February 17, 2010 A Block One Day

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 A Block One Day

Notice to All Classes Regarding Extra Credit:

Attend the special film screening of
“Inside Hana’s Suitcase: The Story of a Suitcase that Traveled from Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz to Tokyo”

Saturday, February 20
5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Arthur J. Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) #154
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614

Free Admission

If Kimmel Sensei sees you there, you will get extra credit!

Useful website for hiragana and katakana and some other things as well:
http://66.110.202.42/peachstar/explorer/units/lrnactiv/hir-live/homepg.htm






JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Distribution of hard copy of handout about literature-in-translation project. Very important point: DUE DATE IS MARCH 19th AND THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS.

Get started RIGHT AWAY. So far, students have chosen (and received approval) as follows:

Bundit T., Shusaku Endo’s “The Sea and Poison”
Pranee P., Sawako Ariyoshi’s “The Twilight Years”
Esmeralda T., Dazai Osamu’s “Run, Melos! and Other Stories” (a short story collection) (approval is tentative)
Jamie H., Natsume Soseki’s “I Am a Cat” (may change)
Melisa C., Kawabata Yasunari’s “Snow Country”
Susana S., Abe Kobo’s “The Box Man”
D.J. M., Tanizaki Junichiro’s “Naomi”


Handout of pages 63 and 65 from 3 Kimono workbook.

On board:
いい　ところ　＝　いい　てん
よくない　ところ　＝　わるい　てん

View video of 　るるる　の　歌（うた）in all three versions

There will be a vocabulary test on 3 Kimono, Chapter 5, on Friday of this week.



Homework from last week was:
Come in prepared to tell me about your own real or imagined バイト
どこ　で、何よう日、何時から何時まで、どうやって　かよって　いる、何　で　行く、どの　ぐらい　かかる、じきゅう、食じ　つき？、
No writing yet, but if you can’t answer when I call on you, I’ll know you didn’t do it.
Zach J. did his explanation today.

Collected sentences, all the required information about your part-time job. You may use either polite or plain forms, but you must be consistent. Then you must write out the same information for Jacob the werewolf. But do not copy the sentences below; write your own original sentences.

Part-time or temporary job for vampire 吸血鬼 （きゅうけつき）or werewolf　狼　男　（おおかみ　おとこ）! We chose the werewolf.

狼　男 の　名前（なまえ）　は　ジェコブ　です。
アルバイト　は　にく屋　の　アルバイト　です。
肉屋　の　なまえ　は　パウライナ・マーケット　です。
時きゅう　は　千円　です。
狼男　は　どやって　にく屋　に　行きます　か。
ランニング　を　します。それとも　はしって　行きます。
食じ　つき　です　か。　狼男　は　にく　が　大好き　です。
にく屋　で　ぶたにく　が　食べられます。
狼男　は　毎日（まいにち）アルバイト　を　します。
日曜日から土曜日　まで　はたらいて　います。
ごぜん七時からごご八時まで　はたらきます。たいへん　です　ね。

Practiced plain imperatives:
ききなさい、たちなさい、のばしなさい、Ｅｔｃ．

Continuing to practice plain neg forms of verbs:

Ｇｒ．　ＩＩＩ：　　　しない、来ない（こない）
Ｇｒ．　ＩＩ：　　　　食べない、起きない（おきない）
Ｇｒ．　Ｉ： 　会わない（あわない）、立たない（たたない）、座らない（すわらない）、読まない（よまない）、とばない、書かない（かかない）、およがない、話さない（はなさない）

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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Handout of song, “Sakura,” which we will be singing at the beginning of class for the next couple of weeks.

Collected one-page summar of readings regarding upcoming film, “Come See the Paradise,” regarding internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, with supplementary information about the labor movement in the U.S. and Executive order 9066.
Homework: one page summary, in sentences and paragraphs, of this material.
Don’t forget to bring your signed permission slip.

The following students performed their restaurant dialogues: Angelica G., Javier A., Jacob T., Essence H., Nadia A., Naomi LK. They used added vocabulary にがい , あまい, すっぱい、たまご、ラーメン。Don’t forget that EACH STUDENT must hand in his or her own copy of the dialogue.

1K5 RESTAURANT CONVERSATION
BETWEEN WAITER AND CUSTOMER
ウェイタ　　 おきゃくさま

Waiter: Welcome いらっしゃいませ
Customer: Hello　こんにち　は
Waiter: Please sit　すわって　ください
Customer: Thank you. Please give me a menu.　
ありがとう。メニュー　を　ください。
Waiter: (Here) please (take it)　どうぞ
Customer: Thank you. Nice day (good weather) isn’t it?　ありがとう。いい　おてんき　です　ね。
Waiter: Yes, that’s so. はい、そう　です。
Customer (points to spot on menu): What’s this?　これ　は　なん　です　か。
Waiter: (answers according to where customer points)　＿＿＿です。
Customer: Is it delicious?　おいしい　です　か。
Waiter: No, it’s yucky-tasting.　いいえ、まずい　です。
Customer: Really? Well, what’s this? (points to another spot on menu)　そう　です　か。　じゃ、これ　は　なん　です　か。
Waiter: This is so-so.　これ　は　まあ　まあ　です。
Customer: This is a funny/strange restaurant. What is delicious?　これ　は　おかしい　レストラン　です。　なに　が　おいしい　です　か。
Waiter (pointing at one of the desserts): __________ and ________are delicious.
＿＿＿と＿＿＿＿　は　おいしい　です。
Customer: OK. ________ and _________ please.　オッケ。＿＿＿と＿＿＿＿を　ください。
Waiter (goes away and comes back with food): (here) please (take) it.　どうぞ。
Customer: Thank you. I humbly receive.
ありがとう。　いただきます。
(Ｃustomer eats food at blinding speed。)
Waiter (surprised): Is it delicious?　おいしい　です　か。
Customer: Yes. It was a feast.　はい、ごちそうさま　でした。
Waiter: Thank you (every time you visit us) まいど　ありがとう　ございました。

On board:
レストラン　の　かいわ “restaurant conversation”
カタカナ　の　worksheets for writing
ものがたり story/narrative

ものがたり was narrative (with a little dialogue) about owner and guest at すごい　レストラン. Students were supposed to take notes as they listened and then responded with answers to questions.

Handouts for practicing the first 20 katakana (from the college text, “Genki,” plus some rules for katakana “spelling” and a “reading” sheet, as well. This is homework.



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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

In class, we talked through content for translation exercise below. Collected homework:

1. In spring, the weather in Karuizawa was warm.
2. Aiko {愛子} lived in Karuizawa in the spring.
3. She owned (”was raising”) pets, but she was lonely {さびしい }.
4. She was a 16-year-old princess {おひめさま}.
5. On February 14th, Aiko took a walk with her dog.
6. The dog’s name was Lady.
7. Aiko and Lady looked at the house next door.
8. In that house there were (existed) an English boy, and one handsome dog also existed..
9. The English boy’s name was William, and the dog’s name was Rupert.
10. Seventeen-year-old William and Rupert also took a walk.
11. Rupert liked Lady; but William loved Aiko.
12. William and Aiko were under the trees.
13. They were looking at the cherry blossoms and the birds.
14. The cherry blossoms were pretty and pink!
15. Aiko said, “William, I like you a lot.”
16. William said, “Aiko, I love you!”
17. The dogs said, “Wan, wan, wan!”

Katakana review with handouts of katakana words using the first 20 katakana. – finish for homework


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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.