialFrankensteinIndepStudyTasks.doc". Save the document and do the tasks.

Finally, please leave a comment. Did you like this comic? Do you think Frankenstein was a good man? Why do you think he regretted making the creature?

You can read more great comics on this website: http://www.grammarmancomic.com/
You can read comics made by students too: http://www.grammarmancomic.com/sscom2.html

FE 2 - Reading Unit 7

Today we are going to start Unit 7. In Unit 7 we read about celebrity couples. We also study adverbs and collocations.
Let's start with a cool video about adverbs.



So, what is an adverb?

FE2-Reading Semester 2 Lesson 1

Welcome back! I hope you had a great summer holiday, and I hope you read a lot of great books. I think we are really going to enjoy reading together again this semester.

What would you do if you had a million dollars? A million dollars is about one hundred million yen (一億円). Let's listen to a song and watch a video. Try to remember 5 things that the singer would buy if he had a million dollars.


Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0


Today we are going to read about two rich people, Milton Petrie and Hetty Green. You can see a picture of Hetty Green below.

This semester you are going to study at your own pace (マイペース).  Please open the lecture folder. Look for a file called "FE2U6IndepStudy.doc". Save the document to your folder, then do the tasks.

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 - Reading Semester 1 2009 Final Exam Study Guide

 

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Your final exam is on Friday the 10th of July 2009. Click the link to see your study guide 

Now let's review some vocabulary. Click iKnow below and do the lesson.

Good luck!!!

Toyo Gakuen University: Freshman English 2 – Reading: Unit 5: Hollywood Kids

Today we are going to read about the lives of teenagers in the U.S.A., Canada, and the U.K.
Here are the links for today's lesson:
Unit 5 vocabulary and an article about teens in the U.K. - http://fereading.edublogs.org/unit-five/
An article about teens in Canada- What teens really think

How about teens in Japan? Please leave a comment. Tell me about teens in Japan.

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 - Reading Midterm Exam Study Guide Semester 1 2009

 

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Your mid-term exam will by next Friday 12 June 2009. Here's a study guide to help you prepare for the exam.

The exam will cover units 1-4: pp. 6, 7, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31. The exam will have questions testing:

• Reading skills
• Identifying the topic (pp. 6, 7)
• Making comparisons (pp.15, 15)
• Making inferences (pp. 22, 23)
• Choosing the best summary (pp. 30, 31)
• Reading for details
• Scanning - this will be a one-minute scanning task. Use the handouts you got in class to practice.
  
• Vocabulary
• 基礎英語 2 Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary List  
• Vocabulary Flashcards
  
• Grammar
• Verb forms (p. 21)
  
• Making negatives (p. 24)
  
• Word families (nouns, verbs and adjectives, p. 24)

Here are some more webpages to help you prepare:

• Old Traditions on Nowy Świat Street
• James Bond
• Semester One Review on Sarah's Blog

Study hard, Enjoy learning and Good Luck!!

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 – Reading Unit 4: The best shopping street in the world

Today's topic is shopping. There are some very famous shopping districts in the world. Look at the map below. Find these places: Fifth Avenue, Oxford Street, the Champs Elysee, and Pedder Street. Where are these streets?

View Shopping Districts in a larger map

Look at the image below. It is a close-up of the Google satellite image of Nowy Swiat, the most popular shopping street in the world.

Find Novy Swiat on the map above.

Now study these flashcards for Unit 4

More flashcards, word search, and hangman provided by StudyStack.com

Ok, now turn to p. 30 in your textbook.
To learn more about the best shopping streets in the world click this link:
Fleshman English Reading Blog Unit 4.
Enjoy!!

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 – Reading Unit 3: The Man with the Golden Gun Lesson 2 webquest

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Today we are going to start our lesson with a webquest. A webquest is an internet search. In a webquest you search for information using keywords. Let’s try.

Who was the first “James Bond” actor?
To find the answer type these keywords into Google: first actor James Bond. Now press enter. Look at the second link. You see, "... Barry Nelson, who was the first actor to play James Bond on-screen". Click the link. Now you see an article about the first actor to play James Bond. Look at the picture below.

First 'James Bond' actor dies at 89 via kwout

Ok, let's start the webquest. Find the answers to these questions:

1. When was The Man with the Golden Gun released as a movie?
   
2. Who starred as James Bond in the Man with the Golden Gun?
3. What actress played Goodnight?
4. What actor played Scaramanga?

Ok now let's review last week's lesson. Click this link: Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 - Reading Unit 3 The Man with the Golden Gun.


Now let's learn suffixes used to form nouns, verbs and adjectives. Do exercise 1 and 2 on p. 24 in your textbook.  Next, let's learn about making negatives. Do excercise 3 on p. 24.
Now click this link: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/americanheadway/ahy_level2_home/
Choose Unit 3 Word Search.
Let's finish the lesson with silent reading or vocabulary study.
Thanks for a great lesson.

