Ｃｏｉｎｓの詩
「中学校英語の最終目標はなんですか」こう聞かれたら，皆さんはどう答えますか。
「英語を好きにさせること。そして，英語をもう一度勉強したいと思ったときに，戸惑わないしっかりした土台を築いてあげること」
私はいつもこう答えてきました。
『Ｃｏｉｎｓの詩』（三友社）－１９８０年に出版されたこの本は，当時大学４年生の臼杵加菜恵さんが中学時代の英語のノートを基に，自分自身の成長の歩みを振りかえりまとめた本です。表紙には，＜英語が好きになりました＞というすてきなサブタイトルが添えてあります。
英語の教師としてかけ出しだった私は，この『Ｃｏｉｎｓの詩』を繰り返し読み，子どもたちにこんな学びを経験させたいという願いをもち，夢中で教材づくりに取り組んだものです。
子どもの感性を磨き，一人一人にわかる喜びや楽しさを味わわせ，「英語は大丈夫」という自信をはぐくんでいく－－ そんな授業をつくりあげるために，授業で取り上げたい作品を，著者自身の作品を中心に，いくつか紹介します。
タイトルが明示されていない作品（※）については，便宜上，タイトルをつけさせていただきました。
それぞれの作品の影に，教科担任の大西克彦先生の思いや学級担任の思い，著者自身の思いや家族の姿など，大切にしたいたくさんの思いがあります。
この本を手に入れるのは今となってはなかなか難しいとは思いますが，是非手に取って熟読していただきたい本です。
The Sun
We know the sun.You know the sun.
The sun is red.
The sun is burning.
A Cloud
A cloud is white.It floats in the sky.
How soft the cloud is!
Snow
Snow is soft.How white snow is!
How cold snow is!
How beautiful snow is!
I like snow.
The Egg
I have an egg in my hand.The egg is new laid.
The egg is a little warm.
The egg is very beautiful.
The egg is very white.
I like the egg very, very, very much.
Mother's Day
Today is Mother's Day.I want to give Mother a nice present.
The handkerchief.
The apron.
The slippers.
Oh! I have a good idea.
I can cook.
I'll cook for Mother.
I decided to cook curry and rice.
The curry and rice was complete in half an hour.
Oh! できた！ できた！
The curry and rice was very, very, very, very, very, very nice.（ほんとですよ）
Mother was very glad.
It was a very, very fine day today.
My Father Always Says to Me ※
My father always says to me,"Don't watch television. Study zealously soon."
I always says to him,
"Father, I want many coins."
My mother always says to me,
"Go to bed early in the evening."
And she always says to me,
"Get up early in the morning."
My grandmother always says to me,
"Come back early."
My father, mother and grandmother are very, very, very noisy.
Mrs. Go always says to us,
"Don't laugh in the classroom."
But I laugh very much.
She always says to us,
"Don't run in the classroom.
Don't write unskillful letters.
Don't read cartoon books."
She is a very fearful woman.
But we like her very much.
The Sun
The sun is very red.The sun is very dazzling.
The sun is very big.
I can run.
And the sun can run with me, too.
The sun is very, very wonderful.
Good Deeds Day ※
It was Good Deeds day.It was nine thirty.
We were cleaning our public hall.
It was ten thirty. We finished cleaning.
"Oh! It's beautiful! Our public hall is more beautiful than any other public hall. It's the most beautiful of all!"
It was eleven ten. We were making sandwiches. Boy! We were very busy.
It was twelve thirty. Sandwiches were not ready yet.
It was one o'clock. Oh! Sandwiches were ready.
It was one thirteen. We were having sandwiches.
"Oh! It's delicious. How delicious this sandwich is!"
話がよくはずみ，いつのまにか時計の針は進んでいった。
It was six o'clock. We went up to the Inariyama grave.
"Oh! It's small."
The grave was 前方後円墳.
It was seven o'clock. We were back home. I was very tired.
But it was a very, very, very fine day.
Good night.
Tests Are Over ※
It's very fine.Tests are over.
I became free.
I will be able to knit a cushion's cover.
I will be able to watch television.
I will be able to play.
I will be able to write a poem.
I will be able to …….
I became free.
But I'm anxious about the results of the tests.
A Daruma's Words
Dear Friend,You may fall.
Life is long.
You will sometimes fall.
You will sometimes stumble.
But please get up with all your might.
Getting up is very important.
Please get up like me.
My Grandmother
My grandmother is seventy-six years old.But she is very fine.
She always says to me.
"Are you hungry?"
And she always says to me,
"You will catch cold.
Come and warm yourself at the kotatsu."
She is very, very kind.
But she gets angry when I do wrong.
But I like her very much.
I hope she will live long.
My Grandmother
Who is working in the field?The woman working in the field is my grandmother.
My grandmother is seventy-four years old.
My grandmother always goes to the field.
During the day, she picks tea leaves.
During the day, she weeds.
During the day, she digs up potatoes.
I like Grandmother.
My grandmother takes care of me.
(Shigemi Yamashita)
Coins
Coins! Coins! Coins!We can buy anything with coins.
The beautiful foreign clothes.
The book.
The color television.
The house.
The doll.
The ……
The coins are very wonderful.
But we cannot buy
My mother!
My father!
Your life!
With coins.
Many people fight, hate and kill
To get coins.
Oh! How terrible it is!
The coins change many people.
The coins are very, very terrible.
But I like coins very much.
And many people like coins very much.
パンの中に
何気なく無造作に
教室のゴミ箱に捨てられたパン。
なんとなくさみしそう。
私は，ジッとパンを見つめた。
すると，どこからともなく
大きなパン工場で汗まみれになって
働いている人々が浮かんできた。
誰も流れる汗をぬぐおうともしないで
一心に働いている姿。
あっ！おとうちゃん，おかあちゃん，
いつしかその人たちは，
父母の姿に変わっていた。
私は目頭が熱くなるのを感じた。
My Brother
My brother is six years old.His name is Yuji.
He writes letters with his left hand.
He is a left-hander.
He is able to write some words.
He is able to read some words.
I like him very much.