1 年 4 組　 39 番 Name : Yuka Yoshida

End of Year Reflections: ROI REPORT (Return On

Investment)

Active Learning SummaryTask/Activity Time

Term1

TimeTerm 2

Reflection Comment

Attendance & Listening

14/14 Absente

d 2 times

University English

Basic Thinking skills(unit 1~3)

10.30 0 American elementary English level textbook.

Advanced Thinking (unit 4~6)

0 9.30 American junior high school English level textbook.

Pronunciation 8.00 3.00 Accents and phonicsVocabulary 5.00 3.00 Important wordWriting 6.30 4.00 Write your opinion and main points.Typing 1.00 1.00 Keyboard positionReading (SQ3R) 2.00 4.00 Ability to read gistListening (KWL) 4.30 4.00 Listening also helps to talking.Connections 3.00 2.50 Story of thingsSummer vacation speed reading & questions

12.00 0 Reading ability and understanding.

Winter vacation speed reading & questions

0 7.00 Reading comprehension and thinking ability.

Team project 0 O.30 How to interview.Reflections (daily journal & reports)

1.30 0 Various knowledge and listening skill.

ICT: PC, internet, etc. 10.00 3.50 Word , 　 Excel power point and portfolio skills.

Message/Comment: Thank you for this year !!I studied many things.

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Critical Thinking: Basic Thinking Skills Knowledge~Applica

tion SkillsExample

<Copy from Term 1 Report>

1. Classifying Dogs are mammals. frogs are reptiles.2. Distinguishing

Between Real & Imaginary

Real : I can run faster than anyone.

Imaginary : I can easily fry the sky.

3. Distinguishing Between Fact & Opinion

Fact : Chocolate is made of cacao beans.

Opinion : I like chocolate very much.

4. Understanding Through Definition & Example

Word : dogDefinition : an animal with four legs and a tail, often

kept as a pet or trained for work.Two example : Dalmatian , Pug

5. Outlining & Summarizing

1. Main topic : Kind of food A,vegetable B,fruit C,meat D,carbohydrate2. Main topic : How to cook food. A,stir fry B,simmer C,steam D,to sow

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6. Comparing & Contrasting

There is a star on the red shirt of the

boy with the picture on the right.There is a pattern in the dried shirt with the right picture.The　picture on the right has a bottle behind the woman.

7. Identifying Structure Apple , Love , Live , House , chocolate (c=consonant)

vcccv cccv cvcv ccvcv ccccccvcv (v=vowel)

8. Identifying Steps in a Process

How to shower1. Prepare to change clothes.2. Take off clothes.3. Wet hair and body in the bathroom.4. Wash your hair first , then wash your body. 5. Wipe hair and body with towel.6. Wear clothes.7. Dry hair with dryer.

9. Identifying Figural Relationships

Population in Japan by age.The number of people aged 55 to 59 is the largest in Japan.

10. Comparing Word Meanings

Happy-Sad Small-Big Wide-Narrow

11. Identifying Main Ideas I went to Australia two yeas ago.I saw koala for the first time.It’s so cute.I want to go to Australia again.Main idea : Australia is very fun.Tittle : About my memory.

12. Identifying Relationships

Play a ball near the road. ---- Run over by a car.

Application Skills Example13. Ordering Objects Sweet – Spicy

Sugar-Bean past-Rice-Kimuchi-Red peppers

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14. Estimating

There are 8 bowls of rice.15. Anticipating

ProbabilitiesThe girl is crying as he gets lost.How do you talk??Hello. I’m Yuka. What your name? OK, don’t worry. Let’s search for your mother together.

16. Inferring It is well sold at McDonald’s. Meat is sandwiched in the buns.It’s hamburger.

17. Changes in Word Meanings

Date 1. Go out and have fun. (couple) 2. Today is April seconds.

18. Identifying the Mood of a Story

They are holding the Christmas party. There is a cake.

Critical Thinking: Advanced Thinking Skills Analysis Skills Example19. Judging

CompletenessReading information from a picture.

20. Judging Relevance of Information

Connected and meaningful.

21. Distinguishing Between Abstract & Concrete

Concrete(pencil table tiger computer)Not concrete(though anger)

22. Judging Logic of Actions

Why do something.

23. Identifying Elements of a Selection

Think about the order of story.

24. Judging Story Logic Think about the order of story.

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25. Recognizing Fallacies Nose is to smell as eye is to ( see ) .Synthesis Skills Example26. Communicating Ideas Sharing exchange idea.27. Planning Projects Find what you need , what you must28. Building Hypotheses Use known information to make “educated guesses.”29. Drawing Conclusions Think “So what?”30. Proposing

Alternatives

Spring , good smell , happy , warm , Evaluation Skills Example31. Testing

GeneralizationsAll countries are very big.Singapore is not.

32. Developing Criteriafirst the card is black.

Second the card is spade.

Third the card is three.

33. Judging Accuracy This is most likely correct.34. Making Decisions Given all you know , what is the best things to do in this

case.35. Identifying Values A stitch in time saves nine.

= spoken used to say that it is better to deal with problems early than to wait until they get worse.

36. Identifying the Mood of a Story

Feeling the story.

Knowledge Expansion: All your learning…

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Homework Topics Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect1. Engineer 1 Edison tried to develop science.

I think Edison is great and genius.　2. Light & Vision 2 Structure of human eye.

I think human eye is so complexity and mysterious.3. Food & Nutrition 2 American agriculture. How to get a lot of food.

I think American agriculture technology is so high.4. Food & Nutrition 4 World food problem.

I think we are wasting foods too much.5. Science 1 The pattern of civilizations changed.

