January 5, 2009 A Block One day

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 A Block One Day






JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Collect POI for article about 1300th anniversary of Japan’s first capitol city, Nara. Should be “one page” of whatever it is.
Collected beautiful version of Year of the Tiger haiku, above


Handout about 日本の一月・お正月　 in Japanese from 日本のくらし１２か月：Moons, Months, and Seasons, an Intermediate Japanese Reader—
Followed by sentences generated on board using “dictionary” form verbs – very important – be sure you know all this information by Friday


まい年　せいと　は　おおみそか、お正月　に
１． 何を食べる
２． 何を読む
３． ようふく　は？
a. きる
b. はく
c. いろ
４． だれに会う
５． どこに行く
６． たのしい？いや？がっかりする？

しゅうかん（Customs）; 　ふつう（に）（Usually）たいてい
１・日本人　は　ふつう　おぞうに　を食べる。
２・日本人　は　おとそ　を　飲む。
３．ふつう　ごかぞく　に　会う。
４．お寺（に）行く。しゅうかん　だ。それ　は　はつもで　だ。
５．お正月　に　日本人　は　きもの　を　きる。
６．おすもう　を　見る。
７．みな　は　ふつう　楽しくて、うれしい。
８．お年だま　を　あげる。

We will be performing original dialogues this year during the official exam period. Think about who you might like to work with. Performance will be in pairs, with each person handing in a copy of the dialogue in both Japanese and English translation. Remember the Unities of (our) Drama: one locale, consistent characters, one time period.　　Be sure to emphasize vocabulary from first four chapters of 3 Kimono.

Assignment due next Monday: Nengajo for state and national contest – required for all students -

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

REMINDER:
Sentence-ending conjugations for い adjectives：
――い　です、――よくない　です、――かった　です、　――くなかった　です。
Sentence ending conjugations for な　adjectives ：　
――です、――じゃない　です　｛Or　で　は　ありません｝、――でした、　――じゃなかった　です　｛Or　で　は　ありませんでした｝

｛Explanation for talking about kanji:
｛Kanji compound example –人口
｛えい語　で　いみ　は　Population　という　こと　です。
｛かんじ　は　「ひと」　の　じん　と　くち　の　「こう」　です。｝







JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

1. Collected POI for article about 1300th anniversary of Japan’s first capitol city, Nara
2. Collected beautiful version of Year of the Tiger haiku, above—students didn’t need to write the kanji, just the ROMAji in hiragana

日本のくらし１２か月：Moons, Months, and Seasons, an Intermediate Japanese Reader—Handed out information about Japanese New Year, and then class generated sentences using the vocabulary and structures they know so far:
日本　の　お正月
Japan’s New Year

おしょうがつ　は　おおきい　です。New Year is big.
おぞうに　を　たべて　ください。Please eat ozouni soup.
おぞうに　おいしい　です。Ozouni is delicious.
おとそ　を　のんで　ください。Please drink spiced sake.
おすもう　を　みて　ください。Please watch sumo
よこずな　は　おおきい　です。Yokozuna are big.
お正月　が　たのしい　です。(New Year is enjoyable/fun.)
みんな　さん　は　お正月　が　すき　です。
Everyone likes New Year.
一月十五日　は　せいじん　の　日（ひ）です。
January 15th is “Becoming An Adult Day.”
七くさがいゆう　を　たべて　ください。
Please eat 7-herb soup.





We will be performing original dialogues this year during the official exam period. Think about who you might like to work with. Performance will be in pairs, with each person handing in a copy of the dialogue in both Japanese and English translation.


JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Collected POI for article about 1300th anniversary of Japan’s first capitol city, Nara
Collected beautiful version of Year of the Tiger haiku, —kanji for mist, stand/rise, astrological tiger, and yearhad been written in large characters on the board

Time was given in class to work on original dialogues this year during the official exam period. Think about who you might like to work with. Performance will be in pairs, with each person handing in a copy of the dialogue in both Japanese and English translation.

We will learn more detail about Japan’s New Year tomorrow..


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!

The following students still have not made their weather presentations. They must give those presentations in class tomorrow, or arrange for another time with Sensei:

Jason D. will speak about Hong Kong.
Dashona J. will speak about Strasbourg.
Zack A. will speak about Geneva, if he is able to be present.
Ray T. will speak about Seattle.
Betty N. will speak about New York.
Martina C. will speak about Paris.



Remember these kanji:
目　め　Eye; 耳　みみ　Ear
大きい　Big おおきい; 手　て　Hand　　　　　　　　　　　
口　くち Mouth; 足　あし Feet/legs
Reminder: We all must be polite in the Japanese language classroom. Not only is it important in our lives in general – it is an essential part of Japanese culture. ください、おねがい　します、ありがとう、すみません　Are the most important words and phrases in Japanese.






JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

This class does not meet on Block One days.