September 14, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Monday: September 14, 2009 An Eight Period Day




JAPANESE 3 -- First period


New review test on verbs will be given Thursday, Sept 17. (Many people had difficulty with the last one.) The re-test will count for twice as many points as the last one.


あけます、あいます、あらいます、かきます、あるきます、よみます、のみます、はなします、さんぽ　します、はじまります、まちます、あそびます、かいます、およぎます、かします

Characteristics for Group 1 were written on the board today, as were those of Group 2 and Group 3.

We listened to tape for pages 3, 4, and 5.

Explanation for talking about kanji:
Kanji compound example –人口
えい語　で　いみ　は　Population　という　こと　です。
かんじ　は　「ひと」　の　じん　と　くち　の　「こう」　です。

Homework is to read pages 4 and 5　of text; make notes in English and be ready to speak about each of the new characters.



INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE – Third period


Independent Study did not meet today.




JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Writing practice in class:
Write the ROOMAji for the following words in Nihon-go no hiragana (Japanese syllabary). That is, write the pronunciation. Don't worry about the English meaning. Try not to use the chart. Work alone, not in pairs, and work silently, please.

1。かこう _______________ 2。あおい _______________

3。あかい _______________ 4。あけ _______________

5。いこう _______________ 6。きけ _______________

7。かく _______________ 8。いく _______________

9。くう _______________ 10。きく _______________

11。いか _______________ 12。ええ _______________

13。かき _______________ 14。うき _______________

15。えき _______________ 16。いいえ_______________

17。うえき_______________ 18。こえ _______________

19。あき _______________ 20。いけ _______________

21。こい _______________ 22。あか _______________

23。かお _______________ 24。おかあ_______________

25。けえき_______________ 26。あけ _______________

27。いき _______________ 28。くうき_______________

29。おおきい_______________ 30。おおい _______________



Some vocabulary from workbook pages 16 and 17:

あたま　Atama 　Head

あひる　　Ahiru　　Duck

あし　　Ashi　　Leg

あき　　　Aki　　　Autumn

いぬ　　Inu 　Dog 　　　　

いち　　　Ichi　　　One　（The number）

いす　　Isu　　　Chair
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Re-test was today, Monday. Finish handout page (see above) for homework, if you have not finished already.

Homework: make and bring flash cards for hiragana あ　To　こ、
And ん。












JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period

We went over the quiz on the verbs. Student who had made mistakes rewrote the entire test in their notebooks. Next time, add あいます。

“よみます、のみます、たべます、さんぽ　を　します、いきます、たちます、きます、見ます、ききます、すわります、あけます、かいもの　を　します、しめます、すいえい　を　します、　かします、でます、おくれます、いそぎます、じょうば　を　します、
そうすけ　くん　の　日
｛Sousuke’s Day｝

Fill in the correct　ひらがな verb for each of the following sentences:

（Every day）まいにち　そうすけ　くん　は　おすし　を　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。

そして、おちゃ　を　のみます。

金よう日　です。　がっこう　に　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。


（Will he be late?）＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿か。


いいえ、(He will hurry) ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。


がっこう　の　ドア　を　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。


そうすけ　くん　は　ともだち　に　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。

ともだち　は　えんぴつ　を　かいました。

ともだち　は　えんぴつ　を　そうすけ　くん　に（Lends）＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。


えいご　の　クラス　で　そうすけ　くん　は　えいが　を　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。

えいが　が　たのしい　です。なまえ　は　「ポニョ」です。

それから　たいいく　の　プール｛Pool｝に　いきます。

｛He swims｝＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。

そして　プール　を　｛Leaves｝ ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。”

Homework is pages 16 and 17 in the Katakana portion of the workbook. (We are reviewing katakana from last year).

Tomorrow Camille Wright and Nora Molasky will start off talking about their なつやすみ、日本語　で。




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 – Seventh period

Hand out Chapter one of “A Homestay in Japan,” reading text with Japanese title 「日本との出会い」, along with list of vocab words, grammar points, and kanji. We will continue to read this text throughout the year, supplementing Nakama 2. This supplement will supply an on-going character set and narrative that we can continue to talk about in Japanese. Students wrote down an English translation for the portion that day.

We went over handout with review/reminder of verb conjugation patterns, which was homework for last night.

Homework: Using information you developed last night with categories from page 36 of Nakama Two. Write 4 conversations (as per the pattern on the page) --explaining the “things I want to do but can’t, 4 reasons that come from the “sickness” expressions, and four things it would be good to do in this situation. Be ready to talk!


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


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.


You might like to work with the following kanji-learning website:

http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html