Final writing project: writing about places review/場所・位置を書いてレビュー

Hello to all my students,

This is a review post on writing about places. If your final writing project is writing about places, then I hope seeing these pictures again will help you. 

Look at the picture above. What feelings do you get about the place in the picture? What adjectives (形容詞) do you think of when you see this place? 

Review activity (for groups writing about places)
You wrote about places in the spring semester. I know you can look at the paragraphs you wrote about, but you can also practice this activity again as a refresher with your group to help you write about places. 

Look at these pictures. Choose one, write a short paragraph of 4-5 sentences about it, and share it with your group members. Here is an example about the picture below - the ancient ruins of Delphi in Greece.

例えば：

The ancient ruins of Delphi have inspired many throughout history, and this is how it inspires me. When I see a site such as this, the past and the present come together, and I feel we are not only seeing history, but living it too. I have never been to Greece, but some day I want to go. When I do, this place will be on my list of things to see. 

You do not have to do any of these, but they might help you to refresh your writing about places. Try one with your group members! 

  

Have fun!

Photo credits (in order): "Gate in Silhouette" (personal image)/"Ancient Ruins In Delphi" (courtesy of thephotoholic)/"Great Wall Of China" (courtesy of cescassawin)/ "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/"Sydney Opera House At Night" (courtesy of Susie B)/"New York Times" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/"Japanese Street Festival" (personal image)/All pictures except "Gate in Silhouette" and "Japanese Street Festival" from FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

Final project notes/期末プロジェクトのノート

Hello to all my students,

Image "Notes" courtesy of healingdream/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Here are the board notes I made today for all of you. Take a look at them to refresh yourselves. (4限 students - they are a little different from the notes I made for you, but basically they show the same points, rules and guidelines to follow). 

First, look at these notes above. 

Check out these notes here too - they're really important. 

I will doublecheck with kyoumuka about the dates.  

Please remember that you if any of you do not want to work in a group, that's okay. Please tell me and you can email me. 

Email me at washizoraATgmailDOTcom anytime - and don't forget to cc me when you email each other in your groups!

Good luck! Let me know what you are doing. 

See you in class next week!

Email formatting, writing notes and homework/メールフォーマット、ノート、課題

Hello students,

How are you? This will be a quick post. As I said at the end of class today, I promised I would post the board notes about emailing, plus the homework. 

So please look at the picture at the top, and the pictures after with these board notes. I hope they will refresh you and help you with email writing. 

Please remember the right spacing, the capital letters (大文字) at the beginning of the first word of sentences, and spell checking - checking the right spelling of words. 

Good luck! Please don't forget today's homework - send me an email. In it, ask me any kind of question you want! 

See you next class!

Writing about music homework/音楽についてことの課題

Hello to all my students,

How are you? Thank you for your hard work today in class. 

I want to post the pictures of my board notes for all of you. I know many of you took your own pictures of the board notes, but I will post them here too. 

These notes are also important because this will be the biggest piece of writing you will do. It really is a writing project - so look at these:

Please look at these anytime - and don't forget your homework for next week. 

See you next class!

Writing about music/音楽についてことを書いて(Part 1)

Hello to all my students,

Image "New York Times" courtesy of Antoine Henrich/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Do you remember the four pieces of music I played for you in class before the university festival? we'll do something more with them today!

First step
Right now, I would like you to go through your paragraphs about those pieces of music. Choose two (2) of those pieces you wrote. Open up a new Word file, and type them. 

Second step
Now please listen to the first two pieces of music again - and this time to click on some videos of the first two artists whose pieces of music I played. I also have information links you can click on about these artists. 

Would these video images, and reading about these musicians, change your ideas about what you wrote? 

First - below is a link about the first piece of music you heard - Jacques Loussier and his version of J.S. Bach's "Siciliano in G Minor."  

Click here (ここにクリックしてください) for a video clip of Jacques Loussier and this Bach piece I played for you in class. 

If you want to know more about Jacques Loussier, click here (ここもクリックしてください）for a Wikipedia article (in Japanese) about him. 

Next - here is the second piece of music you heard - Ronny Jordan and his song "After Hours." 

Click here (ここにクリックしてください) for a video clip of Ronny Jordan playing the music I played for you in class. 

If you want to know more about Ronny Jordan, click here also (ここもクリックしてください) for a Wikipedia article (in Japanese) about him. 

What do you think of these musicians? Does seeing the artists' pictures or some image connected to the music, or reading about them on Wikipedia, change your own images of the music? 

Hope you enjoyed listening to them again. 

See you next time!

Writing about music/音楽についてことを書いて (Part 2)

Hello to all my students,

Image photographed from DVD cover for purposes of subject illustration. No copyright infringement intended. 
I do not own the rights to this image.

How are you? Here is Part 2 about the pieces of music I had played in class for you before the university festival. 


Click on this link to see a video (ここにくりっくしてください) about the third piece of music I played for you - Miles Davis' "Portia." 

If you want to know more about Miles Davis, click here (ここもクリックしてください) to read a Wikipedia article (in Japanese) about him. 

Now click here (ここにくりっくしてください) to see a video clip of the fourth piece of music  I played for you - Frank Zappa's "Little Umbrellas."  

If you want to know more about Frank Zappa, click here (ここもクリックしてください) to read a Wikipedia article (in Japanese) about him. 

Does seeing images to the music, or reading more about the artists, change your feelings or images about them? 

See you next time!

Comparison & contrast/比較対照

Hello to all my students, 

Image "Landscape Collage" courtesy of Gualberto107/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? I'm glad to be back with you after the university festival. Today, let's look at comparison and contrast (比較対照) between different places. 

Look at these pictures. Which kind of place would you like to live in? 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5.

6. 

Where would you like to live? Which place would you not like to live in? 

Have fun!

Image credits: 1. "Beautiful Sunset" (courtesy of Photokanok) 2. "New York Times" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich) 3. "Cotton Field" (courtesy of scottchan) 4. "Old Timber Barn" (courtesy of Poulsen Photo) 5. "Colorful Palace of Pena Landscape View in Sintra, Portugal (courtesy of artur84) 6. "Traditional Village" (courtesy of Witthaya Phonsawat)/All images from FreeDigitalPhotos.net