2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ Russia ]School[ Volzhsky Military School ] Teacher [ Irina Ignatova ] grade ( 6 )Partner [ (JP) Anjo-Nanbu Elementary School ] Teacher [ Megumi Kato ]student number ( 29 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
EnglishHours

To speak about national symbols.

5Art

Draw the mural

8

IT

Make presentations, use the forum

10# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeMessage

National Symbols
To learn more about Japanese culture, to investigate the topic of Russian achievements.

# Effects and the ProblemsEffects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Our students learned more about Japan, its national Time management. Letter writing in English. Video
costume, symbols, read some poems by Basho, they conferences.
even tried to write their own haiku.
# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
The students understood how interesting the world
around is. They also had an opportunity to see that inspite of all our differences our two countries havemuch in common.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Sep.

ResearchOct.
Nov.

Composition

Dec.

Painting

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
We introduced ourselves on The students were excited to read thethe forum.
partner’s introductions and to think how
to tell the partners about our class.

EnglishThe students used theinternet, worked in theschool library to get
information
about
ournational symbols.
When we saw the partners’
part of the mural, we started
making drafts of our part.

Most of the class was very enthusiastic,
all of them wanted to take part in theproject.
The class had many different ideas about
what and how to draw, we chose the best
ones.

EnglishThe class worked hard.

Each student did his/her best.
Several students from other classes
asked us to let them also take part inpainting.

ArtFeb.

Appreciation
Reflection

Subject

We were short of time, so we
didn’t hang the mural atschool. But we presented
our work at the Art teachers
town seminar.
We’ve made photos of themural to present the projectto the whole school.

EnglishHe students were proud of the result of
their work.
English# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect
Understanding our owncultures
Understanding theother’s cultures

AimResultAAA

A

A

2

B

3

A

4

A

4

Attitude in learningA

4Expression ability

A

4

Appreciation ability

B

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
The research in the internet and other sauces.
Our partners’ posts, the internet.
More practice is needed.
They couldn’t use the forum, so they made a presentation
It would have been better to arrange a video session.
The leaders of the class did most work.
The students were interested in the project and active.
More practice is needed.
We hadn’t enough time.