2024-11-22 The Time Travel Pitch Contest
Lesson Plan
Lesson Title: “The Time Travel Pitch Contest”
1. Warm-Up (15 minutes): Icebreaker and Role Introduction
- Activity: Discuss the concept of time travel.
- Questions:
- “If you could change one event in the past, what would it be?”
- “What risks might come with changing the past?”
- Show a short video clip or image depicting famous historical events (e.g., the moon landing, fall of the Berlin Wall) to spark ideas.
- Outcome: Set the context and build relevant vocabulary (e.g., “alter,” “consequences,” “impact,” etc.).
2. Presentation (15 minutes): Role Assignment and Preparation
- Step 1: Divide the class into two groups:
- Group A: Time Travelers. Their task is to choose a historical event they want to alter and create a pitch explaining how this change benefits the world.
- Group B: Company Scouts. Their task is to secretly determine 3-4 criteria for judging the pitches (e.g., “positive societal impact,” “feasibility of execution,” or “creativity”).
- Step 2: Provide preparation time:
- Time travelers brainstorm their pitch ideas.
- Scouts establish their judging criteria and prepare questions to evaluate pitches.
3. Practice (30 minutes): The Contest Rounds
- Step 1 (15 minutes): Pitch Presentations
- Each time traveler team delivers their pitch to the scouts (5-7 minutes per group, including Q&A).
- Scouts take notes and ask clarifying questions using their secret criteria.
- Step 2 (15 minutes): Role Switch
- Groups switch roles, and the new time travelers and scouts repeat the process.
4. Production (15 minutes): Evaluation and Winners
- Step 1: Scouts from each round deliberate on their chosen winner based on their criteria.
- Step 2: Scouts explain their decision to the class, discussing which pitch best met the criteria and why.
- Step 3: Discuss the outcomes as a whole class:
- “What was the most convincing idea?”
- “What made some pitches more effective?”
5. Cool-Down (15 minutes): Reflection and Feedback
- Activity: In pairs or small groups, students discuss:
- “What did you enjoy most about being a time traveler or scout?”
- “What was challenging about preparing your pitch or evaluating others?”
- Class Debrief: Share takeaways and identify key lessons about persuasive speaking and teamwork.
f Oda Nobunaga had survived the Honnōji Incident, he would have dramatically changed Japan.
If I were a time traveler, I would go back to his era and warn him that Akechi Mitsuhide would betray him.
I may know the grammar, but it’s difficult to use well.
I made a mistake! I post again!
If Oda Nobunaga had survived the Honnōji Incident, he would have dramatically changed Japan.
If I were a time traveler, I would go back to his era and warn him that Akechi Mitsuhide would betray him.
I may know the grammar, but it’s difficult to use well.
The grammar is correct. What do you think of this advice? I agree with the suggestion to elaborate a little on what the Honnōji Incident is because it’s not common knowledge outside of Japan. (I need to do my homework too. I should be more familiar with Japanese history.)
The second point is to add some kind of title to the names. That’s probably a good idea too.
But grammatically, there’s no problem whatsoever.
この文章は全体的によく書けていますが、いくつかの点について一緒に考えてみましょう：
1. “survived the Honnōji Incident”
→ 日本の歴史的な出来事を英語で表現する場合、「本能寺の変」をどのように表記するのが一般的でしょうか？
→ 初出の場合、説明的な言葉を加えた方が英語の読者により分かりやすくなりませんか？
（例：「〜事件」「〜での反乱」など、どのように説明を加えられるか考えてみましょう）
2. 人名の表記について
→ 日本の歴史上の人物名を英語で書く場合、「織田信長」「明智光秀」をどのように表記するのが一般的でしょうか？
→ 初出の場合、肩書きや説明を加えた方が良い場合もありますね。
これらの点を考慮して、もう一度文章を見直してみましょう。
実は、この文章は文法的にはとても正確に書けています！
特に、仮定法過去完了と仮定法過去の使い分けが適切にできています。素晴らしいですね。
より良い文章にするためのオプションとして：
– 読者への配慮として、歴史的な文脈の説明を加える
– 人物や事件の説明を補足する
といった点を検討してみてはどうでしょうか？
ご質問があればどうぞ！
If I could travel in the past just once, I would go to November 2000 to be a member of Election Commission, and would monitor to ensure that vote counting done properly.
Then, If Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election and had become a president, he would have strongly promoted countermeasure against global warming, and recent years’ global warming and the resulting abnormal weather conditions might not have been this bad.
