Gaim The Fruit Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider Gaim easily brought something new to the Kamen Rider franchise as fans were quick to give this series praise… Then when the series was done the fans changed their minds so quickly… Either way I can say that Gaim was a big breath of fresh air as Kamen Rider still keeps me interested in current Toku. My episode reviews for this series was an interesting little trip I had. I felt like I improved on noticing things for themes and writing. It reminds me of when I was reviewing Kyoryuger, but I ended up loving Gaim and not having a battle with it. Anyways, let us take a bite of fruit and get some soda to chug it down with, it’s time to change fate!

Kamen Rider Gaim that features a young man named Kouta Kazuraba transforming with an…orange?

Synopsis

Kamen Rider Gaim takes place in the city of Zawame, where Yggdrasill Corporation was set up to bring prospect and advanced technology to the previous rural village. The youths formed dance groups called Beat Riders to set their place on who has the terriority to “dance”, which eventually sets up a challenge called the Inves Game. Special devices called Lock Seeds are used to summon Inves monsters to fight each other and whichever Inves wins, the controller group get to take over the territory. Soon it was more focused on power dominance and less of the freedom to dance.


Kouta one day was asked by one of his dance mates, Yuuya to find him when he was reported missing and stumbled across a mysterious belt called the Sengoku Driver, which if placed with a Lock Seed allows him to henshin (transform) into Armored Rider Gaim (with of course an orange for his armour). As he uncover the disappearance of Yuuya and more people start using Sengoku Drivers to become Armored Riders themselves, he finds a connection about Yggdrasill and the dark secrets of the Inves and Lock Seeds from the other dimension of the Helheim forest.

Characters 

Gaku Sano plays as Kouta Kazuraba, having watched the classic Kamen Rider Kuuga as a child and being inspired by the show. Like most Kamen Rider protagonists, he care about others and uses his new found power to protect the innocents from Inves. He is the acting leader of Team Gaim after Yuuya’s disappearance but often leaves decisions to his fellow friends Mai and Mitsuzane. However, as the series progresses, he starts questioning what he is really fighting for after realizing what had happened to Yuuya and another Armored Rider as the Helheim forest starts making its way into the real world. As Gaim, he wields two different swords, one being orange-theme that can be joined, alternatively changing forms and using a mace and kunai with getting stronger forms later in the series.

Kaito Kumon is portrayed as Yutaka Kobayashi, founder of Team Baron and is given a Sengoku Driver to become Armored Rider Baron (or Banana). He often clashes with Kouta on having different ideals on changing the world, believing the strongest will survive and this resulted in their tense relationship whether they are allies or enemies. As Baron, he mainly uses a banana-theme spear.

Mitsuzane Kureshima (Mitcchi) is portrayed by Mahiro Takasugi, a fellow member of Team Gaim and is given a Sengoku Driver to become Armored Rider Ryugen. As a younger brother of the head for Yggdrasill, he has a double-life living as a quiet obedient sibling while hanging out with his group. He plans out strategy and aids Kouta in battle as his right-hand man. But as the series progresses, he starts scheming about his view on humanity after being revealed the truth of Helhiem. As Ryugen, he mainly uses a grape-theme gun.

Takatora Kureshima is potrayed by Yuki Kubota, older brother of Mitsuzane and is given a Sengoku Driver to become Armored Rider Zangetsu. As the head of Yggdrasill, Takatora finds himself responsible to prevent Helheim from taking over the world and will go to any means to stop it. As Zangetsu, he mainly uses a melon-theme shield with a sword.

 

Mai Takatsukasa is portrayed by Yuumi Shida, a member of Team Gaim and a non-Armored Rider. She acts as support for Kouta and big sister in the group, as well as occasionally talking with Kaito about his ideal world and past. But when a mysterious lady appear before the characters with a similar appearance to Mai, she learns about her bigger role later on in the series.

