March 8, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Monday, March 8, 2010 An Eight Period Day


ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL CLASSES: “Parent meeting for Japan Exchange will take place on Wed., March 10, at 6:30, in room 110.”


First Period – Japanese 3—room 110

Instructions for students: “Read page 84 in text and translate into English the Japanese portion. Also translate all of page 86 into English. Hand all this in at the end of the period.”

Advisory – sophomore advisory 201


Fifth Period – Japanese 1 – room 110

Please print out the section below and make 30 copies. One of the copies should be enlarged for Stephanie Hernandez (Mrs. Bogunia or Mrs. Wynn in room 108 can help you)　　　　　　　　　　　Handout for Japanese 1 class:

Kanji for days of the week，in sentences．Note how the pronunciation of each kanji　
changes in different settings. What do these sentences mean? Translate them into English. You may use your dictionaries and charts. Sometimes you may have to guess!

日よう日　の　日月（じつげつ）　は　やさしい　です。

月よう日　の　月（つき）　を　みました　か。

火よう日　の　山　の　火じ（かじ）　は　むずかしい　です。

水よう日　の　川　の　お水（おみず）　を　きいて　ください。

木よう日　の　おおきい　木（き）　は　さわって　ください。

みんな　は　金よう日　の　お金（おかね）　が　すき　です。

土よう日　の　火山（かざん）　の　土（つち）は　きたない　です　ね。

More kanji combinations to think about – try to write a new sentence for each one.
火水：ひみず　　fire-and-water, in other words, discord
水月：すいげつ　reflection of the moon (in the water)
月月：つきづき　every month 　金本い：きんほんい　gold standard
土木がく：どぼくがく　civil engineering


Sixth Period – Japanese 2 – room 110

Instructions for students: “Using the information about the seasons on page 68 of rhe textbook, write a description of a high school student’s activities in 2009. You must write at least 6 sentences for each season, 24 sentences in all, and include time indicators for months as well. Be sure to include information about what your student wears in each season. 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: “Answer all the questions on page 67 of A Homestay in Japan, writing at least two complete sentences in Japanese for each answer (and that includes the true and false questions). Hand in at the end of the class period. Don’t forget to double-space.　Try to use as many as possible of the grammar forms we’ve been working on.”