May 19, 2009 Tuesday A Block One day

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 A　Block One Day




INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE

Working on final autobiography project: 自伝

Year　に Place で　生めまれ増した｛うまれました｝。

二才｛にさい｝の　時
わかい　時
こまって　います・困りました｛こまりました｝Is upset, was upset
幼稚園｛ようちえん｝Kindergarten
保育園｛ほいくえん｝Pre-school

私　が　生まれた　時　・・・





JAPANESE 1


This class does not meet on Block One Days.

Memorized dialogue　Chapter 8 –　Performances

On board and projected through laptop/notebook: ・・ます、・・・ません、
・・ましょう、山
スケート・ボード　くるま
｛お｝すし
・
なつやすみ　に　チャク・ノリス　と　バーニー　は　山　に　いきます。スヶート・ボード　で　いきます。おすし　を　たべます。


Handout:

あたらしい どうし の 復習【ふくしゅう】

でます
leave for a destination: destination に でます
leave a point of origin: point of origin を でます
おくれます
いそぎす
あいます
meet a person: person に あいます
まちます
wait for a person or thing: person or thing を まちます


Writing sentences about what you do and don't do every day まい日

こくばん 【ホアイト・ボード】で

まい日 の 六 じ に ちち は まち に でます。
まい日 おとうと は おくれます。
まい日 あね は いそぎます。
まい日 わたし は せんせい に あいます。
まい日 日本人 は バス を まちます。

Writing sentences about what you will do あした

あした わたし は えいが を 見ます【みます】。

Writing sentences about what you suggest we'll all do tomorrow --ましょう

あした いっしょ に ハンバーガー を 食べましょう【たべましょう】。


Iimashou 2--new activities:
すいえい、じょうば、 saikuringu, さんぽ、 を します


Homework: Write 8 sentences about your own daily activities.





JAPANESE 3

Reading “club commercials” out loud: Zhuang, Sarchet, Washington, Harrington, Yan

Collect written commercials

Oral participation　は　たいへん　わるかった　です　よ。

Tomorrow, be ready to recite dialogue from lesson　（Extra credit for Lalita, who had it memorized today）.

Reminder of Pattern sentences:

Field　{の中}で　Subject　は　一番　Adjective (+ noun)　です。

A　の　方　が　B　より　＿＿＿＿（Adjective）　です。


Partial review of Japanese 3 for June projected through laptop/notebook. Additions made according to student input. See separate blog entry.

[I found tests for Alexander and Tena.]




JAPANESE 2


Collect assignment of 8 sentences about what you can do (potential verbs)、each paired with another sentence about by what means you will do it (ます)。 Several people read theirs out loud.

Example:
アイスクリーム　が　食べられます。スプーン　で　食べます。

Check postcard homework in workbook.　葉書｛はがき｝Postcard
絵葉書｛えはがき｝Picture postcard

If it were a letter, here's the form in which it would be written:

前略｛ぜんりゃく｝
１． Comments about the season
２． Questions about health and well-being of person or people you are writing to
３． Main body of letter -- news, information you want to share, questions you want to ask
４． お気をつけて、ね｛It’s an informal letter｝
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　草々｛そうそう｝
大阪市立高校のせいと　へ
Your name より
平成二十一年五月十九日

Write this letter for HOMEWORK; double space, make it beautiful, may be typed or written by hand, may be written horizontally or vertically

Oral interview of students regarding 池田｛いけだ｝利夫｛としお｝
百十六ページ：so far, Song, Chan, Goldberg, Zavala




Reminder: We all must be polite in the Japanese language classroom. Not only is it important in our lives in general – it is an essential part of Japanese culture. ください、おねがい　します、ありがとう、すみません　Are the most important words and phrases in Japanese.





JAPANESE 4 and AP

This class does not meet on Block One days.

Work on final film project in computer lab room 114

Film project groups:

Howell,　Pasidparchya, Cerda, Liu

Hoogstraten, Edwards, Curran, Krogh

Feuer, Bingham, Dow, Lee

Mui, Williams, Potter, Reyes

Imaoka, Lai, Schabes, Wu



We are doing a film project, in groups of four, 2 AP students and 2 fourth year students in each group.
Film 2:　星旅｛ほしたび｝　Or　星戦争｛ほしせんそう｝、
　　　　　　　　　Star Trek or Star Wars　





Reminder　to all about oral answers to questions on page 73 of 日本との出会い。
Today Cerda, Krogh, Hoogstraten, Mui, Liu, Wu, Lai, Williams, and Lee gave their answers.











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


Feuer　――　not yet performed “Driving Tour of Chicago”

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