There are also numerous supporting characters that have Sengoku Drivers, including Hideyasu Jonouchi (Ryo Matsuda) as Armored Rider Gridon, a “strategist” who eventually undergo training to find his true self and Oren Pierre Alfonzo (Metal Yoshida) as Armored Rider Bravo who is manipulated by Yggdrasill to fight the other riders. Also behind the scenes are Professor Ryouma Sengoku (Tsunenori Aoki) who is the head scientist of Yggdrasill and creator of the Sengoku Drivers, and DJ Sagara (Tomomitsu Yamaguchi) who plays a bigger role in Helheim and considered the “kyubey” of the series.

Opinion
Like Urobuchi’s previous series (Kamen Rider Wizard),  Gaim started of sweet, then becomes bitter and sour (the good taste) from the sudden twists and turns. It does have some salty flavour from the occasional filler tie-ins, but overall it was sweet and juicy that you want to come back for more every week. For me the ending was not really that special or memorable, maybe due to my high expectation of a darker tone but forgetting that this is a kids show. I still give it an “A” among a quality Kamen Rider show that shows another perspective of heroes and villains, turning a fruit concept into something fun and interesting.

Example argumentative essay

HEALTH AND HEALING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Throw out the bottles and boxes of drugs in your house. A new theory suggests that medicine could be bad for your health, which should at least come as good news to people who cannot afford to buy expensive medicine. However, it is a blow to the medicine industry, and an even bigger blow to our confidence in the progress of science. This new theory argues that healing is at our fingertips: we can be healthy by doing Reiki on a regular basis.

Supporters of medical treatment argue that medicine should be trusted since it is effective and scientifically proven. They say that there is no need for spiritual methods such as Reiki, Yoga, Tai Chi. These waste our time, something which is quite precious in our material world. There is medicine that can kill our pain, x-rays that show us our fractured bones or MRI that scans our brain for tumors. We must admit that these methods are very effective in the examples that they provide. However, there are some “every day complaints” such as back pains, headaches, insomnia, which are treated currently with medicine. When you have a headache, you take an Aspirin, or Vermidon, when you cannot sleep, you take Xanax without thinking of the side effects of these. When you use these pills for a long period, you become addicted to them; you cannot sleep without them. We pay huge amounts of money and become addicted instead of getting better. How about a safer and more economical way of healing? When doing Reiki to yourself, you do not need anything except your energy so it is very economical. As for its history, it was discovered in Japan in the early 1900s and its popularity has spread particularly throughout America and Western Europe.  In quantum physics, energy is recognized as the fundamental substance of which the universe is composed. Reiki depends on the energy within our bodies. It is a simple and effective way of restoring the energy flow. There are no side effects and it is scientifically explained.

Opponents of alternative healing methods also claim that serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer cannot be treated without drugs. They think so because these patients spend the rest of their lives in the hospital taking medicine. How can Reiki make these people healthy again? It is very unfortunate that these patients have to live in the hospital losing their hair because of chemotherapy, losing weight because of the side effects of the medicine they take. Actually, it is common knowledge that except for when the cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, drugs also cannot treat AIDS or cancer. Most of the medicine these patients use are to ease their pain and their sufferings because of the medical treatment they undergo. Instead of drugs which are expensive and have many side effects, you can use your energy to overcome the hardships of life, find an emotional balance, leave the stress of everyday life and let go of the everyday worries. Most of the chronic conditions such as eczema or migraine are known to have causes such as poor diet and stress. Deep-rooted anger or other strong emotions can contribute to viral infections as well. Since balancing our emotions and controlling our thoughts are very important for our well-being, we should definitely start learning Reiki and avoid illnesses before it is too late.   

Some people may still maintain that in our material world, everything depends on time. It is even “lacking time” that causes much of the stress that leads to the illnesses we mentioned. How would it be possible to find time to do Reiki to ourselves and the people around us when we cannot even find time to go to the theater? This is one good thing about Reiki; it does not require more than 15 minutes of our time. There is no need for changing clothes or special equipment. It is a wonderfully simple healing art, an effective method of relaxation and stress-relief. Most important of all, it is less time consuming than medicine if we think of all the time we spend taking medicine for some complaints and taking some more for the side effects as well.

