Day 11- Friday August 4th, 2017
Overcast (80°)
7:30am- 8:30am – Breakfast at 64 Degrees
9:00am – 12:00pm – English Class (Zoo Creation Activity, Story Creation, Wrapping Up)
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch at 64 Degrees
1:30pm – 5:30pm – Sports Day (Water balloon toss, Tennis Ball Relay, Over and Under Race, Hula Hoop Race, Sentence Jumble, Capture the Flag)
6:00pm – 7:00pm – Dinner at 64 Degrees
7:00pm – 7:15pm – Night Activity Awards
7:15pm – 9:00pm – Group Presentation Preparation
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Hello everyone and Happy Friday! Can you believe that today was our last day of English Class? I still remember the first days when the students were nervous to talk in class. It is amazing to see how far they have come since then.
For our last day of English class, student were very creative and practiced their presentation skills. They created their own zoos and had to present about their zoo to the class. Continuing their isolated island activity from yesterday, students also created a story about being stranded on an island. They were funny stories and involved our 4 classroom assistants!
After saying goodbye to Justin, our English Teacher, we enjoyed lunch together at 64 Degrees! Most students ate hamburgers and hot dogs, but I also saw a lot of students enjoying salads 🙂
Today, we had our Sports Day at UCSD. We had a total of 6 games where students could work with American students to win points for their night activity team. Notice everyone’s stylish tie-dye shirts we made earlier! We make one cute family!
We started with a water balloon toss, where two students tossed a water balloon until it popped! Students had a lot of fun with this activity and I think it was the most popular 🙂
For our second activity, we had a tennis ball relay. In this, students had to run with a tennis ball between their knees and drop it to the end location! I was shocked to see most students hopped to their goal, and one group even tumbled to their goal. I was much slower than them ><
For the third event, we passed sponges filled with water over our heads, then under our legs (and so on) until the bucket was filled up! Students got wet in this game, but they were all speedy with filling it up!
For the next activity, students all held hands and had to pass a hula hoop through the line… without letting go of each others hands. It was fun to see them holding hands and working together 🙂
In our most challenging event, each team had to unscramble a sentence. Most students had a difficult time with the long sentences, but they were all able to recreate their full sentences!
After working on unscrambling their sentences, we finished up our sports day with a game of Capture the Flag. The students were all so competitive and fought hard to win!
Before crowning the winner, we all got dinner at 64 Degrees together. I had a feeling most students were excited to learn about who would win.
In the end, Team Chocolate was crowned the winner! Congratulations to Miku, Mia, Seiya, and Sho! Everyone did their best and had a lot of fun, so it was a great success 🙂
In order to prepare for our presentations tomorrow, students are busy working on their posters and scripts. Tomorrow is the day for them to present about what they have learned, but students seem nervous to present to College students! I am sure everyone will do a great job!!
Overall, today was a great way to conclude our English Class. Students were communicating in English and they also recognize their own growth. Everyone should be proud of all their hard work.
Tomorrow, we will present our Group Cultural Topics and then have a fun Beach Day! But, I do expect it to be very hard to say goodbye to some of the American students tomorrow. Hopefully everyone won’t be too sad tomorrow night as we prepare for Disneyland on Sunday.
Thanks for reading and I hope everyone is excited to see pictures of our Farewell Party!
-Zoe
＜日本語要約＞
8月4日（金） 曇 80℉／26℃
こんにちは！
信じられませんが、今日が英語クラス最終日です。初日の緊張して発言できなかった様子から、ここまで皆さんが成長されたことが本当に素晴らしいと思います。
最後はとてもクリエイティブなクラスで、プレゼンテーションスキルを学びました。グループでオリジナルの動物園を作り、クラスの前で発表しました。
また、昨日の続きで、無人島で取り残された時のストーリーを各自作り上げました。とても面白いストーリーばかりでした！
英語講師のジャスティンとお別れし、みんなでランチを取りました。ハンバーガーやホットドッグが人気でしたが、サラダも食べていましたよ。
午後はスポーツディです。アメリカ人高校生との混合チームで6ゲームを行いました。ここで、ナイトアクティビティのポイント稼ぎもできます。
みんなの素敵なTシャツにお気づきですか？先日作ったタイダイTシャツです！ひとつのファミリーのようですね。
まずは水風船トスです。投げすぎて割ってしまう生徒もいましたが、皆さんとても楽しんでいました。
次はテニスボールリレーです。テニスボールを足の間に挟んで、ゴールまで運ぶゲームです。みんなが跳ねながら進んでいたり、転がりながら進んだチームもあり、びっくりしました！私は生徒たちよりかなり遅かったです。
３つ目は、濡れたスポンジを頭の上と足の下を通して渡し、バケツに水を入れていくゲームです。皆さん濡れてしまいましたが、バケツに水を溜めるのは早かったです。
4つ目は、手を繋いで離さないように、フラフープを渡していくゲームです。チームで協力している様子が嬉しかったです。
そして一番難しかったチャレンジは、単語を並べかえて文章を作るゲームですが、全員文章をしっかり作れていました！
スポーツディの最後には、キャプチャー・ザ・フラッグというゲームをしました。どのチームもとても頑張りました。
一位の発表の前に、みんなで夕食を取りましたが、どのチームが優勝しているか、皆さんワクワクしている様子でした。
さて、優勝チームは！？
チームチョコレートです！！
ミク、ミア、セイヤ、ショウ、おめでとうございます！
みんなとてもよく頑張りました！
明日のプレゼンテーションの準備で、ポスターを作ったり、発表内容を考えたりと大忙しです。明日、今まで学んだことを発表しますが、大学生の前で発表することにナーバスになっているようです。
今日は英語クラスの最終日でしたが、皆さん自分自身でも進歩を感じていたようです。皆さんの努力を誇りに思ってください！
明日はグループプレゼンテーションと、楽しいビーチディです。しかし、アメリカ人生徒たちとの別れはとてもツラいものになるだろうと思っています。日曜日にはディズニーランドが待っているので、あまり寂しくなりすぎないようにしたいと思います！
明日のさよならパーティーの写真を楽しみにしていてください！