December 7, 2009 An Eight Period Day

Monday, December 7, 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
www.taiko.legacy.com


JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Review ko-so-a-do series (game):

This, near speaker
That, near listener
That (way) over there, far from both speaker and listener
where

この＿＿＿、その＿＿＿＿、あの＿＿＿＿
これ、それ、あれ
ここ、そこ、あそこ
どこ

Review places:

こうてい、バスてい、としょかん、えいがかん、木、たいいくかん、にわ、
きっさてん、ぶんぼうぐ屋、ゆうびんきょく、ポスト、はな屋、高校（こうこう）、中学校（ちゅうがっこう）、小学校（しょうがっこう）、大学（だいがく）、みせ、こうえん、へや、きょうしつ、林（はやし）、森（もり）、うみ、こうさてん、まち、山、はし、川、みち、えき、かど、（お）しろ

The above is all review vocabulary.
Homework: Make AND REVIEW flashcards for all of the above.


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 still not performed by some class members: see Sensei ASAP to schedule a time.

Quiz on all of hiragana today.

Watched trailer for PBS program on mathematicians who study topology through origami

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/

Homework:
1. translate pages 40 – 42 in text, writing first in hiragana and then in English
2. figure out which astrological animal year you belong to, based on page 45


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

Trailer for PBS program about mathematicians and origami
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/

Students handed in their city weather forecast posters. Then they chose someone else’s poster to base their oral weather report on, due next Monday.

Ami S. and Jason D. will speak about Hong Kong.
Ed. H. and Alice M. will speak about Miami.
Gavin. C. and Perry H. will speak about Honolulu.
Dashona J. and Camillej W. will speak about Strasbourg.
Nora M. and Zack A. will speak about Geneva.
Quentin H. and Ray T. will speak about Seattle.
Devin D. and Betty N. will speak about New York.
Martina C. will speak about Paris.
Nicole R. will speak about Halifax.

Homework:
Hiragana and katakana writing handout (with review vocabulary on the back)

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

Separate handouts to Jpn 4 and AP: practice tests appropriate to each level – work on without resources first, and then use resources.

On Wednesday, Mike S. and Anton H. will present. The week before Christmas break Connie Y. and Lalita A. will speak. The week after Christmas break, the speakers will be Elizabeth A. and Tommy Y.


Re-iterating AP speaking assignment:
日本との出会い：第三、四課
APの祭り（まつり）の　発表（はっぴょう）

１． 好きな　日本　の　まつり　を　選びなさい（えらびなさい）。
２． まつり　の　名前　を　先生　に　教えなさい（おしえなさい）。
３． インターネット　や　本　や　ざっし　で　調べなさい（しらべなさい）。
４． カード　で　みじかい　ノート　を　書きなさい。
５． あたらしい　ことば　の　リスト　を　作って　みな　に　出しなさい（だしなさい）。
６． ノート　を　見ながら、みな　に　まつり　の　こと　を　話なさい。

長さ：　五つ　の　段落（だんらく）、三分
Practice your speech so that you can speak comfortably and clearly and with a natural rhythm. Before speaking, you must hand out a list of unfamiliar vocabulary so that everyone can understand your speech. This assignment will be graded as an oral performance, not as a written project. The other students will take notes as you speak and will contribute to the evaluation. You will hand in the (legible) notes (information items, not sentences) to Sensei at the end of your speech. You will see a rubric for speeches/presentations on the other side of this page. Thinking about these criteria will be useful when getting ready to talk about the matsuri you have chosen.

Alexander Hana-matsuri
Amorntheerakul Japanese Valentines Day
Harrington Ｇｒｅｅｎ　Ｄａｙ？
Sarchet Undo-kai
Yan Tanabata
Yu Ｏ－Ｓｈｏｕｇａｔｓｕ




We will work soon on independent dialogue between guide and tourist being shown around a location.