Japanese A news letter in October

Dear G12 Parents,

Japanese class news letter of October

By Mr. Higa

Hello everyone.
Hope this news letter finds you well.

In October, they are studying Drama "Yu-zuru", by Kinoshita Junji.
The story is a famous drama. It is similar to "Tsuru no Ongaeshi"
In the end of November, there will be a Individual Oral Activity which is a part of IBDP course
So we are practicing according this exam.

After mid-term break. we will start review "Eiketsu no asa" and "Yu-duru", then start the activity.
Also I'm planning making a book review activity after break. So they will read a book during the break.

All students always bring their homework by due day and enjoy Japanese class,

I appreciate for your cooperation.

If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to ask me.

JAL News letter in October

JAL   

                   

We have a test every Monday in this year, too.(Kanji or words, / 

                                                                                               depending on students’ levels )

We have two different levels in the class and below is what we did with each group.

With one group …We finished our textbook “Genki Unit 4”. We had unit4 test.

                            The adjectives are related on the next unit. It is important for 

                            Japanese sentences.

With the other group…We finished on Genki 2, unit 13. We had a unit13 test.

                                          We were able to get much vocabulary with this unit.

 Japanese B

We learnt formal sentence patterns from essay.

We practice reading deeper various kinds of environment issues.

We were able to think thought various viewpoints and come up with new opinions.

Next we tried to collect a thought with environment issues.

Chemistry October Newsletter

12^th graders is about to finish IB chemistry topics. The optional topic is waiting to be covered.

This month we will start Option C:The energy topic

In this unit, we will cover the topics below

• ·        A useful energy source releases energy at a reasonable rate and produces minimal pollution
• ·        The quality of energy
• ·        Renewable energy sources
• ·        Energy density, Specific energy and The efficiency of an energy transfer
• ·        An electrochemical cell
• ·        The voltage of a battery depends primarily on the nature of the materials used while the    total work that can be obtained from it depends on their quantity.
• ·        A fuel cell can be used to convert chemical energy
• ·        The Nernst equation

Throughout the topic, they will develop the understandings of chemistry, applications of the chemistry knowledge and skills, their international mindedness and theory of knowledge. They will do experiments and researches as well. In this course, they will be familiar with nature of science approach to the topics.

News Letter Japanese A (JNL)

Dear G12 Parents,

Japanese class news letter of September

By Mr. Higa

Hello. I'm Tetsuya Higa.

As you may be heard by your child, I teach Japanese class in this year.
I'm glad to have the Japanese classes with your child at Horizon.

The first month of 2016 - 2017 academic year, G12 JNL students learnt some topics according to IBDP Japanese A Language and Literature.

In this term they are studying IBDP Part 4 "Literature - Critical study".
In September, they studied Poem "Eiketsu no Asa"  by Miyazawa Kenji
The author and the poem are really famous.
Many Japanese people study the poem or the author.

In October, they are studying Drama "Yu-zuru", by Kinoshita Junji.
The story is  also famous. It is similar to "Tsuru no Ongaeshi"

All students always bring their homework by due day and try hard,

I appreciate for your cooperation.

If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to ask me.

PE Newsletter

Hello everyone!

As you know we will have Sports Day on October 15th, I hope we have good weather. We've been focusing on Sports Day preparations. We have been practicing the games we will play at the event; i.e. hurdle race, tic tac toe race, relay race, tug of war, and so forth. Both the Gray and Red Teams are so ambitious about the games. We are looking forward to having another fun and active Sports Day! And also, we will have 3 games for the parents this year, too. Please come prepared!

October Math Newsletter-2016

Dear parents of Grade 12,

We have had a good starting this year. Since we have covered most of the topics, we have more time to focus on harder topics.

This term, we have started Calculus, derivative and integral. We have just finished those topics and they are reviewing what they have learned so far.

I will give them a unit test next week.

If you have questions, contact me please

LA October Newsletter

Hello everyone,

This month in IB LA, we will be finishing up our novel study on Merchant of Venice. We will be having a test at the end of the novel based upon the content of the novel, as well as the context of the novel.

Afterwards, we will be completing an acting assignment based upon the play, and will be completing an IB Written Task based upon the play. Further instructions and guidelines will be posted on my website and given in class.

If you have any questions regarding these activities, please feel free to check my website and/or send me an email.

Thanks!


Mr. Chris