March 30, 2009 Monday An Eight Period Day

Monday, March 30, 2009, An Eight Period Day
Shortened periods today because of Long Advisory



Independent Study Japanese


Quiz “A Homestay in Japan” Chapter 6

Handout: Chapter 7 of NTND and basics for chapter

Homework: Start reading chapter





Japanese 1

Collect student-written Fox/Frog/Shopping eight-sentence story.

かえる 　と　きつね　の　かいもの
Frog and Fox (Went) Shopping
(Oh, the places they’ll go)

１． きつね　は　森　に　きました。
２． きのこ　（Mushrooms）を　かいました。
３． かえる　は　にわ　に　いきました。
４． はな　（Flowers）を　かいました。He doesn't really like flowers, but he bought them for his mother.
５． それから　（After that）かえる　は　うみ　に　いきました。
６． すいえい　を　しました。
７． それから　きつね　と　かえる　は　こども　の　くに　（Children’s Country）　に　いきました。
８． ふうせん　と　ファネル・ケーキ　を　しました。



Iimashou Ichi and Ni – introduce past-tense adjectives

Homework: page 108 in workbook





Japanese 3

Handout on Jero/Jeddo, African-American/Nikkei-jin enka singer

Hand back literature papers – discussion – Sensei is very happy with what students have written.

Read and listen to Tai-iku-sai.
Iimashou Ichi kara Yon made.
Deshita plain form is data
Homework: Workbook pages 101 and 102



Japanese 2


Handout on Jero/Jeddo, African-American/Nikkei-jin enka singer

Collect Kabuki-article summary and manga translation for chapter 7
九十一ページ　から　九十四　ページ　に

Listen to manga dialogue and repeat

traditional Japanese store categories.


ペット屋、Pet Store, 　Hershfang、　Murphy
くだもの屋、Goldberg and Pairs　fruit store
おもちゃ屋　toy store　Jackson、Zankowiak
でんき屋　small electrical appliances
店、みせ、テン,　character for store that can stand by itself　
　（but 屋　exists only in compounds）
デパート、Department store　Tenorio, Zavala
スーパー、Supermarket　Diaz、Amurau
くすり屋,　Pharmacy　Diallo, Thimsuwan
ゆうびんきょく,　Post Office
金もの屋,　Hardware Store　Amorntheerakul, Song
ようふく屋、　Clothing store　Appling, Chan
おかし屋　Candy store James、Flores
本屋　Bookstore Mascarenas、Mine
パン屋　Bakery　Yamasaki, Cambron
花屋　はなや　Flower Shop Perez, Loeschke, Santoyo

しゅくだい for Tuesday：
うる　もの　の　リスト
List of thing your pair will sell
At least 10 things, names in Japanese
A visual representation of each thing
Price in yen (for our purposes, the exchange rate is 100 yen to the dollar)
On a page at least 9 inches by 12 inches




Japanese 4 and AP


Quiz “A Homestay in Japan” Chapter 6—postponed because 5 people absent

Handout: article from Washington Post about Jero, enka singer with African-American/Nikkei-jin ancestry

Video of enka and other forms of Japanese popular music from New Year’s Eve Red and White Kohaku Show


Collect one typed page of summary of Kabuki handout



Warning: vocab test on this chapter coming up Wednesday.
Target vocabulary chosen by 4th year students –
手紙、 てがみ
生活、 せいかつ
外国人、 がいこくじん
同じ、 おなじ
食料品、 しょくりょうひん
ただ、
先日、 せんじつ
道路、 どうろ
近寄る、 ちかよる
美術品、 びじゅつひん
屋上、 おくじょう
机に向かう、 つくえ　に　むかう
親切な、 しんせつな
滝、 たき
多い、 おおい
覚える、 おぼえる
家具、 かぐ
忙しい、 いそがしい
こわがる
向かう、 むかう
地下街、 ちかがい
食品、 しょくひん
さぶとん


Useful website for vocabulary: search for Denshi Jisho in Google, has vocab and also information on each kanji constituting a word.


Each student has chosen to talk about chosen locales below

Feuer　――　not yet performed

Little Italy
Planetarium
Sox Park
Margie's Candies
Wicker Park


REMINDER: we must realize something important. In doing high school assignments or college assignments or tasks out in the world, every　one 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