Sunday, March 14, 2010

March 12, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, March 12, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Kimmel Sensei was absent today with flu. The following were the lessons conducted by the substitute teacher.



First Period – Japanese 3—room 110

Instructions for students: “Work in pairs to make an original crossword puzzle or word-finder puzzle, using all of the vocabulary on page 89 of the text. Be sure to make the solution and also a blank version of the puzzle, with clues. There will be a quiz on this vocabulary when I get back to school. Work fast! You will hand it in at the end of the period. Also, don’t forget that the literature-in-translation project will be due Friday – NO EXTENSIONS”

Advisory – sophomore advisory 201


Fifth Period – Japanese 1 – room 110

Write the following words on the board, being sure to give an enlarged paper copy to visually impaired student. Instructions to students: “The following words should be written in Katakana when you write them in Japanese, though you may sometimes be surprised what that Katakana turns out to be. You may use your text, your dictionaries, your charts, or any of the handouts you have received to try to find out the correct Katakana ‘spelling’. Then write each word in a separate Japanese sentence and hand the paper in at the end of the period. Work silently and individually. This is not a pair project or a group project.”
Hot dog, spaghetti, cake, ice, Jose, Amanda, pen, door, bus, taxi, Canada, coffee, hamburger, juice, bread, jam, panda, sauce, ham, butter, doughnut



Sixth Period – Japanese 2 – room 110

Instructions for students: “Read pages 70 and 71 in the textbook and write it all out in English, Then, write out an explanation in English about how the Japanese school year differs from the American one. After that, write a sentence in Japanese for each month of the Chicago school year, Sept. through June, telling about something that happens in the month. Write on every other line on a page of notebook paper and hand it in at the end of the period. “


Seventh period – Japanese 4 and AP Japanese – room 110

Instructions for students: “Be sure you have your Nakama textbook. Go to page 188 and look at the vocabulary and expressions having to do with academics. Then, working in pairs, write out the sentences on page 189 in section E, filling in the blanks with words from page 188. After that, read ‘things you should or should not do” vocabulary at the bottom of 189. The whole class can quietly discuss the grid on the top of 109, and figure out how many people do what actions, and how often. If there’s time, make a quick chart and fill it in as a whole class. This is a review of adverbs of frequency.”