以下の点について考えてみましょう：
1. “travel in the past”
→ 「過去に旅行する」という表現で、前置詞”in”は適切でしょうか？
→ “travel to” “travel back to” など、他の表現を考えてみましょう。
2. “go to November 2000”
→ 時間を表す表現として、”go to”だけで十分でしょうか？
→ 「2000年11月に戻る」という意味を正確に表現するには、どんな前置詞が必要でしょうか？
3. “Election Commission”
→ 正式な機関名として使う場合、冠詞（article）は必要ないでしょうか？
→ アメリカの選挙管理委員会の正式名称を調べてみましょう。
4. “vote counting done properly”
→ 「投票の集計が適切に行われる」という受動態の文で、be動詞が抜けています。
→ 正しい受動態の形を作るには、どの位置にbe動詞を入れる必要がありますか？
5. “had become a president”
→ アメリカの大統領を指す場合の一般的な表現方法を考えてみましょう。
→ “the President” “President” など、使い方の違いを確認してください。
6. “countermeasure against”
→ この名詞は通常、単数と複数のどちらで使われますか？
→ “take countermeasures” という一般的な表現も参考にしてみましょう。
自分で修正を試みてください。文の構造自体は良くできていますが、
細かい表現の部分で改善の余地があります。
質問があれば、どうぞ聞いてください！
Sorry, the time travel destination was missing.
If I could travel in the past just once, I would go to United States in November 2000 to be a member of Election Commission, and would monitor to ensure that vote counting done properly.
Then, If Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election and had become a president, he would have strongly promoted countermeasure against global warming, and recent years’ global warming and the resulting abnormal weather conditions might not have been this bad.
What do you think of dealing with corrections this way? Instead of just giving you the right answer, you work through it.
以下の部分を確認してみましょう：
1. “go to United States”
→ 冠詞（article）が必要な場合です。United Statesの前に何が必要か考えてみましょう。
2. “monitor to ensure that vote counting done properly”
→ この文では、「vote counting」が主語で、動詞が抜けています。
→ 「〜が適切に行われる」という受動態の形にするには、どんな語が必要でしょうか？
3. “had become a president”
→ 「大統領になる」という表現で、presidentの前の冠詞は必要でしょうか？
→ アメリカの大統領を指す場合、通常どのように表現しますか？
4. “countermeasure against”
→ 「対策」という意味で使う場合、countermeasureは普通、単数形と複数形どちらを使いますか？
→ この単語の一般的な使い方を辞書で確認してみましょう。
自分で修正してみましょう！わからない部分があれば、質問してください。
I actually want to experiment with this approach myself for writing in Japanese. I’m thinking of starting an Ameba blog to practice writing.
I’m experimenting to see if I create a system prompt that can reliably help learners like you improve their English. I like the idea of language learners using AI to *help* improve their writing without simply giving the answers. The greatest benefit to working with AI in this context is that since you’re being corrected by an AI, there shouldn’t be that feeling of being judged by the teacher that causes stress. At the same time, you can still show to the teacher what you’ve learned from your interaction with AI so the teacher can understand your ability level and progress.
Here’s the output of second iteration of the system prompt I’m working on. I like the idea of showing example sentences, as long as they don’t remove the need for learners to think deeply for themselves. What do you this of this learning this way? I also need to use myself as a test subject as a Japanese language learner.
“If I could travel in the past just once, I would go to United States in November 2000 to be a member of Election Commission, and would monitor to ensure that vote counting done properly.
“Then, If Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election and had become a president, he would have strongly promoted countermeasure against global warming, and recent years’ global warming and the resulting abnormal weather conditions might not have been this bad.”
