
慶英会 塾長|慶應義塾大学卒・英検1級
中高一貫校の学校英語・NEW TREASURE・英検対策を専門とするオンライン個別指導塾です。塾長紹介
結論:洗足学園中学校でNEW TREASUREの単語・文法は解けるのに、洋書を読んだ後で英語のあらすじや自分の意見を言えない場合、必要なのは読書量を増やすことだけではありません。①事実を抜き出す→②出来事の因果関係を一文で説明する→③本文に基づく感想を添えるという3段階に変えましょう。この記事では洗足学園の英語教育について学校公式の公開資料を確認し、慶英会制作の完全オリジナル英文4編、読解・要約・レポートの独自32問・全模範解答と14日間練習法を紹介します。実際の学校問題、NEW TREASUREやOxford Bookworms Libraryの本文・内容を転載したものではありません。
洗足学園の英語教育・授業と学習(学校公式)によると、中1〜高2でNEW TREASUREを使用し、中学1年からOxford Bookworms Libraryなどの洋書を段階的に取り入れています。読書後に英語で質問に答えたり、考えをまとめてプレゼンテーションしたりする機会も紹介されています。一方、学校公式Q&Aでは、中テストと基準点までの再テスト、必要に応じた補習について説明しています。したがって学校の文法テスト対策と洋書のアウトプット練習は分けて設計するのが合理的です。
【洋書の感想を書く前に不定詞と動名詞で止まるとき】物語の人物の目的(to do)と楽しんだ活動(enjoy doing)を自力で言い換えると、単語を知っているだけの状態から読後の説明へ進めます。NEW TREASURE Stage2 Lesson4・5の独自40問・創作短編2本・全解答も合わせてご活用ください。学校指定の洋書本文・課題は優先します。
洗足学園で洋書は読めるのに英語で感想が言えない原因
- 内容はわかっていても、人物・問題・解決・結果を短く整理する練習が不足している
- 一文ずつ和訳したあと、出来事の順番を自分の英語に言い換えていない
- 感想が「It is good.」で止まり、本文のどの出来事が理由なのか示せない
- 英語の音読はできても、未知の質問に対して根拠となる文章を見つける速度が遅い
- NEW TREASUREの文法を使い、読んだ物語の時制・理由・比較を自分で書く機会がない
以下では独自の創作英文だけを使います。学校の授業で配布された正式な洋書・活動指示がある場合は、そちらを先に確認し、補助練習として活用してください。
多読を「要約できる読書」に変える5ステップ
- Step1 人物(Who):主人公と重要人物を一人ずつ書く
- Step2 目的(What did they want?):その人物が何をしようとしたかを一文にする
- Step3 問題(Problem):何が計画どおりに進まなかったかを一文にする
- Step4 変化(Change / Solution):問題を受け、行動がどう変わったかを本文の根拠とセットで答える
- Step5 感想(My response):I liked… because…などで、具体的な場面を理由として書く
例えば「主人公は失敗した。でも頑張った」という抽象表現より、「Mina changed her plan after she saw fallen leaves.」の方が、出来事の因果関係と文法を同時に確認できます。感想文に使う語彙を増やす前に、情報の抜き出しが正確かを確認しましょう。
慶英会オリジナル英文4編・独自32問
全4編の英文は慶英会のオリジナル作品です。各編に8問ずつ、内容把握(問1〜4)、因果・根拠(問5〜6)、1文要約(問7)、3文ブックレポート(問8)を設定しました。自分で解く段階では解答欄を見ず、必要な根拠に線を引いてください。
第1編「雨の日の校内菜園」|Rainy Day Garden(問1〜8)
Original reading: Mina and her classmates planned to water the school garden on Friday. When they reached the garden, they saw that the ground was already wet. It had rained heavily during the night. Some students wanted to go back to their classroom, but Mina noticed that the small plants near the wall were covered with fallen leaves. She suggested removing the leaves and checking the wooden signs beside each plant. The group divided the work. Two students cleaned the paths, three students collected leaves, and Mina repaired the signs. At the end of the activity, their teacher thanked them for changing the plan instead of giving up. Mina wrote in her notebook, “A good plan can change when we learn something new.” The next week, the students visited the garden again and found that the plants were growing well.
- 問1:When did Mina and her classmates plan to water the garden?
- 問2:Why was the ground wet?
