Day 10 - Last Day!

It's the last day! Yoku gambatta!

What are some things you like and don't like about your part-time job?

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Feedback Time on Manaba

Crosswords

Songs (Do 3 of 4 or all 4 if you like):

• Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
• Bon Jovi - It's My Life
• Avril Lavigne - Complicated
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Day 9 - Quiz Day

We will have a vocabulary quiz 3rd period today (13:00). Please be on time and be ready.

ESL Videos

• Sorry - Justin Bieber
• I Got You - Jack Johnson
• The Circle of Life - The Lion King (long intro; sorry)

Day 8 - Movie Day

Vocabulary Quiz is Monday, 3rd Period. Don't be absent! Please study!

What can you tell me about Japanese yokai? Can you tell me anything about ...

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  Amabie
• Tatsu
• Kirin
• Ningyo
• Zashiki Warashi
• Tanuki
• Kitsune / Yako
• Yamanba
• Yuki Onna
• Tsuchigumo
• Tengu
• Kappa
• Yurei
• Oni
• Ijin
• Chochin Obake
• Gashadokuro
• Kuchisake Onna
• Mizuchi

Pizza Delivery Story

Picture Differences

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Vocabulary from Sept. 2:

• abandoned
• polluted
• twins
• haunted
• cemetery
• environment

Meet after lunch (13:00) in the library lobby. - Friday, Sept. 2

All Vocabulary so far

Vocabulary Quiz will be Monday 3rd Period; please study!

Vocabulary Exercise

1. Choose a word from the vocabulary lists
2. Everyone should have a different word
3. Look up the translation
4. Look up the definition
5. Find the word in context in two sentences
6. Teach the word to the class
   
   

Vocabulary from Sept. 2:

• abandoned
• polluted
• twins
• haunted
• cemetery
• environment
  
  

Vocabulary from Sept. 1:

• permission
• rat
• glow (v)
  
  

Vocabulary from Aug. 31:

• propose (v)
• tie the knot
• divorce (v) / divorce (n)
• approve (v)
• sort of
• thoughtful
• improve (v)
• increase (v)
• ladder
• shovel

Vocabulary from Aug. 30:

• invitation
• invite (v)
• accept  (v)
• decline (v)
• refuse (v)
• disgrace
• in particular
• embarrassing
• gambling

Vocabulary from Aug. 29:

• rare
• medium
• well-done
• starter or appetizer
• refrigerator
• freezer
• microwave oven
• range or stove
• food processor
• marinate
• bourbon
• kid (v) / kidding
• bunch
• knife / knives
• embarrassed
• definitely
• sip
• Be my guest.

Vocabulary from Aug. 26:

• blurry
• apologize
• shout
• award
• suddenly
• smiling
• expecting
• pregnant
• biography
• fight (v) / fought (v. past)
• wear (v) / wore (v. past)

Vocabulary from Aug. 25:

• intersection
• bouquet
• pharmacy
• fever
• florist
• dry cleaner
• stamps
• afford (v)
• comfortable
• ridiculous
• swerve (v)
• aggressive
• admire (v)
• old-fashioned

Vocabulary from Aug. 24:

• carbohydrates (carbs)
• rhyme (v)
• set (v)
• spend  (v)
• last (v)
• weigh (v)
• measure (v)
• beat (v)
• hide (v) / hid (v. past)
• linger (v)
• equator
• North Pole
• Arctic Circle
• history
• biology
• science
• algebra

Day 7 - Asking Permission

Hey, can I borrow your ...?

Ex. 2 audio

Listening Task - 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

ELLLO.org - House Guest

Vocabulary Exercise

1. Choose a word from the vocabulary lists
2. Everyone should have a different word
3. Look up the translation
4. Look up the definition
5. Find the word in context in two sentences
6. Teach the word to the class

ESL Videos

• Sorry - Justin Bieber
• I Got You - Jack Johnson
• The Circle of Life - The Lion King (long intro; sorry)

Day 6 - Relationships

Good morning! Today we will do a discussion topic about 'relationships.'

Forever Single PDF / Audio 🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊

Finding the Right One PDF / Audio  🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊 

Learning Chocolate - Marital Status

ELLLO.org - Relationships (choose 1)

• Long Distance Relationships
• Love and Relationships in France
• The Break Up
• Love at First Sight

Presentation Video.

Scrambled Stories.

