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.

Check this one out too!

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.

Look at this one:

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! 

Our summers (Part 2)

Hello to all my students,

How are you? Here is a Part 2 to our paragraphs on our summers. Let's check out some more of our classmates' summers. 

I edited some parts of these, but like with Part 1 I wanted your voices and feelings to come through. 

Here's one:

My summer vacation was very fun. I went to Tokyo Disneyland for three days. It was very hot, so I had to be tough.

Disneyland is my garden. My garden was fun everyday. The food was delicious. Pumpkin was the most delicious food. It was sweet and clear. Disneyland had a lot of pumpkins because of Halloween.

Furthermore the attractions were very fun. A star tour was the most fun attraction. It was a real picture and huge space. Finally, there was a parade that was very beautiful. It seems that it was the magic of the light. Disneyland was very hot, but I was happy. 

How about another? Look at this one:

I went back to Okinawa on August 9th. I went to Miyako island with my close friend. There we did sightseeing, went to many beaches, such as Kuruma big bridge, Irabu island, To-ri pond, Sawada beach and more. My favorite beach is Maehama, because it is so clean and clear! I played around in the water. I was really impressed! I ate a shark burger, a specialty of Miyako. It is a big burger and taste is similar to fish burger. It tasted so good. At night, I drank awamori with my close friends. It was very delicious! I had a great time in Miyako! When I came back to Saitama, I worked my part-time job almost everyday. I was so tired, but I enjoyed working with the other employees.

How about this one? 

I went to Shizuoka with my friends for four days. I swam in the ocean. It was beautiful, hot and crowded. I ate many seafood and kakigori, and saw fireworks at the ocean's surface. It was so great. 
I did a part-time job every weekend, and it was so busy. 
I had time to listen to some music, however, like White Ash, One Ok Rock, and so on. 
I also watched the latest Hayao Miyazaki movie, Kazetachinu. It was very interesting, and I want to watch it again. 

Here's another one: 

I returned to my parents’ home during the summer vacation. I went to the beach or fireworks display and had some barbecues. The time spent with my local friends and my family was very pleasant. I went to Disneyland with my university friends after returning to Saitama. My friends gave me the ticket of Disneyland as a birthday present. I was very much surprised and appreciated it, and I rode on many attractions. My most favorite attraction is Splash Mountain. It gave me a thrill and I was very happy,  but I got drenched by it! I had the best time during the summer vacation of this year.

Great! Check this one out:

I went to the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata. It’s a music festival where many musicians come from around the world to perform their music. I went there with my cousin who loves music. Of course I love it too! We listened to music all day long.

I listened to a lot of band’s music. My best act was Toro Y Moi, because I was dancing while listening to his music. I wasn’t disappointed by every band’s music, however, because all the other bands were good.

The food was also good too. I ate a lot and spent much money for it. I ate a kebab for the first time. It was so good.

It was rainy day when we went there, but sometimes the sun broke through the clouds. I saw beautiful mountains covered by fog.

I enjoyed the holiday, but I also worked hard too. I worked a part-time job 3 or 4 days a week as a cashier of a DIY store. My job didn’t seem to be difficult, but actually it was. The store was big, so I was confused when customers asked me things like, “where can I find this good?”

Overall, I was satisfied to do many things on my summer holiday!

Good! There's more to come in Part 3.