February 3, 2010 A Block One Day

Wednesday, February 3, 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

Mrs. Yamasaki showed us an edited version of the Japanese New Year’s Eve music show、explaining the backgrounds of many of the singers and songs:

紅白歌合戦



Start learning 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）

Go over いいましょう　二

Homework: next photo story, regarding Miyo, in English　

Be sure to register with Japanese site on Moodle.　　　








JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

Students answered questions out loud regarding assignment below.

What's on the menu each day at our restaurant?

日よう日　の　メニュー｛Menyuu｝　は　コーヒー｛Coffee｝　と　おちゃ　です。

月よう日　の　メニュー　は　アイスクリーム｛Ice cream｝　と　おすし　です。

火よう日

水よう日

木よう日

金よう日

土よう日

なに　が　すき　です　か。　なに　が　すき　じゃ　ない　です　か。
なに　が　おいしい　です　か。　　なに　が　まずい　です　か。


Day-of-week subjects are adjective (‘Monday’s child is full of grace” is inspiration for this.

日よう日　の　たつ　は　うるさい　です。Sunday’s dragon is noisy.

月よう日

火よう日

水よう日

木よう日

金よう日

土よう日
おおきい、ちいさい、まずい、おいしい、あかい、かわいい、うるさい、むずかしい、やさしい、たのしい

Homework due tomorrow (students worked on it part of the time today in class): With a partner, design your own menu on a full-sized separate piece of paper. What do you like? What do you dislike? Your restaurant serves only foods you like. You’ll have (at least 3) categories, like food　たべもの, drinks　のみもの, dessertsデザート, etc., with at least 5 choices within each category. Give your restaurant a Japanese name and make your menu beautiful. Don’t forget prices in 円（えん）or ¥ (this is the international symbol). Plan for an exchange rate of 100 ¥ = $1 U.S.

Be sure to register with Japanese site on Moodle。






JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

On board:
New verb for owning/raising pets : かって　います。
犬（いぬ）が　五ひき　います。
二コールさん　は　犬　を　二ひき　かって　います。
Note placement of animal-counter just before verb, not before noun.

Also note special pronunciations of counters on page 60 of text.


Nouns of position (stroke order for となり 隣 and そば側 )
Were on board yesterday):

まえ 前 うしろ 後ろ うえ 上 した 下

ひだり 左 みぎ 右 となり 隣 そば側

Make up own sentences for positions of animals in location of your choice. We may use “circus,” particularly, in the future.

Homework: Page 36 in workbook


Be sure to register with Japanese site on Moodle。



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.