Closer

Vocabulary from Aug. 31:

• propose (v)
• tie the know
• divorce (v) / divorce (n)
• approve (v)
• sort of
• thoughtful
• improve (v)
• increase (v)
• ladder
• shovel

Day 5 - Making Invitations

Making an Invitation

Lena: Hi, Jade. Listen, would you like to see a movie tonight?
Jade: I'm sorry, but I have to babysit.
Lena: Oh, then how about tomorrow night?
Jade: Yeah, that sounds great. Let's go tomorrow.
Lena: Great! Let's meet at the bus stop after school.
Jade: Sure. OK.

audio

Would you like to ...?
Do you want to ...?
Wanna ...?

Conversational English - Invitations

Listening Task - audio

Making, Accepting and Declining Invitations (from MyEnglishPages.com)

Making invitations (link)

Do you know how to invite someone to your house for dinner or to go to the movies? 
What do you say in English when someone invites you? 
Here are some common expressions you can use when making or responding to invitations

Inviting:

• Do you want to go to the movies tonight?
• Would you like to go to the theater tomorrow?
• Would you be interested in going to the the stadium next Sunday?
• How do you fancy going to the the restaurant for dinner?
• How about going to the movies?
• Care to come over for lunch?
• I was just wondering if you would like to come over for a drink.
• We'd be delighted to have you over for my birthday party.

Accepting invitations:

• Sure. What time?
• I'd love to, thanks.
• That's very kind of you, thanks.
• That sounds lovely, thank you.
• What a great idea, thank you.
• Sure. When should I be there?

Declining invitations:

• I can't.  I have to work.
• This evening is no good.  I have an appointment.
• I'm busy tomorrow.  Can I take a rain check* on that? 
• That's very kind of you, but actually I'm doing something else this afternoon.
• Well, I'd love to, but I'm already going out to the restaurant.
• I'm really sorry, but I've got something else on.
• I really don't think I can - I'm supposed to be doing something else.

(*rain check: used to tell someone that you cannot accept invitations now, but would like to do so at a later time).

Six invitations - What is the activity? Does the person accept or decline? audio

Perfect by Ed Sheeran

We Will Rock You by Queen

Vocabulary from Aug. 30:

• invitation
• invite (v)
• accept  (v)
• decline (v)
• refuse (v)
• disgrace
• in particular
• embarrassing
• gambling

Day 4 - How was your weekend?

How was your weekend? What did you do?

Now let's talk about food.

• Did you eat out this weekend?
• Did you eat at home?
• Did you cook? If not you, who cooked?
• What did you have?
• Did you eat breakfast today?
• What did you have?

Which types of food go with these verbs?

1. boil, fry, poach, scramble
2. peel, bake, mash, fry
3. fry, grill, broil, gut, eat raw
4. mince, cut, roast, grill, fry, marinate
5. peel, slice, cut, blend

What thing in your home do you use to do these things?

1. keep food cold
2. keep food frozen
3. bake something
4. boil something
5. turn bread into toast
6. heat something quickly
7. cut, chop and mix food easily
8. wash your dishes

Dining conversation audio at ELLLO.org

At the Restaurant Conversation

Dining Conversation Phrases

Pulp Fiction (1994) trailer

Jack Rabbit Slims

Vocabulary from Aug. 29:

• rare
• medium
• well-done
• starter or appetizer
• refrigerator
• freezer
• microwave oven
• range or stove
• food processor
• marinate
• bourbon
• kid (v) / kidding
• bunch
• knife / knives
• embarrassed
• definitely
• sip
• Be my guest.

Book Report

Read a book and talk about it to your group.

Did you find any vocabulary words in your book? What were they?

Vocabulary from Aug. 26:

• blurry
• apologize
• shout
• award
• suddenly
• smiling
• expecting
• pregnant
• biography
• fight (v) / fought (v. past)
• wear (v) / wore (v. past)

Day 3 - Going to ...

What are you going to do this weekend?

• I'm going to read a book.
• My friend and I are going to go to a movie.
• If the weather's nice, I'm going to go to the beach.
• If it rains, we're going to go shopping at a mall in Yokohama.

"going to" is about future plans

'be' verb + going to + verb

Future with 'going to' I'm going to ... You're going to ... He's going to ... She's going to ... It's going to ...

We’re going to ... You're going to ... They’re going to ...

Future with 'going to' (Negative) I'm not going to ... You're not going to ... He's not going to ... She's not going to ... It's not going to ...

We’re not going to ... You're not going to ... They’re not going to ...

Future in the past with 'going to' I was going to ... You were going to ... He was going to ... She was going to ... It was going to ...

We were going to ... You were going to ... They were going to ...

Future in the past with 'going to'  (Negative) I wasn’t going to ... You weren’t going to ... He wasn’t going to ... She wasn’t going to ... It wasn’t going to ...

