February 25, 2009 Wednesday Block 2 Day

Wednesday, February 25, 2009, a Block Two Day



Independent Study

doesn’t meet on Wednesdays






Japanese 1

Viewing “Come See the Paradise”film about internment of resident Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans during World War 2.

Hand back Xerox copies of test.


Homework: Come See the Paradise sentences

Translate these sentences into えい語.

1. おなまえ は かわむら りり です.

2. りり さん は はたち です.

3. りり さん は やさしい です.

4. りり さん の おとうさん は かわむら さん です.

5. りり は ジャック マガ-ン [Jack McGurn] が すき です.

6. ジャック は りり が だいすき です.

7. でも かわむら さん は ジャック が あんまり...(すき じゃ ない です.)

8. かわむら さん は 日本じん [person] です.

9. ジャック は 日本じん では ありません.

10. かわむら さん は むずかしい です か.

11. りりさん は みに ちゃん の おかあさん です.

12. みに ちゃん は かわいい です ね.

13. みに ちゃん は アイス クリ-ム[aisu kuriimu] が すき です.

14. アイス クリ-ム は おいしい です.





Japanese 3



Test on ３着物:第六課

Start　３着物：第七課
Listen to photo story

Homework: しゃしん　の　ものがたり（はなし）を　英語　で　書いて　下さい。

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


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


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

Partners had trouble reading each other’s handwriting; so they had time to practice and make corrections during class. Reschedule for Friday.



Japanese 4 and AP

Separate Japanese 4 and AP. AP went to 114 computer lab to do text messaging writing assignment, with Japanese/Asian text message symbols to indicate expressions for emotions.

”Famous Radicals" list　（arranged by numbers of strokes) handed out, including radicals with following numbers: ６０、61, 64, 66, 72, 75, 85, 86, 93, 94, 96, 102, 104, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 128, 130, 137, 140, 142, 145, 147, 149, 154, 157, 159, 162, 163, 167, 169, 170, 172, 173, 181, 184, 187, 195, 196

Japanese 4 planned approach for upcoming chapters of 日本との出会い—role of each student in working with chapter materials

Scott - sentence structure
Tim - vocabulary
Christian - projects (mobile, quilt, board game, etc.)
Jordan - games (Jeopardy!, fly-swatting game, etc.)
Charlie - grammar/podcasts
Helen - English translations
Pun - homework support
Keith – coordinator, who wrote down list and sent to Sensei – email addresses added, plus Pun’s phone number, and all re-sent to members
(Rosario and Brigid absent)

Japanese 4 then went to join AP in 114 and worked on text messaging writing assignment. AP went on to work with kanji-learning website

http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html

Finishing it is homework

Handed out 日本との出会い：第六課