February 24, 2009 Tuesday Block One Day

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, a Block One Day



Independent Study

Day of the つけもの　の　プロジェクト
きゅうり Schachtman
しょうが Watkins
しょうが Barch
Handout with food and “tastes” vocabulary

Introduction of new point from 日本との出会いChapter 6:
plain/aff verb + koto ni shimasu. こと　に　します・する
plain/aff verb + koto ni shite imasu　こと　に　して　います・して　いる
see Yookoso: Continuing… pages 24 and 25

Homework: see Yookoso: Continuing… page 25 Activity 9






Japanese 1

Does not meet on Block One days.



Japanese 3

Performance of dialogue page 82 of 3 Kimono text, adding the following idioms in appropriate places.

あ、そう、しんじられない、がっかり　しちゃう、ええ、ほんとう、ざんねん、
ちょっと

Everyone performed except one student。 テニャ　は　いませんでした。

Practice changing plain forms to ます・です。
Practice appropriate relational particles, especially contrasting use of 　に　　へ　for destinations 目的先｛もくてきさき｝

Test tomorrow on ３期もの:第六か

DON’T FORGET JAPANESE-LITERATURE-IN-TRANSLATION PROJECT!!!
Amy Zhuang will do Mishima’s “The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea” for her Japanese-literature-in-translation project.




Japanese 2

New song for “Girls’ Day,” お雛祭り、おひな　まつり
Show “doll/statue” array and shelves on overhead projector

Collect homework from Thursday, arranging speech-bubbles from manga in order and translation of １きもの５　よみましょう。

Performance of previously assigned dialogue, with interpolated expressions　あいずち


Fashion Show show project due on Wednesday: each student must be “wearing” 5 items of clothing, each student must write fashion announcement to be read out loud by partner during “show.”

Color words:
Adjectives ―― あかい、あおい、しろい、くろい、きいろい
Red、 blue、 white、 black、 yellow
Nouns + のー
みどり　の、むらさき　の、ちゃいろ　の、ピンク　の、オレンジ　の
Green、 purple、 brown、 pink、 orange、
はいろ　の
Gray


Japanese 4 and AP

Does not meet on Block One days