Our summers (Part 4)

Hello to all my students,

Here is Part 4 in our series of summer paragraphs! Let's look at these:

I went to Hakodate with my family for seven days. I went to Mt Hakodate and mother’s parents house and I ate Chinese noodles, a lot of seafood and melons. I saw the beautiful view and sea from Mt. Hakodate. Hakodate is a very beautiful city, so I liked it, and the view, very much.

After my trip, I started a part-time job at a drug store. It is a hard job, but I also really enjoyed it. Even with this work, I really enjoyed the summer vacation.

Okay! Now let's look at this one:

I went to an amusement park in Yamanashi with my friend. We went there by train. There were many roller coasters and everyone screamed when they rode on them. It was very fun! During the summer vacation, I also worked a part-time job in a bar. Many customers came and I had many chances to communicate with them. My place of work was very fun.

I returned to my family home and went shopping with them, and met my sister’s son for the first time. When I brought my hand close to him, he grasped my finger. He was very cute!

I watched a movie called Armageddon. It was a man’s story, who was an oilman. I was very moved by it, and I listened to its theme song many times. 

I also read many novels written by Mitsuki Tsujimura. I’m a big fan of her work. Her novels made me feel sad and painful, but they are interesting, so I can be absorbed by them. 

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I had a part-time job during almost the whole summer vacation. I worked at McDonald's. From working so much, my skills have developed much better. I can do a lot of things much more than before, so it was a good experience.

Not all was work, however. I went to Tokyo Summerland too, even though I hate water that so many  people like to play in. It has an amusement park, however, so as a result I could enjoy the day, even being afraid of the water!

How about this one:

I went to Niigata with my friend by shinkansen. We got driver’s licenses there. We went to a driving school, studied driver’s education, and practiced driving everyday. We went to the beach after school and ate some nice dinners every night, mainly Japanese or Chinese food. some of the dishes we had were things like tenshinhan, tonkatsu, and hiyashityuka. We shared a room with both Japanese and Chinese students. One Chinese student we got to know was very smart. He could speak Chinese, Japanese and English fluently. Overall, it was a great trip and great summer. 

Great! Now here's this one:

I went to Yamanashi with my teammates for one week. We joined a training camp. It was very hard, tired and long, but full of precious, happy memories. We did many things there, and tried some new things. For example, I ate a camembert cheese parfait. It was delicious!! Near there, we could enjoy Mt. Fuji. It was beautiful and large. I enjoyed this summer vacation.

These sound like great summer memories!

I'll see you all after the university festival. If you participate in it, good luck. If you go there, have a great time!

See you later! 

Our summers (Part 3)

Hello to all my students,

Here are more of your summer paragraphs. Check these great ones out!

Here's one: 

I went to Canada for three weeks by plane. I went there with my mother, sister and brother to meet my father. My father lives in Toronto near the Toronto airport. He works for Honda there. We stayed at my father’s house, and we went to Niagara Falls, the Wonderland amusement park, the CN Tower and some good old places. At Niagara Falls, I saw the American and Canadian sides. Both falls were so powerful. There were many people there too. I walked also the souvenir streets, and it was interesting. At Wonderland, the roller coaster was fun. I was saturated by it! I ate a big pizza too.

I lived in Toronto when I was little, and I visited the kindergarten and elementary school I went to. It was good and old, but I didn’t want to spend so much time there. I saw my old house too, but I couldn’t see my old neighbors. I really wanted to see them. My house had became a little dirty. I ate more pizza, hotdogs, and hamburgers at The Keg, a restaurant. We ate steak too. It was tender and delicious, but expensive. I liked it.

I felt Toronto’s temperature was colder than Tokyo, but I enjoyed this summer.

Great! Now how about this:

I enjoyed my summer vacation. I went to Disneyland with my friends. I rode on the roller coaster. It was very fun, and after I ate popcorn, pumpkin ice cream and other delicious food, so I was very happy. We enjoyed the electrical parade too. The beautiful lights were so bright in the dark night. We bought many souvenirs, like cookies for my family, and some character goods for my sister. My family were very pleased, and I become happy when I brought these to them.

We enjoyed ourselves very much, and we promised ourselves that we would come again.

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I went to Aomori with my family by car. It was very long trip that took my father eight hours to drive.

Aomori was very hot, but my grandparents were very fine. They have a very large field which we enjoyed. 

The Aomori beaches are very beautiful and very clean. The first day we played around there. There were many different kinds of sea food, such as hotate, ikura, uni, salmon and so on.  I ate some delicious food. It was very fun.

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Most of my summer vacation was made up of club activities. I belong to cheerleading club, so I went to training camp three times. The training camp was very hard but the bond with my friends in the club deepened. Through this camp, my dance improved and my skill increased. We all had a barbecue and lit fireworks together. 

I also went to Sendai in August to do some volunteer work. I helped to encourage people in the stricken area and cultivated some oysters. After, I went to Niigata and did some more cheerleading practice. Overall, I was able to have many experiences in my summer vacation. They were both fun and serious, but I had a good time. 

There are still some of you who haven't sent me your paragraphs. Keep them coming in! I'll look forward to posting them here. 

Until then, see you soon!