September 15, 2009 A Block One Day

Tuesday: September 15, 2009 A Block One Day




JAPANESE 3 -- First period


New review test on verbs will be given Thursday, Sept 14. (Many people had difficulty with the last one.) The re-test will count for twice as many points as the last one.　　Today students received their tests, and rewrote them completely, with corrections、 in their notebooks.

After answering questions about characters in 3 Kimono (pages 4 and 5), students spoke in Japanese about their summer vacations.
We listened to tape for page 7 in text.

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。

On board:

Group 3 verbs:

かいもの　　　します
すいえい　　　します
じょうば　　　します
さんぽ　　　　します
ランニング　　します
デモ　　　　　します
サイクリング　します

NOT Group 3 verbs:

はなします
かします

New nouns: しごと（Work）、アルバイト（Part-time or temp job）
とまります(Stay over night at hotel or someone’s house)

Kanji:　買います　Keep an eye on your shell money when you BUY things
目　Eye
貝　Shell
見　An eye on legs SEES

Homework: a family tree of the Weasley family (from the Harry Potter series), at the time that Harry is 16 years old (i.e., everyone is still alive)





INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE – Third period


Independent Study did not meet today.




JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Reading projected sentences:

あきこ　Wa　こい　が　Suki　Desu.　　Akiko likes koi (fish).

けん　Wa　Suupaaman　Desu.　　　　Ken is Superman.

ですdesu means is/am/are.


Dakuten added to a hiragana results in a character with a “voiced” consonant.

か　is pronounced ka, but が　is pronounced ga.
こ　is pronounced ko, but　ご　is pronounced go.

Handouts:
1. complete hiragana chart
2. kanji writing page for numbers 1-10
3.
On board results of word dictation

Kouen　こうえん
Ike　　いけ
Ookii　おおきい
Koe　こえ

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Re-test was yesterday, Tuesday. Finish handout page (see above) for homework, if you have not finished already.

Sensei checked flash cards for hiragana あ　To　こ、
And ん。

Homework: STUDY












JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period


Camille Wright and Ami Sacco started off talking about their なつやすみ、日本語　で。 Their sentences were transcribed and projected on the screen in enlarged characters.


カミールさん　の　なつやすみ
１． St.Louis {サント・ルイス}に　いきました。
２． あたらしい　ともだち　に
あいました。
３． おなまえ　は　ゆかりさん　です。
４． とうきょう　から　きました。
５． ゆかりさん　は　かいもの　を　しました。
６． アルドズと「あきら」に　いきました。

アミさん　の　なつやすみ
１． ちちゅうかい　に　いきました。
２． イタリアに　いきました。
３． ガイドさん　に　あいました。
４． おなまえ　は　マリアさん　でした。
５． ローマに　すんで　います。
６． パスタ　は　おいしかった　です。

Everyone else will write similarly about his or her own summer vacation (Double spaced, numbered) for tomorrow.

Verb retest will take place tomorrow.

Hand out ２Kimono texts tomorrow.




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

This class does not meet on Block One days.