Hello!
How are you? How was your Golden Week? Today, I have two (2) things for you - one is about mind and brainpower, and the other is about summary writing.
First, here's a quick review of what we did in our class before Golden Week on 4/26:
Now let's look at our new textbook topic!
About the mind
This topic will connect with our textbook unit about the mind.
First, let's look at some famous famous figures, and discuss their minds. Some you will know well, while others you may not know.
For example, look at the picture of Stephen Hawking above. Even though he had a terrible affliction - motor neuron disease, he still went on to become one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Many people called him a genius, though he didn't think of himself as a genius. So how could he have done what he did?
Activity
Look at the pictures below. Do you know any of the people in them? Even more - do you know what their greatest achievements were? Even more than that - what kinds of minds did they have? How were they able to achieve what they did?
Talk about these people, as much as you know about them, with your classmates. When you're finished, write a little about what you know and talked about. Let's start!
See you next time!
First, here's a quick review of what we did in our class before Golden Week on 4/26:
About the mind
This topic will connect with our textbook unit about the mind.
First, let's look at some famous famous figures, and discuss their minds. Some you will know well, while others you may not know.
For example, look at the picture of Stephen Hawking above. Even though he had a terrible affliction - motor neuron disease, he still went on to become one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Many people called him a genius, though he didn't think of himself as a genius. So how could he have done what he did?
Activity
Look at the pictures below. Do you know any of the people in them? Even more - do you know what their greatest achievements were? Even more than that - what kinds of minds did they have? How were they able to achieve what they did?
Talk about these people, as much as you know about them, with your classmates. When you're finished, write a little about what you know and talked about. Let's start!
Thomas Edison
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Erdos
Yayoi Kusama
Have fun with these!
例えば：There have been many great partnerships, as well as rivalries, in the history of science and technology. Perhaps no rivalry was greater than that between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
Next, show a connection between the background and what you will present or write about:
There have been many great partnerships, as well as rivalries, in the history of science and technology. Perhaps no rivalry was greater than that between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. While both figures are crucial in the development of the practical application of electricity to everyday life…
Then, come in with what you will directly present or write about:
There have been many great partnerships, as well as rivalries, in the history of science and technology. Perhaps no rivalry was greater than that between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. While both figures are crucial in the development of the practical application of electricity to everyday life, this presentation/report will show that Edison may have been the greater figure given the numerous applications of electricity he made possible through his inventions.
This summary runs to only 71 words in total, but it captures completely the background to the topic, and the presenter's or writer's purpose with the topic.
Homework
Now write a practice summary in your own words in your notebooks about the theme of our new textbook unit on the mind. Go for 50-75 words, but don't worry about grammar or spelling - this is summary writing practice!
Now remember that because it is not a presentation, it's a textbook topic - so for what the conclusion (まとめ) should be, it should look something like this:
…this textbook topic is about…
…this textbook topic covers….
…this textbook topic focuses on…
…this textbook topic is covering/focusing on/showing...
This is what you should try for in your practice summary writing.
About summary writing
What is a summary? It's a short version of the content of a presentation, research paper, or even a chapter in a book - like a unit in a textbook. You can think of it as a statement of purpose (SOP) about a presentation, writing, or reading topic. It should be a compacted version of every aspect of the topic.
Method (方法):
First, show some background to the topic:
What is a summary? It's a short version of the content of a presentation, research paper, or even a chapter in a book - like a unit in a textbook. You can think of it as a statement of purpose (SOP) about a presentation, writing, or reading topic. It should be a compacted version of every aspect of the topic.
Method (方法):
Let's imagine that you are presenting, writing a report, or even just reading in a textbook, about famous scientists. Let's also imagine that you are focusing on two scientists who shared similar points of research - in the example below, a comparison and contrast (比較対照) of the rivalry, and work, of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
First, show some background to the topic:
Next, show a connection between the background and what you will present or write about:
There have been many great partnerships, as well as rivalries, in the history of science and technology. Perhaps no rivalry was greater than that between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. While both figures are crucial in the development of the practical application of electricity to everyday life…
Then, come in with what you will directly present or write about:
There have been many great partnerships, as well as rivalries, in the history of science and technology. Perhaps no rivalry was greater than that between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. While both figures are crucial in the development of the practical application of electricity to everyday life, this presentation/report will show that Edison may have been the greater figure given the numerous applications of electricity he made possible through his inventions.
This summary runs to only 71 words in total, but it captures completely the background to the topic, and the presenter's or writer's purpose with the topic.
Homework
Now write a practice summary in your own words in your notebooks about the theme of our new textbook unit on the mind. Go for 50-75 words, but don't worry about grammar or spelling - this is summary writing practice!
Now remember that because it is not a presentation, it's a textbook topic - so for what the conclusion (まとめ) should be, it should look something like this:
…this textbook topic is about…
…this textbook topic covers….
…this textbook topic focuses on…
…this textbook topic is covering/focusing on/showing...
This is what you should try for in your practice summary writing.
See you next time!
Images: Top - by NASA - Original. Source (StarChild Learning Center). Directory listing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1657641/Thomas Edison - by Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c05139. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6582301/Vincent van Gogh - by Vincent van Gogh - mwF3N6F_RfJ4_w at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21977797/Paul Erdos - by Topsy Kretts - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2874719/Yayoi Kusama - by 文部科学省ホームページ, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63881970
Thomas Edison image used by understanding of public domain use. Images used for classroom purposes only. Any existing rights reserved to the Library of Congress.
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