October 14, 2009 A Block One Day

Wednesday: October 14, 2009 A Block One Day



JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Only two students were in class today because all the others were junors taking the PSAT.

Remember this story!
1. The supermarket is in Oak Park.
2. A golf course is next door.
3. Nicole is the owner of the golf course.
4. She is famous, but she hates golf.
5. Yesterday Olivia, Rajamer, and Will played golf at the golf course.
6. Olivia, Rajamer, and Will were vigorous golf players [GORUFU no senshu].
7. At twelve o’clock, they were hungry.
8. They went to Dominick’s Supermarket.
9. They ate at “Weird Coffee Shop” in the supermarket.
10. Olivia ate fish.
11. Will ate sushi.
12. Will, Olivia, and Rajamer saw customers and store clerks.
13. The names of the customers were Gunther and Dante.
14. Gunther was a German, but Dante was an Italian.
15. Gunther liked the store clerk, Yumi.
16. Yumi was quiet and pretty.
17. At lunch break, Yumi ate one candy.
18. Hiyashi was a store clerk, too.
19. At lunch break, big Hiyashi ate tempura and rice balls.
20. 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


Students took quiz on vocabulary for Chapter 1 of level one Kimono. Afterward they worked in pairs creating a colorful crossword puzzle out of the vocabulary below. Each pair of students will hand in one puzzle tomorrow. Reminder: beautiful, colorful, neat, work gets higher grades than dull, drab, messy work.

すみません

こんにちは

こんばんは

おなまえ

せんせい

おやすみなさい

おはようございます

さようなら



Study!


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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period


Students took quiz on vocabulary for Chapter 1 of level two Kimono. Afterward they worked in pairs creating a colorful crossword puzzle out of the vocabulary below. Each pair of students will hand in one puzzle tomorrow. Reminder: beautiful, colorful, neat, work gets higher grades than dull, drab, messy work.


ひこうき （飛行機　）
おくれます （遅れます）
くうこう （空港）　
なつやすみ （夏休み）
いそいでください （急いで下さい）
あいませんでした （会いませんでした）
すいえいをします （水泳をします）
しんかんせん （新幹線）
だいじょうぶ （大丈夫）
じょうばをしません （乗馬をしません）



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.