Having said these, resistance to Reiki would be quite illogical. Reiki is natural and drug-free. What is more, it is easy to learn by anyone, regardless of age and experience. It can be used anywhere, anytime. It also enhances physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and the benefits last a lifetime. It is definitely high time to get away from the drug boxes we store in our drug cabinet!

http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/ARGUMENTATIVE%20ESSAY.htm 

RPP Bahasa Inggris (Grammar in Writing for XII (twelve) grade students in Senior High School)

LESSON PLAN

SMA/MA                               : SMAN 1 Banjarmasin

Subject                                   : English

Year/ Semester                      : XII/ 1

Skill                                         : Structure (In writing)

Text Types                             : Conditional Sentence Type II (Affirmative)

Time Allotment                      : 1 x 15 minutes

I.

Standard of Competence:

6. Expressing the meaning of written monolog texts in the form of narrative, explanation, and discussion accurately, fluently, and appropriately in the context of daily life.

Basic Competence:

6.1. Expressing the meaning and rhetoric structures of written monolog text using a variety of language in the form of narrative, explanation, and discussion accurately, fluently, and appropriately in the context of daily life.

Sub-Basic Competence

6.1.1. Expressing the meaning and rhetoric structures of written monolog text using a variety of language in the form of narrative accurately, fluently, and appropriately in the context of daily life.

Indicators:

Use “If Clause” in telling a story/news.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able to :

Write “Conditional Sentence type II” in the affirmative form appropriately and accurately by working in groups, in pairs and individually.

II. Learning Materials

Sources:

Book: English For Senior High School Students XII – Science and Social Program by Cicik Kurniawati and Yuniarti Dwi Arini (Intan Pariwara)

Internet: http://www.ago4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2

IT IS CALLED “IMPROBABBLE CONDITION”. MEANING YOU ARE JUST IMAGINING SOMETHING AND IT IS CONTRARY TO THE FACT IN PRESENT TIME. UNREAL/CONTRARY-TO-FACT CONDITIONAL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN. E.G. : IF I HAD A CELLPHONE, I WOULD CALL HIM. (MEANS: I HAVE A CELLPHONE, BUT I WOULD CALL HIM. Social function:  Talk about something that you think is unlikely to happen. Structure : IF + S + V2 + O , S + would + V1 + O e.g. :    - If I had a cellphone, I would call him. - If we played football in the rain, we would get sick. WERE INSTEAD OF WAS IN “IF CLAUSE” TYPE II, THE PAST FORM OF BE “WERE” IS USED FOR BOTH SINGULAR AND PLURAL SUBJECTS IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES TYPE II INSTEAD OF “WAS”, EVEN IF THE PRONOUNS SUCH AS I, SHE, HE, OR IT. E.g. : - If I were you, I would study hard.             - If I were rich, I would buy a plane.

