Tuesday, June 8, 2010

June 7, 2010 First Day of Final Exams

Monday, June 7, 2010 First Final Exam Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period



Students performed final dialogues and handed in scripts in both Japanese and English.
Fellow students observed while referring to rubric handed out last year and used again this year. Only variation is that this year memorization was not required.

Teacher collected texts. The following students still have not handed in their texts: Sofia F., Torri A., Karen Y., Bundit T., Jamie H., Stephanie Z., Tyler L., Karia J., Rachel G., Esmeralda T., Xindi S.




JAPANESE 1

No final exam today.



JAPANESE 2

No final exam today.



JAPANESE 4/AP

No final exam today.

Friday, June 4, 2010

June 4, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, June 4, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Students took the second portion of the scantron final and the writing portion as well.

The rubric for evaluation of final dialogues (same criteria as last year) was distributed to each student. Final dialogues will be performed on Monday.








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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。


Students took the secondt part of scantron portion of final and the writing portion of the final.

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

1. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
2. separate translation in English
3. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant





REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Students took the second part of scantron portion of final and the writing portion of the final.

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

4. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
5. separate translation in English
6. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant






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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period



Students worked on their final projects in the library today, with coaching from Kimmel Sensei

Some students handed their stories in, as scheduled. The rest will hand them in on the day of the oral, when we will read them together and to each other.

Below are guidelines for the childrens’ stories. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.




Jerome-kun found outstanding website for watching and listening to Japanese weather forecasts:
http://weathernews.jp


Useful website for vocabulary: search for Denshi Jisho in Google, has vocab and also information on each kanji constituting a word.


REMINDER: In doing high school assignments or college assignments or tasks out in the world, every one of us should be trying to do the best and most complete work possible, not the least possible.


You might like to work with the following kanji-learning website:

http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html

June 3, 2010 A Block Two Day

Thursday, June 3, 2010 A Block Two Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block Two days.








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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。


Students took first part of scantron portion of final

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

1. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
2. separate translation in English
3. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant





REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Students took first part of scantron portion of final.

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

4. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
5. separate translation in English
6. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant






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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period



Anton H. and Lalita A. gave their presentations today.

Students worked on their final projects in computer lab 114 today, with coaching from Kimmel Sensei

Below are guidelines for the childrens’ stories. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.




Jerome-kun found outstanding website for watching and listening to Japanese weather forecasts:
http://weathernews.jp


Useful website for vocabulary: search for Denshi Jisho in Google, has vocab and also information on each kanji constituting a word.


REMINDER: In doing high school assignments or college assignments or tasks out in the world, every one of us should be trying to do the best and most complete work possible, not the least possible.


You might like to work with the following kanji-learning website:

http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

June 2, 2010 A Block One Day

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 A Block One Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period



All students worked on their dialogues during the first part of the period.

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

1. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
2. separate translation in English
3. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant

Bio students Pranee, Jamie, Naomi, Stephanie, and DJ saw heart transplant in DL Lab today during second half of Block One. They will take first part of the Japanese III scantron in Mrs. Havlik’s classes tomorrow – at her suggestion.

Don’t forget ---

Comparative Structure—

A to B to wa, dochira ga ________ (adj.) desu ka/ no?
A と B と は、どちら が ____ です か。

A no hou ga B yori _____________ (adj.) desu/no/nda
A の 方(ほう)が B より _____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

Six Flags と Disney World と は
どちら(どっち)が あぶない です か。

Six Flags の 方 が Disney World より 
あぶない です。

犬の方がねこよりかわいいです か。
犬もねこもかわいいですよ。


Superlative Structure

Category no naka de, X wa ichiban ________ (adj.) desu/no/nda

____ の 中 で、X は 一番(いちばん)____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

山の中でエベレスト山は一番たかいです。
川の中でアマゾン川は一番ながいです。






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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。


All students worked on their dialogues during class.

Requirements for final dialogue next Monday:

1. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
2. separate translation in English
3. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant

On board for review in class today ---

おもしろい Interesting, in a good way
わたし・ぼく は おなか が すきました。 I am hungry.

Students must know the following kanji:

日本、日本語、
日、月、火、水、木、金、土
にち、げつ、か、すい、もく、きん、ど
日よう日、月よう日、火よう日、(Etc.)
一月、二月、三月 (Etc.)
いちがつ、にがつ、さんがつ
木;林;森
き、もく;はやし;もり
田、山、川
た、だ;やま、さん;かわ
日よう日, Nichiyoubi, Sunday
月よう日, Getsuyoubi , Monday

火よう日, Kayoubi , Tuesday
水よう日, Suiyoubi , Wednesday
木よう日, Mokuyoubi ,Thursday
金よう日 Kinyoubi ,Friday
土よう日 Doyoubi, Saturday


Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)

糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫
いと;てん;き;ただしい;かい;おとこ;あし;て;め;みみ;むし、

白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、
しろい;あかい;あおい;くち;おんな;こ;ひと;やま;き;はやし;もり

夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、
ゆう;そら;あめ;かわ;た;いぬ;たけ;くさ;はやい;たつ

上、下、見る、左、右
うえ;した;みる;ひだり;みおぎ




REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


All students worked on their dialogues during class.

Requirements for final dialogue next Tuesday:

1. 3 typewritten pages, double-spaced, of Japanese text
2. separate translation in English
3. both scripts must be handed in by each dialogue participant


On board today, list of special formal expressions あいさつ:
1. おはよう ございます
2. こんにち は
3. こんばん は
4. おやすみなさい
5. いただきます
6. ごちそうさま でした
7. おじゃま します、 おじゃま しました
8. おげんき です か。
9. ____ は いかが です か。
10. はじめまして
11. どうず よろしく
12. いいえ、そう で も ない です。
13. もし もし
14. どうぞ あがって ください
15. いって きます、いって らっしゃい
16. いらっしゃいませ
17. まいど ありがとう ございました。



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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

This class does not meet on Block One days.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Monday, June 1, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period


On board review—

1. Relational particles

(h)e へ 東京 へ 行く。

De で  
1.としょかん で 読む。In this sentence, で means “at” or “in” a place where action occurs, in a sentence with an active verb.
2. バス で かえる。In this sentence, で means “by means of” transport in a sentence with a traveling verb. (Some traveling verbs:  行く、来る、かえる、入る(はいる)、あるく、はしる)
3. フォーク で 食べる。 In this sentence, で means “with” as in by means of a tool or language or writing system in a sentence with an active verb.
4. ケンくん は ハンサム で しずかな 人 です。In this sentence, で means “and” and is functioning as the て form of です。

To と

2. “Describe your town”

Existence
この へん・町(まち) に  ____A____ が あります か。
A は B の 右、左、側、隣、前、後ろ に B が あります。

A and B are places:はし、こうさてん、こうえん、こうてい、森、林、としょかん、びょういん、しんごう、大学、ホテル、バスてい、フェリーのりば、きっさてん、デパート、Etc.

AP Bio students Pranee, Jamie, Naomi, Stephanie, and DJ are supposed to see heart transplant in DL Lab tomorrow.

Don’t forget ---

Comparative Structure—

A to B to wa, dochira ga ________ (adj.) desu ka/ no?
A と B と は、どちら が ____ です か。

A no hou ga B yori _____________ (adj.) desu/no/nda
A の 方(ほう)が B より _____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

Six Flags と Disney World と は
どちら(どっち)が あぶない です か。

Six Flags の 方 が Disney World より 
あぶない です。

犬の方がねこよりかわいいです か。
犬もねこもかわいいですよ。


Superlative Structure

Category no naka de, X wa ichiban ________ (adj.) desu/no/nda

____ の 中 で、X は 一番(いちばん)____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

山の中でエベレスト山は一番たかいです。
川の中でアマゾン川は一番ながいです。






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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

On board for review in class today ---

Relational Particles:

を indicates direct object
は indicates topic/subject
が in wa/ga pattern sentences
A wa B ga suki desu
の indicates possession (of, from, etc.)
に 1. indicates exact time with name or number
2. indicates destination in a sentence with a traveling verb
よ an audible exclamation point at end of sentence!
で 1. indicates “by means of” transport in sentences with traveling verbs
2. indicates place where action happens in sentences with active verbs
と 1. “and” between nouns
2. “with, accompanying”
も also, too
か makes a statement into a question
ね “right?” confirming question at end of sentence

Verb Conjugation

___ました、___ま せんでした
___ます、____ま せん

____ましょう

Verb List:

のみました
食べました たべました
飲みました のみました
行きました いきました
聞きました ききました
見ました みました
買いました かいました
読みました よみました
入りました はいりまし た
すわりました
でました
おくれました
すみません
スポーツ、かいもの、 ゲームしゅくだい、はくしゅ しました
です・で は ありませ ん
でした・ で は あり ませんでした
かちました
まけました

Students must know the following kanji:

日本、日本語、
日、月、火、水、木、金、土
にち、げつ、か、すい、もく、きん、ど
日よう日、月よう日、火よう日、(Etc.)
一月、二月、三月 (Etc.)
いちがつ、にがつ、さんがつ
木;林;森
き、もく;はやし;もり
田、山、川
た、だ;やま、さん;かわ
日よう日, Nichiyoubi, Sunday
月よう日, Getsuyoubi , Monday

火よう日, Kayoubi , Tuesday
水よう日, Suiyoubi , Wednesday
木よう日, Mokuyoubi ,Thursday
金よう日 Kinyoubi ,Friday
土よう日 Doyoubi, Saturday


Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)

糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫
いと;てん;き;ただしい;かい;おとこ;あし;て;め;みみ;むし、

白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、
しろい;あかい;あおい;くち;おんな;こ;ひと;やま;き;はやし;もり

夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、
ゆう;そら;あめ;かわ;た;いぬ;たけ;くさ;はやい;たつ

上、下、見る、左、右
うえ;した;みる;ひだり;みおぎ




REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Today’s on-board second year review

Relational Particles:

を indicates direct object
は indicates topic/subject
が 1. in wa/ga pattern sentences
A wa B ga suki desu
2. means “but” between two independent clauses
3. used in expressions describing people
4. indicates direct object in sentences with potential verbs
の indicates possession (of, from, etc.)

に 1. indicates exact time with name or number
2. indicates destination in a sentence with a traveling verb
よ an audible exclamation point at end of sentence!

で 1. indicates “by means of” transport in sentences with traveling verbs
2. indicates place where action happens in sentences with active verbs
3. indicates tool/language/writing system in sentences with active verbs

と 1. “and” between nouns
2. “with, accompanying

も 1. also, too
2. use when asking permission

か 1. turns a sentence into a question
2. means “or” between two verbs
ね “right?” confirming question

Verb Conjugation

___ました、___ま せんでした
___ます、____ま せん

____ましょう

___て います、いま した
___て いません、い ませんでした

___て も いい・だ め です か

___て は いい・だ め です。

Verb List:

のみました
食べました たべました
飲みました のみました
行きました いきました
聞きました ききました
見ました みました
買いました かいました
読みました よみました
入りました はいりまし た
すわりました
でました
おくれました
すみません
スポーツ、かいもの、 ゲームしゅくだい、はくしゅ しました
です・で は ありませ ん
でした・ で は あり ませんでした
かちました
まけました
だしました
きました Wore 上
はきました Wore 下
およぎました
シャワー を あびまし た
売りました うりました
つすくりました
つかいました
はしりました
あるきました
まちました
あらいました
かりました
出かけました、でかけま した
とりました
ありました
いました
はなしました
うたいました

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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

Connie Y., Azrieal W., and Jerome M. gave their presentations today. Anton H. and Lalita A. still have not done so.

REMINDER:
STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO.

Below are guidelines for the childrens’ stories. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Japanese 2 June Review (work in progress)

Second Year Japanese year end review -- partial
Students are responsible for asking about items they don't understand or don't remember.

Text: 2 Kimono 1-9 , textbook and workbook

published in Australia,
distributed by EMC Publications, Minnesota



1. verb and adj. tenses and vocabulary

a. verb conjugational groups I, II, and III

b. active verbs, traveling verbs (いきます、きます、かえります, etc.), and existence verbs (います、あります)

c. い adjectives ("true" adjectives)--conjugations affirmative, negative, past,non-past--ーーい、ーーよくない、ーーよかった、ーーよくなかった 【です】

d. な adjectives ("adjectival nouns)--な before nouns, but not before ですーー
conjugate the です because these adjectives don't change internally-- there are fewer of these; you must memorize which they are

2. vocabulary (some themes and categories)

food, places (destinations), activities, family members, means of transport,classroom objects, stores and places of business, items bought and sold in these places,
qestion words,
どこ、だれ、いつ、いくら、なんさい、何月、何日、何よう日、何人、なにじん、どうして、どう、どんな、どの、何年(なにどし)
languages, nationalities,destinations and places, foods, adverbs in general,
adverbs of frequency,
ぜんぜん Negative verb
{ほとんど Negative verb}
あまり   Negative verb
ときどき
たいてい
よく
いつも
positions and locations, sickness and body parts, colors,measurements of length (meters, kilometers),
clothing,
きます(Gr. 2, Wear above waist)
はきます(Wear below waist)

describing people,existence verbs, traveling verbs,
verbs of existence,
formal expressions of politeness あいさつ
おじゃま します、おじゃま しました
おみまい
いって らっしゃい、いって きます
おかえりなさい、ただいま
いただきます、ごちそうさま でした
もし もし
おねがい します
おだいじ に
おそく なって、すみません
いらっしゃいませ
まいど ありがとう ございました
いくら です か。
りょうがえ はーー





3. how to do introductions and self-introductions

name, age, phone, address, birthday, astrological year, hobbies, jobs, family members

4. astrological animals and other animals

5. time (including free time ひまな とき)

hours of day, months, days of week

today, tomorrow, yesterday, next week, seasons

years


6. relational particles は、 が、 か、 に、 を、 で、 ね、 よ、 と、 や、 よ、 も


7. writing system

a.hiragana b. katakana
c. kanji: Japan, language, numbers 1 through 10, 100, 1000,10,000
days of week, eat, see, eye, mouth/entrance, yen, buys、

(see first grade kanji list)、hand, mouth, ear, foot/leg, up/above

down/below, in front of, behind, big, little, middle/inside, go, store, car, person,father, mother, man, woman, child, dog, mountain, river, rice field,
yen, next-door, sells, reads, drinks, speaks, says

読みます Reads
売ります  Sells
言います Says
話します Speaks
飲みます Drinks
食べます Eats
来ます   Comes
出ます  Departs
行きます Goes
出来ます Can do
買います Buys
見ます   Sees
立ちます Stands



d. ROMAji -- students should be able to write everything in hiragana, katakana, and kanji (there are only few acronyms like OL or NATO that remain in ROMAji)


8. sentence structure

a. T に T は P で O を activeVerb





b. T に T は [means-of-transport] で travelingV


    c. Place の position に inanimate thing が arimasu

   Place の position に animal or person が imasu


d. wa/ga pattern sentences  まりさん は かみ が ながい です。

e. ga to indicate direct object in sentences with potential verbs


9. counters : months, days of week, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands,people, animals, indigenous, long-thin-things, bound volumes,
round things, minutes (in five minute increments)


Partial Verb vocabulary:



見せます, 出ます{でます}, 出します{だします},います,

読みます、 立ちます{たちます}、 話します、わかります

かちます、 行きます、 かえります、 ねます

あります、 あいます、 あそびます、まけます

します、 おきます、 しめます、 あけます

買います、 きますgr.2、 来ます{きます}gr.3、すんで います

食べます、 見ます、すわります、 言います{いいます}

やすみます、 飲みます{のみます}、かきます、 しって います {Knows/is knowing}

まちます、あるきます、はしります、 がんばります

およぎます、 あらいます、つかいます{Uses, spends},つくります{Makes}

かって います{Owns/raises/is raising a pet}、つくります

つかいます

Nouns that become verbs with します

べんきょう、かいもの

すいえい、さんぽ

ダンス 、 スポーツ、ランニング、

しょうかい、じこしょうかい


Verb conjugation forms:

non-past:  affirmative 、negative
i.e., habitual present or future
ーーます、 ーーません


simple past: Affirmative, negative
ーーました , ーーませんでした


polite commands: ーーて/で ください


volitional (let's): ーーましょう


invitation : ーーません か



present continuative: Affirmative, negative
ーーて います, ーーて いません



past continuative: Affirmative, negative
ーーて いました, ーーて いませんでした



Asking permission: ーーて も いい です か


potential (can, able to)
___えます Gr.1
___られます Gr.2

出来ます{できます}
来られます {こられます}、 Gr. 3


Verb Conjugational Groups:

Group I

1. most numerous group

2. there is an extra "i" syllable before the "masu"

3. complex conjugation, us "te form song" to conjugate "te" form from "masu"

4. also known as "strong verbs" or "consonant verbs"

Group II

1. fewer in number than Group 1

2. easiest group to conjugate

3. all "emasu" verbs are in Group II

4. some "imasu" verbs are in Group II

5. also known as "weak verbs"

Group III

1. only 2 completely irregular verbs: します、きます(comes)

2. in te form, 行きます is irregular

Songs:
1.あめ、あめ
2.さくら
3.Osaka City Song
4.ぞうさん
5、はなこ さん の まきば で

Japanese 1 June Review (work in progress)

First Year Japanese Year End Review -- (work in progress)

Students are responsible for asking questions if there are items here that they don't remember or don't understand.