Toyo Gakuen University Freshman English 2 – Reading Unit 3: The Man with the Golden Gun

Lesson Goals:

To be able to:

• Score 100% on a quiz about Unit 2
• Write a comment on the Freshman English Reading Blog
• Write summary and a recommendation about a graded reader
• Show understanding of a story written in the past tense (過去形)
• Make inferences, read between the lines.

Part 1: Unit 2 Quiz (5 minutes)

If you finish the quiz early, please read your graded reader.

Part 2: Freshman English Reading Blog

• Click the link above
• Read Sarah’s reading review
• Scroll down. Read a reading review by a student
• Write a reading review in the Comment box at the bottom of the page

Part 3: Vocabulary

• Click this link: http://quizlet.com/321740/ah2-unit-3-flash-cards/
• Study the flashcards

Part 4: Reading – The Man with the Golden Gun pp. 22-23

Before you read:

• Click the link: http://fereading.edublogs.org/unit-three/
• Watch the video.
• Talk about the video. Ask your partner these questions:
  1. Have you seen The Man with the Golden Gun?
  2. Do you like James Bond?
  3. Have you seen any other Bond movies? If yes, which Bond movies?
• Turn to p.22. Look at the pictures. Listen to the beginning of the story. Answer the questions.

While you read

• Scan the story. Underline all the words you don’t know. Look up the words in your dictionary.
• Read the story again. Answer the questions.

After you read

• Look at the pictures again. Tell the story to your partner in your
  own words.

Homework

• Click 基礎英語2 Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary List
• Log in to smart.fm
• Do the iKnow lesson, Dictation and BrainSpeed

Thanks for a great class!!

Toyo Gakuen University: Freshman English 2 – Reading: Unit 2: Living in the U.S.A

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Lesson Goals

To be able to:

• Write a short report about a Book
• Make a list of words related to the topic - The United States
• Make a list on smart.fm
  
• Compare the stories of three immigrants to the U.S.
• Relate the readings to your own life

Part 1: Sustained silent Reading (SSR)

• Read your graded reader for 5 minutes

Part 2: Extensive Reading Book Report

• Use the form Extensive Reading Book Report form. The form is in the lecture folder. Fill in the form with information about a graded reader that you have read.
  

Part 3: Vocabulary

• Click this link: FE2 Pre-Intermediate Reading Unit 1. Click iKnow. Review the vocabulary from unit 1. Do the lesson.
• Scan pp.14 and 15 of your textbook. Find 5 words that you don't know well. Underline the words in the text. Watch and listen to Mr. Stout. Make a vocabulary study list on smart.fm.
• Look at the flash cards below.

More flashcards, word search, and hangman provided by StudyStack.com

Part 4: Reading - Living in the U.S.A

Before you read - Thinking about the topic

• Watch the video "Living in America ". Make a list of things you see and hear.

Jigsaw Reading

• Do activities 2 - 5 on p.14

After you read: What do you think?

• Write 3-5 sentences about living in Japan. Use the form below to help you.

Living in Japan

There are several things I like about living in Japan. First_______________________. Also___________________.  Finally__________________.

• Write 3 questions that you would like to ask a foreign person living in Japan.
  

FE2 Reading - Unit 1: People the Great Communicators

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Today we start the first unit in our text book.
Let's start by thinking about the topic. Look at the pictures here. What kind of communication is happening?

Flickr photo originally uploaded by Akbar Simonse

 Flickr photo originally uploaded by Dia™

Flickr phoyo originally uploaded by Teone!

Now open the lecture folder and save today's handout.
Let's enjoy today's lesson!

FE2 Reading - Lesson 1

Welcome to Freshman English 2 Reading. In our first lesson we are going to learn about the course. This semester we will be doing many things including Extensive Reading, Intensive Reading, and vocabulary study.

Click these links to learn about Extensive Reading:

グレイディッド・リーダーとは何でしょうか？

めざせ100万語！多読で学ぶSSS英語学習法
Graded Reading

Click these links to see some great websites for vocabulary learning:

Unit 1 Study Stack Vocabulary Flash Cards
Unit 1 Quizlet Vocabulary Flashcards
Unit 1 smart.fm vocabulary list

Click here for a link to a website with exercises for American Headway 2

I think you will really enjoy this course. Let's enjoy reading together!

東洋学園 University - Classes Begin!

Today is the first day of classes. Today is the first time we will meet. I made a slideshow about me. Please watch the slideshow. Click this link: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/first-day-of-school-introductions.html
Watch the slideshow. Answer the questions on the handout.
Next, here are some websites we will use this year:

smart.fm is a great website for learning vocabulary. Click here to see a video about how to use iKnow on smart.fm.

Click the link to see an one of the vocabulary lists that you can study using smart.fm - 基礎英語　ステップ1

You can find more great links on the English Lounge Self Study page.
Now click the link for your course:
Interest-based English 4 - Homestay
Introduction to Business English A

Last, please leave me a comment. Tell me about your first day of classes.