Freshman English Reading B: About deserts・砂漠について

Hello!

How are you? Today, to go with our first reading, let's look a little more at deserts (砂漠).  

Activity/homework

What is a desert? This short video will show you about what a desert is. 

(If you have trouble seeing this video below, go to this link here.)

What do you see in the video? What surprises you the most? What did you not know?

I hope this will be interesting for you. 

NEW! Here are the board notes for our first class on 9/18:

See you next time!

Image: By Benutzer:Elian - Own work. Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25470

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom use only.

Freshman English Reading B: About deserts・砂漠について

Hello!

How are you? Today, to go with our first reading, let's look a little more at deserts (砂漠).  

Activity/homework

What is a desert? This short video will show you about what a desert is. 

(If you have trouble seeing this video below, go to this link here.)

What do you see in the video? What surprises you the most? What did you not know?

I hope this will be interesting for you. 

NEW! Here are the board notes for our first class on 9/18:

See you next time!

Image: By Benutzer:Elian - Own work. Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25470

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom use only.

Writing English A: Describing places・場所を描写して

Hello!

How are you? Let's look at some pictures of places. 

Look at this picture above of a hill. What comes to your mind when you see this picture? What do you think of? How do you feel? What images do you get about these hills? 

Activity/homework

Look at these pictures of places. 

Choose three (3) of these places, and write one (1) short paragraph about each place you chose. (You can choose the picture at the top as one of your places to write about.) 

What comes to your mind when you see these places? What do you think of? How do you feel? What images do you get? 

Write these short paragraphs in your notebooks. 

Mountain

River

Volcano

Rainforest

Desert

Have fun playing with your ideas! 

Take care! Have a great Golden Week!

Images: Top - Personal photograph/Mountain -personal photograph/River - By Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13208330/Volcano - By Nc tech3 at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9013884/Rainforest - By Makemake at the German language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63465/Desert - By Rife Charie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/deserts-public-domain-images-pictures/desert-beauty-landscape.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24896551/All images except top from Wikimedia Commons/All rights reserved on personal photograph

Freshman Reading 1B: About deserts・砂漠について

Hello!

How are you? Today, to go with our first reading, let's look a little more at deserts (砂漠).  

Activity/homework

What is a desert? This short video will show you about what a desert is. 

(If you have trouble seeing this video below, go to this link here.)

What do you see in the video? What surprises you the most? What did you not know?

I hope this will be interesting for you. 

See you next time!

Image: By Benutzer:Elian - Own work. Transferred from de.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25470

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom use only.

Writing English 2A: Describing places・場所を描写して

Hello!

How are you? Let's look at some pictures of places. 

Look at this picture above of a mountain. What comes to your mind when you see this picture? What do you think of? How do you feel? What images do you get about mountains? 

Activity

Look at these pictures of places. 

Choose three (3) of these places, and write one (1) short paragraph about each place you chose. (You can choose the mountain picture above as one of your places to write about.) 

What comes to your mind when you see these places? What do you think of? How do you feel? What images do you get? 

Write these short paragraphs in your notebooks. 

River

Volcano

Rainforest

Desert

Have fun playing with your ideas! 

Take care! See you next week!

Images: Top - personal photograph/River - By Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13208330/Volcano - By Nc tech3 at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9013884/Rainforest - By Makemake at the German language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63465/Desert - By Rife Charie, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/deserts-public-domain-images-pictures/desert-beauty-landscape.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24896551/All images except top from Wikimedia Commons/All rights reserved on personal photograph