February 11, 2009 Wednesday Block Two Day

2009.02.11 Block Two Day

Japanese 1
Cultural discussion of Valentine's Day (differing from U.S. practice) customs in Japan. Different ways of saying "love" depending on the relationship: great-love, heavy crush, love for parents and elders

Handout for Valentine’s Day Cards　－－ writing practice
バレンタインズ・デー
Baren tainzu de-
おめでとう

わたし　は　Person’s name を　愛｛あい｝　して　います。
恋｛こい｝
わたし・ぼく　に　とってPerson’s name は　たいせつな　ひと　です。

Sensei will collect translations of Bird/Tiger Story on Tuesday.

Japanese 3

Hand back pre.AP writing samples, with highlighted errors, to be corrected and handed in as homework.

Check workbook pages 77 and 78. Don’t forget song project for next week – choose a real Japanese song! Make a handout for everyone of lyrics in Japanese (also in English, if you can). Be prepared to perform it. You may use a recording for back-up.

Don’t forget to choose your author and work for Japanese-literature-in-translation project.

Valentine writing in class, with a plain form verb and more漢字.

バレンタインズ・デー お目出とう
わたし　は　{人の名前} を　愛｛あい｝　して　いる。

恋｛こい｝

私・僕　に　とって｛人の名前｝は　大せつな　人　です。




Japanese 2

Quiz on カタカナ, especially sports training and clothing nouns from 2 Kimono Ch. 5

Classwork and homework – writing for Valentine’s Day -- see below

バレンタインズ・デー
おめでとう
わたし　は　{人のなまえ} を　愛｛あい｝　して　います。
恋｛こい｝
私・ぼく　に　とって｛人のなまえ｝は　大せつな　人　です。




Japanese AP/4

Hand out Compact Nelson’s Kanji Dictionaries to all, except four absent students.
Write thank you letters to FOP.
Work in computer lab 114 to find, for future work and reference:
1. “kanjigame” at Michigan State website
2. AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam materials from past AP tests
Handout – “some important radicals”
Discussion and demonstration of how the Nelson’s is used and what information it has.

Homework: page 74 in Yookoso: Continuing … : find and list numbers of radicals for all the kanji listed
Japanese 4 people: don’t forget your special pickles-つけもの project　for next Thursday!!
Sensei will check the 20 trans/intransitive verb sentences on Tues.

There will be a quiz on vocabulary next Friday. Different vocabulary sets tested for AP and Japanese 4. Japanese 4 people made their own selection of target vocabulary for the chapter.