Essay prep.

I’ll introduce my movie essay team. Our team is Ruri Ito, Ayaka Yamasaki and me. We are going to watch Johnny Depp’s movies. Ruri is going to write about Pirates of The Caribbean. Ayaka is going to write about Alice in Wonderland. I am going to write about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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BR 2-21: Snow Magic!

"He doesn't like it at all!" (p.4)

Can you skiing?If you ski somewhere, you need a lot of snow to ski. If you go to snowy country, you can ski there. The people who live in snowy country can ski easily. However, what do you think the people who live in snowy country like snow or not? This book tells us a story about a man who doesn’t like warm weather. He lives in Minneapolis. This area is so cold because of a lot of snow, but sometimes, this area has warmer weather. It sounds good for people living in this area. In fact, many people who live in this area like this warmer weather because this area is always cold. However, a man doesn’t like this weather because he needs a lot of snow for living. He runs a ski resort. He uses man- made snow to open it during warmer weather.

I have skied when I was a high school student. It was difficult, but so fun. I think that his idea is good because the people who like skiing can ski even warmer weather. If you interested in it, please read this book.

Waring, Rob. (2008). Snow Magic! Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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One day

I’ll tell you about my holiday.

I usually get up at 10 o’clock in the morning on holiday. However, I get up at 8 o’clock in the morning when I have a part time job. So, I want to tell you about one day that I have a part time job.

First, I feed my pets. I have two dogs. Please look at the page 2. They are sleeping in this picture. They can eat their food quickly, so I take only 5 minutes.

Next, I have breakfast. I always eat Japanese for breakfast. The picture of the page 3 is my ideal breakfast.

After the breakfast, I clean my room. I want a Roomba. I think that it is very useful because it doesn’t need outlet, and it is not too big.

Next, I usually watch TV. It is P-League. It is my favorite TV show. I watch it every week. If you interested in bowling, I recommend it.

Next, I eat lunch. I like walnut bread, so I often eat it for lunch. I often eat it with coffee. It is my favorite lunch menu for me.

After the lunch, I go to my part time job. I work at the shoes shop in my hometown. I usually work for 6 hours. It is not hard for me because my job is like window shopping.

After that, I watch Youtube. I often watch music video, or comedy video. Sometimes, I do my assignment watching music video. It is very fun.

Finally, I take a bath. This time is my relaxing time for me. I take a bath for 40 minutes at least. I found some interesting bathing powder on the internet. If you find these bathing powders somewhere, please tell me.

Thank you for watching!

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Essay 2-02b: My favorite place

I'll tell you about my favorite place. My favorite place is my grandparent’s houses.  It is the best place all over the world for me. There are four reasons. First reason is to meet my grandparents. Second is to watch TV with my grandparents. Third, my grandparents give me something to eat. Finally, there are good natures around mu grandparent’s houses.

When I go to my grandparents houses, they are always in there. They are not living with me, so I often go to their house to meet them. Their house and my house are not far, so if you go there by car, you can arrive there for 10 minutes. However, there is no time to go their house for me because of college, or part time job.  They are very kind, so they always listen to my stories about college, part time job or friends when I go to their house. This is the first reason why My grandparent’s house is good place.

When I go to my grandparents houses, they are often watching TV. That is news program, period play or baseball games. My grandfather like baseball, so he watched Kousien games that on TV during summer vacation. I seldom watch baseball game on TV, but when I go to their house, I watch it with my grandfather. It is a good time for me because he teaches me baseball rules. My grandfather also likes period play TV. His favorite period play TV is Mito-Koumon. It is very famous TV program. He recorded it every week before. When I was child, he had been watching it. It was bored for me because I couldn't understand it, so I wanted to change channel. However, I couldn't it because I knew that he liked Mito-Koumon. It is good memory for me. Watching TV is my grandfather’s hobby, so we enjoy it together.

When I go to my grandparents houses, they give me something to eat. My grandmother is good at cooking. My favorite food that my grandmother made is Strawberry Daifuku, so I often request it. I don't cook at my house, but in my grandparents’ house, I often help my grandmother cooking. It is good thing for me.

Finally, there are good natures around my grandparent’s houses. There are river, trees and many rice fields. On the other hand, there is no shop, for example, super market or gas station near their house, so it is very silent. In summer, you can see fireflies. It is very beautiful. Good natures around their house make me relax.

My grandparent’s houses are my favorite place. The reasons are meeting my grandparent, watching TV with my grandparents, giving me my favorite foods and having good natures. Their house is the best place for me because they are very kind, and their house is relaxation place for me. I want to their house as much as possible.

