September 29, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Tuesday: September 29, 2009 An Eight Period Day






JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Previously-announced vocab test on 3 Kimono Chapter 1, was given today.

After test, review of question words projected on board:
３きもの１ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ　ｗｏｒｄｓ
どこ , だれ
いつ , どうして、なぜ
何曜日、 曜日
何月 , 何人　How many people
何才「さい」, 何ばん
何匹「びき」 , 何本
どんな , どちら
どの, どれ
どう , 何ど
なにじん　What nationality
Classwork and subsequent homework is translation of story, “Dominick is the owner of the supermarket,” into Japanese.
Extra vocabulary:
Brings (a thing) _____　を　もって　来ます。
Is hungry おなか　が　すきました
Vigorous　げんきな
1. Dominik is the owner of Dominick’s Supermarket.
2. The supermarket is in Oak Park.
3. A golf course is next door.
4. Nicole is the owner of the golf course.
5. She is famous, but she hates golf.
6. Yesterday Olivia, Rajamer, and Will played golf at the golf course.
7. Olivia, Rajamer, and Will were vigorous golf players [GORUFU no senshu].
8. At twelve o’clock, they were hungry.
9. They went to Dominick’s Supermarket.
10. They ate at “Weird Coffee Shop” in the supermarket.
11. Olivia ate fish.
12. Will ate sushi.
13. Will, Olivia, and Rajamer saw customers and store clerks.
14. The names of the customers were Gunther and Dante.
15. Gunther was a German, but Dante was an Italian.
16. Gunther liked the store clerk, Yumi.
17. Yumi was quiet and pretty.
18. At lunch break, Yumi ate one candy.
19. Hiyashi was a store clerk, too.
20. At lunch break, big Hiyashi ate tempura and rice balls.
21. Dante liked spaghetti, but he bought RAMEN at the supermarket.
　22. Gunther bought chocolate strawberries.


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
Quiz on reading hiragana あ　To　ど　Plus ん

Hand out 1 Kimono texts, and listen to manga dialogue for chapter 1, with repeats.

Homework:　Write the manga dialogue in hiragana, ROMAji,　English, to the best of your ability.
Example:
さようなら
Sayounara
Good-bye

Study!


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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period

Classwork: Katakana crossword puzzle with names of countries, foods, sports, and other katakana words

Dictation exercise　（A simple schematic map of the New York metropolitan area is drawn on the board, with speakers A-san and B-san standing at opposite ends of the George Washington Bridge）
１． ここ　は　ニュー・ヨーク　です。（A-san is speaking）
２． そこ　は　ニュー・ジャージー　です。（A-san is still speaking）
３． あそこ　は　うみ　です。（B-san is speaking）
４． ひまな　とき、なに　を　します　か。（A-san is speaking）
５． Student writes own version about what B-san might answer to the question number 4, above)

Homework:
１． Finish katakana crossword puzzle
２． Make a list of 20 words that should be on a vocabulary list for this lesson, 2 Kimono Ch. 1



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:
One-minute verbal weather forecast for city chosen by students:
“No text may be used. Only notes are permissible。”
Elizabeth: Naha City (Okinawa)
Camille: Morioka City
Johnny: Aomori City
Anton: Okinawa (a mistake)
Jerome: Kyoto
Mike: Maebashi in Gumma Pref.
Azrieal: Osaka
Tommy: Kobe
Amy: Chiba City
（Friday: Connie, Alisa, Anton (Okayama City) , Jennie）

Jerome-kun found outstanding website for watching and listening to Japanese weather forecasts:
http://weathernews.jp

Students chose vocabulary for vocab test on 日本との出会い：第一課、to be given soon.

オリエンテーション
交換留学生、こうかんりゅうがくせい
汗、あせ
一家、いっか
やきもの
子供、こども
かえる
ふく
何度も、なんども
少し、すこし
ふうふ
所、ところ
紹介する、しょうかい　する
心配、しんぱい
まず
初めて、はじめて
子供の時、こども　の　とき
なら
出会い、であい
全部、ぜんぶ
食事する、しょくじ　する
興味、きょうみ
かどうか
喜ぶ、よろこぶ
呼ぶ、よぶ
分かりたい、わかりたい
着く、つく
自分、じぶん
湿度、しつど
気候、きこう
季節、きせつ
四季、しき
蒸し暑い、むしあつい




Homework for Friday:
1. We will finish weather forecast oral presentations
2. Be prepared to discuss, in Japanese, the pictures on page 51 of Nakama 2 text.


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