Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 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


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

* ! If dialogue is not performed by Dec. 14th, student will receive zero. * !

Return hiragana tests

Lesson on doing word processing in Japanese. Send what you’ve done so far to yourself by email and then finish it for homework.
Type manga for 1 Kimono Lesson 4

Handout about events at Midwest Buddhist Temple:
Free movie “Gu-Gu the Cat” on Saturday, Dec. 12
Mochitsuki Festival on Sunday, Dec. 19





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

Time in class to work on preparing oral weather presentations (due next Monday).


Yesterday 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 Camille 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.


Hiragana and katakana writing handout (with review vocabulary on the back)—numbers 4, 5, and 6 written on board
Gavin アイスクリーム が だいすき で まいにち 食べます。
Martina スナック へ 行って(いって)サンドイッチ を 食べましょう か。
Ami タクシー で 行って きました か。
2きもの:Chapter 3ワークブック
聞きましょう(ききましょう)in class

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


Students will take AP and level 4 tests on “A Homestay in Japan,” chapter three on Friday.

Mike S. and Anton H. gave their oral presentations on Japanese holidays. 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.


Students worked in computer lab 114, responding to text chat prompts as follows (rewrite and complete for homework – hand in on Friday):

Text Chat: Trip
You are communicating with your long-time friend, Yuka, who lives in Tokyo, about your trip planned for next summer

1。Respond. (2 minutes)

おひさしぶり。 夏休み に 日本 に来るんだって?一緒に いろんな 事 を して 遊べるね。 楽しみに して いる よ。

2。Respond (2 minutes)

今までに 一人 で 旅行 した こと が ある? 一人 旅って 好き?

3. Give a specific piece of information ( 2 minutes)
いつ 東京 に 来れる? 何日ぐらい滞在(たいざい) の 予定?

4。Explain a specific idea. (2 minutes)
日本 で どんな 事 を して みたい?

5。Give a preference and justify. (2 minutes)

富士山 に 登るのと、東京ディズニーランド へ 行くの と 、どっち の 方 に 興味 ある?

6。Ask a specific question. (2 minutes)
わかった。
いろいろ計画してみるね。何か質問がある? じゃ、来るのを楽しみにしているね。


Mike S. and Anton H. gave their oral presentations on Japanese holidays. 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
Yan Tanabata
Yu O-Shougatsu


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