III. Teaching techniques 

Methods          :  Lecturing

    Discussing

    Grouping

Techniques      :   Snowball Throwing

Media              :   Pocket Chart

IV. Teaching and learning activities

TIME	TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES	STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
3’ 10’    2’	PRE ACTIVITIES 1.     Greeting the students “Good Morning, everybody. How are today?” 2.     Checking the present list “Who is absent today? / Is everybody here today?” 3.     Giving motivation by showing a picture and asking some questions related to the topic.   a.    Do you know what picture is this? b.   What is the dog thinking about? Please raise your hand! c.    Ok. Good. Let’s write the sentence on the white board. d.   Do you know what kind of sentence is this? e.    Good. This is the conditional sentence type II. 4.     Telling the objective of the lesson. “So, can you guess what we are going to learn today?” “What do we do with the conditional sentence?” “Good. Writing the conditional sentence. So, at the end of the lesson,you are able to write conditional sentence type II accurately and appropriately with 70% achievement.” WHILE ACTIVITIES 5.     Explaining about conditional sentence type II. “Conditional sentence is sentence that use to talk about something that you think is unlikely to happen.” 6.     Giving  example a.    Showing the pattern of the affirmative form of conditional sentence type II in pocket chart. b.   Giving an example of the affirmative form of conditional sentence type II. 7.     Giving  exercise a.    Putting the students into groups of four members randomly by giving them cards, which will determine the group they belong to. b.   Asking students to do the exercise in groups. (Worksheet I) c.    Discussing the exercise. POST ACTIVITIES 8.     Reviewing  the lesson by asking some questions: “Do you get something from lesson today?” “What have we learnt today?” “What is conditional sentence?” “Anyone can give me an example of conditional sentence?” “..............” 9.     Carrying out evaluation (See the evaluation sheet) “Please, work individually and write conditional sentence type II  based on the situation provided. If you get under 70, you will have remedial.” (Worksheet II). 10. Collecting the students’ work “Please collect the paper.” 11. Giving homework “Write 5 conditional sentence type II and it will be collect next week!”(Worksheet III). 12. Closing today’s lesson “That’s the end of our lesson today and next week we will learn about conditional sentence type 2 in the negative form. So, please learn about it and don’t forget to do your homework. See you next week. Good morning!”	Responding “Good Morning, Ma’am. I am fine thank you.” Responding Yes, Ma’am/Sir Answering teacher’s questions a.   A dog and guitar. b.   The dog is thinking, “If I were a human, I would sing you a love song.” c.   (pay attention) d.  Conditional sentence. Responding “conditional sentence type II,ma’am.” “writing, ma’am.” Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention and doing the exercise Discussing the exercise Answering the questions “Yes,ma’am.” “write the conditional sentence.” “Conditional sentence is.................” (Answer vary) Doing the evaluation Collect the work Paying attention Responding “See yo, ma’am! Good morning!”

V. Learning sources and media

a. Internet

b.Worksheet (attached)

c. White board

d. Pocket Chart

e. Flash Cards:

 

VI. Assessment

(See the Evaluation sheet)

Scoring Guide:

GRAMMAR

SCORE	DESCRIPTION	NUMBER OF MISTAKES
80 – 100	Minor errors in making the conditional sentence.	<3
70	A few errors in making the conditional sentence.	4 – 10
60	Some errors in making the conditional sentence.	11 – 15
50	Many errors in making the conditional sentence.	16 - 20

WORKSHEET

I.         Complete the conditional type II of affirmative form below by changing verb into the correct one!

e.g. : If I _________________ (to go) to Amerika, I _____________ (to take) a picture in front of Liberty statue.

Answer : If I went to the cafe, I would take a picture in front of Liberty statue.

1. If Oliver _________ (to find) much money, she ____________________ (to keep) it.
2. If Toni _________ (to know) her phone number, he _________________(to give) it to Frank.
3. If I __________ (to be) a doctor, I ______________________ (to give) my sister medicine for his disease.
4. If we __________ (to visit) this museum, you _____________________ (to write) a good report.
5. If I  ___________ (to be) in Bali, I _____________________ (to go) to the famous beach there.

II.      Make five sentences about conditional sentence type II in the affirmative form based on the situation provided individually!

1.If you were an artist, what would you do?

2.If you had the most beautiful gown, what would you do?

3. If you broke your friend’s mirror, what would you do?

4.If you had many kind of shoes, what would you do?

5.If your mother gave you a car, what would you do?

Answer key :

Exercise (Worksheet I) : 1.If Oliver found much money, she would keep it. 2.If Toni knew her phone number, he would give it to Frank. 3.If I were a doctor, I would give my sister medicine for his disease. 4.If we visited this museum, you would write a good report. 5. If I were in Bali, I would go to the famous beach there. Evaluation (worksheet II) : 1.If I were an artist, I would ....................................................................................... 2.If I had the most beautiful gown, I would.................................................................. 3.If I dropped my friend’s mirror, I would.................................................................... 4.If I had many kind of shoes, I would........................................................................ 5.If my mother gave me a car, I would........................................................................

HOMEWORK

Make 5 sentences about conditional sentence type II !

Banjarmasin, 10th March 2015

Acknowledged by                                                      English Teacher,

Headmaster,

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NIP.                                                                           NIP.