Lesson 10 - The Past

Hello everyone,

Let's go back!

Today, we are going to talk about the past!

Warm-up questions...

(Directions: Practice asking and answering questions 1 to 5 below.  Note: Each question has a synonymous question.)

                                                                                                                                          同義語 dōgigo

        Q  u  e  s  t  i  o  n  s                                                                            A  n  s  w  e  r  s

1) What time did you wake up this morning?                                (I woke up at 8 o'clock.)

    What time did you get up this morning?                                    (I got up at 8 this morning.) 

2) What did you have for breakfast?                                              (I had oatmeal.)

     What did you eat for breakfast?                                                (I ate eggs and toast.)

3) What did you do over the weekend?                                          (I exercised and did homework.)

     What did you do last weekend?                                                 (I joined a beach cleanup.)

4) What did we study last week (in Online English class)?         (We studied occupations.)

    What did we go over last week (in Online English class)?      (We went over careers.)

5) What did you do last summer?                                                   (I went to Okinawa.)

     How did you spend last summer?                                             (I spent it traveling around Asia.)

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These pictures below are related to Practice B (in the PDF).

This is this week's PDF: click ☞ here

Lesson 9 - Occupations

Hello class,

I am sorry about today.  I had computer problems.

Today's lesson is about occupations.  Another word for occupation is career.  We can also say full-time job.

What occupation do you want to have after you graduate from Rissho?

Let's explore your DREAMS!

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Warm-up:

A) Review these occupation titles with your tutor:

   architect 

   YouTuber

   software engineer

   salesperson

   teacher

   chef

   Instagrammer

   office worker

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B) With your MKD tutor, ask and answer the questions 1 to 9 below.

1.  What does he do? 👇

2. What's her profession? 👇














3. What does he have a career in?

         Hint: He has a career in ______________ .

4. What's her (full-time) job?👇

5. What do they do? 👇

6. What's her occupation? 👇

7. What does she do? 👇

8. What does he do for a living? 👇

9. What occupation do you want to have someday?

Here is today's lesson PDF click👉 --> here

Lesson 8 - What Time is It?

Good morning everyone!

It is ⌚to study!  Are you ready?  Your MKD tutor wants to teach you about  ⏲...

Please, have a fun  ⏰!

Click 👉 HERE for today's lesson on 🕰

Question of the day:  Do you have Zoom burnout?

Lesson 7 - What is She Doing?

Good morning everyone!

Do you wanna know what I'm doing this morning?

I'm...

And I am...

And I'm...

And also, I'm...

So, I want to ask you a question...

... What are you doing?

And next, with a partner, 

ask and answer the following questions...

Q:  What is he doing?       What is she doing?         What are they doing?

A:   He is _______ ing...    She is ________ing...    They are _________ ing...

Example:

Q: What are they doing?

A: They are exercising (with "rajio taisou" or radio exercise).

Now, you try!  Try asking and answering 1 to 10 below.  (answers may vary)

1.

2. 

3. 

4.

5.

6. 

7.

8. 

9.

10.

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And now for today's AWESOME MKD lesson!

Click 👉 HERE

HAVE FUN!

Lesson 6 - Hobbies & Interests

Good morning everyone!

It's a bright and sunny day 🌞, isn't it?

Today, our MKD tutors are going to make our day even brighter and sunnier!  The MKD tutors will rejuvenate you!  So 
lose yourself in this lesson.  Your neurons will be brighter, too!

So get ready!



Today's lesson is about our Hobbies and Interests.

ENJOY!

💪rejuvenate (若返らせるwakagaera seru) 
💭 lose yourself  (自分を失う (jibun wo ushinau)

🤔 neurons  (ニューロン) 

LESSON PDF

Today's lesson PDF is below

online lesson print... click 👉 here



📖👂READING & LISTENING (Hobbies Are Great)

If you have time, try these 3 Reading & Listening Modules below 


📖👂R&L Module 1... click 👉  here

📖👂R&L Module 2... click 👉  here

📖👂R&L Module 3... click 👉  here

Lesson 5 - Shopping

Hi everyone,

Are you ready to shop in English?  
Your MKD tutor is gonna go shopping with you.  

  "Shop 'til you drop!"🛍
（死ぬまでショッピングしよ！）

First, because you are Keizaigakubu students,
we think you should know about the Philippine currency.  
                                                               (フィリピンの通貨  firipin no tsūka)



The Philippine currency is called the Philippine peso (or piso, or PHP).  

And the PHP looks like this 👇

What's the JPY/PHP exchange rate?
                                              (為替レート kawase rēto)

How much is a Big Mac in Tokyo?   
                                             How much is a Big Mac in Davao?  

 

In Davao, a Big Mac is 148.00 PHP or 319.38 JPY
In Tokyo, a  Big Mac is 390.00 JPY or 180.73 PHP

Check out the Big Mac Index; click 👉 here

Now, let's do the shopping lesson!

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CLICK HERE

Lesson 4 - Numbers

Hi everyone,

I am sorry for posting this so late.  I had some technical problems :-(

Mike

Anyway... this blog post is for today's lesson.

For today's lesson click here 👉 Lesson 4 - Numbers


In English, we have two kinds of nouns: countable nouns (可算名詞; kasan meshi) and uncountable nouns (不可算名詞; fukasan meshi).

In Japanese, nouns (名詞 meshi) don't really change in grammar.  But in English, nouns can be tricky.  Today, with your MKD tutor, you are going to study the differences between countable nouns and uncountable nouns.  Have fun, and ask many questions to your friendly tutors!


This is an useful chart showing the common mistakes with countable/uncountable nouns.  You can study it with your tutors if you want.  Or you can ask your teacher, too ;-)