March 26, 2010 A Block Two Day

Friday, March 26, 2010 An Eight Period Day


This was the last day in school for KJ students and their teacher, Mr. Sekiguchi. Tomorrow host families will bring them to Payton so that they can go on a huge group field trip with their fellow KJ students who are staying at ETHS and Glenbrook South High School. At 4:00 p.m. they will return to Payton and go home with their "buddies" to spend one last night in Chicago. On Sunday, the airport bus will leave Payton parking lot at 7:30 a.m., after we all sadly say, さよなら。




JAPANESE 3 -- First period

KJ visitors gave a 3-part demonstration –
1. なんでもバスケット　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｇａｍｅ
(a little bit like musical chairs – the person who is “it” is called the おに)
２．した　きり　すずめ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｐｌａｙ
　　　（based on the traditional folktale, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow）
The moral of the story is, show restraint, and don’t be greedy, in other words, 遠慮　えんりょ。
３．よさこい　ソーラン　　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｄａｎｃｅ
This song is about fishing and seeks to promote catching a lot of fish.

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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Khepereh R. helped out by videoing the class today.

KJ visitors gave a 3-part demonstration –
1. なんでもバスケット　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｇａｍｅ
(a little bit like musical chairs – the person who is “it” is called the おに)
２．した　きり　すずめ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｐｌａｙ
　　　（based on the traditional folktale, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow）
The moral of the story is, show restraint, and don’t be greedy, in other words, 遠慮　えんりょ。
３．よさこい　ソーラン　　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｄａｎｃｅ
This song is about fishing and seeks to promote catching a lot of fish.


The KJ students also sang their school song for us, while we followed along, looking at the musical score.



Be sure to register with Japanese site on Moodle。






JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


KJ visitors gave a 3-part demonstration –
1. なんでもバスケット　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｇａｍｅ
(a little bit like musical chairs – the person who is “it” is called the おに)
２．した　きり　すずめ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｐｌａｙ
　　　（based on the traditional folktale, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow）
The moral of the story is, show restraint, and don’t be greedy, in other words, 遠慮　えんりょ。
３．よさこい　ソーラン　　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｄａｎｃｅ
This song is about fishing and seeks to promote catching a lot of fish.


The KJ students also sang their school song for us, while we followed along, looking at the musical score.



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

Mr. Matsui, who arranged KJ’s trip, came to take photos, and Kimmel Sensei used to video camera to try to film the class.


KJ visitors gave a 3-part demonstration –
1. なんでもバスケット　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｇａｍｅ
(a little bit like musical chairs – the person who is “it” is called the おに)
２．した　きり　すずめ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｐｌａｙ
　　　（based on the traditional folktale, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow）
The moral of the story is, show restraint, and don’t be greedy, in other words, 遠慮　えんりょ。
３．よさこい　ソーラン　　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　　　Ｄａｎｃｅ
This song is about fishing and seeks to promote catching a lot of fish.



The KJ students also sang their school song for us, while we followed along, looking at the musical score.