September 9, 2009, Wednesday

Wednesday: September 9, 2009 A Block One Day




INDEPENDENT STUDY JAPANESE – Third period


Independent Study does not meet on Block One days.



JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Handed out workbooks for 1 Kimono. Explanation of writing system in general and hiragana phonetic system in particular – recite syllables in gojuu-on order.
View U. of Illinois “Hiragana” writing demonstration video: あ　to　お

Homework is pages 14 – 16 [十四、十五、十六]　in workbook, which includes character n{g}　ん



After several students read from their papers, collect Superhero sentences about “Who Likes Whom”





JAPANESE 3 -- first period

Pranee Pairs spoke about her experiences this past summer in Wakayama City, Japan. Class then developed sentences in Japanese from the information she shared with us.

プラ二―さんのアドベンチャー


プラ二―さん　は　せいふく　を　きて　いました。

わかやま　の　おてんき　が　つゆ　でした。

おてんき　が　あつかった　です。

じてんしゃ　で　こうこう　に　行きました。

こと「琴」　を　ひきました。

みせ　の　中　に　おもちゃ　のねこ　が　ありました。

まち　は　わかやま　し　でした。

ホーストファミリー　の　お母さん　は　きれいな　人　でした。

そして　やさしい　人　でした。

ホーストファミリー　の　おねえさん　は　二十五さい　です。

Going over yesterday’s handout – verbs in English and te forms – discussion-review of verb groups:
Group 1 “Strong” most numerous, extra i syllable before the masu, use song to figure out how make te form
Group 2 “Weak” easiest to conjugate: take off masu and then add te or other endings
Group 3 “Irregular” only two verbs, します　Does, and きます　Comes

Homework:
1. NY Times article about Election in Japan – POI
2. be prepared to speak of own summer story
3. requirements page – get it signed
4. quiz on designated verbs from yesterday’s handout:
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


JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period

New Song: Dango-san Kyoudai 　　
The Three Dumpling Brothers

だんご３きょうだい　｛
だんご３兄弟｝


１．くし　に　ささえて　だんご、だんご、

みっつ　ならんで　だんご　だんご

しょうゆ　ぬられて　だんご　だんご

だんご　さん　きょうだい　｛Four hand claps｝


２．いちばん　うえ　は　ちょうなん、ちょうなん

いちばん　した　は　さん　なん、　さんなん

あいだ　に　はさまれ　じなん、じなん

だんご　さん　きょうだい　　｛Four hand claps｝


Begin review of katakana using katakana side of workbook

Handout about daily routine, with vocab for months and days of week on the back.

Homework:
1. complete workbook katakana pages 7 and 8
2. complete daily-routine handout with times of day



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 1 days.


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