September 17, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Thurssday: September 17, 2009 An Eight Period Day




JAPANESE 3 -- First period


New review test on verbs was given today, Sept 16.

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、じょうば　します、あそびます、かいます、およぎます、かします、あけます、あいます、あらいます、かきます、食べます

How many of the verbs above are in Group 1? ____________________

How many are in Group 2? _________ How many in Group 3? ___________________

Write the following expressions in Japanese (you don’t have to use pronouns):


Begin, please. ________________________ I am writing ________________________

I’m not washing ____________________ Please meet (me) _____________________

Let’s drink (tea) __________________________ Please read______________________

Write all of the following sentence: (My) mother washed the car and waited at home.

______________________________________________________________________

Kanji practice sheet handed out:
一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、百、千、万、円、時、{寺}、日、本、人、月、火、水、木、金、土、曜、上、下、中、半

Stroke order for　時　on board. Stroke order for 曜　tomorrow.

Finish kanji handout for homework.

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。

Collected Weasley family tree posters、 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)







JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Show Dango 3 Kyoudai song on Dailymotion website – hand out score and words in Japanese. Sing first two verses together.

Go over pages 20 and 21 of hiragana words in workbook.

Show U. of Illinois video of hiragana さ、し、す、せ、そ
Continue to write in workbook:
Students are responsible for completing 22 and 23 on your own.
Homework is pages 24 and 25：さ、し、す、せ、そ

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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period


Verb retest took place today.


We went over kanji fromKanji practice sheets from Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (the workbook). Projected stroke order on overhead:　百、千、万、円
時　Is　日　Plus 土　And 寸。　　
土　And 寸　Together make
｛お｝てら、That is, temple.
時　Means time or o’clock.
You can think the following, if it helps you: TIME is measured by how the sun goes over the temple.

Homework: Complete back of first kanji page, and then write kanji for front of next page, up to 土　Of 土よう日。｛日、本、人、月、火、水、木、金、土｝

We collected translations of manga for first chapter of 2 Kimono. Then we listened to the tape of that dialogue.




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

Illustrative Examples for page 36 in 2 Nakama text.　　Students developed information for grid, but then were somewhat puzzled as to how to put it into dialogue format. See below>

Grammar note: Plain past た・だ　　Plus ら　　　
If/ when you do (verb) something
食べたら、If/when you eat――
飲んだら、If/when you drink—
読んだら、If/when you read—

Youkoso: An　Invitation to Contemporary Japanese
お金　が　あったら、それ　を　買います。
If/when I have money, I will buy that.
おきゃくさま　が　来たら、すぐ　おしえて　下さい。
If/when a customer comes, tell me right away.
あした　はれ　だったら　いい　です　ね。
It would be nice if the weather were clear tomorrow, wouldn’t it?

A.　Speakers are X-san and Y-san
X.ダンスがしたい　けど　ダンス　が　できない
Y.どうして
X.足　に　ひどい　けが　を　したんだ
どうしたら　いい？
Y.じゃ　あたらしい　くつ　が　買える　の？。


B.　 Speakers are X-san and Y-san
X. テニス　が　したい　けど　できない
Y. どうして

X. バスケットボール　を　した　時　足　に　ひどい　けが　を　した　から　テニス　が　できない。どうしたら　いい
Y.　びょういん　に　いって、　ね．　おだいじ　に。。。


C.　 Speakers are X-san and Y-san
X.　買い物　に　行きたい　けど　行けないんだ
Y.　どうして
X. 足　が　いたい　よ。　　どうしたら　いい？
Y. 少し　マッサジ　を　したら　どう？



D. Speakers are X-san and Y-san
X. 食べたい　けど　食べられない
Y. どうして
X. 口　が　いたい　よ。どうしたら　いい　の？
Y. はいしゃさん　の　びょういん　に　行ったら
どう？


E. Speakers are X-san and Y-san
X.バスケットボール　が　したい　けど　できない
　Y. どうして
X.こし　が　いたいんだ。どうしたら　いい　の？
Y. バスケットボール　を　しないで。テレビ　で　見たら　どう？

Homework:
１． Rewrite your work　（Nakama p. 36） so that it complies with the above form.
６． Translate handout 「かさじぞう」

Some kanji for 「かさじぞう」Story –　
作る、つくる、　To make
新しい、あたらしい、New

Homework:
５． Using information you developed 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!
６． Bring handed-out narrative to class so that we can work on it tomorrow.


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