- 問3:What problem did Mina find near the wall?
- 問4:What did Mina suggest?
- 問5:How many students collected leaves?
- 問6:Why did the teacher thank them?
- 問7:Write an English sentence about the lesson Mina learned.
- 問8:Write a three-sentence book report: setting, change, your reaction.
第2編「図書室の小さな地図」|The Map in the Library(問9〜16)
Original reading: Ken loved adventure stories, but he did not enjoy talking about books. One afternoon, a new student named Emma asked him where she could find easy English books. Ken showed her a shelf near the window. Emma chose a short story about a young traveler who used a map to find a village. After reading, she drew a small map of the places in the story and asked Ken to check it. Ken noticed that she had put the river on the wrong side of the village. Instead of correcting it immediately, he asked her to find a sentence that described the bridge. Emma read the sentence again and moved the river. They decided to start a reading club where each student would bring one question about a book. Ken was surprised: talking about one clear sentence felt easier than giving a long speech.
- 問9:Where did Ken show Emma the easy English books?
- 問10:What kind of book did Emma choose?
- 問11:What did Emma draw after reading?
- 問12:Which part of the map was wrong?
- 問13:Why did Ken ask Emma to reread the sentence about the bridge?
- 問14:What did the two students decide to start?
- 問15:Write one English sentence explaining why Ken changed his mind.
- 問16:Write a three-sentence book report including a personal response.
第3編「駅でなくした青いカード」|The Blue Card(問17〜24)
Original reading: Yui was taking the train to meet her cousin on Saturday morning. As she entered the station, she realized that her blue travel card was missing. She checked her bag twice and looked under a bench, but she could not find it. She remembered using the card at a small shop before leaving home. Yui called the shop and described the card. The clerk said that someone had found a blue card near the entrance. Instead of rushing to the train, Yui went back to the shop. Her card was there. The clerk asked her to check the name on it before taking it home. Yui thanked the clerk and called her cousin to explain that she would arrive twenty minutes late. Her cousin said, “That’s fine. I’m glad you found it.”
- 問17:When was Yui going to meet her cousin?
- 問18:What had Yui lost?
- 問19:Where did she remember using the card?
- 問20:Who said someone had found the card?
- 問21:Why did Yui return to the shop?
- 問22:How late did Yui expect to arrive?
- 問23:Write a sentence explaining one careful action Yui took.
- 問24:Write a three-sentence report with an opinion.
第4編「二つの科学実験結果」|Two Different Results(問25〜32)
Original reading: Riku and Hana tested how quickly ice melted in two places. Riku put one ice cube beside a sunny window, and Hana put another cube on a desk away from the window. After ten minutes, Riku’s ice cube was smaller, but Hana’s was still almost the same size. Riku concluded that sunlight always makes ice melt faster. Hana was not sure because the two ice cubes might have been different sizes at the beginning. She proposed repeating the test with cubes made in the same tray and measuring their weight before and after. During the second test, the cube near the window lost more weight. Their teacher said that the second result was more useful because they had controlled another possible cause. Riku changed his final report to say what they observed rather than making a claim about every possible situation.
- 問25:What was the goal of the experiment?
- 問26:Where was Riku’s ice cube?
- 問27:What happened after ten minutes?
- 問28:Why did Hana question the first conclusion?
- 問29:What did Hana propose measuring in the second test?
- 問30:What did the teacher say about the second result?
- 問31:Rewrite Riku’s conclusion without claiming ‘always’.
- 問32:Write a three-sentence report and opinion.
全32問の模範解答と根拠の読み方
英作文・要約には正しい別解が複数あります。以下の解答例と文法・本文根拠を比較してください。特に問7・8は単語を丸写しするのではなく、本文の意味を保ちながら自分の文に書き換えることが目標です。
第1編「雨の日の校内菜園」の解答|問1〜8
- 問1:On Friday. 根拠・指導:Friday was the planned day, not necessarily the day of a storm.
- 問2:It had rained heavily during the night. 根拠・指導:A clear past-perfect cause given in the text.
- 問3:Fallen leaves covered small plants. 根拠・指導:Leaves covered plants; a wet path was not her main observation.
- 問4:Removing leaves and checking the signs beside each plant. 根拠・指導:Two actions, not watering again.
- 問5:Three students. 根拠・指導:The text says three collected leaves; two cleaned paths.
