Our Essay Writing class restaurant review site, Tsurumi Eats!, is looking good. Just a few more reviews to be added ... If you haven't submitted your review to Kevin yet, please do so as soon as possible. The semester is almost over! Remember, I need the review as a Word document and a separate photo (jpg file). Send the review and photos to my email address.
For those readers who are looking for a restaurant recommendation, be sure to check out the site! - Tsurumi Eats!
In this week's class, we are working on our final unit, Narration. Here's another example of writing done by a former student of mine, Mai Funasaka. Notice that there is some dialog in the story, which is a requirement of the last assignment.
The Reason I Cook Every Day
One summer day, I talked to my mother. That day at home, I was stressed out. There were many minor reasons. So I said some mean words to my mother.
“Mom, listen to me. Today is my worst day. There were so many bad things.”
At first she listened silently. But I continued, “I missed the train, so I had to wait an hour.”
My town is far from the city, so there are not many lines. It is a usual thing that there is one train an hour. It is inconvenient, but I was used to it. However, today I got angry. Everything made me angry.
“And today is too hot!” I was even angry about the weather.
“Mai, you are annoyed. Why? Are you hungry?” Mother asked.
“No, I just had a bad day,” I said.
Mother said, “OK, I see, I see. But don't complain to me.”
It made me more angry. I continued complaining.
“Mom, this lunch was not good. I don't like such things. You always make the same things. I'm tired of it.”
“Oh, well, if you think so, you should cook every morning,” mother said. “It's a lot of trouble. Maybe you can cook better than me.”
Then my anger peaked. “Kusobaba!” I cried.
She hated being called such a name, so she got angry, too. The next morning, there was no lunch. The next day after that, too. My mother never cooked for me again. So I cooked for myself every time. But I’m not good at cooking. And I use frozen food, so my skill is not growing.
- Essay by Mai Funasaka (former Trident College Student)
Instructions for Essay Writing class:
Your final essay is due in this week's class, so hopefully, you have have submitted it to Kevin.
There are two more things we have to accomplish in Essay Writing class today:
1) Class evaluation
2) Two short blog comments about ...
a) essay writing class
b) writing restaurant reviews for the blog site, Tsurumi Eats!
One or more of these comments will appear in the next issue of the Tsurumi University English Dept. Newsletter.
3) If you have time, you can try an online Christmas word search game at: TheKidzPage.com
