Outline of the Last Class -- 最後の授業の概略

I'm really sorry about the blog.
I've been busier than I expected.

For the last class, we started with a review of the planned debate. We weren't very ready, so I asked you (again) to prepare six sentences on either cooking or music:

• "Cooking is creative." -- three sentences, and
• "Cooking is not creative." -- three sentences.

or

• "Music is creative." -- three sentences, and
• "Music is not creative." -- three sentences.

I made up some more examples:

Being creative: Dance
Dance is creative.

• Making up a new dance performance – choreography -- is creative. It requires imagination.

• When a dancer performs a dance expressively, that is creative, too. The dancer must use his imagination to express himself.

Dance is not creative.

• When a dancer simply mimics (imitates) someone he thinks is cool, he is not very creative.

I offered these words and phrases for help:

• make  (make up new things – create)
• express, expression, expressive
• copy, imitate, mimic
• many patterns of ___
• many ways to ____
• many kinds of ____

While you were thinking about that, I offered some advice on test taking in general and about the TOEIC, in particular. I said about the same as in the last class of the summer session, I think.

Then we took some time to divide into groups and prepare the debates.

After that, we had the debates, and had more fun with them than I think we expected.

I'll post the contents of your debates as soon as I can, either Tuesday or Wednesday, please bear with me.