December 17, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Thursday, December 17, 2009 --- an eight period 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

Class worked on 年賀所 to be sent to Osaka sister school

2010　　Year of the Tiger　
平成二十二年 　寅年

良いお年をお迎え下さい。

今年お世話に成っておりました。
来年も宜しくお願い致します。
Thank you for everything this past year.
Best wishes for the coming New Year.

Don’t forget that we are learning about the following:
Ｃｏｌｏｒｓ　ａｎｄ　ｐａｔｔｅｒｎｓ
いろ　Ｃｏｌｏｒ　（Ｎｏｕｎ）
いろいろな　Ｖａｒｉｏｕｓ　（ａｄｊｅｃｔｉｖｅ）
いろっぽい（Ｓｅｘｙ）

Be sure to remember about nominalization of adjectives
Ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ：
あかい　ソックス、Ｒｅｄ　ｓｏｃｋｓ　を　きました。Ｉ　ｗｏｒｅ　ｒｅｄ　ｓｏｃｋｓ．
あかい　の　を　きました。　Ｉ　ｗｏｒｅ　ｒｅｄ　ｏｎｅｓ．

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

Class worked on 年賀所 to be sent to Osaka sister school
2010　　Year of the Tiger　
平成二十二年 　寅年
良いお年をお迎え下さい。
今年お世話に成っておりました。
来年も宜しくお願い致します。
Thank you for everything this past year.
Best wishes for the coming New Year.

Homework assignment for vacation – due Jan 4
● The Nengajo must be on 4x6 inch white, unlined, index card.
(年賀状は４ｘ６インチの無地のインデックスカードに限る)

● The student must write his/her name in ink vertically on the bottom left-hand side of the card, relative to the direction of the design. It is preferable to write the name in Katakana, but names written in English are acceptable. Students with names that can be written in Kanji may use either hiragana or kanji as appropriate.)

● The Nengajoo design must include: the year 2010 and either GANTAN (元旦) or TSUITACHI (一日) written in kanji. Students may include other appropriate phrases or best wishes in Japanese, but those mentioned above are mandatory.

● The design theme must focus on the up-coming 2010 New Year, Year of the Tiger: 寅. The design should also creatively focus, in some manner, on how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. The card design should be related to the animal of the year represented in socially acceptable manner.

デザインされたカードの裏側（on the back of a designed card）
生徒の名前 (Student’s Full Name)
生徒の年齢 (Student’s Age)
学年と学校 (Grade Level and Division): Elem_________ MS_________HS_________
先生の名前 (Teacher’s Full Name)
先生の電子メールアドレス (Teacher’s e-mail address)
学校の名前 (School Name)
学校の住所 (School Address)
学校の電話番号 (School Phone Number)
カテゴリー (Category Entered): Comical Original Artistic




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. ! *

Collected calendar whose requirements are specified below (due today, 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

Test on weather vocabulary was administered today.

Class worked on 年賀所 to be sent to Osaka sister school
2010　　Year of the Tiger　
平成二十二年 　寅年
良いお年をお迎え下さい。
今年お世話に成っておりました。
来年も宜しくお願い致します。
Thank you for everything this past year.
Best wishes for the coming New Year.

Homework assignment for vacation – due Jan 4
● The Nengajo must be on 4x6 inch white, unlined, index card.
(年賀状は４ｘ６インチの無地のインデックスカードに限る)

● The student must write his/her name in ink vertically on the bottom left-hand side of the card, relative to the direction of the design. It is preferable to write the name in Katakana, but names written in English are acceptable. Students with names that can be written in Kanji may use either hiragana or kanji as appropriate.)

● The Nengajoo design must include: the year 2010 and either GANTAN (元旦) or TSUITACHI (一日) written in kanji. Students may include other appropriate phrases or best wishes in Japanese, but those mentioned above are mandatory.

● The design theme must focus on the up-coming 2010 New Year, Year of the Tiger: 寅. The design should also creatively focus, in some manner, on how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. The card design should be related to the animal of the year represented in socially acceptable manner.

デザインされたカードの裏側（on the back of a designed card）
生徒の名前 (Student’s Full Name)
生徒の年齢 (Student’s Age)
学年と学校 (Grade Level and Division): Elem_________ MS_________HS_________
先生の名前 (Teacher’s Full Name)
先生の電子メールアドレス (Teacher’s e-mail address)
学校の名前 (School Name)
学校の住所 (School Address)
学校の電話番号 (School Phone Number)
カテゴリー (Category Entered): Comical Original Artistic



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.
Quinton H. still has not handed in his weather poster.



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

Class worked on 年賀所 to be sent to Osaka sister school
2010　　Year of the Tiger　
平成二十二年 　寅年
良いお年をお迎え下さい。
今年お世話に成っておりました。
来年も宜しくお願い致します。
Thank you for everything this past year.
Best wishes for the coming New Year.

Homework assignment for vacation – due Jan 4
● The Nengajo must be on 4x6 inch white, unlined, index card.
(年賀状は４ｘ６インチの無地のインデックスカードに限る)

● The student must write his/her name in ink vertically on the bottom left-hand side of the card, relative to the direction of the design. It is preferable to write the name in Katakana, but names written in English are acceptable. Students with names that can be written in Kanji may use either hiragana or kanji as appropriate.)

● The Nengajoo design must include: the year 2010 and either GANTAN (元旦) or TSUITACHI (一日) written in kanji. Students may include other appropriate phrases or best wishes in Japanese, but those mentioned above are mandatory.

● The design theme must focus on the up-coming 2010 New Year, Year of the Tiger: 寅. The design should also creatively focus, in some manner, on how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. The card design should be related to the animal of the year represented in socially acceptable manner.

デザインされたカードの裏側（on the back of a designed card）
生徒の名前 (Student’s Full Name)
生徒の年齢 (Student’s Age)
学年と学校 (Grade Level and Division): Elem_________ MS_________HS_________
先生の名前 (Teacher’s Full Name)
先生の電子メールアドレス (Teacher’s e-mail address)
学校の名前 (School Name)
学校の住所 (School Address)
学校の電話番号 (School Phone Number)
カテゴリー (Category Entered): Comical Original Artistic

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