December 16, 2009 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 A Block Two Day


!!!***Attention***!!!
Sixth Annual Chicago Taiko Legacy-----Sunday December 27, 2009
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602
3 to 5 p.m. Free Admission
Websites: www.tsukasataiko.com and www.taiko.legacy.com



JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block Two days.







JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

In class work on creating crossword puzzle using as much vocabulary as possible from Chapter 4 of Kimono.


Collected kanji sentences for days of the week:

Ｋａｎｊｉ　ｆｏｒ　ｄａｙｓ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｅｋ，　ｉｎ
ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ． Ｎｏｔｅ　ｈｏｗ　ｔｈｅ　
ｐｒｏｎｕｎｃｉａｔｉｏｎ　ｏｆ　ｅａｃｈ　ｋａｎｊｉ　
ｃｈａｎｇｅｓ　ｉｎ　ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ　
ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇｓ．　Ｗｈａｔ　ｄｏ　ｔｈｅｓｅ　
ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ　ｍｅａｎ？


日よう日　の　日月（じつげつ）　は　すごい　です。
月よう日　の　月（つき）　を　みて　ください。
火よう日　火じ（かじ）　は　あぶない　（Ｄａｎｇｅｒｏｕｓ）です。
水よう日　の　お水（おみず）　は　おいしい　です。
木よう日　の　木（き）　は　おおきい　です。
金よう日　の　お金（おかね）　が　すき　です。
土よう日　土（つち）は　きたない　です　ね。

Ｍｏｒｅ　ｃｏｍｂｉｎａｔｉｏｎｓ：

火水：ひみず　　Ｆｉｒｅ　ａｎｄ　ｗａｔｅｒ，　ｄｉｓｃｏｒｄ
水月：すいげつ　Ｒｅｆｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｏｎ
月月：つきづき　Ｅｖｅｒｙ　ｍｏｎｔｈ
金本い：きんほんい　Ｇｏｌｄ　ｓｔａｎｄａｒｄ
土木がく：どぼくがく　Ｃｉｖｉｌ　ｅｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇ



Dialogue of Mieko and Ken still not performed by some class members: see Sensei ASAP to schedule a time.

• ! If dialogue not performed by Dec. 14th, grade will be zero. ! *

Song, 大雪やんだ

おおゆき　やんだ　たけやぶ　に
あかい　ゆうひ　が　おおきく　うかぶ
しろく　つもった　ささ　の　は　に
あかい　ゆうひ　が　そまります
だれ　も　いない　おてら　の　うら　に
しんと　しずかな　ばら　の　ゆき

Calendar requirements (due Thursday, Dec. 17th):

1. 9” by 12”, at least, in size, whether you do the whole year on one page or you do one page for each month.
2. must have months in hiragana and kanji
3. days of week in kanji
4. dates of month in kanji
5. include holidays, such as birthdays of you and your family and U.S.A. (July 4)
6. year 2010 is 22nd year of Heisei – へいせい　二十二　ねん、平成二十二年、Ｙｅａｒ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｉｇｅｒ，とらどし、寅年
7. Beautiful, colorful work always gets better grades

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

We sang the new song: 大雪やんだ

おおゆき　やんだ　たけやぶ　に
あかい　ゆうひ　が　おおきく　うかぶ
しろく　つもった　ささ　の　は　に
あかい　ゆうひ　が　そまります
だれ　も　いない　おてら　の　うら　に
しんと　しずかな　ばら　の　ゆき



The following people presented oral weather reports.

Nicole R. – Halifax, England
Camille W. – Strasbourg, France
Darren G. – Delhi, India
Ed H. – Miami
Gavin C. – Honolulu
Devin D. started New York yesterday and finished today.

WARNING: This week there will be a quiz on weather vocab.

Words for talking about the weather and activities for Batman, Robin, and CatWoman in Gotham City

ただいま, だめ, いえ、うち
バットマン、ロビン、カットウウマン
ガサムまち
すずしい, あき, あめ のち くもり、 それから はれ
さむい, ふゆ, ゆき、 スキーを します
あたたかい, はる, はれ、 じょうば を します
むしあつい , なつ すいえい を します

サイクリング,フィシング,スキー,ハイキング
ゴルフ,テニス
カヌ, ボート,ヘリコプター

Sentence practice, preparing for upcoming quiz:

日本語　で　かいて　ください。

The fall weather was cool. __________________________________________________

Water in the pool was warm. ________________________________________________

Winter snow was pretty in Dec . ____________________________________________

I hate cold weather. _______________________________________________________

The vanilla ice cream was yucky-tasting.______________________________________

Summer and spring winds were not warm last year.
_____________________________________________________________________


The following students still have not made their presentations:

Jason D. will speak about Hong Kong.
Dashona J. will speak about Strasbourg.
Zack A. will speak about Geneva.
Ray T. will speak about Seattle.
Betty N. will speak about New York.
Martina C. will speak about Paris.



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

Reading # 19 from “Strive for a 5: AP Japanese Practice Tests”
‘Travel Guide’

Finished reading chapter 4 of “A Homestay in Japan” out loud
Homework: answer questions in section I. A at top of page 51

Practice on “while”

Went over these sentences in class:
“while”—stem + ながら　vs ――verb form て いる間
Meaning: actions taking place simultaneously

Practice sentences (first, figure out what the main clause is):

1. Don’t talk on the phone while doing homework.
2. I like to read while my younger sister is doing cleaning.
3. Do you listen to music while making cookies?
4. While I was sleeping, my big brother left the house.
5. The student took a walk while his friends were studying.
6. My mother sang while playing the piano.
7. (Be careful. This one is a trick question.) I’m tall, while my brother is short.

Connie Y. and Lalita A. did their oral presentations on festivals. The week after Christmas break, the speakers will be Elizabeth A. and Tommy Y.

AP students spoke in class on plans for Winter Vacation – redo tomorrow.