Happy Golden Week!

So we will not meet this coming Saturday (May 5). Graeme's class has some words to study for the next class on May 12 - click HERE to practice them.

For my class, I asked each of you to finish writing the introduction to your presentation. I promised I'd give a little model here, and I will do that soon.

HELLO! It's later now (May 10). I promised to give you a model for an introduction to your presentation. I guess I'm a little late, but here it is. Imagine that my topic is hiking. (It's an activity I really like!)

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First give a greeting:

Hello everyone, I'm Christie.


And then you should ask a question, tell a joke, or hit the audience with a weird or very interesting fact about your topic:

(I'll start with a joke...)
So, did you hear about the group of hikers who were being led through the wilderness by a guide? Well, on the third day, the hikers noticed that they were traveling in circles! "We're lost!" one of the hikers complained. "And you said you were the best guide in the United States!" "I am," the guide answered, "but I think we have wandered into Canada."
(ha ha ha ha ha ha!!) 

After everyone is finished laughing, I'll introduce my topic...


Well, as long as you are careful not to get lost, hiking can be a great way to get some exercise and enjoy the outdoors at the same time.


Now I'll give a little preview of my presentation:

Today I'd like to tell you a little about the history of hiking. Then I'll explain some of the basic equipment you need to start hiking. Finally, I'll tell you about a couple of hiking trails near Fukuoka that you might be interested in trying out.
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Here's a simple outline for you to follow:

1. Greeting
2. Ask a question, tell a joke, or tell the audience a weird or interesting fact about your topic
3. Introduce your topic
4 Give a little preview of your presentation

Ok? I'm looking forward to hearing what you come up with!

A little homework for Graeme's class

Hi everybody - I heard from Graeme and Maya that there are some spelling words to go over before class this week! Click HERE to go to the list on Spelling City.

Christie's class - we're going to try to finish the power point slides this week and think about WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY along with the slides! Looking forward to seeing you all...

Fun Dodgebee and Festival

It was nice to see everybody at Momochi Chuo Park today for a little Dodgebee action before the festival today! Great to have visitors, too - Takumi and Kojima-kun were good additions to the teams.

Takumi's in trouble!

Graeme attacks!

But Sophie grabs it!

The Littles taunt the Bigs - Ren is Mr. Max Relax!

Sophie engages in a little post-Dodgebee tinikling at the festival.

Update for tomorrow

Hi, Kidz Group Families:

Just wanted to touch base and say that, according to the weather forecast (click HERE to see), we might have rain late morning/early afternoon tomorrow, but we should be SAFE for dodgebee in Momochi Chuo Park from 10:00 a.m. Let's go for it! See you at the park at 10:00

Outing next Saturday

Let's go to Momochi!

As we discussed last Saturday, our next meeting will be an outing to the Momochi area. If the weather is good, we'll start at 10:00 a.m. (a little earlier than usual) in Momochi Chuo Park (click HERE to see a map), where we'll play a bit of Dodgebee (click HERE to see photos from last time)!! Then, at around 11:00 a.m., we'll walk down the street to Fukuoka International School so we can take part in their festival. We had a great time there last year - I'm looking forward to having some yummy international food and checking out the used book tables. There is no decided finish time for Saturday's activities. You can leave the festival whenever you like.

Please let Christie know if you CAN'T come. So far, I think Natsuko is the only person who might not be able to come...

See you on Saturday at 10:00.

Some spelling words and a plan...

Hi everybody.

1. Check out a new list of links on the right side of this page. You can click on any one of them to visit our group members' blogs! Why don't you try it? You can leave a comment on their posts.

2. Maya tells me that Graeme didn't say you needed to study some words, but I thought, "Why not?!"

So I made a spelling list of the words on page 27. Click HERE to study!

3. Do you remember last year when we went to the Spring Festival at F.I.S.? It was a great chance to speak English with people outside of our circle, eat some tasty food and (this was the best part) buy a lot of CHEAP ENGLISH BOOKS!! (The flea market was pretty good, too.) This year, the festival takes place on Saturday, April 21 from 10:00 to 3:00. I'd like for the Kidz Group families to attend. What do you think? Check out this poster for details (in Japanese...?!?!?)