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On December 6th, we had our open school event (公開研究会). Close to 500 people from all over Japan came to watch our classes. Thank you for coming! Thank you to everyone who helped with the preparations and smooth running of the event, too.

The 6th grade students from class 6-3 had their third class on the topic "Junior High School Life". You can see the previous classes here:
Hour 1
Hour 2 (Class 6-1 Open School Event)

We had a special guest teacher, Mr. Yosuke, from Tomizawa Junior High School. He is an English teacher. He came to talk to the students about the clubs at Tomizawa J.H.S.
We started class with our usual greetings.
"Hello everyone!"

After the greetings we had `Teacher Talk`. The teachers had a `time slip` to become 6th grade students again. They showed us pictures of themselves when they were in 6th grade. Doing a `time slip` allows the teachers to talk about themselves in elementary school without using the past tense.
"What club do you want to join?"
"I want to join the baseball team."
"Nice. Can you play baseball?"
"Yes, I can. I am the captain of my school team."

One of the students really looks like Mr. Takeyuki's 6th grade picture. He became mini-Mr. Takeyuki.
"What club do you want to join?"
"I want to join the soccer club."

After the demonstration, we double checked all the clubs that are in Tomizawa Junior High School.
There are so many interesting clubs!

Next, it was time for everyone to ask each other.
"What club do you want to join?"
Nice eye contact!

Good gestures!

Half-way through the activity the teachers asked some students to give a demonstration. Everyone watched and thought about the good points.
Great smiles and gestures!

"Let's be careful about these good points while we continue the activity!"
Good eye contact!

Nice smile!

Great gestures!

The teachers picked some more students to give another good demonstration after the activity.
Good job!

Next, Mr. Yosuke talked to the students about life in junior high school. He had many interesting things to say in English.
The students tried hard to listen and ask questions.

Finally, the students reflected on the class in pairs.


They talked about what they had realised about their friends.

Everyone did their best! Well done!

On December 6th, we had our open school event (公開研究会). Close to 500 people from all over Japan came to watch our classes. Thank you for coming! Thank you to everyone who helped with the preparations and smooth running of the event, too.

The 6th grade students from class 6-1 had their second class on the topic "Junior High School Life". You can see the previous class here:
Hour 1

After the usual greetings, the class started with `Teacher Talk`.
"This is K Junior High School. What club do you want to join?"
"I want to join the baseball team."
"I'm sorry. We don't have a baseball team."

K Junior High School has these five clubs:
The teachers showed the students some short videos and pictures of the sports. It was very interesting to see these sports.

"Let's research what clubs everyone would like to join!"
First the teachers gave a demonstration and after that, some students demonstrated, too. More that one demonstration helps the students to check what they have to do.
Good job!

After the demonstration it was time for everyone to try for themselves.
"What club do you want to join?"

"I want to join the cricket team."

Nice eye contact!

Half-way through the activity the teachers asked some students to give a demonstration. Everyone watched and thought about the good points.
Great eye contact and smiles!

"Let's be careful about these good points while we continue the activity!"
Great eye contact!

Good gestures!

After the activity the students talked about what club was most popular. We finished the class with the usual student reflections and greetings.
"Have a nice day! See you!"

Good job everyone!

This year 6th grade students have been studying some topics that are not in the current Hi,friends! textbook. They had their first class on the topic `Junior High School Life`. In this topic they will study about the different clubs in junior high school and they will talk about which club they would like to join next year.

First, we did Teacher Talk.
The teachers talked about the clubs in their junior high school when they were young. They used this to introduce the names of the different clubs to the students.

Next, we asked the students what clubs they knew were in Tomizawa Junior High School.
We practiced the names of each club.

There are many many clubs in Tomizawa Junior High School!
We asked the students if they noticed anything about the clubs. They realised that some are called `club` and others are called `team`: Art Club, Soccer Team. It was interesting!

Next, there was a special surprise. The students at Tomizawa Junior High School had prepared a video letter for us. They introduced the clubs in English!
We used the video to check if our guesses, about the clubs in Tomizawa Junior High School, were right. We also checked what the students had said. "What else did they say about the soccer team?"
"It's difficult but fun!"
"That's right!"

Lastly, the students wrote what they had realised during that class.
Many students wrote about the difference between `club` and `team`.

It was a very interesting class! Thank you to Tomizawa Junior High School students and teachers for preparing the video letter! We really enjoyed it!