February 16, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 An Eight Period 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

Olympics 2010 Winter　――　オリンピック、五輪（ごりん）

ふゆ の　五りん：アイススケート、スキー、スノーボード

せんしゅ　の　アルバイト：コーチ、てんいん、しかいしゃ

テレビ　で　五りん　を　見る　人　は　だれ　です　か。

テレビ　で　五りん　を　見る　人　は　カレンさん　と　Ｄ．Ｊ．くん　と　なおみさん　と　メリサさん　と　私（わたし）　と　ジェミーさん　です。

五りん　の　せんしゅ　は　だれ　です　か。


なつ　の　五りん：ランニング、すいえい、サッカー、バレーボール


Discussion of 3rd photo story in ch 5, バイト　に　ついて、pp. 68 and 69


Verbal report on arubaito attempted by: Naomi M., Rachel G., Bundit T., Karia J., Yasmin P., Tori A., Jacoby J., and Stephanie Z.


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.
(Last week, Pranee P., Jamie H., D.J. M, Xindi S., Sofia F. and Sally C. explained their part-time jobs. Also, Raymond A, Melisa C., Karen Y., Susana S., Esmeralda T., and Alisa A. talked about theirs.)

Your homework is to write out, in 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。

In class, we listened to the photo story on pages 68 and 69 of ch. 5 in 3 Kimono.

Get started RIGHT AWAY on the project for this quarter:

Famous Japanese Writers (Japan Through Japanese Eyes)
Japanese Literature in Translation

Project:

3-page typewritten paper (10 pt. or 12 pt. type, 1 inch margins) regarding the literary work student has chosen (and cleared with instructor)

Due Date: March 19, 2010. No extensions will be granted

Content:
Each student will write a 750 word paper of reader response (NOT a “book report”) regarding the work read, with references to his or her own ideas, life, and reading. Students may also write about what, if anything, seems Japanese from the point of view of Americans. Students should note what is surprising, and what is expected or unexpected in style or characters or story-line.
This is not a research paper about the life of the author. It is not a paper of literary analysis.
Students must be sure to use correct English grammar and correct spelling. Text must be divided appropriately into paragraphs. No more than four short quotations from the text are acceptable.
Students must consult with teacher and receive approval for their chosen books, which must be by a Japanese author. Here is a partial list of acceptable authors below.

Mori Ogai, Natsume Soseki, Murasaki Shikibu, Dazai Osamu, Abe Kôbo, Ariyoshi Sawako, Chikamatsu [Monzaemon], Enchi Fumiko, Endo Shusaku, Mishima Yukio, Ishikawa Jun, Kawabata Yasunari, Kinoshita Junji, [Kobayashi] Issa, [Matsuo] Bashô, [Masaoka] Shiki, Sei Shonagon, Oe Kenzaburô, Tanizaki Junichiro, Yosano Akiko, Zeami [Motokiyo], Osaragi Jirô


So far, students have chosen 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”

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.

Handout 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: Daniel H., Dallon B., Naomi LZ, and Joy G. They used added vocabulary にがい and あまい.　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。



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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

In class, translation exercise for reviewing vocabulary and structures. Finish for 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!”


Answers for :　ｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎａｌ　ｐａｒｔｉｃｌｅ　
ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ　ｓｈｅｅｔ　――　ｎｅｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｒｅｖｉｅｗ　
ｍｏｒｅ．Last week we projected the following on the board and discussed the first seven sentences.

1. さくら　＿の＿＿　き　＿を＿＿　みて　　ください。
2. 木　＿＿の＿　上　＿に＿＿　ねこ　＿＿が＿　います　＿＿か＿。
3. えい語　＿＿の＿　せんせい　＿の＿＿　なまえ　＿は＿＿　
森さん　です。
4. 二ねんせい　＿の＿＿　せいと　＿は＿＿　こくばん＿の＿＿　前　です。
5. みなさん　＿＿は＿　てんぷら　＿が＿＿　すき　　です　　＿ね＿＿。
6. ベッティーさん　＿＿は＿　さかな　＿＿を＿＿　ろっぴき　かって　います。
7. ゴッホ（Ｖａｎ　Ｇｏｇｈ）＿＿の＿　え　＿は＿＿　すごい　　です。
8. 山川せんせい　＿は＿＿やさしい　です。
9. 山川せんせい　＿＿の＿＿　うち　＿の＿＿＿　側　＿＿に＿　うま　＿が＿います。
10. とら＿＿は＿　おおきい　ねこ　です。
11. ねこ　＿は＿＿　とら　＿の＿＿　隣　＿＿に＿　います。
12. わたし　は　ぺーとん（Payton）　＿＿の＿　たに　です。 (She’s a math teacher, introducing herself.)
13. がっこう　の　前　＿＿に＿　やきゅう　の　ゲーム　＿の＿＿　せんしゅ　__が__　います。

14. なおみさん　＿＿の＿＿　たんじょうび　＿は＿＿＿　五月　です。


Animal booklet project collected today.


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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

Watch and listen to るるる plain-form verb song (3 versions) from Japanese TV

Review pages 145-147, exercises E, F, G, and H.

Also, handout from “Yookoso: An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese,” pages 23, 24, 25, 354, 355

Plain form verb + こと　に　する・して　いる・した
Someone (clearly stated) makes a policy/habit to do something, decides to do something.
私は会社をやめる　こと　に　した。
I decided to quit the company.
私は毎日三十分ぐらい運動（うんどう）する　こと　に　して　います。
I am making it a rule to exercise for about 30 minutes every day.


Plain form verb +　こと　に　なる・なった
It turns out that something happens (no clear statement of agency)
私は来年大阪に転勤（てんきん）する　こと　に　なった。
It’s been decided that I will transfer to Osaka this year.
日本では車は道（みち）の左側（ひだりがわ）を走る（はしる）　こと　に　なって　いる。In Japan it has turned out that cars run on the left side of the street.


Postponed, therefore now Due on block day Feb. 25th,: Food-making Project
Culturally-related food-eating experience, however, will take place on Feb. 18th.

(related to chapter 5 of 日本との出会い and chapter 3 of 2 Nakama)



AP – video-like cooking show – 3-4 minutes

1. Elizabeth A. and Mike S. -- okonomiyaki
2. Anton H. and Connie Y. and Tommy Y. -- tempura moriawase
3. Lalita A. and Jerome M. and Amy Z. -- Tofu dango

Japanese 4 – actual pickles plus small book with recipe in Japanese

1. Johnny C. -- lemon-saute celery
2. Jenny Jara -- cherry tomatoes honey mint
3. Azrieal W. -- salt-sesame bell peppers


We will, later on, discuss kanji handout from workbook, pages 84, 85, 86, 87, and 79.