1年 7 組　18 Name: Akira Tatsumi

End of Year Reflections: ROI REPORT (Return On

Investment)

Active Learning SummaryTask/Activity Time

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Attendance & Listening

14/14 12/12 I am happy that I could attend all classes.

Basic Thinking skills(unit 1~3)

5:30 I did not quite understand it for the first time.

Advanced Thinking (unit 4~6)

6:00 It was difficult, but I gained that component.

Pronunciation 5:13 1:58 My pronunciation grew so much in the past year.

Vocabulary 2:42 1:12 I was so impatient with many unfamiliar words.

Writing 3:30 1:35 I got used to it and got to do it as soon as possible.

Typing 4days 2week It became very fast compared to the beginning.

Reading (SQ3R) 3:42 2:31 It was difficult for me to think English sentences by myself.

Listening (KWL) 3:28 2:44 I did not understand what to say.Connections 4:05 0:55 It was fun to connect to the world and

think about it.Summer vacation speed reading & questions

1:10 The summer vacation homework was quite a lot and tedious.

Winter vacation speed reading & questions

0:24 It was very difficult compared to the summer vacation lesson.

Team project 2:00 4days I enjoyed the interview very much.Reflections (daily journal & reports)

0:20 It became difficult gradually.

ICT: PC, internet, etc. 4week 5week I got used to handling personal

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s s computers.Message/Comment: 7/12 I did not have time to write during

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Critical Thinking: Basic Thinking Skills Knowledge~Applica

tion SkillsExample

1. Classifying A. Salmons, tuna, sea breamB. Sparrow, crow, turkey

2. Distinguishing Between Real & Imaginary

Bird vs Angel

3. Distinguishing Between Fact & Opinion

F. Japanese are Asian.O. English is difficult.

4. Understanding Through Definition & Example

Word. vegetableDefinition. a nutritious mealThe example. carrot, green pepper

5. Outlining & Summarizing

Main topic .jobNurse, actor,singer

6. Comparing & Contrasting

Example

7. Identifying Structure Weed X and Weed YBoth Weeds grow near a house.

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Weed X is very tall but Weed Y is short.8. Identifying Steps in a

ProcessHello → cvccvcvvccv → Google

9. Identifying Figural Relationships

Making cookies1. Prepare ingredients and kitchenware2. Mix ingredients3. Bake it in the oven4. Remove from the oven5. Eat

10. Comparing Word Meanings

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Vocabulary

Read from graph11. Identifying Main Ideas Happy → sad

Weak → strong12. Identifying

RelationshipsI like speaking English. Because I like foreign songs. They are great. I want to go to foreign live.

13. Ordering Objects Cause. study hardEffects. may cause you to be a hard worker.

14. Estimating Example15. Anticipating

ProbabilitiesFrom heavy to light1. track2. refrigerator3. dictionary4. mobile phone5. pencil

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16. Inferring

How far would you estimate it to be between Sendai and Niigata?200km

17. Inferring If you and your mother distress in the mountain. Your mother is injured. You call on the bear. What would happen.

Critical Thinking: Advanced Thinking Skills Analysis Skills Example18. Judging

Completeness

They are having a tea party.In the garden.

19. Judging Relevance of Information

Make a shelf→ find out how to make it

20. Distinguishing Between Abstract & Concrete

Line the more concrete wordCountry, IndiaSally, girl

21. Judging Logic of Actions

You want to know your weight→　weight scale

22. Identifying Elements of a Selection

For example, “Momotaro”Where does this story take place? →　at Onigashima

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Who are the character in the story?→ Momotaro, dog, monkey, pheasant, demons

23. Judging Story Logic All musicians love music. Beatles is musician. Beatles love music.

24. Recognizing Fallacies Knife is to cut as spoon is to cup.Synthesis Skills Example25. Communicating Ideas asap→ as soon as possible

BFF→ Best Friend Forever26. Planning Projects What is necessary to make scrambled eggs

Egg, milk, pepper, bowl, frying pan, chopstics27. Building Hypotheses The vase is broken.

→Someone dropped it.→Someone mischieved.

28. Drawing Conclusions “Cinderella”Ccs→ Cinderella and prince got married and lived happily.

29. Proposing Alternatives

・call・playing game・net

Evaluation Skills Example30. Testing

GeneralizationsThese birds can flyF, sparrow, hawk, penguin

31. Developing Criteria ・the card must be red・the card must have a picture on it・the card must be between 8 and 12

32. Judging Accuracy Mrs Green always would kill……In a game of tennis!

33. Making Decisions Which do you want to go to, mountain or sea? And why?I want to go to the sea. Because I can watch lots of fish

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and swim.34. Identifying Values I studied till late every night.

→perseverance35. Identifying the Mood

of a StoryAt midnight, a footstep sounded from a very dirty vacant house.

Knowledge Expansion: All your learning…

Homework Topics Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect1. Engineer 1 Edison made many useful inventions.

