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KG

Dear Mrs. M

Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my big brother. We live in Mitaka. My mum’s name is Y. She’s Japanese and she speaks Japanese. She’s a dental assistant. She’s short and slim, she’s got long, brown hair and brown eyes. My dad’s name is S. He’s Japanese. He’s tall and a little fat! He’s got short brown hair and brown eyes. He works (as) a barber. My brother Y is 14 and he loves listening to music. He listens to music all the time! He’s got long brown hair and brown eyes, like me. I’ve got long hair too.

Write soon and tell me about your family.

K


YK

Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my younger sister. We live in Mitaka. My mum’s name is H. She is Japanese and she speaks Japanese. She is tall and slim, she’s got short, brown hair. My dad’s name is T. He is Japanese. He is short and slim and he‘s got blown(brown) eyes. He is (a) computer engineer.


KT

Dear Ms. M

I live in a house, with my mom, my dad and my big brother. We live in Tokyo. My mom's name is Y. She is Japanese. My dad's name is S. He is a salaryman(an office worker). My big brother is 18 and he studies everyday. He has short, black hair and brown eyes. We don't have any pet(pets).

K


YG

Let me tell you about my family . I live in(with) my mum, my dad and my brother.

We live in Tokyo. My mum’s name is Y. She is Japanese and speaks Japanese. She is a detective(dental assistant). She is short and slim, she is(has) got long, brown hair, and black(brown) eyes. My dad’s name is S.


RO

Dear Mrs. M

Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my big sister. We live in Miataka. My mum’s name is M. She’s Japanese and she speaks Japanese. She’s a helper(care taker). She’s short, she’s short, brown hair and black eyes. My dad’s name is Y. He’s Japanese. He’s tall and a little fat. He’s got short black hair and black eyes. He works in(for) a Cosmetic(cosmetic) company. My sister K is 18 and she loves watching YouTUBE. She (is) watching YouTube all the time! She’s got long black hair and black(brown) eyes We’ve got a pet dog, C. She’s brown and very friendly.

R


HY

Dear M

I’ll talk about my family. I live with my mom and dad. We live in Mitaka. My mom’s name is T. She is from Japan and she only speaks Japanese. She is an office worker. She’s short, she’s got short brown hair and black(brown) eyes. My dad’s name is A. He is Japanese, too. He’s tall. He’s got short brown hair and black(brown) eyes. He is an architect. My family is very friendly.

H



YG

1 Playing soccer with my friends and weather is sunny(in the good weather) makes me happy.

2 Studying hard with my friends and listing to music makes(make) me happy.

3 Listening to music. Inside that(especially to) best J-pop makes me happy.


KG

What makes you happy the most?

Playing soccer makes me happy. Because playing soccer is very interesting. It is so cool.

Using smartphone makes me happy. Because there are a lot of apps in the smartphone. It is so interesting.

Watching TV makes me happy. Because there are many programs. It is so interesting.


RO

What makes you happy the most?

Playing soccer (is) makes me happy.

I will win the soccer game then(When I win soccer games,) I am very happy.

Listening to music (is) makes me happy.

I often listen to music in my free time.

Playing the game (is) makes me happy.

It’s because I play it with friends is fun.


HY

What makes you happy the most?
Talking to my friends makes me happy. I usually go to school early to talk to my friends. And they are given me an energy.

Playing tennis makes me happy. I practice tennis four times a week. I often reserve a tennis coat and play tennis with my friends.

Going to karaoke makes me happy. I go to karaoke once a month. I always enjoy singing with my friends.


KT

What makes you happy the most?

To win a kendo match makes me a happy.

When I take a face, I feel valuable. I want to win in the future.

Eating food makes me happy.

I like eating ramen. I eat ramen twice in a week.

Sleeping makes me happy. I like sleeping. Sleeping is necessary for people.


KT

I practiced kendo (last weekend). I had a match in my club. I didn’t win, (and felt regretful) so I want to be strong. I watched kendo match(matches) on YouTube. It was (a) very good match, so I want to became like them. Kendo is very difficult for me, but I'm going to practice hard, and be stronger than now.


RO

We had school trips this weekend.

On the first day, we went to Nara. We visited Todaiji temple.

It was very big and wonderful.

On the second day, we went to Kyoto. We visited Byodoin Chinese phoenixes (Palace).

It was beautiful. And we went to Fushimi Inari shrine. There were many Torii(Toriis).

I would like to visit Nara and Kyoto again.


HT

I went to Seikei school on a holiday with my team members.

We had a tennis match.

This holiday(,) we had the first group tournament, (so) We(we) were so nervous.

