Halloween at FGS（普連土のハロウィン）
Recently the junior high school students got iPads. We have used them in the high school for a while now and it’s been helpful in classes. It’s also nice to be using a lot less paper in our classes.
We did a special Halloween-themed lesson for the 7th graders for which all materials were online. It was fun to see them work together through the app. We were able to do a real-time class vocabulary hunt which allowed all students to participate at the same time while also keeping distance. My favorite activity of the day was a sort of internet scavenger hunt quiz. I wanted the students to learn about the history of Halloween but wanted it to be more active. The students had some sentences about Halloween which they needed to decide were true or false. First, they deciphered the meaning of the sentences without dictionaries or translation software, then they searched online to find out whether it was true or false. I enjoyed watching them work together to figure out the meaning of the sentences and then try online searches to learn the history of Halloween.
The students are naturally apt to use technology so it felt good to let them see how they can do that to increase their English abilities.
初めてiPadを持った中１の授業でハロウィンをテーマにしたいくつかの授業を行いました。私が一番楽しかったのはハロウィンの歴史調べレースです。生徒たちに渡したいくつかの英文を辞書や翻訳アプリを用いずに解読し、オンライン検索でその真偽を調べました。生徒たちは協力して文章の意味を理解し、ハロウィンの歴史について学ぶことを楽しみました。
授業を通してテクノロジーを使って英語力を高めるためにはどうすれば良いか、体験してもらえました。
授業の様子（中１） 友だちたちと楽しそうに英語のページを探しています。