April 30, 2009 Thursday An Eight Period Day

Thursday, April 30, 2009, An Eight Period Day




INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE

verb and adjective stem-suffix –sugiru – pages 387 and 388 of first volume of Yookoso (Yookoso: Invitation…)—do activities 22 and 23 in class

Homework: choose reduced vocab list for upcoming NTND Chapter 7 vocab test





JAPANESE 1

Students took real test on Chapter 7 of Kimono.

Discussion of International Night night tonight -- lend items from Japan to students to wear throughout the day.

Work on display items containing 日本、etc.




JAPANESE 3


International Night tonight from 5 to 8. We need people for the origami-chopstick-calligraphy table. We also need people for the Japan Exchange table.

Work on display items containing the following:

大阪市立高校、
姉妹校







JAPANESE 2


International Night discussed.

Work on display items, including designs for 紋｛もん｝　in color.

Pairs and Goldberg show new song in Japanese:
The Algorithm March





JAPANESE 4 and AP




Refer to yesterday's Yomiuri’s Pera Pera Pengin on various expressions dealing with phone conversations
Look at Yookoso: Continuing... pages 322 and 333 to look at honorific/humilific expressions for formal communication.
Examples:


１．どちらさま　でしょう　か

２．お　待ち　下さい

３．よろしい　でしょう　か

４．おうかがい　いたします

５．お　待ち　して　おります

６．ｈずして　おります

７．さしあげる　差し上げる

８．お電話　いたしました。

９．かしこまりました

１０． 少々　しょうしょう

１１． 失礼　いたします

１２． 後ほど

１３． あらためて

１４． こちらこそ





お　＋　Stem +　下さい



いい＝よろしい



Levels of “to do”



なさいます　　　Talking about　Activities of people hierarchically above speaker



します Talking About speaker's equals



いたします Talking humbly about speaker’s own activities


Homework: Translate "announcement" on pages 330 and 331 into English.





Reminder about previous Homework: Be able to respond verbally・orally to first five questions in NTND on page 73 (Roman numberal I, section A, 1-5)