We were struggling but it was a good result(but the result was good).

We were(won) the second place, and it made us happy.

We were defeated at(in) the end, but we were hoppy(happy) in(to win) (the) second place.


HY

My weekend was good. I went to “karaoke” with my friends. At that time, I was able to sing well. My best score was 92. And(x ,) one of my friends said, “I love this song sung by you.” I’m(was) very glad to hear that. I want to continue to enjoy(enjoying) singing songs.



Japan has four beautiful seasons. I like flowers and I can enjoy a lot of different kinds of beautiful flowers each season. I like to see beautiful flowers and to walk in the park.

My dream is to work in a foreign country. I need English for my dream. So I want to go to the US and I want to learn English there. I love reading books written in English. I want to read a lot of books before going to the US.

I’d rather be an airplane pilot than a bus driver.
I’d rather be a journalist than school teacher.
I’d rather live in a small town than a big city.
I’d rather live a big house than a small house.
I’d rather study electronics than philosophy.
I’d rather watch a movie than a soccer game.

1. Cotton is ( everywhere) , in your furniture, in your food , in your closet and even in your wallet.

2. Cotton has a ( major ) impact on the planet.

3. It takes ( 2,700 ) liters of water to make one cotton T-shirt.

4. It's ( enough ) for ( one ) person to drink water for ( 900 ) days.

5. It also takes a lot of ( energy ) to ( grow ), ( manufacture ), and ( transport ) and mostly, it needs energy to ( care ) for it.

6. One load of drying uses (5 times) more energy than washing.

7. One load of washing uses (40) gallons of water.

8. Now think how often you wash & dry your t-shirts.

9. Don’t we have ( plenty ) of resources? (Plenty ) of water?

yes, but…

10. ( 97 ) % is salty

11. Nearly, ( 2 )% is locked in snow or ice.

12. That leaves us ( less ) than ( 1 )% that we can access.

13. And ( 70 )% of that grows our ( crops ).

14. ( Cotton) is a very ( thirsty ) crop.

15. Now, think how many T-shirts are in your ( closet ).

16. Now, think how many T-shirts are in your ( city ).

17. Now, think how many T-shirts are in your ( country ).

18. Now, think how many T-shirts are on the ( planet ).

19. How many ( T-shirts ) do you need?

20. How often do you need to ( wash ) and ( dry ) them?

21. There is a ( solution ).

22. We can use ( less ) water and ( less ) energy.

23. ( Skip ) the drying and ironing.

24. And ( save ) ( 1/3 ) of your T-shirt’s ( carbon ) ( footprint ).

25. Choices / Make a ( difference ).

26. Make ( each ) choice count. 




fossil fuels

alternative energy

renewable energy

We will need 960 billion kilowatt-hours of energy a day.

Solar energy is expensive.

Solar power needs a lot of space.

Solar power doesn't work at night.

Some people think wind turbines are ugly.

There are days when there is no wind.


Last Tuesday, Lisa flew from Los Angeles to Mexico City. She got up at 6:00 in the morning and had a cup of coffee. At 7:15 she left home and drove to the airport. When she got there, she parked the car, walked to the terminal, and checked in. Then she had breakfast at an airport cafe’ and waited for her flight. The plane departed on the time and arrived in Mexico City four hours later. Finally she took a taxi from the airport to her hotel downtown.


My partner is M.

She watched TV last night.

She got up before 7:00 last night.

She took a shower last night.

She didn’t buy a magazine last night.

She ate meat last night.

She didn’t go to bed before 10:30 last night.


My partner is T.

She didn’t watch TV last night.

She enjoyed the party.

She had a nice vacation.

She finished work early.

She slept well last night.




HY

I will talk about my partner Y’s weekend.

Her weekend was fun.

She (had a brass band practice) (x practiced brass band) at school.

She practiced it (for) about three hours.

(Also) (x And) she practices it everyday.


MK

I will talk about my partner K's weekends.

His weekends was fun.

He (did) (x played) kendo.

(He practiced) kendo (in) Musashisakai.

He practiced (for) three hours.

He didn't win but (tried his best) or (made a lot of efforts).


KT

I will talk about my partner M's weekend.

Her weekend was fun (x  .) because she went to her grandmother's (house). 

She met her grandmother (and) stayed there (for) seven hours.

Her grandmother's (house) is in Nishiogikubo.


YG *completed*

I will talk about my partner M’s weekend.

Her weekend was good.

She ice skated in Higashifushimi.

She ice skated for three hours.  


YK

I will talk about my partner, H’s weekend.