Text: 1 Kimono 1-8 , textbook and workbook
published in Australia,
distributed by EMC Publications, Minnesota



Verbs, and all about them
location in sentence
...masu ...masen ...mashita ...masendeshita
...mashou
...te/ de forms
simple present, simple past, volitional
affirmative, negative
polite requests/demands with kudasai
is/am/are [not] desu [de wa arimasen]
was/were [not] deshita [de wa arimasendeshita]
traveling verbs, active verbs, and です



KATAKANA foreign-derived words in Japanese, with a few examples
nations ドイツ フランス オ-ストラリア
foods コ-ヒ-, ピザ , スパゲッテイ,
some modern inventions バス, ラジオ, テレビ
names of non-Japanese people ホセ, テリ-
use of dash for long vowel, use of dash instead of “r” after a vowel パ-テイ-
small vowels after other syllables ファション


Adjectives: types, i (and na, with different conjugations)
1. position: before a noun
before desu
2. present or past



Kinship Terms--words for family relationships
your own family members (family members of the person who is speaking)
other people’s family members (listeners’ family members)



Formal Expressions/Aisatsu (linguistic expression of essential POLITENESS)
before and after meals

leaving home in the morning and returning
arriving at someone’s house for a visit, and leaving
inviting someone into your house
greeting someone in the morning, afternoon, or evening
saying goodnight just before bed
APOLOGIZING--If you never apologize,
you are failing in the Japanese culture portion of the course.
saying goodbye
calling a family on the telephone and asking for one particular person

Invitations: accepting and refusing, politely


Compliments, and how to respond to them



Means of Transportation: trains, planes, cars, buses, bicycles



Destinations: town, school, library, airport, friend’s house, cities, countries etc.



This one, that one (and that one Way Over There): near speaker, near listener (far from both speaker and listener)



Relational Particles: what they are and when to use them
は、 か、 を、 に、 が、 よ、 で、 の 、 と、 よ



Kanji:
1 through 999 days of the week
mountain, river, rice field language
person Japan: sun’s source
book moon, fire, water, tree, gold/money, earth
verbs: goes, sees 行きます{いきます}、 見ます{みます}

[hand, foot, mouth, ear, eye]



Word Order in Sentences:
Kimmel’s First Law: ”Verb Comes Last” repeated 3 times
From the great Russian linguist of Japanese language learning, Prof. Titipov

TTPOV: Time に, Topic/Subject は, Place で, Object を, Verb (Active)



Alternative form for sentences with traveling verbs:

Time に Topic は Means-of-Transport で Destination に traveling verb





Addresses and Telephone Numbers

Street name no number ban



Names of the Main Japanese Islands and of Important Cities in Japan

Honshuu, Hokkaidou, Shikoku, Kyuushuu

Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nara, Kyoto, Nagasaki



Great Japanese Landmarks

Ginza, Tokyo Tower, Daibutsu/Great Buddha, Mt. Fuji/Fuji-san



Times of Day, Months, Seasons, the Weekend, Last Week, now, every day, etc.



Describing people and things--adjectives in present and past tenses
big, small, great, noisy, easy/gentle, difficult, delicious, yucky-tasting
cute, new, enjoyable, boring, etc.



Hobbies and sports



Classroom objects: door, window, chair, (black)board, pen, pencil, book, etc.



School subjects: social studies, history, Japanese, English, Phys. ed., music, etc.



Self-introduction and Introduction



Songs: 1. Sakura, 2. Hiragana Song, 3. Zou-san,

4. exercises 9. Minna de, Ohayo 10. Hanako-san no Maki-ba de (Old MacDonald)

Japanese 3: June Review (work in progress)

Japanese 3 June review (work-in-progress)

Students are responsible for asking about things they don't understand and don't know.

3着物8partial  review for June exam, Japanese 3

3k1: self introductions; extended family; local area in Hakodate 大館、秋田県, 東北
Occupations; describing a person’s hometown; relational particles の、や、が;前まえ as “ago”


3k2:―― そう だ、how things look; ――たい {です}wants to do; talking
about where things are; introduction to plain forms (plain/informal speech)


3k3: giving directions on the street; directing people to points of interest in a town; an
account of an outing; town map; をwith verbs of motion; に with directions of
motion; counter まい for flat objects; kanji 右、左、学校

3k4: everyday activities; shopping for clothes; is an item available?; opinions about style,
size, color; signs and posters; department stores; at home; の as pronoun “one”;
plain present forms of verbs; plain continuative; counter かい for floors of
building; kanji 火、水、木、金

3k5:how far away things are; how long it takes to get there; when things start and
Finish; から まで; Work and part-time jobs; programs on TV;
やきとり屋;で meaning “and”; 間 for periods of time; とき、間、分、
時々;々;人々

3k6:ない plain negative verbs; verb stem plus に 行く、に 来る;inviting
someone out; at home in bedroom, on phone; カラオケstudio; total number
spoken of with で;漢字 今、来る、聞く、読む

3k7:___よう、___おう plain form of ___ましょう;
DATES OF MONTH; menu and ordering in restaurants; Disneyland;
National holidays, exp Boys Day (a.k.a. Children’s Day) and Golden Week;
Kanji 上、下、子

3k8: past tense of verbs and adjectives in plain forms, affirmative and negative; だった、
じゃ なかった; weather;
sports day; school timetable 時間目 counter for school periods; religious
customs at shrines and temples;漢字 年、生きる、高い

3k9: Comparisons: A is better (more adjective) than B
Superlatives: in some category, X is the number one adjective (i.e. best/most adjective)
ダンス部の方がえいが部よりいいクラブです。

高校で ダンス部 は 一番 おもしろい クラブ です。

Dog show, review shopping and colors, trip to Kyoto, clubs
一番、の方が、文化部、さ道部、陸上部、Etc.




Review, from a different angle, for June final

1. 75 to 80 verbs: かす、かりる

2. our kanji and kanji from KanjiStep lessons 1, 2, and 3

3. plain form verb conjugations

4. jobs and work, full-time and part-time, hourly wage, commuting, etc.

5. directions--you CAN get there from here--distances--time it takes

6. eating in restaurants

7. shopping in department stores

8. counters:
calendar dates, flat things, long thin things,
floors of bldgs., volumes, minutes,,
days of month, indigenous numbers,
degrees of temp., people, animals,



9. phone conversations--invitations--あいさつ

10. more kinship terms--describing people--しょうかい や じこしょうかい

11. after school/work--free time--activities and hobbies

12. katakana!!!

13.Verb groups (one, two, three)

14. Sentence structures
a. TTPO(active) Verb,
b. TTDTransport(traveling)Verb,
c. Place no position ni Subject ga (existence) verb, wa/ga sentence patterns
d. copula sentences --
A = A , that is modified A = differently modified A
The person wearing glasses is a Japanese person.
めがね を かけて いる 人 は 日本人 です。

15. Asking for, giving, and refusing permission –

おてあらい に 行って も いい です か。
はい、いい です。   いいえ だめ です。
おてあらい に 行って は だめ・いい です。


16. 漢字:
陸上、練習、化学、文化、書く、書道、渡る、曲がる、
りくじょう、れんしゅう、かがく、ぶんか、かく、しょどう、わたる、まがる、
部、生と、学生、学校、高校、大学、小学校、中学校
ぶ、せいと、がくせい、がっこう、こうこう、だいがく、しょうがっこう、ちゅうがっこう
年、月、日、時、分
ねん、ガツ・つき、にち、とき・ジ、ふん・わかる
出口、入り口、出かける、来る、行く、食べる、飲む
でぐち、いりぐち、でかける、くる、いく、たべる、のむ
隣、右、左、前、後ろ、間、側
となり、みぎ、ひだり、まえ、うしろ、あいだ、そば
東、西、南、北
ひがし、にし、みなみ、きた
足、目、耳、手
あし、め、みみ、て
聞く、高い、小さい、大きい、犬、好き、
きく、たかい、ちいさい、おおきい、いぬ、すき