- 問6:They changed the plan and kept working rather than giving up. 根拠・指導:The teacher valued flexible action, not that everything was completed exactly as planned.
- 問7:Mina learned that a useful plan can change when new information appears. 根拠・指導:Use learned that + clause; a reasonable paraphrase is accepted.
- 問8:Mina’s class went to the school garden after a rainy night. They changed their plan and cleaned the garden. I liked the story because they worked together. 根拠・指導:Own opinions may differ if supported by the story.
第2編「図書室の小さな地図」の解答|問9〜16
- 問9:On a shelf near the window. 根拠・指導:Find the exact place in the story.
- 問10:A short story about a young traveler using a map. 根拠・指導:This is an original book inside the fictional story.
- 問11:A map of the places in the story. 根拠・指導:Not a poster about Ken.
- 問12:The river was on the wrong side of the village. 根拠・指導:A location error, not the village name.
- 問13:To help her find evidence and correct the map herself. 根拠・指導:Inference supported by his decision not to correct it immediately.
- 問14:A reading club where everyone would bring one question. 根拠・指導:The club focuses on a question, not memorizing summaries.
- 問15:Ken learned that talking about one clear detail was easier than giving a long speech. 根拠・指導:Evidence: he was surprised by the ease of discussing one sentence.
- 問16:Emma drew a map after reading a short adventure story. Ken helped her correct it by finding evidence in the book. I liked their idea because questions make reading more interesting. 根拠・指導:Accept justified alternative opinions.
第3編「駅でなくした青いカード」の解答|問17〜24
- 問17:On Saturday morning. 根拠・指導:A time fact, not Saturday evening.
- 問18:Her blue travel card. 根拠・指導:Specify the lost object.
- 問19:At a small shop before leaving home. 根拠・指導:The memory led to the solution.
- 問20:The clerk at the shop. 根拠・指導:The finder was not identified.
- 問21:Because the clerk said that a blue card had been found there. 根拠・指導:The reason is verified by the phone call.
- 問22:Twenty minutes late. 根拠・指導:The cousin’s response does not change that fact.
- 問23:Yui checked the card with the clerk before taking it home. 根拠・指導:Identification matters because it could have belonged to someone else.
- 問24:Yui lost her travel card before taking a train. She called a shop, found her card, and informed her cousin. I think she acted responsibly because she explained the delay. 根拠・指導:Alternative valid reasoning accepted.
第4編「二つの科学実験結果」の解答|問25〜32
- 問25:To compare how quickly ice melted in two places. 根拠・指導:Read the opening sentence for the goal.
- 問26:Beside a sunny window. 根拠・指導:The desk away from the window was Hana’s location.
- 問27:Riku’s ice cube was smaller, while Hana’s had changed little. 根拠・指導:The results were different.
- 問28:The original ice cubes might have been different sizes. 根拠・指導:A possible confounding factor.
- 問29:The weights of similar ice cubes before and after the test. 根拠・指導:The same tray helped make initial conditions comparable.
- 問30:It was more useful because another possible cause had been controlled. 根拠・指導:The statement supports experimental care, not a universal law.
- 問31:In our test, the ice cube near the window lost more weight. 根拠・指導:Limited claim matches the observation.
- 問32:Riku and Hana compared two ice cubes in different places. They repeated the test after noticing a possible problem with cube size. I liked Hana’s idea because fair tests need careful conditions. 根拠・指導:A valid opinion must be linked to evidence.