His weekend was bad(x ,) because he wrote a report about the Earth problem

for three hours. It was very difficult.


AK

I will talk about my partner T('s) weekends.

His weekend was nice.

He went to (see a movie).


HT

I will talk about my partner Kaito’s weekend.

His weekend was OK.

He played soccer with (his) friends.

He had (soccer) practice games.

They won all the games.


KG

I'll talk about my partner H's weekends.

His weekends was OK.

He played tennis with (his) friends.

He was happy.

He (played) at the (disaster prevention park called Subaru).


RO

I will talk about M('s) weekend.

Her weekend was excellent.

She (ice-skated) in Higashifushimi.

She drove there.

She (ice-skated) for three hours.


AN

(I will talk about M's weekend)

(Her weekend) was exiting!

(She) (went) (x to) (ice-skating) with (her) daughter.

(She) (went) to Higashihushimi by car.

(She) (ice-skated) for three hours.

AN *completed*

I am interested in sports.

I am afraid of tests.

I am not very at swimming.

I am not interested in others.

I am fed up with writing words.


YG

I'm interested in soccer.

I'm afraid of ghost pictures.

I'm not very good at (studying).

I'm not interested in reading books.

I'm fed up with soccer.


TS *completed*

I'm interested in movies.

I'm afraid of ghosts. 

I'm not very good at art.

I'm not (interested) in studying.

I'm fed up with running.


KG

I'm interested in sports.

I'm afraid of (teachers).

I'm not very good at math.

I'm not interested in studying.

I'm fed up with running.


HT

I'm interested in tennis.

I'm afraid of ghost movies.

I'm not very good at (cooking).

I'm not interested in (studying).

I'm fed up with running.


AK

I'm interested in (animals).

I'm afraid of big dogs.

I'm not very good at (faint?).

I'm not interested in (studying).

I'm fed up with tests.


KT 

I'm interested in books.

I'm afraid of dogs.

I'm not very good at math.

I'm not interested in movies.

I('m) fed up with (doing) homework.


RO

I’m interested in sports.

I’m afraid of people.

I’m not very good at basketball.

I’m not interested in watching soccer (games).

I’m fed up running.


YK *completed*

I'm interested in music.

I'm afraid of ghosts.

I'm not very good at (playing) video games.

I'm not interested in sports.

I'm fed up with (doing) homework.


HY *completed*

I'm interested in tennis.

I'm afraid of ghosts.

I'm not very good at swimming.

I'm not interested in reading books. 

I'm fed up with doing homework.


MK *completed*

I'm interested in studying English.

I'm afraid of ghosts.

I'm not very good at math.

I'm not interested in soccer.

I'm fed up with (doing) homework.







KT *completed*

I'm staying at home tonight.

I'm going to the theater on Monday.

I'm sleeping at home tonight.

I'm eating dinner at home tonight.

I'm using my computer at home tomorrow.

I'm practicing Kendo tomorrow.


YG

1:I’m staying at home tonight.

2:I’m going to the theater on Monday.

3:I’m playing soccer tomorrow(.)

4:I’m going to (a) party tomorrow.

5:I’m going to (bed) (early) tonight.

6:I’m watching TV tonight.


KG *completed*

I'm staying at home tonight.

I'm going to the theater on Monday.

I'm going to (the) stadium.

I'm going to the station.

I'm taking a bus.

I'm geting(getting on) (a)  train.


YK *completed*

1.I‘m staying at home tonight.

2.I’m going to the theater on Monday.

3.I’m going to the dentist on Wednesday.

4.I’m studying English on Tuesday.

5.I’m meeting (with my) friends tomorrow.

6.I’m going to school on Monday.


HY *completed*

I’m staying at home tonight.

I’m going to the theater on Monday.

I’m playing tennis on Sunday.

I’m doing my homework tonight.

I’m going to bed early tonight.

I’m studying English on Tuesday and Friday.


MK *completed*

I'm studying at home tonight.

I'm going to (the) theater on Monday.

I'm studying at home on Tuesday.

I'm (doing) (rhythmic) gymnastics on Wednesday.

I'm reading (a) book at home on Thursday.

I'm (doing) rhythmic gymnastics on Friday.


RO *completed*

I’m staying at home tonight.

I’m going to the theater on Monday.

I’m practicing soccer tomorrow.

I’m playing (a) soccer game on Sunday.

I’m studying English tonight.

I’m going to get up early tomorrow.


HT *completed*

I’m staying at home tonight.

I’m going to the theater on Monday.

I’m playing tennis on weekends.

I’m studying English on Friday.

I’m going to school (tomorrow).