A school day in my life - a Japanese teen writes

My Home - Masa writes & draws

In my house, there's a:

• black mamba
• a cupboard

In my house there are:

• games
• TVs

In my town (Hata), there's a:

• station
• hospital

In my town (Hata), there are:

• convenience stores
• watermelons

In my country (Japan), there's a:

• parliament
• Mount Fuji

In my country (Japan), there are:

• mountains
• hot springs

Aggressive spelling!

I really enjoy my noisy boys on Friday afternoons, as they bring a lot of energy to the end of my week, and challenge me to come up with fresh ways to keep them interested/give them scope to bounce off each other & call each other 'stupid' - very competitive issue!

The blackboard is a fine tool for these lads, last week demanding each other 'hurry up", "write more neatly", "learn the alphabet properly", etc. We were reviewing old vocab, but while we were up I wanted to see if they were ready for a 3 letter spelling challenge. On paper, they are OK but rubbing out too much. On the board, they made it a 'death race' - first one finished (with my 'ok') clouted the others. OK, not much of a game but satisfied & motivated them!

As you can see, the spelling is working out nicely, and the confidence from this will transfer nicely to more sedentary exercises. What I like most about this class is just how much one of the boys in particular has blossomed; he used to be extremely shy & self-conscious, and burst into tears at the drop of a hat - even if I looked at him funny...not these days, and I commend him for having the stones to stick with it. Strongest reader at his age in my classes :)

The Man in the Iron Mask

This is a history and action film.

Leonard Decaprio played the leading
In 1662 French king who is Louis 14th.
He is tyrant.
He has a yong brother whose name is Philip.
He and Philip are twins.
Louis 14th imprisoned his brather
Musketeers who had retired knew about it.

They decided to help Philip at the mask ball
they changed the king and Philip.
(Louis was imprisoned and Philip became the French king) SPOILER ALERT!!!

My favaraite charactor is Philip.
because he is tolerant and good personality.

Posted for Masayuki (correspondent was Chisato), writing project for Unit 4E English Result Intermediate (OUP)

Ladybird for Jim

Thank you Masa - I like ladybirds!

Nice colouring job !