Wednesday, May 20, 2009 A Block Two Day
INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE
This class does not meet on Block Two days.
Yesterday students continued 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
Upcoming important dates:
Friday, May 29 – first scantron day 金よう日、五月二十九日
Monday, June 1 – second scantron day 月よう日、六月一日
Tuesday, June 2– first day of all school exams 火よう日、六月二日
Wednesday, June 3 – our oral exam (original dialogues) 水よう日、六月三日
Projected kanji review:
日 にち, Sun, day
月 つき,Moon, month
火 か Fire
水 お・みず,Water
木 き,Tree,wood
金 お・かね, Money,gold
土 つち, Dirt, earth
林 はやし,Woods
森 もり, Forest
山 やま、さん ,Mountain
川 かわ, River
田 た、だ, Rice Field
百 ひゃく
火山 かざん,Volcano
日本、日本語
Katakana reading-practice handout—write ROMAji, and then think what the English meaning might be。Finish for HOMEWORK:
1・ラーク 2・リア王 3・リアーシート
4・リアリズム 5・ルイジアナ 6・ロシア
7・ルージュ 8・ベーブ・ルース 9・ループ・ヤーン
10・ルーブル 11・ルームメート 12・ルレット
13・レアーメタル 14・レイーアップ 15・レインコート
16・ロイヤル・アカデミー 17・ローイング 18・ワークアウト
Katakana: some rules for writing
1. Write katakana words so that they fit the pronunciation of the word, not its spelling in English (or any other language).
Example: Chicago シカゴ
2. Long vowels are indicated by a dash.
Example: news ニュース
3. Write "L" with syllables from the "r" line.
Examples: Walter ワルター
loan ローン
Italy (Italia) イタリア
4. Most double consonants are indicated by a small "tsu." However, double "m" or "n" (if audible) are indicated by the "n(g)" symbol.
Examples: spaghetti スパゲッテイ
hot dog ホット ドッグ
5. Final consonant sounds are usually represented with a katakana from the "u" line. Exceptions are "t" and "d" where the "o" line is used.
Examples: hub ハブ
France フランス
coat コート
skate board スケート ボード
6. Vowel+r combinations like "er," "or," "ar," "ir," and "ur," are indicated by a dash.
Examples: hamburger ハンバーガー
Robert ロバート
7. Words beginning with "ka" or "ca" are usually represented by "kya" in katakana. One exception to this rule is the word for "camera" in Japanese: カメラ
Example: casserole キャセロール
8. "V" is sometimes represented by the" h+dakuten" line, and sometimes by katakana "u+dakuten.
Examples: television テレビ[ジョン]
Venice (Venezia) ヴェニス、ヴェネズィア
We finished watching 「千と千尋の神隠し」
{せん と ちひろ の かみがくし}
JAPANESE 3
Many students were absent because junior biology students were watching open heart surgery in the DL lab.
We went over the tests from chapter eight.
We also handed out a hard copy of the Japanese 3 final review packet, and made some more additions.
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.
JAPANESE 2
We collected the letters written by the students in traditional Japanese form (see below). We’ll send some of these to Osaka City Senior High School
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
Handout of review packet for final exam. Students added some items themselves and requested others. We projected the blog from the computer and wrote in the new items.
Teacher has already done an oral interview of some students regarding 池田{いけだ}利夫{としお}
百十六ページ:Song, Chan, Goldberg, Zavala
Must remember to interview the others, as well.
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
Many students were absent because of school trip to the Planetarium. Only Dow, Howell, Potter, and Reyes were present to
work on final film project in computer lab room 114.
Film project groups:
1. Howell, Pasidparchya, Cerda, Liu – this group has not yet sent in any script material -- therefore no credit for classwork May 15 and May 18
2. Hoogstraten, Edwards, Curran, Krogh
3. Feuer, Bingham, Dow, Lee
4. Mui, Williams, Potter, Reyes
5. Imaoka, Lai, Schabes, Wu
The plan has been to do 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。
Previously, Cerda, Krogh, Hoogstraten, Mui, Liu, Wu, Lai, Williams, and Lee gave their answers.
Today, Dow, Howell, Potter, and Reyes were called upon.