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My favorite car

My favorite car is my car. My car is fit, and my car's color is silver. I always come to KGU by car. I have to drive for fifty minutes every day. It sounds like very hard. However, I don't think so because my car is very comfortable. I always come to KGU listening to music. It is a good time. I can watch DVDs in my car, but I don't do it because I think it is dangerous to drive. My car is not too big, so you can turn the corner easily. The good point of my car is very economical on gas. I go to gas station once in ten days. I need a lot of money to keep my car. For example, I need money for gasoline, automobile inspection and parking. So, I have to work. But, it is not hard for me because I like my car very much.

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My favorite sport to play

My favorite sport to play is volley ball. When I was a high school student, I had a sport contest. We called it "Class match". We had to choose a sport that you want to play, and played it with other class. I always chose volley ball. I am not good at ball game, so I don't like ball game to play. However, I can play only volley ball, because it is very fun. When I was a freshman at KGU, I took a volley ball class. In our team, there was a friend who was good at volley ball. She taught me how to pass a ball well. Thanks to her teaching, our team often won. It is good memory for me. Now, I have no chance to play volley ball because I am not belong to any club. So, I watch volley ball games on TV, and enjoy it.

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My favorite singer

My favorite singer is Ayaka. She is a Japanese famous singer. I think that Mikazuki is the best song all of her songs. When I go to karaoke, I always sing this song. She sings this song in English. I like it, too. Her voice is amazing. She married with famous Japanese actor. It was very happy news for me. However, she stopped singing at the time because of illness. It was very sad for me. She started to sing songs again last year. I was very happy. I bought the first CD that she started to sing again. I listen to it in the car. Thanks to her songs, I enjoy driving. I have never gone to her concert. She is popular singer, so it will be difficult to get a ticket of concert. Bout, I like her very much, so I really want to go to her concert someday.

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BR 2-20: The Last of the Cheju Divers

"They didn't have a choice."   (p. 12)

This book tells us about haenyos in Cheju Island, South Korea. Haeyos means professional diver. All of haeyos in Cheju are female, and they don’t use oxygen tanks when they dive into the sea. According to this book, their job is difficult and very dangerous. Do you know why they do such a job, instead of dangerous? The reason is no choice they have. They were born in a sea village, so they had to be a woman diver. However, it is changing now. Woman diver can get a lot of money because the seafoods that they catch make a lot of money, so they can give a chance to educate their children. Their children can have many choices.

I think that woman diver is so cool job because they proud of their job. Everyone can’t become woman diver because it is very difficult and dangerous, so it is valuable job. If you interested in it, please read this book.

Waring, Rob. (2008). The Last of the Cheju Divers. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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My favorite TV show

My favorite TV show is P-League. It is a kind of sport TV show. That sport is bowling. The people who appear it are female. Most of them are pro bowler, so you can watch a high level game on TV. All of them are fashionable. One pro bowler wears a cloth like a cowboy. It is very cute. This TV show has a hard rule. If you lose the first round, you can’t join next tournament. So, all of them don't give up to the last. The interesting point of this TV show is unique nickname. They get own nickname when they join the game for the first time. My favorite bowler's nickname is "The miracle fighter of Hakata". I don't know who named it, but all of them feel happy to get own nickname, I think. This TV show is very fun, so please watch it.

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My favorite motto

My favorite motto is "Look up when I walk down". It is the title of famous song. This motto turns anxious things I feel into positive thinking. For example, When I have to speech a few days later, I always feel nervous, and I may worry about it for a few days. However, it is   a meaningless thing because I have to speech, even if I worry about it. So, I don't think deeply about it, and I image the next day. However, I have a trouble when I talk with my friend about her worry because I can't give to her a good advice. I only say "Don't think deeply". If I were in her position, I would think that it is not good and useful advice. So, my friends talk with me about their worried. It is a little sad thing, but I look up when I walk down.

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My favorite color

My favorite color is blue. I like white and black, but blue is the best for me. I have a lot of blue goods. For example, those are pens, a wallet and a water bottle. Blue is beautiful and cool. Women usually like pink, red or yellow, but I don't like it because I don't like light color. My image of blue is sky, sea and the earth. All of them are nature. So, I think that blue is important color for the earth. Blue is good for diet. When you eat something with the blue dishes, you lose your appetite because there are nothing blue foods. I have never tried to it, but I think that it is very interesting if it is true. If you have blue dishes or blue lunch box, please try to it.

