Aim: watch a short educational video

Theme: Self Awareness

Step 1: Task 1: listen to the video (smartphone or PC)

• write key words / expressions (10-12) [キーワード。キー語彙。テーマ語彙]

Step 2: Task 2: listen gain

• write the video main points (4-7). Remember a main point is a sub-topic about the main topic;

Step 3: Task 3: What did you learn from this video? (30 words)

Step 4: Task 4: Write ONE – main point: How to become self aware? (30 words) Answer:

Step 5: Task 5: Write TWO – main point: How to become self aware? (30 words) Answer:

Aim: To write about the topic with internet information (A) and your opinion (B)

Topic: Vacant houses and buildings in Japan [this is your new topic this week]

Procedure: Follow these steps; Open a new Word Document and write three short paragraphs 1) Graph; 2) Website; and 3) Opinion

Writing Format: usually we use a graph for the second, third or later paragraph. Because we use the graph to relate to the information before (paragraph one). There are two ways to relate information. 1) To expand the before information – connects. 2) Is to continue with other / different information to provide new facts.

Graph

1. Search the internet for a graph about the topic.
2. Take a screen-shot of the graph.
3. Write a short paragraph about the graph (40-50 words) in your Word Document
4. Insert the graph(screenshot) under the paragraph

Website

1. Search the internet about the topic
2. Select 1 website; copy the URL
3. Write a short paragraph about the graph (40-50 words) in your Word Document
4. Insert the URL under the paragraph

Opinion

1. Write your opinion about the paragraph (30-35 words)

Introduction

• Topic sentence: write the theme of your essay (1 sentence)
• Introduce the main point of the body paragraph – website (1-2 sentences)
• Introduce the main point of the body paragraph – graph (1-2 sentences)
• Summarize your opinion (1 sentence)

Conclusion

• Re-write your Topic sentence (slightly use different words)
• Summarize the main points – in any order. For example website information / graph information, or graph information / website information
• Write a sentence: Why do you think this topic / subject i important
• Last sentence: repeat your opinion.

Simon Townsend is inviting you to room G32 for class

Topic: SU Meeting
Time: November 4, 2025 06:30 PM Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
Room G32

Aim: To write a short review about a video

Background Information: Videos have many different types of formats. There are lecture types, presentation types including live viewing and recording, PowerPoint, and so on. Advertainments are another kind of media content, and marketing strategies are very important to selling services and products. This introduces your next writing objective:

Video Activity

Aim: watch this video and write a 100 word explanation (pre-task paragraph). The title of your paragraph is:

“The product I would sell with this video is ______________ because _____________ . “

Aim: To use word document; we are going to achieve a speaking format about a topic. This is a writing template to introduce writing styles.

Document Rules:

• Save your document as the [title_student number]. For example: speaking task_2412345
• Title: centered; bold text; large; 14pt or 16pt
• Font type: use a simple text, for example, Arial – because it is easy to read
• Right justify the next line and write your name in English; enter and then the date under your name; not bold; same size as title font

Writing Format:

• Space and left justify
• Write the heading and underline
• Font size is always 12pt

Screenshot:

Writing Task: see screenshot

Teacher example: Reason 1

The first reason is there are a lot of festivals each year in Japan. Festivals are very popular in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and winter. For example, one of my favorite festivals is the Koiwai Winter Festival in Iwate because they have ice sculptures. That’s why I think its interesting. (49 words)

Visual Representations: there are many types of visuals used in academic writing, for example 1) pictures; 2) diagrams; 3) graphs.

Pictures: are very helpful to support the text you write. You should write the text first “Reason1” and then search for a picture to support your content.

• supporting the main idea of your paragraph – interesting points
• also, we want to use a picture to further explain our main idea
• to expand our ideas and increase the overall meaning of the text.

Koiwai Festival Picture; ice sculptures

In this picture you can see ice sculptures which have been made out of snow, from the farm at Koiwai. These sculptures have been hand made and each year they usually have a different theme. I like the tall tower sculpture the most in this picture, and I think it would take a lot of hard work and effort to make this. This is one example of ice sculptures.

Block of text: Reason 1 paragraph; picture; picture description

Hints: check the internet for details, focus on objects in the picture, include your own impression about the picture details.

Task 1: Write the two reason paragraphs

Task 2: Write the summary; is the summary about your reason 1 and reason 2.

Task 3: Read your reason 1 and 2 and summary in the next class (finish)

Objectives were conducted in the previous 2 essays.

I will not check your Draft to Final essay

Regular Room

Presentation Order: Riku, Reina, Yuya, Sakura