1. Part 1 Talking about the differences between American and Japanese schools. I used this as a guide, but you can change or add things like, some students drive to school. I put an X by the ones I didn�ft use.  In Japan, everyday, there are 5 or 6 classes. In America, everyday there are 8 or 9 classes.  In Japan, class is 45 or 50 minutes. In America, class is 39 or 40 minutes.  In Japan, students must learn English. In America, students can choose what language they want to study. Many students want to study Spanish. Secondly, many students study French. Other popular languages are German, Japanese, Chinese and Russian.  In Japan, students eat lunch in their classroom. Everyone must eat Kyushoku. In America, students eat lunch in a cafeteria. I will tell you about this now. A cafeteria is a very big room. There are many, many tables. During lunch time, all the students go into the cafeteria. Some students bring lunch. Some students buy lunch. Teachers eat in another room. Teachers and students do not eat lunch together.  In Japan, students have cleaning time. Students clean the school. In America, people have jobs to clean the school. These people get money.  In Japan, students must do club activities. In America, not many students do club activities after school. Many students do club activities in High School, but not Junior High School.  In Japan, students come to school by bike. In America, most students come to school by bus. But, some must walk or come by bike.  In Japan, students stay in the same classroom all day. In America, students change classrooms. They have 3 minutes to go to their next class. Teachers stay in the same classroom all day.  In Japan, students keep their books, notebooks, bag, jacket, clothes in their classroom. In America, in the school hallway, students have lockers. Students must leave their books, notebooks, jacket, and clothes in their locker. Between classes, students must go to their locker to get their next class´s book.  In Japan, students must wear uniforms. In America, students can wear what they want.  In Japan, students change grades in April. In America, students change grades in August or September.  In Japan, Junior High School students are from 12 years old until 15 years old. In America, Junior High School students are from 11 years old until 14 years old. If you lived in America, you would be in High School right now.  In Japan, summer vacation is for 5 weeks. In America, summer vacation is for almost 3 months. Winter vacation and Spring vacation are the same in Japan and America. 2. The students should write some facts about their school. It is taken from Power On English I Communication Activity 1 on page 48. The bold parts can be changed or filled in by the students about their own school. The underlined parts were difficult and needed to be explained to the students. I will copy the web page here: Minami High School Class 1-8 About Our School Minami High School is located in Chiba City near Tokyo. It is a private school. It has 1,400 students and 95 teachers. It opened 65 years ago. The school year starts in April and ends in March. We have three semesters. In May we have a school trip, in July a sports day and in November a school festival. We have many club activities such as art, baseball, basketball, drama, and So on. About Our Class We are all first-year students. Our class is made up of 20 boys and 19 girls. Our homeroom teacher is Mr. Nagashima. He is an English teacher. Many of us belong to clubs. Send us Email! We have four English classes a week. We like English. Please let us know more about your countries! Send us E-mail. Class [email protected]

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