1「Santa monica pier」
The sun is bright
The white beach
The blue sea was brilliant
The wind was strong
Looking at them,
I eat big hamburger
Looking forward to
shopping,
walking about
and seeing places
(1)The first poem describes a moment when I arrived Santa monica pier for the first time.Iwas a third grade high school student.It was a school trip.It was my first time to go abroad.
In the hamburger shop, I ate a hamburger.It was the biggest one I’ve ever eaten in my life.My eyes fixed the beautiful scenery outside.I was looking forward to shopping,walking about,seeing places,buying souvenirs and so on.I visited many places in the USA.But I like Santa monica pier the best.It is the first place I visited in this trip and the beautiful things I saw there remind me of the good feeling at that time.
2「ALT from Canada」
She has blue eyes
She has blond hair
She is taller than other teachers
She is good at singing
I like her voice
We sing English songs
With moving whole bodies
I don’t know the meaning of lyrics
But we sing
Again and again
Slowly or speedy
It was so fun!
(2)The second poem describes a memory about ALT.She came from Canada.I met her for the first time when I was a fifth grade elementary school student.We enjoyed learning English on every Thursday in the multi-purpose room in the school.She was a beautiful woman.I liked her blue eyes very much.She is my favorite English teacher.Her lesson was so fun.We sing many English songs.For example, “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes” is still impressive.It was exciting to sing with moving whole bodies.I did’nt know the meaning of lyrics of the songs.But every student including me sing positively.
3「Mrs.Sato」
She always looks fierce
She is so strict
She say “Next is you.”
I get nervous
She ask me the question
Look at the textbook
I can’t find the answer
Look at the notebook
I can’t find
Look up in the dictionary
I can’t
Look at the textbook again…
She say “Time is up”
I shut the textbook
She say “Stand up” with smile
I sigh deeply
(3)The third poem describes a moment when I was picked to answer the question by Mrs.Sato. She was an English teacher in the high school.She is so strict.I prepared for her lesson as well as I can because she asked many questions in her lesson and we must stand up if we cannot answer it or we make a mistake.When she say “Stand up” or “Time is up,” she looked happy a little.But the results of English examination were always good because of her lesson.
4「Exchange student from Taiwan」
An exchange student come from Taiwan
We don’t communicate
In Chinese or Japanese
But English
I take her to some places
Around my high school
Such as Ashikaga Flower Park and Ashikaga Gakko
At first, I am nervous
But we become close little by little
“English is an universal language”
I really understand its meaning
(4)The forth poem describes a moment I really understood the meaning of ”English is an universal language.”I mean that I could communicate in English with a girl from other country.I was a first grade high school student.
And I belonged to student council. One day, an exchange student came from Taiwan.It was decided that I take her to some places.We visited places around my high school such as Ashikaga Flower Park and Ashikaga Gakko.I was not good at speaking in English ,but she always smiled and said same words slowly or again and again in order to with me. So we could communicate.
5「To remember a name of a vegetable」
I was a pre-schooler
Teachers decide to make children announce names of vegetables in the play
My vegetable is “Cucumber”
It’s only one word and easy word
But I practice again and again
I like the sound of it
(5)The fifth poem describes a memory that I practiced pronunciation again and again.I was a pre-schooler. Teachers decided to make children announce names of vegetables in the annual play. Teachers said to children “You are a radish, you are lettuce….” I was said “Your vegetable is a cucumber!” Looking back now , it is only one and easy word.But I practiced again and again.I thought that cucumber has a unique and funny sound at that time. So I liked it so much.I still remember the memory of that days when I see cucumber.
6「English news paper」
Reading an English news paper
every day
in high-school
Difficult
Time-consuming
Not fun
Useless
So boring
(6)The sixth poem describes a moment when I wasted time to do worthless activity.I was a third grade high school student.I was in a library room in the school.I read a English newspaper for a long time because Mr.Sato recommended reading an newspaper every day in order to improve my skill of reading English sentences.I trusted her ,and I tried it.But I repented the decision instantly because reading a newspaper was difficult,time-consuming, useless and boring. But I finally had continued its worthless activity for two months. It is a bad memory.
7「Target1900」
It’s Blue book
Just size for me to have in a hand
I always open it
In high school
On train
In bathroom
In bed
We go to school,
Take classes,
Take a bath
And sleep together
It’s my partner
(7)The seventh poem describes a vocabulary book which I had used
for about two years.When I was a second grade high school student, I bought a vocabulary book.It is “Target 1900.“It is a blue book and just size to have in a hand.I bought it wherever I go, such as school, train, bathroom, bed and so on. When I was a high school student,I had to take a test of English words every week. If I can’t get enough score, I must do homework. So I studied for it by this book.It was my partner.
8「Seasons of Love」
I like ”Glee”
I listen to ”Seasons of love” in it
I like this song ,too
So I choose it
I belong to the chorus club
We sing it in our concert
With feeling importance of our life
(8)The eighth poem describes a memory when I was a captain of a chorus club in the high school and I chose a favorite song for our final concert.One of my favorite American drama is ”Glee.”I rented many DVDs of all stories in a rental video shop.I liked a song”Seasons of Love”the best in it.So I decide to sing it in our final concert in the high school.We members of the chorus club think meaning of its English lyric. There are messages of love and life.I am not good at reading English and but I really understand its meaning.
9「English TV」
Watching English TV
Every day
With my brother
After pre-school
Caracters sing in English on TV
They are colorful
Cute
Unique voice
I like it very much
We sing with them
(9)The nineth poem describes a moment when I watched English program on TV.The name of it is ”Eigo de Asobo.”I watched many TV programs with my brother after the pre-school. However I liked it the best.Characters were colorful and cute.They sung and danced with music on TV. We enjoyed singing and dancing with them. The songs which I remember are “Head shoulder knees and toes”, “HELLO”, “ABC” and so on.Sometimes, I still watch it because my cousins are five years old girl and three years old boy.I watch it with them.
10「English sign language」
My mother teach me ASL
It is English sign language
I know
English and Japanese are different languages
But I don’t know
English and Japanese are different as sign languages
English,Japanese,Japanese sign language and ASL
They are completely different
When I know that
I don’t become to want to know only ASL
But also other languages
Such as English and Japanese sign language
(10)The tenth poem describes a memory when I learn ASL by my mother.One day, my mother read a book and moved both hands.I ask her what she did then.She told me that ASL means “American Sign Language.”And she teached me grammar, words and how we move our hands about ASL.Of course,I know that Japanese and English are completely different.I didn’t know that Japanese sign language can’t tell what I want to tell to the people from other countries.I had learned English and importance of studying English in many ways.But I knew that I can become communicate with more people if I learn ASL.
