March 20, 2009 Friday An Eight Period Day

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, a Block Two Day



Independent Study Japanese


Handout from “An Introduction to Japanese Grammar and Communication Strategies” by Senko Maynard --- pages 287-291 – further material regarding
よう　だ、よう　な、　よう　に

Students continued to work on their oral presentation – driving tour of Chicago


Japanese 1

１きもの６のよみしょうWork in class on Yomimashou for chapter 6. Answer questions about chapter.

Collected typing work from Wednesday.

TEST　MONDAY

Friday: check workbook pages 104 and 105　




Japanese 3

Practice verb conjugations for the following verbs:

見る、聞く、返す｛かえす｝、借りる｛かりる｝

TEST　MONDAY　三着物：第七課

We will re-film the restaurant dialogues since the student who filmed them last time lost the data from her flash drive



Japanese 2

Students showed their art work and read their pair/group stories to the class.

Characters: 登場人物｛とうじょうじんぶつ｝
ピンクのイルカ、ねこ、とら、白熊　｛しろくま｝、

小道具｛こどうぐ｝props ライト　セーバー　｛かたかな｝

所｛ところ｝Locales：　ディズニーワールド、　だいどころ、うみ　の　ワールド

Important corrections:

1. Use past tense CONSISTENTLY in narrative.
2. わたし　は　人　に　あいました。I met a person.
3. ぼく　は　おふろ　に　はいりました。I entered the bath.
4. ライト・セーバー　で　あそびました。I played with a light saber.
5. ライト・セーバー　で　けんか　｛を｝　しました。ライト・セーバー　で　戦いました｛たたかいました｝。 Two ways of saying “I fought with a light saber.”
6. ライト・せーばー　を　つかいました。 I used a light saber.
7. お父さん　は　釣り｛つり｝しました。Father did fishing.
8. バトル、フィシング　should be avoided.



Finish on Monday, and address questions regarding the chapter , with a view to a test next week, if possible.





Japanese 4 and AP

Hand out stage vocabulary from Japanese Theater presentation at the Payton Humanities Festival.

Useful resource online: Denshi Jisho (Google it) -- it supplies information on kanji as well as vocabulary

Distribute translation of chapter 6 of 日本との出会い。(It has been on this blogsite sinced yesterday).
日本語でSensei and students talk through the entire chapter together, asking and answering questions and clearing up grammatical confusion.　　
Homrwork:　Study!!! Also, AP work on oral presentation, driving tour of Chicago and 4th year work on Japanese city posters. See more details below.
Warning: vocab test on this chapter coming up next week.


Jpn 4 students research project on Japanese cities. Prepare for visual project on chosen city. Final product must be 24” by 36”with photos, brochures, and explanatory writing 日本語で. Written portion must be made up of complete sentences regarding the following information: population; location in Japan; famous features and landmarks (for example, Chicago has Lake Michigan); history; famous products (for example, Hershey, PA, has chocolate; destinations for sight-seeing; any associated famous writers, artists, scientists, politicians; art forms (for example, New York has the Broadway theaters).
Christian - Tokyo
Rosario - Nara
Charlie - Osaka
Tim - Yokohama
Scott - Kyoto
Brigid - Nagasaki
Keith - Hokkaido
Helen - Kobe
Jordan – Nagoya ****Due date Wed. March 25 ****
Pun – Saitama City



Reminder regarding upcoming AP Japanese Oral Project:　
****Due date Wed. March 25 ****

Chicago Sight-seeing by Car　車でのシカゴ見物—pretend you are driving your Japanese guest around to show him the sights of the city
1.日本語でspeak from notes, not text, for 5 minutes, notes to be handed in afterwards
2. choose 5 places
3. be sure to mention streets, but you don’t have to give complete directions unless you want to.
4. doesn’t have to be realistic in terms of time taken getting from place to place
5. hand in note cards after presentation

Each student has chosen to talk about chosen locales below

Cerda

Brookfield Zoo
Kiddieland
Riis Park
El Ranchito
All-State Arena

Feuer

Little Italy
Planetarium
Sox Park
Margie's Candies
Wicker Park


Hoogstraten

Belmont Harbor
Wrigley Field
Museum of Science and Industry
Bucktown
Willis Tower


Imoka

MBT
Gale Street Inn
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago Cultural Center
Briar Street Theatre


Krogh

1. Zaca Tacos
2. Millennium Park
3. Rockefeller Chapel
4. Robie House
5. Promontory Point


Lee

Chinatown Square
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center
United Center
Orchestra Hall
Hancock Observatory


Liu

Ping Tom park
Field Museum
Punky’s
Lincoln Park Zoo
Shedd Aquarium


Mui

Art Institute
Northerly Island
Tokyo Marina
35th Street Beach
Bank of America Theatre


Williams

Washington Park
EPSN Zone
Harpo Studios
Buckingham Fountain
Soldier Field


Wu

Greektown, Navy Pier, Grant Park, Water Tower, Devon - Little India

AP and Japanese 4 students answered, verbally, questions in section A, page 67, in “An Encounter with Japan.” AP students had to answer the more difficult questions; and Japanese 4 students had to answer the easier ones. Only one student gave answers of more than one sentence.

REMINDER: we must realize something important. In doing high school assignments or college assignments or tasks out in the world, everyone of us should be trying to do the best and most complete work possible, not the least possible.


Be sure to continue to work with kanji-learning website

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