September 25, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Friday: September 25, 2009 An Eight Period Day






JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Surprise vocab test on 3 Kimono Chapter 1, today: 10 questions, 5 from Japanese to English, 5 from English to Japanese. Today’s quiz will count for only a few points. Another vocabulary quiz next Tuesday will earn more points.

On board, new kinship terms:

Husband: 主人、しゅじん；　ご主人、ごしゅじん
Wife: 家内、かない；　奥さん、おくさん
Daughter:　娘、むすめ；お嬢さん、おじょうさん
Son:　息子、むすこ（Also, せがれ）；　息子さん、むすこさん、｛お坊ちゃん、おぼっちゃん｝

In class, students were told to write in their notebooks every single word in Chapter 1 that they didn’t understand. This is a necessary preliminary step for acquiring this vocabulary. Making flash cards would be an excellent next step.

Learning this Chapter 1 vocabulary is HOMEWORK for the weekend!

Melisa C. read her homework sentences about Julia Child as ゆうめいな　テレビ　の　コック。Then everyone else’s homework was collected.

REMINDER:
Sentence-ending conjugations for い adjectives：
――い　です、――よくない　です、――かった　です、　――くなかった　です。
Sentence ending conjugations for な　adjectives ：　
――です、――じゃない　です　｛Or　で　は　ありません｝、――でした、　――じゃなかった　です　｛Or　で　は　ありませんでした｝

｛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。｝








JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Practice writing Japanese from dictation:

１． Tsukue、つくえ
２． Aoi,　あおい
３． O-sushi、おすし
４． Ongaku,　おんがく

Some students feel class is going too fast. We will continue to encourage them.　　Come to tutorial Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons!
There will be a short test on reading hiragana あ　to　と、Including hiragana with dakuten, on next Tuesday.

We looked at hiragana homework that was written in new shaped formats.
A few had not completed the assignment

Working from the “Animal Shiritori” handout from Wednesday, we spoke sentences and projected them, using animal words and combining them with previous superhero information:

ROBIN　は　だちょう　と　こうもり　が　すき　です。

Battoman　は　うし　が　すき　です。

Kattouoman　は　ねこCat　が　すき　です。

Wandaauoman　は　いぬDog　が　すき　です。

Suupaaman　は　うま が　すき　です。

ねこ　は　いぬ　が　すき　じゃ　ない　です。

しか　は　「さんた」　が　すき　です。

Periods at the ends of sentences in Japanese are small circles.
Quotation marks are indicated by brackets, for example 「さんた」
Finish both these writing-practice assignments.

Study!


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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period

Activities-in-places assignment—students read out loud from their homework and then handed it in.　　(See section below in quotes.)

We went over again the difference between using に　to indicate the destination in a sentence with a “traveling verb” and using　で　to indicate a place/location were the action happens in a sentence with an “active verb.”

We listened to the audio portion of the lesson in the　いいましょう　一　section:
ひまな　とき　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。

Lecture/demonstration of こ、そ、あ、ど　Ssystem, as it relates to
Here (this place, near speaker)　ここ
There (that place, near listener)　そこ
Way over there (that place away from both speaker and listener)　あそこ
Where (which place?) 　どこ
Martina and Darren assisted.

Homework assigned was
Workbook page 3, all of the page, and page 5, section E.


“Projection review of Places：

“こうえんPark
レストランRestaurant
うみ（Beach）sea
まちTown/downtown
くうこうAirport
にわGarden
森もりForest
としょかんLibrary
がっこうSchool
こうこうH.S.
山やまMountain
ディズニーワルド
Disney World
ともだち　の　うち　Friend’s House
プールPool
たいいくかんGymnasium
えいがかんMovie theater

“New use for relational particle で to indicate place where active verb happens.

“Homework: Write a difference sentence for each place, using a subject and activity appropriate to the place. Example:

“マイケル・ジョーダン　は　たいいくかん　で　バスケットボール　を　しました。Michael Jordan played basketball at the gymnasium.”




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

Graded verbal-performance assignment:
AP students tried to tell narrative of 日本との出会い：第一課。
Each Jpn 4 student had to ask 2 questions.

Everyone has to try a lot harder next time!

Assignment due next week, Tuesday:
Each student must give a one-minute verbal weather forecast for the Japanese city chosen -- like a radio weather announcement. No text may be used. Only notes are permissible。
Elizabeth: Naha City (Okinawa)
Alisa: Sapporo
Camille: Morioka City
Johnny: Aomori City
Anton: Okayama City
Jenny: Sendai
Jerome: Kyoto
Connie: Nara
Tommy: Kobe
Amy: Chiba City

We listened to section 15 in “Strive for a 5: AP Japanese Practice Tests” pages 33 and 34 – downloadable content
Vocabulary handout information:


The seasons:

Spring, summer, fall, winter
春、夏、秋、冬

はる、なつ、あき　ふゆ

シュン、カ、シュウ、トウ
春
9 strokes, Taught in grade 2
Radical: 日 , Parts: 一, ノ, 二, 日
Readings: Japanese kun: はる , Japanese on: シュン
夏
10 strokes、Taught in grade 2

Radical: 一（Nelson） 、Parts: 一, 夂, 自
Readings：Japanese kun: なつ 　Japanese on: カ、 ガ、 ゲ

秋
9 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: 禾（Nelson 115） 、Parts: 火, 禾
Readings：Japanese kun: あき、Japanese on: シュウ

冬
5 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: 攵 ( Nelson: 34)
Parts: 丶, 夂, 攵
Readings：Japanese kun: ふゆ、 Japanese on: トウ



The directions:

東、西、南、北
ひがし、にし、みなみ、きた

トウ、ザイ、ナン、ボク

東

8 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: ノNelson: 4)、Parts: 一, ｜, 日, 木, 田
Readings：Japanese kun: ひがし 、Japanese on: トウ

西
6 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: 西(It is its own radical in Nelson)
Parts: 西
Readings：Japanese kun: にし 、Japanese on: サイ、 ス、 セイ

南
9 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: 十 (KanXi: 24)
Parts: 并, 冂, 十, 干
Readings：Japanese kun: みなみ 、Japanese on: ナ、 ナン

北
5 strokes、Taught in grade 2
Radical: 匕 、Parts: 匕, 爿
Readings：Japanese kun: きた 、Japanese on: ホク

Some Weather-forecast vocabulary:

季節、　 きせつ、Season
四季、 しき、　The four seasons
湿度、　 しつど、Humidity
気候、 きこう、Climate
たて、　 Vertical
こおり、　 Ice
美しさ、 　 うつくしさ、Beauty, beautifulness
選ぶ、 えらぶ、To choose
方、 かた、Person, people (when speaking honorifically)
上旬 、　 じょうじゅん、First third of the month
雪祭り、 ゆきまつり、Winter Festival (Sapporo)
黄葉
紅葉 、 こうよう、Red/yellow autumn leaves
島国、 しまぐに、Island country
雨がシトシト、あめがしとしと、Rain drizzles


Extra credit for any student who finds a Japanese TV weather broadcast that can be played over our CPS network.