17. Conjugation Practice Sheets


English meaning: ____________________ Kanji: _______________________


Number of conjugational group: _________ te form ______________________



Neutral polite


affirmative ________________________ does negative __________________________ doesn’t
(non-past/habitual)

past
affirmative ________________________ did negative _________________________ didn’t


volitional: ________________________ let’s potential _________________________ can do


continuative forms:
affirmative _____________________ is doing negative _________________________ isn’t doing

past
affirmative ______________________was doing negative _________________________ wasn’t doing



non-polite/plain


affirmative _____________________________ negative ___________________________
(non-past/habitual) “dictionary form”

past
affirmative _____________________________ negative ___________________________



volitional: _____________________________ potential ___________________________



continuative forms:

affirmative _____________________ is doing negative _________________________ isn’t doing

past
affirmative ______________________was doing negative _________________________ wasn’t doing

18.Idiomatic And other special expressions:
   がっはり しました、がっかり しちゃう
  しんじられない
  ざんえん です
  まったく
  しかた が ない
  サボる
  ちょっと、すこし
  けっこん して います
  {大学 を}そつぎょう しました
  おなか ペコペコ
  きもち いい
  うらやましい
  とくべつな、スペシャル,{べつ に、Nothing special}
  かわいそうな
  たいへん
  いい アイディア
  おねがい
  ようちえん
  どうやって 行く
  どの ぐらい
  おみまい
  たのしみ に して いる
  ちゃんと
  おべんとう いかが です か。
  せんぱい、こうはい
  えきべん
  だから
  じきゅう
  たとえば
  だいたい
  べんりな、りっぱな、
  びっくり しいました
  がんばる


(PARTIAL VERB LIST)



1。つくります makes
2。あらいます washes
3。およぎます swims
4。すいえい を します does swimming
5。さんぽ を します does walking
6。じょうば を します does horseback riding
7。買いもの を します does shopping
8。【お】じゃま します disturbs/bothers
9。つかいます uses
10。来ます (comes)
11。きます (wears above waist))
12。はきます (wears below waist))
13。はしります runs
14。おきます gets up
15。ねます goes to bed, sleeps
16。見ます sees, watches, looks at
17。食べます eats
18。いただきます humbly receives (before meal)
19。行きます goes
20。聞きます listens to, hears
21。のみます drinks
22。読みます reads
23。まちます waits
24。あびます takes a (shower)
25。かえります (person) returns home
26。ひきます plays (guitar or other stringed instrument)
27。ふきます blows (balloon or trumpet)
28。のばします stretches
29。立ちます stands
30。すわります sits
31。ねじります swivels, twists
32。まわします makes go around
33。はくしゅ します applauds, claps hands
34。すいます inhales
35。はきます (exhales)
36。あそびます plays (in the park, or with a dog, for example)
37。かきます writes
38。さわります sits
39。はなします speaks
40。います exists (animals and humans)
41。あります exists (inanimate things)
42。ございます (humbly) exists
43。会います meets (a person)
44。ふります falls (rain or snow)
45。あけます opens (door, for example)
46。しめます closes
47。買います (buys)
48。かいます (own/raises pets)
49。わかります understands, knows
50。いいます says
51。あがります goes up (enters by stepping up), rises
52。出かけます goes out (on the town, to a movie, etc.)
53。うります sells
54。とります takes (photos, wallets)
55。入いります enters (bath or pool or room)
56。かします lends
57。サボる cuts class/job
58。しんじる/しんじられない believes/can't believe
60。そうじ を します cleans (house or room)
61。もらいます/もらえます receives/ can receive
62。かかる takes (time or money)
63。ねる goes to bed
64。はじまる starts
65。じゅんび する prepares/ does preparation
66。あさねぼう する oversleeps
67。 ちがう differs/ is different from
68。わたる crosses over (bridge, intersection)
69。まがる turns (left or right)
70。つれる takes/leads (a person to a place)
71。もつ holds/has
72。くりかえす repeats (song lyrics, etc.)
73。けっこん して いる is married
74。なくなる dies (a polite way of saying it about a person)
75。がっかり する is disappointed
76。つかれる to be (become) tired
77。つく to arrive
78。あげる to give (speaker giving "outgoing" gifts)
79。がんばる to try hard/persevere
80。【会社 に】 つとめる to be employed by (a company)
81。びっくり する to be surprised
82。あさねぼう する to oversleep
83。まける to lose (a game or contest or war)
84。かつ to win (a game or contest or war)
85。わすれる to forget
86。出る でる to leave, to emerge
87。出す だす to put out/ take out/ issue
88。ゆうしょう する to win the championship
89。りょこう する to travel
90。かえす to return a thing to its original place
(book to library, for example)

May 28, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, May 28, 2010 An Eight Period Day


Japanese word of the day: 着メロ (chaku-mero) = ringtone. Example: 新しい着メロをダウンロードしました。(atarashii chaku-mero wo daunroodo shimashita) = I downloaded a new ringtone.






JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Handed out review for exam prep. Students should look at it and decide what they want to focus on during the review

First photo story of Chapter 9—comparatives

On board:

Comparative Structure—

A to B to wa, dochira ga ________ (adj.) desu ka/ no?
A と B と は、どちら が ____ です か。

A no hou ga B yori _____________ (adj.) desu/no/nda
A の 方(ほう)が B より _____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

Six Flags と Disney World と は
どちら(どっち)が あぶない です か。

Six Flags の 方 が Disney World より 
あぶない です。

犬の方がねこよりかわいいです か。
犬もねこもかわいいですよ。


Superlative Structure

Category no naka de, X wa ichiban ________ (adj.) desu/no/nda

____ の 中 で、X は 一番(いちばん)____ です・の・んだ

Examples:

山の中でエベレスト山は一番たかいです。
川の中でアマゾン川は一番ながいです。


Collected homework—translation of 1st photo story

Homework:
Handout from workbook, pages 115 and 116: comparatives and superlatives






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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Class went over Wednesday’s open-book test on chapter 7 (with extra vocabulary from Pikachu story). It was difficult. Students should have been able to write at least 6 sentences out of the 11 on the test. If a student could not write that many, there is a problem. Correct answers were handed out on a separate sheet. See below.


1.ピカチュ の ともだち は ジェット・リー でした。
2.ピカチュ の たんじょう日 は 五月 の たんじょう日 でした。
3.たんじょう日 の 土よう日 に ピカチュ と ともだち は うみ に いきました。
4.でも、 すいえい を しませんでした。
5.ピカチュ は すごい 本 と おかしい まんが を よみました。
6.ジェット・リー は 林 と うるさい うみ を みました。
7.それから、日本 の えいが の おんがく を ききました。
8.ピカチュ ミルク と おいしい おちゃ を のみました。
9.ジェット・リー は チョコレート の かえる と おおきい ハム を たべました。
10.しゅくだい を しませんでした。
11.たんじょう日 は たのしかった。


Discussion of handout of June review for first year final.

On Board:

“non-past” tense, also functioning as
Future and
Habitual-present tense ----- ___ます、____ません
Volitional tense (let’s ____) ___ましょう

Examples:

まいにち せいと は こくばん を みます。Every day students look at the blackboard.

まいにち せいと は えいが を みません。Every day students do not watch movies.

Students must know the following kanji:

日本、日本語、
日、月、火、水、木、金、土
にち、げつ、か、すい、もく、きん、ど
日よう日、月よう日、火よう日、(Etc.)
一月、二月、三月 (Etc.)
いちがつ、にがつ、さんがつ
木;林;森
き、もく;はやし;もり
田、山、川
た、だ;やま、さん;かわ
日よう日, Nichiyoubi, Sunday
月よう日, Getsuyoubi , Monday
火よう日, Kayoubi , Tuesday
水よう日, Suiyoubi , Wednesday
木よう日, Mokuyoubi ,Thursday
金よう日 Kinyoubi ,Friday
土よう日 Doyoubi, Saturday


Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)

糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫
いと;てん;き;ただしい;かい;おとこ;あし;て;め;みみ;むし、

白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、
しろい;あかい;あおい;くち;おんな;こ;ひと;やま;き;はやし;もり

夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、
ゆう;そら;あめ;かわ;た;いぬ;たけ;くさ;はやい;たつ

上、下、見る、左、右
うえ;した;みる;ひだり;みおぎ




REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Class went over quiz on 2 Kimono Chapter 7 vocabulary (and some grammar). Students who received D or E may retake the test.

Class listened to dialogue for 2 Kimono chapter 8 – introduction to potential conjugation for groups 1, 2, and 3.
On board:
Must distinguish between “may do” (permission) and “can do” (ability).

せいと は ローマじ を 書いて(かいて) は いい です。
Students may write ROMAji. It is OK for students to write ROMAji.