We weren’t going to ... You weren’t going to ... They weren’t going to ...

Also, question forms: What are you going to ...? What were you going to ...? What is she going to ...? What were they going to ...? etc.

Example sentences:

• We were going to go to Osaka this summer, but because of Covid, we're going to stay in Yokohama.
• If I have time after work, I'm going to go to an izakaya. But if I have to work late, I'm not going to go out. I'm just going to go home.

Make an example conversation with a partner. How many variations of 'going to' can you use?

About vocabulary ...

• search each vocabulary word in a sentence (use Google)
• if you don't understand the sentence, use Google Translate
• make your own sentences with the word; check it using Google Translate
• to remember vocabulary, you have to practice words in context!

Day 2 - Daily Activities

Today you will make sentences in the simple present tense to talk about daily activities. Example: I usually get up at 6:30. Kevin will give you a handout.

In the afternoon, you will make a presentation about getting from point A to point B. You will explain each step using sentences in the simple present tense.

Can you access your Gmail on the school PC? You need to be able to do this.

Bring your student ID to class tomorrow!

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Afternoon activity ...

Today we'll make a Google slide show that explains how we get from Point A to Point B. We'll learn several things:

• how to use the Microsoft clipping tool
• how to use Google Maps Street View
• how to make a slide show on Google Drive
• how to share the slide show with others

We'll also practice the Simple Present Tense by explaining our route. Here's an example from Kevin. Actually, this is from when he lived in Kitakase near Shinkawasaki. (Now he lives in Tsurumi.)

4 Movie Trailers

On Friday, Sept. 2, we will watch a movie in English with English subtitles. Here are the 4 trailers. Please watch them, and we will choose one to watch.

Stand by Me (1986) drama about some friends who have an adventure in a small town in the USA; also unofficial fan trailer

Hairspray (2007) musical about an overweight girl with a great attitude who wants to appear on a dance show

Coraline (2009) animation/horror about a girl who finds a secret place in her home

Spirited Away (2001) animation/fantasy about a girl who must work in a bath house for spirits (English audio and English subtitles) ⇦ This movie was chosen #1! We will watch it in English on Friday afternoon, Sept. 2.

Survey link

Another trailer ....
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - We will do a movie trailer listening exercise today.

Vocabulary from Aug. 26:

• intersection
• bouquet
• pharmacy
• fever
• florist
• dry cleaner
• stamps
• afford (v)
• comfortable
• ridiculous
• swerve (v)
• aggressive
• admire (v)
• old-fashioned

Welcome to the 2022 Summer Intensive English Course!

I'm Kevin Miller. Let's have a nice 10 days together!

Our first class is Wednesday, August 24, 2nd period, room 404. Classes will be from 10:40 a.m. to 16:10 p.m. (2nd, 3rd, 4th periods). Lunchtime break is 12:10-13:00. Classes will be held on weekdays from 8/24 (Wed) to 9/6 (Tues).

Bring a pencil and notebook. 

Bring your student ID card every day. We will go to the library a few times.

You will need a gmail address for this class so you can log in to Google Drive. Please make a gmail account. If you already have one, be sure you know your gmail address and password so you can access Gmail on a school PC.

We will meet in Bld. 1, Room 404 in the morning. We will use room 403 when we need to use PCs.

Don't be absent. Don't be late.

What did you do during the summer break? - Padlet link

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About 'rhyme'

Do you understand the word 'rhyme'? It can be a noun or a verb.

These words rhyme:  son, one, fun, gun, none, run

These words rhyme:  care, bear, stare, fair, dare, rare, chair, scare

These words rhyme:  

• sorrow, borrow
• kitten, mitten, written
• banner, manner
• castle, hassle
• fearful, tearful
• master, faster
• river, liver, giver, shiver
• believe, deceive

Children's Nursery Rhymes

Most songs have rhymes!

Tale as Old as Time (from 'Beauty and the Beast')

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Bitter sweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun
Rising in the East
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast

Yesterday (the Beatles)

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

So what's the point? Most songs have rhymes. When you listen to songs, try to hear the rhymes. Rhymes will help you guess the word.

Rhyming Pairs

Learning Chocolate

School Subjects

Vocabulary from Aug. 24:

• carbohydrates (carbs)
• rhyme (v)
• set (v)
• spend  (v)
• last (v)
• weigh (v)
• measure (v)
• beat (v)
• hide (v) / hid (v. past)
• linger (v)
• equator
• North Pole
• Arctic Circle
• history
• biology
• science
• algebra