March 4, 2009 Wednesday A Block One Day

Wednesday, March 4, 2009, a Block one Day



Independent Study Japanese

Handout “basics” sheet for chapter 6 日本との出会い. Read out loud chapter 6 through end of second paragraph, page 64– explanations and translations— 両親｛りょうしん｝、だから、しか、親切｛しんせつ｝、etc.
Indefinite pronouns: いつか、だれか、何か、いつでも、何でも
会って｛あって｝　ほしい　です　ＶＳ．会いたい　です。
Introduction of “mapping” technique using 道路の路：口、足、名前の名、タ、前略の略　– Homework is to do the same with 5 more kanji from chapter.　
Handout of kanji crossword puzzle from www.kanji-sudoku.com – work on in class, then due as HOMEWORK 金曜日. Reference kanji list from Japanese Language Proficiency Exam Level 4



Japanese 1

Class did not meet today.



Japanese 3


Divided into two groups for two different restaurants, Todai and Kamehachi, class worked on deciding menu offerings for each restaurant while making menus. Continue tomorrow ( Amy chose 桃大 kanji for Todai, though according to visitor, Vice-Consul Yukiko Menda, the original kanji may have been 灯台)。 On board items for restaurant ordering dialogue:

いらっしゃいませ

何月何日

何名様　　　なんめいさま

ご注文　は　　　ごちゅうもん　は

私　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　です。　　　いくら　です　か。

Customers speak plain forms to each other.
Waiter speaks polite forms at all times.
Customers speak polite forms to waiter.


Our visitor Vice-Consul Yukiko Menda talked about her work at Japan Foundation and at Consulate General of Japan. Amy Zhuang, Mike Sarchet, Elizabeth Sarchet, and Azrieal Washington did じこしょうかい　in Japanese.

Sensei will check pages 88 and 89 of workbook tomorrow.

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. Mike Sarchet will do “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion” by the same author. Francisco Tena has chosen Matsuo Basho’s “Narrow Road to the Deep North.”　***Azrieal Washington has changed her choice to Mishima’s “The Sound of the Waves.”***





Japanese 2


A guest attended our class, Vice-Consul Menda from the Consulate General of Japan. She read a kamishibai of a folktale with Sensei, “The Bamboo Princess” or かぐや　ひめ, a story from Japanese classical literature, originally known as たけとり　ものがたり。Sally Chan filmed the reading.
Students who did self-introduction in Japanese : Mamadou Diallo, Rachel Goldberg, Alisa Amorntheerakul

Comprehensive test on 2 Kimono Chapter 5 tomorrow.



Japanese 4 and AP

This class does not meet on Block 1 days.