March 24, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 A Block Two Day




JAPAN EXCHANGE:
KJ students attend classes with their Payton hosts. Ms. Koyasu visited Payton with Mr. Sekiguchi and Ms. Yamazaki
All KJ students went to the gym during second block (“3rd period), where Mr. Kuchii taught students how to do the ropes course overhead. Some students also used the climbing wall, supervised by Mr. Escobar.



JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block Two days.




JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

This class was observed by Mr. Sekiguchi and Ms. Koyasu.

Students and adults lined up, first in hiragana/katakana order, and then in alphabetical order. Then KJ guests taught us youth slang, わかもの　の　ことば、”young people’s words” as follows:


ケータイ cell phone
ヤバイ OMG
マジ really
超　ちょう very, extremely (a prefix)
イケメン a cool guy
うける funny
どんだけー response to a joke, whether good or bad
いみふ　
（意味不）”no meaning” or “I don’t understand”
いたい＝
かわいそう pitiable
ぱくる＝ぬすむ to steal, take
とりま　
（とりあえず　まあ） “well, first of all”

We listened to part A in the listening portion of Kimono 6 (workbook)




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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


This class also discussed the expressions presented in Japanese 1


ケータイ cell phone
ヤバイ OMG
マジ really
超　ちょう very, extremely (a prefix)
イケメン a cool guy
うける funny
どんだけー response to a joke, whether good or bad
いみふ　
（意味不）”no meaning” or “I don’t understand”
いたい＝
かわいそう pitiable
ぱくる＝ぬすむ to steal, take
とりま　
（とりあえず　まあ） “well, first of all”

Class learned about asking permission: verb form て　も　いい　です　か。

Class started Lesson 6 of 2 Kimono – Terry’s Babysitting



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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

Students read along while KJ guests read next lesson, lesson 7 in “A Homestay in Japan”

KJ students presented their own slang, and Payton students taught American slang:

slang lesson -- Japanese 4 and AP

ぱない＝かわったこと different, abnormal

神　（かみ）Great like すごい

ガチ＝まじ＝本当の　Really

白ける＝がっかり　する to be disappointed

Lame= not cool= boring
Raw=cool, awesome
Treated=put down =denigrated
Cray-cray= crazy
Legit=popular abbreviation for legitimate=legal, acceptable

Kicks=sneakers

…that’s what she said

AP and Jpn 4 students listened to #18, “Health” in “Strive for a Five”

Also, we got copies of the KJ school song and practiced singing it.