せいと は ローマじ が 書けます(かけます)。
Students can write ROMAji. Students are able to write ROMAji.

Students worked on preparing for oral part of final – may read original scripts, and must pronounce them well, but need not memorize.

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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

Only three students were present – the others were preparing for the prom. Amy Z., Lalita A., and Connie Y. worked on their final project, childrens’ stories, computer lab 114.

REMINDER:
STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO ON Tuesday, June 1st..

Below are guidelines for the childrens’ stories. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010 Seminar Day

Thursday, May 27 2010 Seminar Day

Japan Exchange Seminar

1. Students checked to make sure all required documents were in their folders.

2. Handout regarding Sankei-en, a park, garden, and outdoor museum of historic buildings

3. Discussion of propsed cultural presentation

a. Ethnic fashion show – narrative by Kimmel Sensei
i. Hispanic: Mexican, Cuban, Brazilian clothing items
ii. Asian: Chinese, Japanese
iii. African-American?

b. Group dance: cha cha slide
c. Individual dances: Soulja boy; How Down Throw Down; Single Ladies; The Jerk
d. Walt Whitman poem, “I Hear America Singing” read in sequence, first in English, then in Japanese – Kimmel Sensei to do translation?
e. Song, “Keep America Singing”? Can we do it well enough?

4. Record pages for linguistic record of trip

5. Next evening meeting at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday June 2nd

6. Rehearsals for cultural presentation after school on Wednesday June 9th and Thursday June 10th

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 A Block Two Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block Two days.






JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Students took open-book test on chapter 7 (with extra vocabulary from Pikachu story). It was difficult, apparently.

Handout of June review for first year final.

Handout of NY Times article about Prime Minister Hatoyama’s change of heart about moving a U.S. military base to the town of Nago (despite his campaign promises).

On Board:

“non-past” tense, also functioning as
Future and
Habitual-present tense ----- ___ます、____ません

Examples:

まいにち せいと は こくばん を みます。Every day students look at the blackboard.

まいにち せいと は えいが を みません。Every day students do not watch movies.


Review packet for final exam handed out.

Students must know the following kanji:

日本、日本語、日、月、水、火、木、金、土
日よう日、月よう日、火よう日、(Etc.)
一月、二月、三月 (Etc.)
木、林、森
田、山、川

日よう日, Nichiyoubi, Sunday

月よう日, Getsuyoubi , Monday

火よう日, Kayoubi , Tuesday

水よう日, Suiyoubi , Wednesday

木よう日, Mokuyoubi ,Thursday

金よう日 Kinyoubi ,Friday

土よう日 Doyoubi, Saturday


Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

In class Friday – typing/word-processing in Japanese, using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Sentences below:
We went over the sentences (below) using kanji.Students requested pronunciation of these kanji in the future.



REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Class went over quiz on 2 Kimono Chapter 7 vocabulary (and some grammar). Students who received D or E may retake the test.

Class listened to dialogue for 2 Kimono chapter 8 – introduction to potential conjugation for groups 1, 2, and 3.
On board:
Must distinguish between “may do” (permission) and “can do” (ability).

せいと は ローマじ を 書いて(かいて) は いい です。
Students may write ROMAji. It is OK for students to write ROMAji.

せいと は ローマじ が 書けます(かけます)。
Students can write ROMAji. Students are able to write ROMAji.

Homework:
Workbook page 81, section B
Workbook page 84, section F


Review packet for final exam handed out.


Handout of NY Times article about Prime Minister Hatoyama’s change of heart about moving a U.S. military base to the town of Nago (despite his campaign promises).


Homework from Tuesday was:

百 ページ と 百一ページ を 読んで(よんで)下さい。それから 百五 - 百七ページ を えい語 で かいて下さい。


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

Students worked on their final project, childrens’ stories, in the library.

REMINDER:
STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO ON Tuesday, June 1st..

Below are guidelines for the childrens’ stories. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010 A Block One Day

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 A Block One Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Collected first photo story translation, pages 109-111.
言いましょう 一、二、三
Listened to second photo story
Important vocabulary in this lesson (grammar not so difficult):
Serious, dedicated, devoted, まじめ(な)
Every team, かくチーム
Three weeks duration, 三週間(さんしゅうかん)
To lose, lost (a game ) まける、まけた
To win, won (a game) かつ、かった
Strange appearance, へんな かっこう
Classroom, きょうしつ
Schoolyard, こうてい
To play cards (games like bridge), トランプする
Island, しま
Prayer plaque from a shrine or temple, えま
Deer, しか
Gate to a Shinto shrine or sacred precinct, とりい
Prayer or wish, おねがいごと(お願い事)
Place to board the ferry フェリー のりば
Heart beats fast and loudly, むね が ドキドキ する
Annual sports day, たいいくさい
To win the championship, ゆうしょう する
Prize ceremony, ひょうしょう しき 
(Remember wedding ceremony, けっこん しき,
And graduation ceremony, そつぎょう しき)




3 Kimono Lesson 8 features plain past verb conjugation

Plain past affirmative: take the te form, remove te and replace with ta
Examples:

Eats, ate, 食べて、食べた 
Reads, (did) read読んで、読んだ
Takes, took (photos, etc.), とって、とった
Takes, took (time or money), かかって、かかった
Borrows, borrowed, かりる、かりた
Tries hard, perseveres, がんばって、がんばった


Plain past negative: take the nai form, remove final i and replace with nakatta
Examples:

To skip school or job, play hooky, サボる、サボらない、サボらなかった
To leave, emerge, 出る、出ない、出なかった
To make, 作る(つくる)、作らない、作らなかった
To lend, かす、かさない、かさなかった
To exist (inanimate things), ある、ない、なかった


On board:

Te/de------------ ta/da Plain past affirmative

Nai------------ nakatta Plain past negative

Kanji pronunciation variations for  小、中、大

小さい(ちいさい)――――小学校(しょうがっこう)
プールの中(なか)――――中国(ちゅうごく)、ダイエット中
大きい犬(おおきい いぬ)、
大雨(おおあめ)_____大学(だいがく)


Homework:
Read pages 120 and 121. Write 10 sentences with verbs in plain past, as if you were Namiko, writing a diary about her experiences.







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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

We talked through the handout -- story about Jackie Chan, Pikahu, the Hamburger Thief, Jet Li, and an ogre at Mt. Fuji, a high school’s pool, the DL lab, the library, and the cafeteria. Test tomorrow will be based on this and on 1k7 lesson vocabulary.


これ は ふじさん こうこう ものがたり(story) です。
五月 の 金よう日 でした。
ふじさん こうこう の せいと は ピカチュ と おに と ジャキー・チャン と ジェット・リー と ブリキマン です。
ブリキマン は プール に 行きました。
でも すいえい を しませんでした。
お水 が あんまり すき じゃ ない です。
ジャキー・チャン と ジェット・りー は DL ラブ に 行きました。
アニメ を 見ました。
アニメ は ジャキー・チャン の アドベンチャー でした。
ジャキー・チャン は アニメ が すき でした。
おかしかった です。
でも じぇっと・リー は えいが が すき でした。
えいが の なまえ は フィアーレス でした。
フィアーレス は エキサイチング でした。
おに は としょかん に 行きました。
日本語 の しゅくだい を しました。
でも ピカチュ は すくだい を しませんでした。
しゅくだい は つまらなかった です。
ピカチュ は ライチュ と けんか を しました。
十二 じ はん に せいと は しょくどう に いきました。
しょくどう の コック は ハムどろぼう でした。
せいと は ハンバーガー と チョコレート かえる を 食べました。
コーラ と だいず(soybean) ミルク を のみました。
どう でした か。
ひるごはん は あぶなかった です。

We also practiced sentence structure and relational particles (with results shown on the projector):

At six o’clock, my mother went to the restaurant with my big sister. 六じ に (うち の)  はは は レストラン に あね と いきました。


The teacher ate restaurant food yesterday. きのう [(に)use only with times that have names or numbers, like days of week or months of year or times of day] せんせ い は レストラン の ごはん (たべもの) を たべました。

エキサイティング

For tomorrow’s test (And forever after), you must know the following kanji:

日本、日本語、日、月、水、火、木、金、土
日よう日、月よう日、火よう日、(Etc.)
一月、二月、三月 (Etc.)
木、林、森
田、山、川

日よう日, Nichiyoubi, Sunday

月よう日, Getsuyoubi , Monday

火よう日, Kayoubi , Tuesday

水よう日, Suiyoubi , Wednesday

木よう日, Mokuyoubi ,Thursday

金よう日 Kinyoubi ,Friday

土よう日 Doyoubi, Saturday


Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

In class Friday – typing/word-processing in Japanese, using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Sentences below:
We went over the sentences (below) using kanji.Students requested pronunciation of these kanji in the future.



REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Quiz on 2 Kimono Chapter 7 vocabulary and some grammar

Homework:

百 ページ と 百一ページ を 読んで(よんで)下さい。それから 百五 - 百七ページ を えい語 で かいて下さい。


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

This class does not meet on Block One days.

Monday, May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Monday, May 24, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

On board:

Idioms –

Chinese Food  
ちゅうかりょうり 中華料理

Japanese Food
日本食、にほんしょく
日本料理、にほんりょうり
和食、わしょく


宿題(しゅくだい)

3着物:だい八か
百九 - 百一 ページ、読んで、英語 で 書いて ください。
百二十三 と 百二十四 ページ を 読んで 下さい。

Performance (by 2 remaining groups) of “Restaurant conversation”: 3 Kimono: Chapter 7


Fourth Group: Esmeralda T., Susana S., Tyler L., Yasmin P.
Fifth Group: Rachel G., Pranee P., Jamie H., Raymond A.

Test on Verb conjugations was today.


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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Handout today of story about Jackie Chan, Pikahu, the Hamburger Thief, Jet Li, and an ogre at Mt. Fuji, a high school’s pool, the DL lab, the library, and the cafeteria. Translate for homework.


これ は ふじさん こうこう ものがたり(story) です。
五月 の 金よう日 でした。
ふじさん こうこう の せいと は ピカチュ と おに と ジャキー・チャン と ジェット・リー と ブリキマン です。
ブリキマン は プール に 行きました。
でも すいえい を しませんでした。
お水 が あんまり すき じゃ ない です。
ジャキー・チャン と ジェット・りー は DL ラブ に 行きました。
アニメ を 見ました。
アニメ は ジャキー・チャン の アドベンチャー でした。
ジャキー・チャン は アニメ が すき でした。
おかしかった です。
でも じぇっと・リー は えいが が すき でした。
えいが の なまえ は フィアーレス でした。
フィアーレス は エキサイチング でした。
おに は としょかん に 行きました。
日本語 の しゅくだい を しました。
でも ピカチュ は すくだい を しませんでした。
しゅくだい は つまらなかった です。
ピカチュ は ライチュ と けんか を しました。
十二 じ はん に せいと は しょくどう に いきました。
しょくどう の コック は ハムどろぼう でした。
せいと は ハンバーガー と チョコレート かえる を 食べました。
コーラ と だいず(soybean) ミルク を のみました。
どう でした か。
ひるごはん は あぶなかった です。

Last week we did kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

In class Friday – typing/word-processing in Japanese, using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Sentences below:
We went over the sentences (below) using kanji.Students requested pronunciation of these kanji in the future, because the handout specified only meanings.

1. いい お天気(てんき)の 空(そら)は 青い(あおい) です。
2. でも ぞう の 目 は 小さい(ちいさい) です。
3. 右 の 手 は きたなくない です。
4. 左 の 手 は きたない です。
5. 山田(やまだ)せんせい の 玉子(たまご)は おいしい です。
6. 中川(なかがわ)さん は 雨(あめ)が すき じゃ ない です。
7. 女の人 は うみ の 赤貝(あかがい)を 買いました(かいました)。
8. ヴェスヴィアス 火山(かざん) は あぶない です ね。
9. この 男の子 h 虫(むし)と へび と かえる が すき です。
10. うち の 母(はは) は 犬 と としょかん に 行きました。
11. わたし の こくばん は 白い(しろい)ホワイトボード です。
12. 日本 の  森 と 林 は 竹 の 木 です。
13. その きもの の 糸(いと)は 草(くさ)の いろ
(Color)です。
  14.ごぜん五時(ごじ)は はやい です。



REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:
Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb
Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.

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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


On this past Friday we held the performance of “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei – Martina C., Gavin C., Dashona J., and Ray T. have not yet performed theirs.

There will be a test on this chapter on Tuesday.

店のリスト:

おもちゃ屋    Gavin
ようせき屋  Martina
はな屋    Dashona
にく屋   Ray

On board today:
町(まち) Town
ふるさと  Hometown

Begin the TPRS story about Racoon and Fox at the coffee shop – finish translating for homework. (We had a visit from New York’s Asia Society, Mr. Christopher M. Livaccari.)

わたち の まち---(狸) たぬき と (狐)きつね

1。 この (町)まち は (私)わたし の ふるさと です。
2。 (店)みせ は ちいさくて かわいい です。
3。 じたく(わたし の うち) の となり に (喫茶店ん)きっさてん が あります。
4。 右 の パン屋 は きっさてん の ケーキ を つくります。
5。 まい日 きつね と たぬき は きっさてん で りんご ジュース を のみます。
6。その かいわ を (聞)ききましょう。
7。 たぬき と きつね は (話) はなして います。
8。たぬき 狸: きつね 、 ここ に すんで います か。
9。きつね 狐: ここ に すんで いません。 あの 森 に すんで います。
10。狸: ああ そう です か。 おたく (someone else's honorable        home) は いい うち です か。

11。狐: はい。 じたく (one's own house) は さくら の 木 の 下    の うち です。狸 の おたく は どこ です か。

12。狸: その バー です よ。

13。狐: そう です か。 ぼく の いす の 後ろ の いざか屋       です か。

14。狸: そう です。 おさけ も 食べもの も おいしい です。
いざか屋 の オーナー は そちら の スーパー で
おさけ を 買います。

15。狐: ほんとう? 日本人 は おさけ を きれいな お水 と
          お 米【こめ rice】 で つくります。

16。狸: ぼく は おさけ が (大好き)だいすき です。

17 狐: ぼく は お水 と ジュース が すき です。 おさけ は へん です。


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

REMINDER:
STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Today students continued to work on stories in room 114, the computer lab. Below are guidelines. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.


STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


[“Individual Assigned-Topic Presentation should be 4 minutes long – they are big topics. AP and 4th year people should supply Japanese vocabulary lists to everyone in the class. Students may speak from notes, but not from text-with-sentences.”]

Some students have not yet made their major cultural presentations. Overall list is below – 四年生の日本語の生徒、英語で(But with 単語のリスト)――AP の生徒、日本語で (単語のリスト)

Jenny J. – “Self, family, and friends”
Connie Y – “leisure – traditional arts, hobbies, and sports)
Tommy Y – “Nature and environment”
Amy Z – “School and education”
Mike S – “Clothing, 和服、洋服)”
Azrieal W – “Communication and media”
Elizabeth A – “Technology – internet, private and public phones, cell phones”
Lalita A – “Rites of life – weddings, funerals, gift exchanges, letters”
Anton H – “Transportation – Japanese trains, buses, bicycles, cars”
Johnny C – “Shopping – kinds of stores, vending machines, Jpn money”
Jerome M – “Folklore, traditional culture, legends and stories”

Friday, May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, May 21, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Performance of “Restaurant conversation”: 3 Kimono: Chapter 7

Personnel -- waiter and 2 or 3 customers – use neutral-polite when waiter speaks or when customers speak to waiter – use plain/informal when customers speak to each other.

Beautiful, clear menu (name of restaurant!) with prices -- must be handed in

conversation must be 2 typed pages in length (each individual in group must hand in bilingual script

First group: Sally C., Melisa C, Torri A.
Second group: Naomi M., DJ M., Karen Y.
Third Group: Jacoby J., Bundit T., Xindi S., Zack J.
Fourth Group: Esmeralda T., Susana S., Tyler L., Yasmin P.


Write the following verbs in a grid, as seen below: かりる、かす、出る、おきる、かえす、 来る、行く、 食べる、飲む

Verb Group ______Plain Aff. ---------Plain Neg---------Plain Volitional ____Polite Vol.

This was collected today. There will be a test on Monday on plain verb forms:

Gr. 2, かりる、かりない、かりよう、かりましょう
Gr. 1,かす、かさない、かそう、かしましょう
Gr. 2.でる、でない、でよう、でましょう
Gr. 2,おきる、おきない、おきよう、おきましょう
Gr.1、かえす、かえさない、かえそう、かえしましょう
Gr.3、来る(くる)、こない、こよう、きましょう
Gr. 1,行く、行かない、行こう、行きましょう
Gr.2,食べる、食べない、食べよう、食べましょう
Gr.1,飲む、飲まない、飲もう、飲みましょう






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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

In class today – typing/word-processing in Japanese, using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Sentences below:
Sentences using kanji.