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BR 2-19: One Boy's Journey

"Because it may determine his future."  (p. 8)

This book tells us about a boy living in the town of Diafarabe, Mari. The boy’s name is Yoro. According to this book, Yoro has a very important work. If he can’t success it, he is not considered to be a man, and he can’t marry with his girlfriend. The important work is the dangerous journey with cattle. The main reason of this journey is to feed cattle because the area Yoro lives is dry, and there are not enough feed.

I think that Yoro is a brave man because he is still 16 years olds when he starts his journey. He has to walk all a day without sleeping. If they stop walking at the evening, they might be killed by hyenas. It is very dangerous. If you were in his position, could you do that like him? I can’t do that. However, it is a kind of traditional rites. Many countries have own traditional rites. It is very interesting for me. Sometimes, I find dangerous rites. I don’t know it is good or bad for people who do it. However, I want to learn more about it. If you interested in it, I recommend this book.

Waring, Rob. (2008). One Boy's Journey. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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restaurant

The name of our restaurant is P&D. P means poison, and D means dangerous. Our restaurant use very dangerous foods. For example, those are army ant, tarantula, cobra and scorpion. We give you salad, main dishes, rice, pizza, pasta, dessert and drink. I recommend you Jelly fish salad. It is very healthy. It is one of my favorite dishes. I also like Strawberry snake short cake. Do you know Strawberry snake. It is called “Hebi-ichigo” in Japanese. Its taste is good, and the appearance is so pretty. By the way, do you know why we can give you these dangerous foods? The reason is having special license. Everyone working this restaurant have to get a license to cook dangerous foods. Even waiter and waitress have to get this license because they sometimes have to explain about these dangerous dishes. If you interested in these dangerous foods, please come to our restaurant!

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BR 2-18: Puffin Rescue

"She then adds that...."  (p. 7)

This book tells us about the people who rescue young puffins. The place of this story is Heimaey, Iceland. The children of Heimaey have been saving young puffins for a long time, according to this book. If they don’t do that, young puffins may die. So, the children’s job is very important. It sounds like hard for children because they have to take care of young puffins. Actually, the children enjoy taking care of it.

I think that the people of Heimaey are very kind. They patrol to find puffins each night at the end of the summer because puffins may confuse and crash into something. It is very hard work. If I were in their position, I couldn’t do that each night. I think that the children who living in Heimaey will become a kind man. This is the very interesting and heartwarming story, so please read it.

Waring, Rob. (2008). Puffin Rescue. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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video from English Central

This video is so funny.  This dog can speak. Do you understand? This video is 90 second length. It is not long. Please watch this video!

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My favorite elementary school memory

My favorite elementary memory is school trip. It was the first school trip. I went to Nagasaki, and I learned about the atomic bomb. I listened to man's story who was experienced the atomic bomb. I don't remember the story's detail, but I still remember that the story was terrible. My favorite point of this trip was night view in Nagasaki City. It was very beautiful, so I took a lot of pictures about it. I still have those pictures. The second day of this trip, I went to zoo. I watched a lot of kinds of animal. It was very fun for me because I like animal so much. I liked that zoo. After this trip, we had to write a report about this trip, so I wrote about that zoo. This trip was very good for me.

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Essay 2-02a: my favorite place

I'll tell you about my favorite place. My favorite place is my grandparent’s houses. There are three reasons. First, I can meet my grandparents when I go to their house. Second, I can watch TV with my grandparents. Third, they give me something to eat.

When I go to my grandparents houses, I always can meet them. I am not living with them, so I often go to their house to meet them. Their house and my house are not far, so I can go there by car. However, I am busy because I have to go to college on weekday, and I have to go my part time job on holiday. So, I don’t have enough time to go to their house.  They are very kind, so they always listen to my stories about college, part time job or friends when I go to their house.  I like them so much.

When I go to my grandparents houses, they are often watching TV. That is news program, period play or baseball games. My grandfather like baseball, so he watched Kousien games that on TV during summer vacation. I seldom watch baseball game on TV, but when I go to their house, I watch it with my grandfather. I think that it is a good time. My grandfather also likes period play TV. His favorite period play TV is Mito-Koumon. It is very famous TV program. He recorded it every week before. When I was child, he had been watching it. I was bored then because I couldn't understand it, so I wanted to change channel. However, I couldn't it because I knew that he liked Mito-Koumon.

When I go to my grandparents houses, they give me something to eat. My grandmother is good at cooking. My favorite food that my grandmother made is Strawberry Daifuku, so I often request it. I don't cook at my house, but in my grandparents’ house, I often help my grandmother cooking. My grandfather likes sweets, so he often gives me ice cream when I go to their house.

I like my grandparent’s houses very much. The reasons are meeting my grandparent, watching TV with my grandparents and giving me my favorite foods when I go to their house. I like them very much because they are very kind, and their house is relaxation place for me. I want to their house as much as possible. 

