3) Summer in Japan - A Season I Love to Hate! [Teacher Model: A season you love or hate]

I can't decide whether I like summer in Japan or not. When the weather gets warmer, I start to get excited about things such as summer food like snow cones and ice cream. I also look forward to fireworks displays, going to the beach and enjoying nature. Those are the reasons I love summer in Japan.

However, there are many things about summer in Japan that I dislike. It's so hot that sometimes it's unbearable. I don't enjoy sweating. It's hard to sleep at night and the sun rises really early. And the mosquitoes - I don't like them at all!

That's why I say that I have a love/hate relationship with summer in this country. What about you?

This is a photo I took in Hokkaido last summer - so many sunflowers!

TEACHER TIP:

Change the title of your blog post to something personal. This week's topic is A Season You Like or Dislike. But if your blog title is A Season I Like or I Like Summer, that's boring. If your blog is boring, who will want to read it?

For my title, I chose: Summer in Japan - A Season I Love to Hate!

Here are two other ideas for great titles. Can you think of any more?

• Season of Snow
• 10 Things I Hate About Spring

2) They Were Not Rocks [Teacher Model: A Train Story]

Many years ago, I was on the train in Hong Kong.  I was standing in front of an old man, who was sitting down with a newspaper.

Suddenly, something like a little rock hit my arm.  I was confused, and wondered what hit me.  Then, something small hit me again, this time, on my cheek.

I looked down, and saw that the old man was clipping his toenails.  He had opened his newspaper to catch the toenail clippings, but they had bounced off of me, instead.

I was not happy.

Picture source: Wikipedia

Teacher Tip: 

Below, each sentence is on a new line. This isn't good writing style. Only skip a line and start a new for a new idea.

1) In the Mood for Love [Teacher Model: Movie Review]

The Best Film I've Ever Seen

In The Mood for Love, a Wong Kar-wai film

I wonder if teenagers would like this movie? It's my favorite movie ever. I like this movie because it is like a poem. The rain, the dark lighting, the soundtrack and the costumes are very moody. It is a sad story, but not too sad and it's very beautiful. 

The movie is about a man and a woman who live next door together in two rooms owned by a family in Hong Kong. The man's wife is always out. The woman's husband is never at home, either. So, the man and the woman are very lonely. They start a friendship after meeting at the same noodle shop many times.

What's going to happen? Will they fall in love? Watch the movie to find out!

It's PGR so any high school student can watch it, but you will need the subtitles - it's in Chinese and French!

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TEACHER TIP: always rewrite your freewriting.

Here, you can see the freewriting I did before I wrote this movie review. Of course, I don't type my freewriting just like that! I rewrite it, fix spelling and grammar errors and put my ideas into paragraphs.