Introduction to the course, Crossing rivers 1

+R-Jugyo (40 minutes including writing assignments)
Talking about crossing rivers, “How do we build bridges?”, “Types of bridge construction”, “The Mathematical Bridge”, Present your favorite bridge (HW)

Crossing rivers 2

Present your favorite bridge (in group), “An engineering wonder of the 21st century”, “Crossing the river” (autobiography)

Communication: How do we communicate without words? 1

“Beyond words”, Be a mime artist, Cartoons

Communication: How do we communicate without words? 2

“First lessons in life” (autobiography), “Helping people communicate: modern technology”, “Touching” (poetry), “The elephant who spoke to me” (autobiography)

Feeding us all: Why don’t we all have enough to eat? 1

Infographic “hunger around the world keeps rising”, “Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine” (newspaper article), “Who gives food aids?”, Creating a logo (HW)

Feeding us all: Why don’t we all have enough to eat? 2

Presenting a logo, Reading and writing a haiku in English, “Boggle Mill”, “What a wonderful thing”

Feeding us all: Why don’t we all have enough to eat? 3

“Hunger” (historical fiction) performing a scene (group work)

Health: How can we all get the health care we need? 1

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reading and Writing instructions, Reading and role play about how a bicycle helps a midwife in Malawi

Health: How can we all get the health care we needs? 2

Writing a letter in support of improving bicycle infrastructure in Kyoto (group work), Memoir from Iran“A visit to the bone-setter”, Proverbs about being healthy, “The medicine man’s visit”, Judge a book by its cover

New pastures: What is it like to start a new life in another country? 1

Reading and writing an informal letter, “Arriving in London” (autobiography), Comparing two places, Write a comparison (HW)

New pastures: What is it like to start a new life in another country? 2

Poetry “from Tent #50 (Song of a refugee) & role-play, “Windrush Child”, role-play, Autobiography about people who moved to Britain to start a new life

Setting the scene: What makes a good beginning? 1

"Great Expectations” (playscript) make an adaptation of “Great Expectations”, A story from Sri Lanka, “Mister Aalgado”

Setting the scene: What makes a good beginning? 2

“What is shadow puppetry?”, Writing a fiction (Group work)

Review test 1

Presenting a fiction (group presentation 1)

Peace: Will there ever be peace on Earth? 1

Painting a peaceful scene (discussion), ”Don’t Believe in War” & “Futility” (poetry), Fable “The Drop of Honey”

Peace: Will there ever be peace on Earth? 2

Representing war in art “Paul Nash and war landscapes”, “Paper cranes of peace”, Presenting & writing a peace symbol

Looking back: What do we see when we look back? 1

Talk about memories, “The disappearing village”, “The Road Not Taken” (poetry), “Visiting Grandfather and Grandmother” (autobiography) (HW)

Looking back: What do we see when we look back? 2

Writing an autobiography

The hidden world of cats 1

“Le Chat Noir”, “The tiger”, “Looking at tigers in art”, “Dogs protect villagers from man Sundarbans”

The hidden world of cats 2

 “Androcles and the Lion”, “Man and beast in trusting harmony”

Survival: we can make it! 1

“Seven ways to reduce your stress levels”, “Ellen MacArthur: showing how we can thrive on limited resources“

Survival: we can make it! 2

“The island at the end of everything: a letter”

Survival: we can make it! 3

Role-play: giving and receiving advice, “Don’t Give Up” & “From keep tryin’” (poetry), spelling

Island living 1

“Which island would you visit?”, “Terry Pratchett’s South Sea adventure is a comic triumph, says Frank Cottrel-Boyce.”, writing a book review (HW)

Island living 2

Poetry “Island Man”, Playscript “Treasure Island”, “Experience: I found my own country” (HW)

Review test 2 & in-class preparation for group presentation

Group presentation 2

- Class participation with sufficient preparation including homework assignments (30%)
- Review tests (30%)
- Group presentations (20%)
- Writing assignments (20%)