Video – Coldplay - Paradise (Peponi) African Style (ft. guest artist, Alex Boye) - ThePianoGuys

Paradise is a popular song by Coldplay. In this version, the Piano Guys join with Alex Boye, an African singer who is a YouTube performer. He uses the Swahili word peponi which means paradise. They shot this video somewhere near the Four Corners, a place where four states connect in the Southwest part of the United States.






Here is the original version with the original video.


In my opinion, the cover version and video are better. :)

Here are the words:

When she was just a girl she expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes

When she was just a girl she expected the world
But it flew away from her reach and the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dream of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

She'd dream of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I know the sun must set to rise"

This could be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This could be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh, oh

This could be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise

This could be para-para-paradise
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Lesson 11 – Unit 9: The Works of Shakespeare

Quizlet
We began with a quiz on Quizlet. We also had some time in class to use Quizlet. I have added the vocabulary from Unit 7.


Unit 8 Homework
We checked our answers for Language Focus and Vocabulary Extension in Unit 8.


Textbook U9: The Works of Shakespeare
After doing the Vocabulary Preview activity (p. 57), we did the reading Shakespeare's Tragic Plays (pp. 58-59) in class.



Peer Feedback

Follow these steps:

• Share your Google Doc with your partner (you can let them type their email address in the share box).
• After today, read your partner's paragraphs.
• Give feedback based on the PDF checklist.
• Use the comment function by highlighting the text you want to comment on.
• Click on the + button on the right of the doc.
• Write your comment and click save.

Checklist for references, quotes, and citations

Leave comments about the above, but also about anything you notice. See Lesson 7 for the checklist and link to the handout.

Due 7/4  23:59

Homework
In your textbook, do the Language Focus activity, the Vocabulary Extension activity (p. 49) and Vocabulary Reinforcement activity (p. 50).

Video — Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix! - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 4 of 7)

Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix!
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the fourth in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Petra a city built into the rock in Jordan. The name Petra means rock.

Because Petra was a location in the 3rd Indian Jones movie, they use music from the soundtrack in this tune.

Enjoy the video again.


 





You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 10 – Unit 8: What's So Funny?

Quizlet
We began with a quiz on Quizlet. We also had some time in class to use Quizlet. I have added the vocabulary from Unit 8.


Unit 7 Homework
We checked our answers for Language Focus and Vocabulary Extension in Unit 7.


Textbook U8: What's So Funny?
After doing the Vocabulary Preview activity (p. 51), we did the reading The Village That Couldn't Stop Laughing (pp. 52-53) in class. 

Summary Paragraphs
Write 2-3 paragraphs about one of the two Psychology topics (Unit 7 or Unit 8). Include additional information from 1-2 other resources. Be sure to follow the advice in the PDF below.

The optional reading handouts are from the same source as in lesson 8.

You can download a PDF version of the pages from Becoming a Better Writer here:
References, Quotes, and Citations


Homework
Use Google Docs. Follow these steps:

1. Create and share a new Google Doc with me.
2. Give it the title of your full name + AAV + L10 Homework (Taro Suzuki's AAV L10 Homework)
3. Revise your paragraphs from Lesson 8 if necessary following the instructions found in Becoming a Better Writer.
4. Due 6/27 23:59 

Also, make revisions to your previous paper if needed. Due 6/24 23:59.

In your textbook, do the Language Focus activity, the Vocabulary Extension activity (p. 55) and Vocabulary Reinforcement activity (p. 56).

Video — What Makes You Beautiful (The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

What Makes You Beautiful 
(The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

I wonder how much practice they must have done to make this video. Enjoy it again!

Citation Information for the Handouts

Use the photo below to find the information you need for citation and references on your paper.

Video — The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)

The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the third in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The most famous view is of El Castillo, a big Mayan pyramid.

The music is a medley of tunes from the soundtrack to Disney's The Jungle Book. Did you see the bear and the panther in the video? They are two main characters from the movie

Enjoy the video again.


 



You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 8 – Global Warming and the Environment

We began by checking our answers for Language Focus and Vocabulary Extension in Unit 5.

Textbook U6: Global Warming and the Environment
After doing the Vocabulary Preview activity (p. 39), we did the reading The Global Issue of Climate Change (pp. 40-41) in class. We also did the Reading Comprehension task (p. 42) together.

Quizlet
We had some time in class to use Quizlet. Study the set from our class page on Quizlet: AAV L9 Study Set.

We had a vocabulary quiz from our list today using the Quizlet Test task.

Summary Paragraphs
Write 2-3 paragraphs about one of the two Ecology topics (Unit 5 or Unit 6). Include additional information from 1-2 other resources. Be sure to follow the advice in the PDF below.

You can download a PDF version of the pages from Becoming a Better Writer here:
References, Quotes, and Citations


Homework
Use Google Docs. Follow these steps:

1. Create and share a new Google Doc with me.
2. Give it the title of your full name + AAV + L8 Homework (Taro Suzuki's AAV L8 Homework)
3. Revise your paragraphs from Lesson 6 if necessary following the instructions found in Becoming a Better Writer.
4. Due 6/13 23:59 

Also, make revisions to your previous paper if needed. Due 6/10 23:59.

In your textbook, do the Language Focus activity, the Vocabulary Extension activity (p. 37) and Vocabulary Reinforcement activity (p. 38).

Video — I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)

I Won't Give Up (Jayesslee Cover of Jason Mraz)
Jayesslee is the artist who sang the Gangnam Style cover we watched before. Jayesslee means J S Lee. Their names are Janice (Jay for J) and Sonia (Ess for S) and their last name is Lee. I love their harmonies. It must have been difficult to perform this on one take at the beach.

See the lyrics below the video.

I Won't Give Up

Jason Mraz

When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?

Well I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up

And when you're needing your space, to do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting, to see what you find

'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not and who I am

I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up, still looking up.

I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)

I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up