I want to invent many things like Edison.2. Light & Vision 2 The human’s eye has mystery.

I think that eye is very important part for people.3. Food & Nutrition 2 American farmer produce many foods.

I want Japan to produce more foods4. Food & Nutrition 4 Eating too much is advanced nations’ problem.

I think that advanced nations should feed other countries.5. Science 1 Science is evolving now.

I think science will break down the earth.6. Science 3 Atom is the smallest thing of the world.

I think there is smaller thing than atom.7. Science 4 A molecule has many possibilities.

I want to learn about molecules.8. Science 5 Continents were connected.

I think Continents were very big.9. Machine 1 Steam technology was useful.10. Mind 1 Nothing is more important than nerve.

I think nerve is necessary for people.11. Mind 2 People is unable to maintain a normal state of mind if they

get deprived of their senses.There is nothing scary enough to be trapped in a dark room.

12. Mind 5 Those with extraordinary talent are inferior to other intellectual work.I would like to meet an idiot scholar.

13. Real Jazzmen Jazzmen survived an unprecedented age and has been active in music world.

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I liked to listen to jazz so I was interested in this story.14. Idol of the Jazz Age 2 Gershwin was a great jazz musician.

I think I will listen to Gershwin’s music.15. The Pen and the Bat The reason that sportswriter’ success increased the

World’s interest in sports.I often see sports newspaper.

16. F.D.R. Franklin D. Roosevelt recovered America from the Great Depression.I can not imagine what the Great Depression is like.

17. Black Protest Martin Luther King Jr. fought over his entire life to eliminate racial discrimination.I remembered his speech.

Summer vacation topics

Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect

1. Life in the South Pacific Islands

I think their life is very difficult our life.

2. Jainism I think Jainism is wonderful religion.3. Fa Hien I think Fa Hien was brave man.4. Willem Iskandar I feel that his life was sad.5. The Inuit I think they have great civilization.6. Asoka I think he is kind man.7. Diponegoro I think people of Indonesia respect Diponegoro.8. Death Ceremonies in

BaliI surprised at there are many kinds of ceremonies.

9. Jayaprana I think Jayaprana ‘life was very sad.10. Buddhism I think Buddhism is a great religion.11. James Brooke I think Brooke was very wise.12. Hong Kong I think Hong Kong will develop.13. The English

LanguageI surprised at there are many kinds of English.

14. Rabindranath Tagore I think Tagore studied hard.15. China I think China is better country than old China now.16. King Mongkut of

ThailandI think Mongkut was respected by people of Thailand.

17. Abullah Writes about a War

I think Abullah was very a hard worker.

18. Stamford Raffles I think Raffles worked hard for people.19. The Maori I think Maori is a good people.

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Super English Topics

Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect

1. The Tournament of Roses

The tournament of Roses is historical parade and football game.I wanted to see The football games.

2. Mark Twain Mark Twain made people to take pride with inventions.His preparedness came to me.

3. Copernicus Copernicus discovered the Giant Theory.I had learned it in science class.

4. Oxygen at High Altitudes

The further away from the ground, the thinner the oxygen.I heard the story that oxygen is thin as I climb a mountain.

5. Pepper Pepper has two kinds, black pepper and white pepper.I did not know that white pepper exists.

6. Seven Days in a Week

There is a lot of secrets that one week is seven days.I thought of the word lucky seven.

7. Communication Satellites

Satellites are useful for people’s lives.I have heard that the artificial satellite can be seen from the ground.

8. Dinosaur Footprints The first dinosaur footprints was found by Pliny Moody.I like dinosaur so I was very interested in this story.

9. The Washington Monument

In Washington, D.C, there is the statue of the first president George Washington.George Washington is my respected person.

10. Icebergs South of the equator is on the same latitude as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which for its comfortably warm waters and heather throughout the year.I was made thinking about global warming.

11. The Penguin Penguin’s body and the origin of the name do not agree.I was pleased to know about penguin.

12. Weightlessness The jet that is rapidly descending is zero gravity.I want to feel zero gravity once.

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13. Robin Hood Robin Hood has many theories.There are plenty of theories, I did not understand well.

14. Venus and Earth Venus and the earth are very similar.I had learned in class.

Favorite topic Which? Why?Basic Thinking skills Identifying

StructureIt was like a puzzle and it was fun.

Advanced Thinking skills

Communicating ideas

It had a lot of trouble thinking what was abbreviated and making a graph.

Term 1 topics Engineer1 Because I was interested in Edison.Term 2 topics Snowboardin

g I thought that I would like to try snowboarding, so I am very happy to know about it. 

Summer Vacation Hong Kong Because I want to go to Hong Kong.Super English winter The penguin I was very interested in the Penguin

because the origin of the penguin name was very strange. 

Vocabulary Unknown#

K1 156K2 485Homework stories (Edison~)

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AWL Sublist 1 26Academic short stories (14)

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