授業活用例：
①Translate the following Japanese into English.
「たきぎ」「鬼」「だんご」「キジ」「こん棒」
と板書する。
②プリント『Peach Boy』を配る。
③５分間で板書のワード・ハントをする。
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Once upon a time, there lived an old man and an old woman. Every day the old man would go into the mountains to collect firewood and the old woman would go to the river to do the washing.
One day, while the old woman was doing the washing, a giant peach came floating down the river. The old woman saw it and gasped, for the old woman had never seen such a large peach before in her life.
“It looks so delicious,” the old woman murmured as she rubbed her hands in delight. “What a waste it would be to let it go floating down the river.” So with some difficulty she pulled the huge peach out of the river and dragged it home to share with the old man.
Later that night, when the old man came home from collecting firewood, the old woman showed him the peach. The old man could not believe his eyes. “Let’s eat it now,” he said.
So the old woman brought a knife from the kitchen, but just as she was about to cut the peach in two, it suddenly split open with a crack, and out of it sprang a beautiful little baby boy!
“Arrgh!” screamed the old man as he leapt away in fear and surprise.
“Oh dear,” the old woman sighed, looking at the little boy as he started to cry, “That wasn’t supposed to happen. What are we going to do?”
“Well, there’s no point in just standing around looking at him,” the old man said after he had recovered from the shock, “We have to give him a name. I know, the boy was born from a peach, so we will call him Peach Boy.”
The old couple took great care of Peach Boy, and raised him proudly and lovingly as their own son. He was clever and strong, and no one could match him. Everyone admired him.
One day, Peach Boy heard from a traveler that there was a group of demons living on Devils’ Island, and that these demons were terrorizing everyone nearby, robbing them, destroying their homes, and scaring their children.
Peach Boy went straight to the old woman and the old man and said,“Father, mother, I think I’m old enough to punish the demons on Devils’ Island. Make me the best dumplings in Japan to take with me, and I will make you proud.”
But the old man and the old woman looked worried: “You’re still too young. You’re just a child. You can’t do this.”
But Peach Boy would not listen. “Let me face 50 demons, 100 demons even, I can defeat them all with a single blow,” he said.
The old man and the old woman looked at each other. They knew it would be useless to argue with him.
“Well, if you must go, you must go,” said the old woman, and the old man agreed. They made him the best dumplings in Japan, and gave him a new headband, a brand new set of robes, a new sword and banner that read, “PEACH BOY,” in great, pink letters to take with him.
“Be careful,” the old couple said with tears in their eyes, and so Peach Boy set off for Devils’ Island.
As Peach Boy left the village, a dog came up to him.
“Woof, Peach Boy, where are you going?” asked the dog.
“I’m going to punish the demons on Devils’ Island,” Peach Boy said proudly.
“I’ll go with you. Only … only, could you give me one of those dumplings that the old woman gave you?”
“Of course, I’ll give you one,” said Peach Boy, pulling out a dumpling from his bag and giving it to the dog. “This is one of the best dumplings in Japan. Eat it and you will have the strength of 1,000 men.”
So they set off on their journey to Devils’ Island. Along the way, they met a pheasant and a monkey, and like the dog, they joined Peach Boy in his quest after he had given each of them one of his dumplings.
After traveling many days, they soon came to the sea, where they could see Devils’ Island on the horizon. Peach Boy found a boat and they sailed over to the huge, black gate that was the entrance to the demons’ castle.
The monkey ran up to the gate and knocked on the door.
“Who goes there?” boomed a voice from behind the gate.
“I am Peach Boy. I have come to Devils’ Island to punish all you demons.”
There was laughter from behind the gate, “Ha, ha, ha! You? You’re nothing but a puny little boy. Go home to your parents. You cannot beat us.”
“You just watch me,” said Peach Boy, and he leapt forward and broke open the gate.
The little demons who were standing behind the gate screamed and went running into the castle where the larger demons were having a banquet, drinking bottles and bottles of sake.
“It’s Peach Boy! It’s Peach Boy! He’s coming to beat us all up,” screamed the little demons.
“What? Peach Boy? What kind of a name is Peach Boy?” the big demons laughed as they stumbled out of the banquet hall.
And there stood Peach Boy, fearless in front of them. Behind him stood the monkey, the pheasant and the dog. Each of them had the power of 1,000 men because they had eaten the best dumplings in Japan.
“I am Peach Boy. Prepare to be seriously beaten up,” said Peach Boy.
The demons roared and charged forward with their spiked clubs. Peach Boy fought back, punching and kicking, while the monkey, the pheasant and the dog attacked with teeth and claws. Soon Peach Boy and his friends had beaten all the demons.
“Oh, spare me, I can’t win,” wailed the demon king, wringing his hands and crying great, big tears. “If you let me go, I promise I’ll never do an evil thing ever again.”
“Well, if you promise, I will spare you,” he said, and he spared the demon king.
The demon king was so overjoyed that he gave Peach Boy all the treasure that he had ever stolen. Peach Boy put the treasure in a cart, and with the monkey, the pheasant and the dog took it back to the old man and the old woman, and they all lived happily ever after. [The End]
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