週14・特別ポスト- the Small Book of Big People (Part 4)

Hello to all my students,

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How are you? Here's one more selection of writing about exceptional people. Take a look at these - and enjoy them!

Here's another one:

Sachiko is my mother. She balances a part-time job with housework. She is busy every day, but she makes it at time to talk about with our family a lot. I talk with her and she knows how to laugh and be fun every day. I love her for all the things she does and dream of my becoming a mother like her someday. 

Sounds like a lovely, energetic mum! Here's another one about a father:

My father is kind to anyone and is loved. Because I was educated strictly when I was small, I disliked him. But I understood that all the strictness was for me. He is active in local government . He does so much, but he supports me. He supports me anytime. Therefore I call him a superman. I want to become somebody like him, loved by everyone.

How about that? Here's another one:

My sister is eleven years old. She is an elementary school student. She doesn’t come to me about her student problem. She enjoys her school. Her personality is active and cheerful. Her looks is tiny but so cute. She is good at sports because she runs fast and is strong too. She is a good soccer player. She is belonging junior soccer team. This team sometimes goes to play soccer for many places and she is active there. She goes to learn hip-hop. So she dances well. My sister and I don’t quarrel. We often watch TV. I sometimes teach study for her. My sister and I sometimes go eat dinner with my family. We often eat sushi. She is very important people for my friend. 

Now here's one about a famous person: 

An exceptional person to me is Elle Fanning. She is American girl, 15 years old. She has already worked as an actress for more than 10 years.

She’s good actress and it’s one of reasons why I love her. Important reason why is that she doesn’t forget pure teenage heart though she lives in business world more than 10 years. Many popular teenage girls try to be adult, but she doesn’t do that. So I love her and she is an exceptional person to me.

Another one!

My exceptional person is Shinji Kagawa. He is a pro soccer player. He plays for Japan national team. He is a member of Manchester United Football Club. He is the first Asian player to score a hat trick in The Premier League. The stadiums are packed with excited spectators to see him play. Similarly I was excited. I have respect for his beautiful play. He has the fans in his power.

One more! 

My older brother Shota is whom I look up to. He was enthusiastic about cars as long as I can remember. Now, he studies at university as a machine engineering student and devotes himself to experiment of car. Because I think he is very honest when he was a child, I believe him every time. Therefore, he won a job at Toyota. He won that status by his effort! 

He sounds like a great brother to have!

There is much more to publish, but that's all the time there is. Have a great summer and a lot of fun! I'll see all of you in September with our finished book. 

おつかれさまでした！

週14・特別ポスト- the Small Book of Big People (Part 2)

Hello to all my students,

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How are you? As I promised, here's some more selections from our collection of writing, the Small Book of Big People.

Many of you wrote about famous people you respect. Here's one: 

Tomohisa Yamashita is my exceptional person. He is an actor, singer, and idol. His face is very cool, his TV dramas fascinate all audiences, and his songs are very nice.

He doesn’t have father. He becomes entertainer to want to care for his family. I was impressed with his thinking. So I respect him very much. I want to be a person like him.

That was great. Here's another:

My exceptional person is a soccer player. His name is Keisuke Honda. He looks like strong and cool. He plays both the forward and in the midfielder. He also appears on TV in a lot of commercials. He has a strong consciousness for his game. In Japan he first played for Nagoya, then he went to Netherlands to play for VVV. Now, he plays in Russia for CSKA. Sometimes, he teaches soccer to children. He tries so hard that he makes in worlds best player. 

That was great too! How about this one? 

I respect Taylor Swift who is singer in America. She is blond hair, blue eyes, red rouge lip, and cute. Her songs are pop, ballad, and cheered up me when I felt down. She writes songs by hand and based on her experience. For example, “We Are Never Getting Back Together” is one of her big songs. It has a bright and poppy melody! The song is popular with young people. When I listen to song, it gives me energy. Another one is “I Knew You Were Trouble.” The song is gloomy and with painful lyrics. There is a meaning that unexpected things happened and heartbreaking. When I feel down and listen to song, I am encouraged by song. Especially, these songs are my favorite songs! I want to know a lot of people, because she isn’t well-known by older. So I hope that every generation love her.

Interesting! Of course, many of you wrote about the people in your lives, like friends, and your family. Here's one:

I respect my friend of my high school days. He was greatly honored by the many people. He always is serious for everything. He belonged to soccer club and practiced very hard. For instance he gets up at 5:00, arrives at our school and runs around our school every morning in spite of he have practice after school. He has never missed his morning training. If I am he, probably I’m tired of morning training because I have to practice after school. Then he usually prepares for class after finish his training. So I think his schedule is very busy. I can’t imitate his daily routine.

Then he has a lot of friends because he is very friendly and gentle. So I respect him and want to model my life.

That's incredible. Check this one out:

I respect my mother the best. She do a lot of housework after she come back home from work. She do it even if she is tired. I started to live alone in this spring and I found that housework is very hard and difficult for me. So I can’t do it when I am tired. And she always makes us laugh, and she cheered me up when I was sad. She is perfect person I have ever met. I want to be like she in the future.

Another great mum! Now here's one more:

I respect to the teacher when I was child. Because he taught me to common sense and some play. For example, he taught me to soccer. Teacher was good to soccer and taught me carefully. So I liked to soccer. His personality was positive and honest. He didn’t lie in front of us. We affected him and we didn’t lie too. I meet teacher. He enjoys talking now. When I become an adult, I want to be a man to be proud like him. 

That's my kind of teacher. There's more in Part 3. Look for it!