Tuesday, March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009 Tuesday A Block One Day

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, A Block One Day




Independent Study Japanese


Schachtman presents “Driving Tour of Chicago”

Begin ch 7, pages 69---top paragraph of 70

Discussion following items: 

Review : giving/receiving, now adding honorific/humilific forms

あげる ,  さしあげる
くれる, くださる(下さいますIrr.)
もらう, いただく

Work on sample sentences, as follows.

I give fruit to the neighbor/ the President.
The neighbor/the President gives fruit to me.
I receive fruit from the neighbor/the President


Homework: reread pages 92-99 in Yookosoo: Continuing…






Japanese 1

This class does not meet on Block One days.





Japanese 3


Ema (small signboard for writing wishes) project

Boone Kasuga Taisha Jinja
Yu Horyuji in Nara
Yan Todaiji in Nara
Sarchet Asakusa Kannon
Harrington Daibutsu in Kamakura
Tena Tsuru-ga-oka Hachiman-guu
Washington Kiyomizu-dera
Jara Byodo-in
Zhuang Meiji Jinguu
Amorntheerakul Ginkaku-ji
Cheng Kinkaku-ji

Design an ema with appropriate image; write 5 wishes on the back

Homework pages 102-103 workbook

Special vocabulary:

3着物8:
what to people wish for or pray for
where do they go to do it
what is the form of the prayer or wish

絵馬, えま

成績 せいせき results; record; grades

成績不振 せいせきふしん poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)

成績表 せいせきひょう report card; result sheet

成績証明書 せいせきしょうめいしょ transcript of results; report of results

願い事,   ねがいごと

健康,    けんこう

仏教,    ぶっきょう

神道,    しんとう

イスラム教, いすらむきょう

クリスト教, くりすときょう

ユダヤ教, ゆだやきょう

なります よう に  

天神様, てんじんさま (菅原道真 すがわら みちざね)

祈ります, いのります

お祈り, お いのり






Japanese 2

On board:

{おみせ は 何{なん}です か。}

何 {なに}を 売ります{うります} か。

______ は _______   ____ 円   です。
Product Number-counter price

Nouns of Position:

隣{となり}、間{あいだ}、上、下、前、後ろ、右、左、中

Students held up price lists for their stores and responded to questions in Japanese: “what do you sell?””how much is it?”

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


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


In class : Iimashou Ichi for Chapter 7, kinds of stores and their locations
Homework: Continue to work with this page, as we will use it again as we talk tomorrow.




Japanese 4 and AP

This class does not meet on Block One Days.


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


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

Hancock Observatory

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