3文ブックレポートの書き方|中1・中2で段階を分ける
中1の基本型:1文目は主人公の目的、2文目は問題とその解決、3文目は好きだった理由。例:「Mina’s class planned to work in the garden. They changed their plan because it had rained. I liked their teamwork.」最初は意味が伝わる短文を選び、文法ミスを減らします。
中2の発展型:because・although・when・instead ofなど既習範囲の構文を使い、因果関係や対比を説明します。例:「Although Riku saw a difference, Hana wanted to test it more carefully. They repeated the experiment with similar ice cubes. I agreed with Hana because she checked another possible cause.」ただし学校でまだ学んでいない構文を無理に増やす必要はありません。
14日間の家庭練習|読書・要約・定期テストを両立
- 1〜2日目:第1編を読み、Who・Problem・Changeを色分け。問1〜6を解く
- 3日目:第1編の問7・8を白紙で書く。主語と動詞・時制・理由を修正
- 4〜5日目:第2編の読解と問7・8。地図の誤りを本文の橋の描写と照合
- 6〜7日目:第1・第2編の誤答だけ再テスト。別の主語・場所に変えて一文作る
- 8〜9日目:第3編。物語の順序と原因・行動・結果を3文で説明
- 10〜11日目:第4編。実験の結果と推測を区別し、alwaysなど断定表現の根拠を問う
- 12日目:4編の中から1編を選び、30〜45秒で口頭要約する
- 13日目:NEW TREASUREで習った文法を一つ選び、感想文に自然に利用する
- 14日目:模範解答を閉じて別の1編の問7・8に再挑戦。最初と比べて構造が作れるか確認
この14日間の練習は慶英会の提案であり、学校の正式な課題量や評価基準ではありません。既存の学校指定洋書・中テストの復習時間を削る場合は、本記事を全部実施する必要はありません。まず弱点となる1編だけを選びましょう。
保護者が見るべき4つのチェックポイント
- 登場人物・問題・変化が本文の事実と一致しているか
- なぜそうなったかをbecauseや本文の根拠で説明できるか
- 感想と本文の事実を区別して書けるか。例「I think …」は解釈であると明示
- 前回は書けなかった文を翌日と7日後に白紙で再現できるか
英語の読書量や語数が多いほど自動的に成績が上がるとは限りません。特にテスト直前は学校指定の単元と中テスト・再テストの範囲を優先し、洋書読書の練習は「本文内容を使って初見の英文を作れるか」の補助に位置付けます。
よくある質問
Q. 洗足学園でOxford Bookworms Libraryは必ず全員が同じ本を読むのですか?
学校公式は中1から学年の習熟度に応じてOxford Bookworms Libraryなどの洋書を導入していると説明していますが、毎回の具体的な本・読み方は学校からの学年別案内を優先してください。
Q. NEW TREASUREの暗記と多読のどちらを先にすべきですか?
今の学校の中テスト・再テストの範囲が未定着ならそちらを優先し、学んだ文法を本の要約・感想に転用してください。単純な二択ではありません。
Q. 中1なのに過去完了やalthoughが難しい場合は?
第1編の内容理解問題だけに取り組み、レポートは過去形と短文2〜3文から始めてください。例文中の高度な構文をまだ使う必要はありません。
Q. 洋書の本文を翻訳アプリに入れて読んでもよい?
学校の利用方針と著作権に従ってください。学習では未知語をすべて訳すより、登場人物の行動と出来事の順序を先に把握すると内容理解が進みます。
Q. 慶英会で学校指定の洋書とNEW TREASUREを同時に見てもらえる?
学校で実際に扱っている教材・学年・提出物を確認したうえで、授業の理解、読解、英作文を個別に整理する相談を受け付けています。著作物の無断転載や学校公認を示すものではありません。
洗足学園の学校英語を総合的に確認する
- 洗足学園中のNEW TREASURE・定期テスト対策の総合ガイド
- NEW TREASURE文法問題集・StageとStepの使い分け
- 中テスト・再テストで同じ間違いが続く場合の復習方法
- 神奈川県の中高一貫校・学校別英語記事一覧
慶英会では、中高一貫校で使うNEW TREASUREの進度と、学校のテスト・再テストで必要な文法を先に確認し、その知識を初見読解・自由英作文まで転用できるように指導しています。洋書の本文は読めるが内容説明・感想になると止まる中1・中2のご家庭は、最大1か月完全無料体験・学校英語の学習相談から、学年・現在の教材と具体的に困っている点をご連絡ください。
参考にした主な公式情報
- 洗足学園中学高等学校「英語|授業と学習」:NEW TREASURE、洋書読書、読後の質疑応答や発表
- 洗足学園中学高等学校「英語についてのよくある質問」:中テスト・再テスト、補習
公式情報確認日:2026年10月27日。具体的な洋書の指定・実際の課題・学年別指導方法は必ず学校の最新案内を優先してください。英文4編と32問・模範解答は慶英会の完全オリジナルであり、洗足学園やZ会、Oxford Bookworms Libraryの実際の教材・学校試験の問題を転載・再現したものではありません。

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慶英会 塾長|慶應義塾大学卒・英検1級。中高一貫校の学校英語・NEW TREASURE・英検対策を専門としています。塾長の経歴・指導方針を確認する
