Activity 1.1 Watch and Learn!
Activity 1.1 Watch and Learn!
WHAT I KNOW
1. C.
2. A.
3. A.
4. C.
5. B.
6. C.
7. B.
8. C.
9. A.
10. A.
11. A.
12. D.
13. B.
14. C.
15. D.
WHAT’S NEW
WHAT’S MORE
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2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
1. Entertain
2. Entertain
3. Inform
4. Persuade
5. Inform
1.
Explain your answer (Write a sentence or two) : In the video, it shows 2 kids caring for
each other. Both of them treat each other kindly. And both of them have a good
friendship. It informs us that friendship is important and nice to have.
2.
Explain your answer (Write a sentence or two) : In the video, it shows the lack of
bonding with the son and father. they rarely talk, or had a discussion together. this is why
even if you bond with your family even just a bit more. it would greatly affect their lives
positively. which is what is being informed.
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Author’s Purpose: To persuade
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WHAT CAN I DO
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ASSESSMENT
1. B.
2. C.
3. C.
4. B.
5. D.
6. A.
7. B.
8. D.
9. A.
10. B.
11. D.
12. C.
13. C.
14. A.
15. B.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ELEMENTS DESCRIPTION
Characters: Miyo "Muge" Sasaki / Tarō, Kento Hinode, Kusugi-sensei, Hajime, Cat
Storekeeper, Kaoru Mizutani, Masamichi Isami, Yoriko Fukase, Miki
Saitō, Tamaki, Yōji Sasaki, Sugita, Kenzo Hinode, Shōta Bannai,
Kakinuma, Ayumu Niibori, Tomoya Sakaguchi, Kinako, Yumi Hinode,
Shiori Mizoguchi, Sachiko Hinode
Setting: Tokoname
Plot Miyo Sasaki is an unhappy middle school girl living in the town
of Tokoname who does not get along with her stepmother. Each day at school,
she goes out of her way to flirt with her crush, Kento Hinode, in spite of his
repeated rejections. One day, Miyo receives a magical Noh mask from a
mysterious mask seller, which lets her become a cat. As "Tarō", she spends time
with Hinode at his home, keeps him company while he studies Japanese
pottery and listens to his problems. She longs to confess that the cat that he loves
and the girl that he hates are the same person, but is afraid that he will reject her
and refuse to visit with Tarō anymore.
One day, Miyo overhears a pair of boys at school talking trash about Hinode, and
loudly intervenes by jumping off the school building to defend his honor. She
hurts herself during the jump, and for the first time, Hinode shows warmth to her
as he takes her to the nurse's office and shares his lunch with her. Later that
evening, as Tarō, Miyo learns that Hinode's family is closing their pottery shop,
as his grandfather is retiring and the family can no longer afford it. Hinode's
kindness towards her, combined with a need to cheer him up at the loss of his
hobby inspires Miyo to confess her love in the form of a letter. The next day in
class, a bully snatches the note before she can deliver it and reads it aloud,
embarrassing both Miyo and Hinode. When confronted, Hinode saves face by
publicly telling Miyo that he hates her. Miyo later visits Hinode as Tarō and
spends the night with him. In the morning, she decides that life with Hinode as a
cat is better than life without him as a human, and her human face falls off in the
form of a porcelain mask. The mask seller appears to claim Miyo's face and tells
her that he will give it to a cat who wants to become human. Miyo's friends and
family begin searching for her, including Hinode, who confesses to Tarō that he
doesn't really hate Miyo. Trapped in her cat body, Miyo begins losing her human
faculties and regrets her choice. Kinako, the cat of Miyo's stepmom, obtains
Miyo's human face from the mask seller and takes over her human life. Miyo
implores her to return her face, but Kinako refuses, explaining that she is
approaching the end of her natural lifespan but wishes to continue living and
bringing happiness to her owner.
Miyo follows the shopkeeper to the secret Island of Cats where she hopes to
convince him to turn her back into a human. Meanwhile, Kinako comes to
understand just how much Miyo's stepmom loved her cat and has a change of
heart. She reveals the secret of the masks to Hinode and takes him to the Island
to save Miyo before her transformation becomes permanent. Kinako gives
Hinode a cat mask, which turns him into a half-cat. Kinako and Hinode are
trapped by the masked seller but are rescued by Miyo and another cat who used
to be a human. When Kinoko is about to give Miyo her face back, the mask
stealer takes Miyo.
While Hinode eventually finds Miyo, the shopkeeper takes them to the
"promised place" and attempts to finalize Miyo's and Hinode's transformation
and extract their lifespan, but is foiled by all of the resentful humans that he had
previously turned into cats. As they travel back to the human world, Miyo and
Hinode confess their love to each other and Kinako returns Miyo's face, returning
her to normal.
The credits show Miyo telling her friends about how Hinode loves her, Hinode
telling his mother that he wants to do pottery, and Hinode doing Miyo's signature
"Hinode sunrise attack".