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BR 2-17: The Missing Snows of Kilimanjaro

"Hopefully people will learn...."  (p. 19)

Do you know Mt. Kilimanjaro? It is a glacier mountain. It is very big mountain, so it is called the roof of Africa. This book tells us about Mt. Kilimanjaro. Many people go to Mt. Kilimanjaro to climb it, or to see it. Hemingway who was a famous American writer and climber said that Mt. Kilimanjaro is great, high and unbelievable white in the sun. I think that Mt. Kilimanjaro is a treasure of the world. However, the snow of the mountain is getting disappear because of global warming. According to this book, experts predict that the mountain’s glacier could completely disappear by 2020. It is 8 years later from now. It is very sad things if it is true.

I think that this book is shocking because glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro could disappear 8 years later. I don’t know what I can do, but I don’t want to see the disappearance of it. So, I think that we have to learn about global warming, and we have to think what we should do for the earth. If you interested in it, please read it.

Waring, Rob. (2008). The Missing Snows of Kilimanjaro. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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BR 2-16: The Giant's Causeway

"But where does the Giant's .....?"  (p. 6)

Do you know the Giant’s Causeway? It is in Northern Ireland. This book tells us about it. It is the first World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Many visitors go to there to see it. It has a lot of legend. For example, those are the origin of the Giant’s Causeway, or the mystery of the Giant’s Causeway. There is a big discussion about the beginning of the Giant’s Causeway. The most interesting point is having a chance to make each visitors story about the Giant’s Causeway because it don’t have an exactly story.

I think that making own story about any place is very interesting things like the Giant’s Causeway story. When I go somewhere to see the World Heritage Site, I want to enjoy not only buildings or nature, but also atmosphere of that place. If you interested in it, please read it.

Waring, Rob. (2008). The Giant's Causeway. Boston,MA: Footprint Reading Library

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fast food -speaking class

Good points of MacDonald’s are cheap and fast. It has a lot of variety of menu. If you can eat hamburger at home, you can go to MacDonald’s. You can get hamburger fast, and you can take it out. Bad point of MacDonald’s is there is no menu beside register.

Good points of Kentucky Fried Chicken are good for Christmas party and good taste. There is no famous Chicken restaurant, expect KFC. Christmas is coming soon. Christmas party needs chicken, so you can go to KFC. Bad points of KFC are high calorie and oily. So, you have to try not to eat it too much.

Good points of MOs burger are healthy hamburgers and high quality. Hamburgers of MOs burger have flesh vegetable. For example, those are cabbage or lettuce. MOs burger has rice burger. Bad point of MOs burger is more expensive better that MacDonald’s.

Good points of Ajisen Ramen are fullness and good taste. When you eat Ramen, you may feel full. I think that Ajisen Ramen is good taste. Bad point of Ajisen Ramen is oily because it kind of tonkotsu Ramen. So, if you eat almost every day, you may gain weight.

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BR 2-15: Alaskan Ice Climbing

" At this point, the climbers have  a wonderful view."  (p. 16)

Are you interested in climbing? This book tells us a story about climbing group. This group wants to climb, but they may be not able to do it because the weather of mountain that they want to climb changes all the time. The mountain that they want to climb is not just mountain. It is a glacier. It sounds like good and fun, but actually it is difficult to climb it.

I think that climbing is a good sport. Nowadays, climbing Mt. Fuji is very popular, so I want to try to it. However, the group that appears this book climb wall of ice. When I read this book, I thought that it is very dangerous. So, I don’t want to try to climb a glacier. This book has beautiful pictures about mountain or glacier, so you can enjoy reading this book. Please try it.

Waring, Rob. (2008). Alaskan Ice Climbing. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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BR 2-14: Columbus and the New World

"He could see land!"  (p.11)

Do you know what Columbus did? You learned about him at the world history class when you were junior high or high school student. He found America in 1492. This book tells us about him. I was surprised when I read this book because this book says that Columbus was a disappointed man. I think that he is a great man because he found the new world. The people thought the earth was flat at the time. However, Columbus proved that the earth was round to find the new world. According to this book, his achieve was not America. It was to find the new route to spices from Asia to Europe. He couldn’t find it until he died. So, this book says that he was a disappointed man.

I think that this book is good for us to learn his history. I learned his name at the world history class. However, it was boring. If you read this book, you can learn what his achieve was, or why he could go voyage. I think that this book is very interesting. If you interested in world history, I recommend this book.

Waring, Rob. (2008). Columbus and the New World. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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