I think civilization repeats development and decline.6. Science 3 The tiny nature of these particles strain the imagination.

I think science is progressing day by day.7. Science 4 They may weigh several million times as much as

hydrogen.I was surprised at smallness of the molecule.

8. Science 5 The continent had at one time formed one land mass before drifting apart.I felt again that the earth is alive.

9. Machine 1 The age of steam power began long ago.I think steam power made our lives more convenient.

10. Mind 1 The task of understanding is a comprehensive way how the human brain operates medicine its own imagination.I think human brain is very smart and heavy.

11. Mind 2 Human get strangely spirit when deprived of time sense.I think human are dominated by btime.

12. Mind 5 Intelligence is so special and great.I think there is nothing better than knowledge.

13. Real Jazzmen 1920 , jazz became popular in south America.I think jazz can move many people’s hearts.

14. Idol of the Jazz Age 2 Creative , fresh and tasty with music that was in time.I think genius beyond him has not appeared yet.

15. The Pen and the Bat Job of sport writer.I think the work is proud.

16. F.D.R. Policies for the great depression by Franklin D Roosevelt’s.I think he was the most active among the American Presidents.

17. Black Protest Movement for black discrimination resolution.

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I think Mr. King who is not violent is wonderful.

<Copy from Term 1 Report>Summer vacation topics

Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect

1. Life in the South Pacific Islands

One day in the South Pacific Islands.I think they are living quietly..

2. Jainism Jainism is great culture.I think it has loose regulation.

3. Fa Hien Fa Hien made china better.I think he was great and smart.

4. Willem Iskandar What he has done all his life.I think he had a gentle feeling not to forgot his hometown.

5. The Inuit Inuit lives wise wisdom and ingenuity.I think they are so could.

6. Asoka Asoka made a mistake ,but he was converted.I think it is important for people to change.

7. Diponegoro Diponegoro did many good things.I think he is such a wonderful person as a model for everyone.

8. Death Ceremonies in Bali

Death to the people of Bali is new life to come back to this world.I think it’s way of thinking has positive.

9. Jayaprana Jayaprana and his girl friend.I think the king is so terrible.

10. Buddhism Buddhism started in Asia and it is spreading today.I think the history of Buddhism is long.

11. James Brooke James Brooke was not a nice guy,but he changed his mind.I think people should not abandon them.

12. Hong Kong Hong Kong is wonderful and very beautiful.I want to go Hong Kong one day.

13. The English Language

English has become various new with various changes.

14. Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was a great men and won the Nobel Prize.I think he very friendly and gentle man.

15. China China has some developed cites,but there are countryside.I think china is growing rapidly.

16. King Mongkut of He support Thailand become a free country.

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Thailand I think to know waht is free in Thailand.17. Abullah Writes about

a WarAbullah Writes about a War is so miserable and sad.I don’t want to war to happen again.

18. Stamford Raffles Stamford Raffles’s initiation and success and failure.19.The Maori The Maori were discriminated though they picture was

good and traditional.

Super English Topics

Learned? Main point+Comment/Connect

1. The Tournament of Roses

Started in Pasadena, California at 1890.I thought The Tournament of Roses have long history.

2. Mark Twain From the start of this career as a writer, Twain was fascinated with inventions.I thought he like inventions very very very.

3. Copernicus The sun was the center. planets revolved around sun.I thought planets in so mysterious.

4. Oxygen at High Altitudes

Living beings who spent all of their time at high altitudes produce more red blood cells.I thought the human body is well made.

5. Pepper How to make black pepper and white pepper.I was surprised at there was such a difference.

6. Seven Days in a Week

Seven important heavenly bodies in the sky.I thought the old people was wise.

7. Communication Satellites

Communication Satellites are around the Earth and beamed.I thought communication Satellites will be more active in the future.

8. Dinosaur Footprints The word “dinosaur” was not invented until 1841.I thought whether the body was big because the footprints were so big.

9. The Washington Monument

The Washington was made to honor the first president of the United States.I thought it is took too long time to build.

10. Icebergs In 1894, one Icebergs managed latitude as Rio De Janeiro , Brazil.I thought there are interesting Icebergs.

11. The Penguin Name came from the Welsh. Auk looks like the penguin.

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I was so surprised at the origin of the penguin’s name.

12. Weightlessness Jet plane do a parabolic pattern. It can feel weightlessness.I wanted to experience weightlessness.

13. Robin Hood He was a kind of outlaw who steals from rich people to take care of poor people.I believe that he was a real person.

14. Venus and Earth Venus and Earth have a lot of differences.I was impressed by the mystery of Venus and Earth .

Favorite topic Which? Why?Basic Thinking skills 12.

Identifying Relationships

Because I understood the relevance well.

Advanced Thinking skills

30.Proposing Alternatives

Because it helped to make a brain stone.

Term 1 topics 2. Light & Vision 2

Because I can know human eye construction.

Term 2 topics 17.Black Protest

Because I was moved by the faith of king Pastor.

Summer Vacation 19. Life in the South Pacific Islands

Because I like summer and ocean and want to go an island in the South Pacific.

Super English 5. Pepper because I don’t know how to make pepper before reading this story.

Vocabulary Unknown#

K1 234

K2 261

Homework stories 138

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(Edison~)AWL Sublist 1 229

Academic short stories (14)

98

Other: noting

Speed Reading& Pronunciation

WPMSilent

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WPMAloud(averag

e)P1 – K1 stories (summer) 77.11 72.97P2 – Homework stories 9.0 66.4P3 – Japan Stories 84.28 90.30P4 – Super English 84.46 75.91

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