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Halloween Party 2017
The Halloween parties have been so much fun! Here are a few pictures from day 1. This game is called mummy relay. Students race to see who can wrap a whole toilet paper roll around their friend first. It doesn’t seem hard until you realize the toilet paper rips easily! Afterwards, we made monster masks on …
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Hitachinaka Students Test their Taste Buds in English!
Students Learn about Flavors through Taste Testing English Lesson. Does it taste salty or sweet? How about bitter or sour? We use these words in English to describe how different foods taste! Last Saturday we ate different types of snacks to learn this. Our students tried different snacks such as mochi ice cream, dark chocolate, black coffee, …
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4 Jul · admin · No Comments
July 4, 2017: English Mini Lesson
Hello there, Freedom students! Happy 4th of July! Let’s celebrate by tackling an English mini-lesson! Choose the correct English word: “Our dog is terrified of fireworks. One year, a firework went off above our house and it was ______ loud.” Incredibly Incredible Minutely Minute What do you think? Put your guesses in …
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TOEIC Vocab Monday: Ratio
Hiya Freedom students! Happy Monday! Let’s start your week off right with another TOEIC vocabulary word for you to study. Ratio (noun)–a comparison between two numbers. It compares how much of one thing to another thing. (Typically we write them as ¼ or 1:4) “The ratio of dog owners to cat owners is …
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29 Jun · admin · No Comments
English Hack: English Slang–Hump Day
Hello there, Freedom students. Yesterday, I said it was “hump day”. What does that mean? Well, we use the phrase to talk about Wednesday. Why? Well, Wednesday is the middle day of the week. So, we can imagine that if the week was a hill, Wednesday would be at the top. Or think about …
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28 Jun · admin · No Comments
June 28, 2017: English Mini-Lesson Answer
Hey, Freedom students! Happy hump day (Wednesday!)!! Here’s the answer to yesterday’s mini lesson! 4. bigger than How did you do? Remember, when you want to compare two things and want to use a word with one syllable, we add -er to the word. Big, small, light, weak, and strong are all words …
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27 Jun · admin · No Comments
June 27, 2017: English Mini-Lesson
Hello there, Freedom students! I hope you had a good Monday and Tuesday! Let’s get going on another great English mini-lesson! Choose the correct English words: “I think Tokyo SkyTree is __________ Tokyo Tower.” Most largest than Biggest than More big than Bigger than What do you think? Put your guesses in …
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26 Jun · admin · No Comments
TOEIC Vocab Monday: Comprehensive
Happy Monday, Freedom students! Let’s kick the week off right with a TOEIC vocabulary word! Get your flashcards ready! Comprehensive (adj)–to be complete, to look over everything, to check 100% “You should get a comprehensive exam from your doctor every year.” “She studied really hard for the comprehensive exam, because she was afraid …
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23 Jun · admin · No Comments
Famous Quotes Friday: Joss Whedon
Hello, Freedom students! Today, I have a great quote for you from the very famous screenwriter and movie director, Joss Whedon. Whedon was born today, June 23rd, in 1964. He comes from a family of very famous screenwriters and directors. His grandfather, John Whedon, worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960’s. …
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21 Jun · admin · No Comments
June 21, 2017: English Mini-Lesson Answer
Hey there, Freedom students! Did you find the answer to yesterday’s mini-lesson? Here it is! 3. raining How did you do? The example sentence was said in the present, so we use ~ing to represent current tense (present continuous). Can you use this tense in an example? Show it off in the comments …
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