Novembeer 24, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Thursday will be Thanksgiving Day, and many people with eat turkey!
Thanksgiving Day 感謝祭の日（かんしゃさい　の　ひ）
Turkey　七面鳥（しちめんちょう）



JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Students Sofia F, D.J. M.,, and Jacoby J. showed their maps and read what they had written, giving directions from their homes to often-visited location in their neighborhoods

Students watched
Episode #5 “Schooltime”
From BBC’s Japanese Language and People (series)

Important items:
Asking directions from policeman at Koban
Examination Hell
小学校、中学校、高校、大学

New kanji for next week:
Turn (the corner) 曲がる（まがる）
Cross (the bridge or the intersection)　渡る（わたる）

Homework due after Thanksgiving break:

Re-create map on format at least 9” by 12” (larger is OK, smaller is not OK), and rewrite directons on front of map.


先生（せんせい）の家から　どうやって　レストランに　行けますか。


私　（わたし）は　家（うち）　を　出て（でて）　Ｗａｓｈｔｅｎａｗ　Ａｖｅ．　を　まっすぐ　行きます。

二つ目（みっつめ）　の　かど　を　左　に　まがります。

その　道　（みち）　は　Ｂｅｌｍｏｎｔ　Ａｖｅ．　です。

まっすぐ　行きます。しんごう　まで　あるいて　行きます。

その　みち　は　Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ　Ａｖｅ．　です。

三つ目　の　こうさてん　を　わたります。

それから　レストラン　は　右　に　あります。

Collected homework from text page 37 on descriptions of locations on the map of Hirosaki.

Homework Assignment:

Write directions for going from your house to some destination you often visit in your neighborhood (approximately 8 sentences). Tomorrow, hand it in along with a map of the route.　[See the model above. Each individual’s directions will necessarily be different since you all live in different places and are going to different destinations.]　
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

Dialogue of Mieko and Ken – write English translation and memorize Japanese original over Thanksgiving break.

Ken is a boy’s name in 日本 and Mieko is a girl’s name.

1. けん-- みなさん, みて ください.

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2. けん-- これ は なん です か.

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3. みえこ-- えんぴつ です.

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4. けん-- そう です か.

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5. みえこ-- はい, えんぴつ です.

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6. けん-- かわいい です ね.

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7. みえこ-- はい, かわいい です.

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8. けん-- かわいい えんぴつ を かして ください.

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9. みえこ-- どうぞ--

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10. けん-- おおきい RAJIO を きいて ください.

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11. みえこ -- いいえ, RAJIO は うるさい です ね.

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12. けん-- みえこさん, まど を しめて ください.

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13. みえこ-- ちいさい まど です か.

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14. けん-- はい, ちいさい まど を しめて ください.

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15. せんせい-- けんくん, みえこさん, うるさい です ね.

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Puzzle (from Australian text, Obento) for identifying hiragana and kanji in unusual positions and combinations.


Don’t forget kanji:
日、月、木、本
本　As “tree” plus mark indicating root or origin
Japan as “sun’s source” – 日本
にほん　日本
にほんご　日本語


Study!


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JAPANESE 2 -- Sixth period


Quiz on adjective vocab and forms.

Homework: Puzzle (from Australian text, Obento) for identifying katakana and kanji in unusual positions and combinations.

Remember these kanji:
目　め　Eye
耳　みみ　Ear
大きい　Big おおきい
手　て　Hand　　　　　　　　　　　
口　くち Mouth
足　あし Feet/legs

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

Work in groups of three (1 Japanese 4 student with 2 AP students)
Pages 57-60 (more vocabulary for travel) from Tohsaku textbook
Yookoso! Continuing…

On Wednesday block class of next week, Jerome M. and Amy Z. will give their oral presentations on Ja\apanese holidays.

On Monday, Japanese 4 students will hand in their model Japanese-style rooms, also known as 日本間（にほんま）、和室　（わしつ）

Collect earlier homework on Monday:

日本との出会い：第三課
Page 44:
I A and
II