Latest Readings

Last week, the first grade students read a short article about Halloween in Japan. For their speaking activity, we had a short discussion about Halloween. The second grade students read a short Halloween blog entry that involved nightmares, ghosts and ancient graves in an empty lot. For their speaking activity, students were encouraged to tell scary ghost stories, true or false, and we had some spectacularly scary stories. The third grade students read a news article about the victim of a train collision whose cell phone continued to call friends and family for up to two hours after the crash ... even though rescue workers claimed he had died instantly. This led to a discussion about whether or not the rescue workers might have been lying, and a short lesson on how cell phones actually work.

Next week, we will celebrate Halloween a little late with some Halloween videos, games, etc.

The following week, the first graders will read about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, when a giant tank ruptured and unleashed 8 million liters of molasses into downtown Boston. They will then make presentations about other disasters.

The second graders will read the lyrics to "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. They'll have a debate about whether the narrator is romantic or a stalker, and at what point infatuation ceases to be romantic and becomes scary.

The third graders will read a fun short story called "The Open Window" by HH Munro. This will lead into a discussion about lying.

I'm sure it will be fun.

I'd love to post some recent pictures, but I think my students would murder me if I did.

Date: 2009⁄11⁄01 16:49｜Permalink｜Author：nelp

« The latest pictures from NELP｜ Blog Top Page | Joto High School Speech Contest »

このページの先頭へ