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　　　　　　ＮＣ　熱田善胤　秋山みなも
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　　　　　　ＮＣ　宮本美里　阪本健

以上です。業務の簡素化に伴い
簡単ですが、参加者報告のみ
とさせていただきます。
　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　元スタッフ　久留主

Genre : discussion (or creation)
Title : “create a story”
Description :
＊Make a group as usual.
1. about a central character ; age, gender, occupation, hobby. special skill, family members, and other features・・・
2. about his or her family members
3. about some important persons ; one of his or her friends, co-worker, boss, lover, witch, killer, etc.
4. genre and outline of the story ; mystery, horror, fantasy, old tale, love story, etc.
＊discuss 1 – 4 in the group
5. each group member make an episode
6. join episodes together
7. finally, one person of each group presents the finished story briefly.

I hope you enjoy creating stories by yourself

Emi Hibino

Genre : debate
3themes : “We should accept the death penalty or not.”
“Japaese elementary schools should accept Englisah language education from 1st grade. ”
“We need Nuclear Power Plants or not. ”

Description :
＊Make small groups . Each　group has 3 persons.
Everyone prepare for your own opinions.

担当　南橋さん

Genre : debate
　２themes : “The Japanese government should abolish the death penalty."

"The Japanese government should decommission all nuclear power plants."

Description :
＊Make small groups . Each　group has 3 persons.
Everyone prepare for your own opinions.

担当　　南橋さん

Date：May 3rd, 2014
Genre：Talk and Grammar
Title：Your favorite person in your junior high school days
(Who did you really like when you were a junior high school student?)

Description:
1. Make 5～6 groups depending on the number of the participants.
2. Tell other members who you really liked as a junior high school
student (or a teenager) and give a brief explanation about the person;
your favorite singer/actor/TV personality/teacher/friend/family
member, etc.
3. Other members ask questions about the person.
4. Each member should have a chance to tell their junior high school
days favorite person.
5. Have good conversations in the group.

In this practice, I’d like you to pay attention to one thing about
English grammar: the tense (verb form). You are supposed to talk about
something in the past; your junior high school days, so basically the
past tense of verbs should be used.

I hope this practice is enjoyable and meaningful.
Kiyoshi.T

担当　田村　潔さん