1. いい お天気(てんき)の 空(そら)は 青い(あおい) です。
2. でも ぞう の 目 は 小さい(ちいさい) です。
3. 右 の 手 は きたなくない です。
4. 左 の 手 は きたない です。
5. 山田(やまだ)せんせい の 玉子(たまご)は おいしい です。
6. 中川(なかがわ)さん は 雨(あめ)が すき じゃ ない です。
7. 女の人 は うみ の 赤貝(あかがい)を 買いました(かいました)。
8. ヴェスヴィアス 火山(かざん) は あぶない です ね。
9. この 男の子 h 虫(むし)と へび と かえる が すき です。
10. うち の 母(はは) は 犬 と としょかん に 行きました。
11. わたし の こくばん は 白い(しろい)ホワイトボード です。
12. 日本 の  森 と 林 は 竹 の 木 です。
13. その きもの の 糸(いと)は 草(くさ)の いろ
(Color)です。
  14.ごぜん五時(ごじ)は はやい です。



REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Homework for Friday is still: flash cards for kinship terms, i.e. vocabulary for family members


Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.








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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Discussion of old and new counters:
さつ、Volumes of books
本(ほん)、Long thin things
まい、Flat things
だい、Machines and cars
  __つ、“Indigenous numbers”

Performance of “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei -- not a memorized conversation but a real one, in which neither party knows exactly what the other will say. Students had to know the vocabulary but be able to respond appropriately in the situation.

Store Sign (large and beautiful) was due today, but students argued and said it was due Friday..
Today we will practice counters again and dealt with money again—photos of Japanese money were distributed.
Whole market happened today, with store signs, store price lists, models of products. Class divided in half, with one half buying while the other half sells, and then reverse.

There will be a test on this chapter on Monday.

店のリスト

でんき屋  Quinton
パン屋   Camille
ペット屋    Nora
本屋    Alice
くつ屋   Ed
じどうしゃ屋  Jason
ぶんぼうぐ屋  Betty
おもちゃ屋    Gavin
おかし屋   Nicole
デパート  Perry
きっさ店  Ami
ようせき屋  Martina
八百屋   Darren  (やおや)
はな屋    Dashona
にく屋   Ray

New kanji stroke order for this lesson shown on board yesterday :

店 みせ  
store or shop or place of business -- a noun that can stand by itself

屋 や   
this kanji never appears alone, but only in combination with other kanji – often used as a suffix to indicate “store”


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Today students worked on stories with the laptop in room 110. Below are guidelines. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read three folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.


STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


[“Individual Assigned-Topic Presentation should be 4 minutes long – they are big topics. AP and 4th year people should supply Japanese vocabulary lists to everyone in the class. Students may speak from notes, but not from text-with-sentences.”]

Some students have not yet made their major cultural presentations. Overall list is below – 四年生の日本語の生徒、英語で(But with 単語のリスト)――AP の生徒、日本語で (単語のリスト)

Jenny J. – “Self, family, and friends”
Connie Y – “leisure – traditional arts, hobbies, and sports)
Tommy Y – “Nature and environment”
Amy Z – “School and education”
Mike S – “Clothing, 和服、洋服)”
Azrieal W – “Communication and media”
Elizabeth A – “Technology – internet, private and public phones, cell phones”
Lalita A – “Rites of life – weddings, funerals, gift exchanges, letters”
Anton H – “Transportation – Japanese trains, buses, bicycles, cars”
Johnny C – “Shopping – kinds of stores, vending machines, Jpn money”
Jerome M – “Folklore, traditional culture, legends and stories”

May 19, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 A Block Two Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block 2 days.



JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

Completed handout due Monday.


REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Homework for Friday is still: flash cards for kinship terms, i.e. vocabulary for family members


Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.








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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Discussion of old and new counters:
さつ、Volumes of books
本(ほん)、Long thin things
まい、Flat things
だい、Machines and cars
  __つ、“Indigenous numbers”

Practiced “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei. Remember, this is not a memorized conversation but a real one, in which neither party knows exactly what the other will say. You must know the vocabulary but be able to respond appropriately in the situation.

Store Sign (large and beautiful) was due today, but students argued and said it was due Friday..
Today we will practice counters again and dealt with money again—photos of Japanese money were distributed.
Whole market will happen on Friday, with store signs, store price lists, models of products. Class will divide in half, with one half buying while the other half sells, and then reverse.

店のリスト

でんき屋  Quinton
パン屋   Camille
ペット屋    Nora
本屋    Alice
くつ屋   Ed
じどうしゃ屋  Jason
ぶんぼうぐ屋  Betty
おもちゃ屋    Gavin
おかし屋   Nicole
デパート  Perry
きっさ店  Ami
ようせき屋  Martina
八百屋   Darren  (やおや)
はな屋    Dashona
にく屋   Ray

New kanji stroke order for this lesson shown on board yesterday :

店 みせ  
store or shop or place of business -- a noun that can stand by itself

屋 や   
this kanji never appears alone, but only in combination with other kanji – often used as a suffix to indicate “store”


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

***Some students have not yet perfomed their major cultural presentations. They must do so as soon as possible, or risk getting a zero for the assignment.****


Today students worked on stories in computer lab room 114. Below are guidelines. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
8. Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
9. Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read two folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.


[“Individual Assigned-Topic Presentation should be 4 minutes long – they are big topics. AP and 4th year people should supply Japanese vocabulary lists to everyone in the class. Students may speak from notes, but not from text-with-sentences.”]

***Some students have not yet perfomed their major cultural presentations. They must do so as soon as possible, or risk getting a zero for the assignment.****Overall list is below – 四年生の日本語の生徒、英語で(But with 単語のリスト)――AP の生徒、日本語で (単語のリスト)

Jenny J. – “Self, family, and friends”
Connie Y – “leisure – traditional arts, hobbies, and sports)
Tommy Y – “Nature and environment”
Amy Z – “School and education”
Mike S – “Clothing, 和服、洋服)”
Azrieal W – “Communication and media”
Elizabeth A – “Technology – internet, private and public phones, cell phones”
Lalita A – “Rites of life – weddings, funerals, gift exchanges, letters”
Anton H – “Transportation – Japanese trains, buses, bicycles, cars”
Johnny C – “Shopping – kinds of stores, vending machines, Jpn money”
Jerome M – “Folklore, traditional culture, legends and stories”

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18, 2010 A Block One Day

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 A Block One Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Continuing to work on Chapter 7 of 3 Kimono

言いましょう 三、四  from chapter 7 -- ordering from waiter in restaurant

Assignment duet Friday

Write and perform a“Restaurant conversation”:

Personnel -- waiter and 2 or 3 customers – use neutral-polite when waiter speaks or when customers speak to waiter – use plain/informal when customers speak to each other.

Beautiful, clear menu (name of restaurant!) with prices -- must be handed in

conversation must be 2 typed pages in length (each individual in group must hand in bilingual script

we will take class time to work on this Monday -- perform on Friday


メニューの言葉(ことば)

お菜(おかず)dishes to go with rice
飲み物(のみもの)drinks
デザート
定食(ていしょく)set meal
前菜(ぜんさい)appetizer
めんるい(noodles):そば、うどん、きしめん、ラーメン
お新香(おしんこう)}, 漬物(つけもの)pickles

一番:レストランの会話(かいわ)
二番:二つ目のフォト・ストリー

Write the following verbs in a grid, as seen below: かりる、かす、出る、おきる、かえす、 来る、行く、 食べる、飲む

Verb Group ______Plain Aff. ---------Plain Neg---------Plain Volitional ____Polite Vol.

This grid is also due on Friday.

On Board

年月日(ねんがっぴ)Year, month, year – i.e. “the date”

When is your birthday? おたんじょう日 は 何月何日 です か。

1992=千九百九十二年=せん きゅうひゃく きゅうじゅう に ねん
2010 = 二千十年 それとも Or  平成二十二年 22nd Year of Heisei

メロン=Melon
マロン=Chestnut (Marron, from French)


Don’t forget kanji:
母、お母さん
父、お父さん
女の子
男の子
人々
時々

From last week, you must remember “question words” and their transformation into “indefinite pronouns”

何 What   何か  Something
いつ When  いつか  Sometime
だれ  Who   だれか  Someone

Example:
何を食べるの? What will you eat?
何か 食べる と 思う(おもう) I think I’ll eat something.





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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Handed back tests based on “Fish Story”—family kinship terms, verbs, etc.


Grammar, vocab review with narrative about Cubby Stroll this past Friday. Finish translating this into Japanese for homework – due tomorrow.