Here’s how the system prompt would analyze and provide feedback:
以下の点について一緒に確認していきましょう：
1. 冠詞と固有名詞
問題の箇所: “go to United States” / “become a president”
文法ポイント: 特定の国名や役職の冠詞使用について
考えてみましょう：
– 「アメリカ合衆国」を英語で表現する時、どの冠詞が必要ですか？
– 「大統領」を表現する時、一般的な大統領と特定の国の大統領では、冠詞の使い方が違います
参考例：
✓ She moved to the Philippines last year
✓ Biden serves as President of the United States
よくある間違い例：
✗ I went to United States
✗ He became a president of France
正しい表現：
✓ I went to the United States
✓ He became President of France
2. 受動態の構造
問題の箇所: “vote counting done properly”
文法ポイント: 受動態の基本構造（be動詞 + 過去分詞）
考えてみましょう：
– 「〜が行われる」という受動の意味を表現するには、どんな要素が必要ですか？
– was/is/being の使い分けについて考えてみましょう
参考例：
✓ The meeting was conducted smoothly
✓ The data is being processed correctly
よくある間違い例：
✗ The homework done yesterday
✗ The food delivered cold
正しい表現：
✓ The vote counting was done properly
✓ The vote counting was being done properly
3. 名詞の単複
問題の箇所: “countermeasure against global warming”
文法ポイント: 対策を表す際の可算名詞の使い方
考えてみましょう：
– 「対策」は通常、単数と複数のどちらで使われますか？
– 複数の施策や方法を示す場合、どう表現しますか？
参考例：
✓ We need to take measures against climate change
✓ The company implemented countermeasures to prevent cyber attacks
よくある間違い例：
✗ We need new countermeasure
✗ The measure against crime are important
正しい表現：
✓ …promoted countermeasures against global warming
4. 条件文の構造
問題の箇所: 全体的な if 節の構造
文法ポイント: 過去の仮定を表す条件文の時制
考えてみましょう：
– 過去の出来事に対する仮定を表現する時、if節とその帰結節でどんな時制を使いますか？
– would have + 過去分詞の使い方を確認しましょう
参考例：
✓ If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam
✓ If she had taken the early train, she would have arrived on time
良かった点：
– 仮定法過去完了の基本的な構造が理解できています
– 論理的な文章展開ができています
– 複雑な内容を英語で表現しようとする意欲が見られます
上記の点を参考に、もう一度文章を見直してみましょう！
分からない部分があれば、質問してください。
If Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election , some of the environmental issues including intense heat in summer resulting from climate change and global warming would not have occurred.
Perfect!
Sorry, I didn’t see your comment until right now.
Sorry, I didn’t realize you posted such a detailed explanations!!
1. “travel in the past”
→ 「過去に旅行する」という表現で、前置詞”in”は適切でしょうか？
→ “travel to” “travel back to” など、他の表現を考えてみましょう。
AK’s reply;
“travel back to the past” seems more correct.
2. “go to November 2000”
→ 時間を表す表現として、”go to”だけで十分でしょうか？
→ 「2000年11月に戻る」という意味を正確に表現するには、どんな前置詞が必要でしょうか？
AK’s reply;
“go back to November 2000” seems more correct.
3. “Election Commission”
→ 正式な機関名として使う場合、冠詞（article）は必要ないでしょうか？
→ アメリカの選挙管理委員会の正式名称を調べてみましょう。
AK’s reply;
I looked it up and found the official name of the agency was the Federal Election Commission.
4. “vote counting done properly”
→ 「投票の集計が適切に行われる」という受動態の文で、be動詞が抜けています。
→ 正しい受動態の形を作るには、どの位置にbe動詞を入れる必要がありますか？
AK’s reply;
“be-verb” was missing. The place to put the be-verb is before “done”, but I’m not sure what the tense should be. Correctly, “ensure that voting counting “would be” done properly”???
5. “had become a president”
→ アメリカの大統領を指す場合の一般的な表現方法を考えてみましょう。
→ “the President” “President” など、使い方の違いを確認してください。
I understood.
6. “countermeasure against”
→ この名詞は通常、単数と複数のどちらで使われますか？
→ “take countermeasures” という一般的な表現も参考にしてみましょう。
I understood and found the following and other similar explanations on the internet.
*「take measures」
ビジネス英語で一番よく使われるのがこの「take measures」です。
基本的に「measure」の複数形の「measures」を使います。
下記の熟語で表現するのがほとんどです。
take measures to 動詞：～をするための対策をする
take measures against 名詞：～に対しての対策をする
*ネイティブがよく使う「countermeasure(s)」って何？
会話の中で頻繁に聞く「countermeasure（カウンターメジャー）」ですが、「measure」とどう違うのでしょうか？
「measure」と同様で、これも複数形（countermeasures）で使うのが一般的です。
下記を見てみましょう。
countermeasure：好まれない事が起こってそれに対する防衛策など
measure：一般的に何かを成し遂げるため（まだ何も起こっていない場合など）
多少微妙な違いがあります。「countermeasure」が「対抗策」というニュアンスが強いですね。
1. “go to United States” ← from your 2nd comment
→ 冠詞（article）が必要な場合です。United Statesの前に何が必要か考えてみましょう。
Sorry, simple mistake! “the” was missing.
Then, the whole sentence will be as follows.
If I could travel back to the past just once, I would go back to November 2000 to be a member of the Federal Election Commission, and would monitor to ensure that vote counting would be done properly.
Then, If Al Gore had won the 2000 Presidential Election and had become President of the United States, he would have taken strong countermeasures against global warming, and recent years’ global warming and the resulting abnormal weather conditions might not have been this bad.