1. On Friday students went to Wrigley baseball field.
2. They watched the game at 1:30.
3. Naomi and Dimitri ate hot dogs and ice cream.
4. Stephanie ate frie(s).
5. Dallon drank a slushy (SURASHII).
6. (They) were delicious.
7. Chicago’s team is the Cubs.
8. Pittsburgh’s team is the Pirates.
9. The Cubs lost.
10. The Pirates won.
11. Everyone returned/went home at 4:00.

Student(s): せいと

Baseball field:
やきゅうじょう

Team:チーム

Lost (a game):まけました

Won (a game):かちました

Returned (home):
かえりました




REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Homework for Friday is still: flash cards for kinship terms, i.e. vocabulary for family members


Reminder:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.








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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Answer questions from handout -- 読みましょう 六、七 Into えい語
Use parts of this for your store dialogue.


Don’t forget to:

Review この____、その____、あの____、どの_____

Discussion of old and new counters:
さつ、Volumes of books
本(ほん)、Long thin things
まい、Flat things
だい、Machines and cars
  __つ、“Indigenous numbers”

Practiced “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei. Remember, this is not a memorized conversation but a real one, in which neither party knows exactly what the other will say. You must know the vocabulary but be able to respond appropriately in the situation.

Store Sign (large and beautiful) due tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will practice counters again and deal with money again.
Whole market will happen on Friday, with store signs, store price lists, models of products. Class will divide in half, with one half buying while the other half sells, and then reverse.

店のリスト

でんき屋  Quinton
パン屋   Camille
ペット屋    Nora
本屋    Alice
くつ屋   Ed
じどうしゃ屋  Jason
ぶんぼうぐ屋  Betty
おもちゃ屋    Gavin
おかし屋   Nicole
デパート  Perry
きっさ店  Ami
ようせき屋  Martina
八百屋   Darren  (やおや)
はな屋    Dashona
にく屋   Ray

New kanji stroke order for this lesson shown on board yesterday :

店 みせ  
store or shop or place of business -- a noun that can stand by itself

屋 や   
this kanji never appears alone, but only in combination with other kanji – often used as a suffix to indicate “store”


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

This class does not meet on Block One days.

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17, 2010 An Eight Period Day

All teachers in the World Language Department exchanged classes today; so Japanese language students were today introduced to other languages.

Friday, May 14, 2010

May 13, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Thursday, May 13, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Hand back 3k6 test and go over it -- handout of answer sheet
Important aspects:
1. use neutral-polite in the following situations: with people you have just met, with people who are older than you, with people who are above you at a job
2. “to go somewhere in order to do something” is verb-stem + ni traveling-verb
3. trying to express the pronouns “you” or “your,” it is best to use the person’s name ( only inside the family, with school classmates, or with close friends of the same age as you)

言いましょう 二  from chapter 7 -- ordering from waiter in restaurant

Assignment due next Friday

Write and perform a“Restaurant conversation”:

Personnel -- waiter and 2 or 3 customers – use neutral-polite when waiter speaks or when customers speak to waiter – use plain/informal when customers speak to each other.

Beautiful, clear menu (name of restaurant!) with prices -- must be handed in

conversation must be 2 typed pages in length (each individual in group must hand in bilingual script

we will take class time to work on this Monday



Homework below was collected today.

1. On board practice with plain volitional:

Verb ------------ Group # -------------- --ましょう --------------- plain volitional
出る
およぐ
おきる
かえる
きる
はく
渡る
曲がる
出かける
見る
買う
売る

2. Xeroxed workbook pages 89 and 90

Don’t forget kanji on from Monday:
母、お母さん
父、お父さん
女の子
男の子
人々
時々

From last week, you must remember “question words” and their transformation into “indefinite pronouns”

何 What   何か  Something
いつ When  いつか  Sometime
だれ  Who   だれか  Someone

Example:
何を食べるの? What will you eat?
何か 食べる と 思う(おもう) I think I’ll eat something.





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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。


Check workbook page 112.
In class do pages 109, 110, 113, 114 finish for homework

Please note:
1. do not use honorifics when writing/talking about your own family members
2. greater attention to handwriting – leave space between hiragana and katakana
3. ポール、ポーラ、ウィークエンド、

REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.

List of class members’ names in katakana is below. In the future, students should write their names in katakana on their homework and tests.


1.アセンシオ・ハヴィエッル Javier
2. アヤラ・ナディア Nadia
3. ビニョン・ルカス Lucas
4. ブラントリー・カシャーナKashawna (corrected)
5. ブラウン・アリオン Arion
6. バイヤーズ・ダロン Dallon
7. カーノウエル・マイケル Michael
8. シャーレタ・モニカ Monica
9. クルズ・アレクセィ Alexy
10. フォーマン・サーマン Thurman
11. フレドリク・モンタナ Montana
12. フュトリス・ディミトリ Dimitri
13. ガーセィア・アンジェリカ Angelica
14. グオ・ジョイ Joy
15. ハルナンデズ・セルヒオ Sergio
16. ハルナンデズ・ステファニー Stephanie
17. ヒル・エセンス Essence
18. ホグストラテン・ダニエル Daniel
19. コゼィオル・グリフィン Griffin
20. レーク・ なおみ Naomi
21. ラザー・ なおみ Naomi
22. メーベリー・テーラー Taylor
23. マイノ・コリン Colin
24. レー・ケペラ Kheperah
25. サンティアゴ・アレクセィス (Stephanie) Alexis
26. ターナー・ジェコブ Jacob
27. ワシュ・ダニエール Danielle
28. ジュー・カンディ Candy


Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Homework for Friday is still: flash cards for kinship terms, i.e. vocabulary for family members


Reminder:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって   Went
きました、きて     Came
はいりました、はいって Entered
かえりました Returned (home)
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい です。 あたらしかった です。Is new. Was new.
あつい です。 あつかった です。 Is hot. Was hot.
たのしい です。 たのしかった です。 Is enjoyable. 
                  Was enjoyable.








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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Translate 読みましょう 六、七 Into えい語
Use parts of this for your store dialogue.
On Monday, hand in translations, written on a separate piece of paper.


Don’t forget to:

Review この____、その____、あの____、どの_____

Discussion of old and new counters:
さつ、Volumes of books
本(ほん)、Long thin things
まい、Flat things
だい、Machines and cars
  __つ、“Indigenous numbers”

Reissues handout of “store conversations” -- in class assignment and homework, write out one’s own half of conversation (one’s own half as storekeeper)

店のリスト

でんき屋  Quinton
パン屋   Camille
ペット屋    Nora
本屋    Alice
くつ屋   Ed
じどうしゃ屋  Jason
ぶんぼうぐ屋  Betty
おもちゃ屋    Gavin
おかし屋   Nicole
デパート  Perry
きっさ店  Ami
ようせき屋  Martina
八百屋   Darren  (やおや)
はな屋    Dashona
にく屋   Ray

New kanji stroke order for this lesson shown on board yesterday :

店 みせ  
store or shop or place of business -- a noun that can stand by itself

屋 や   
this kanji never appears alone, but only in combination with other kanji – often used as a suffix to indicate “store”


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

At the request of Connie Y., Sensei handed out another 伝説・昔話 (舌切り雀・したきり すずめ The Tongue-cut Sparrow)to help students think about how to structure their narratives. Sensei recommends NOT writing it in English first, but trying to write in Japanese WHILE thinking of story elements.

Today students worked on stories in computer lab room 114. Below are guidelines in the process of being developed:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
1. Length: between 800 and 900 characters
2. Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
3. Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
4. Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
5. If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
6. Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
7. Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.



All students have had the opportunity to read two folktales 昔話(むかしばなし)so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.


[“Individual Assigned-Topic Presentation should be 4 minutes long – they are big topics. AP and 4th year people should supply Japanese vocabulary lists to everyone in the class. Students may speak from notes, but not from text-with-sentences.”]

Some students have not yet made their major cultural presentations. Overall list is below – 四年生の日本語の生徒、英語で(But with 単語のリスト)――AP の生徒、日本語で (単語のリスト)

Jenny J. – “Self, family, and friends”
Connie Y – “leisure – traditional arts, hobbies, and sports)
Tommy Y – “Nature and environment”
Amy Z – “School and education”
Mike S – “Clothing, 和服、洋服)”
Azrieal W – “Communication and media”
Elizabeth A – “Technology – internet, private and public phones, cell phones”
Lalita A – “Rites of life – weddings, funerals, gift exchanges, letters”
Anton H – “Transportation – Japanese trains, buses, bicycles, cars”
Johnny C – “Shopping – kinds of stores, vending machines, Jpn money”
Jerome M – “Folklore, traditional culture, legends and stories”