April 14, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 A Block Two Day







JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet during Block Two days.





JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period

WARNING: Personal conversations and excessive talking are unacceptable in Japanese class. Kimmel Sensei will soon be giving behavior referrals for such activities.

Handed out another katakana information sheet with stroke order for both katakana and hiragana.

Handout about the film “Yojimbo” from Wikipedia

Watch “Yojimbo.”

Homework:
1. Point of Interaction – summary of Yojinbo article
2. Bring the katakana handout again Friday to show that you have finished it.



Be sure to register with Japanese site on Moodle。






JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Wikipedia handout on the Kurosawa film “Yojimbo.”

Watch the film

Homework will be
1. summary of article
2. assignment from yesterday – see below

On Tuesday, students were given a handout about seasons, months and the school year and assigned to write more sentences for each month from April to August. This assignment will be collected on Friday. A list of kanji expressions, with pronunciations and meanings, was attached --


学年 季節

四月 春　　学校が始まる

ゴルデン・ウイーク
五月 ゴルフ
梅雨、雨がよく降る
六月 夏
ペートンが終わる
ペートンは大阪に行く
七月 アメリカとフランスのたんじょう日
八月 高校の野球大会

四月に　コアラ　は　メキシコ　の　学校　に　行きました。
五月　の　ゴルデン・ウイーク　の　春　やすみ　に　林とら　は　ゴルフ　を　しました。　　お天気　は　雨　でした。　　
Ｗｒｉｔｅ　３　ｍｏｒｅ　ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ　ｆｏｒ　ｅａｃｈ　ｍｏｎｔｈ．

Important Kanji:

学年　　がくねん　　　 Ｔｈｅ　ｓｃｈｏｏｌ　ｙｅａｒ
季節　　きせつ　　　　 Ｓｅａｓｏｎ（ｓ）
梅雨　　ばいう Ｒａｉｎｙ　　ｓｅａｓｏｎ　　ｒａｉｎ
雨　 　あめ Ｒａｉｎ
降る　　ふる　　　　　　（Ｒａｉｎ　　ｏｒ　　Ｓｎｏｗ）ｆａｌｌｓ
夏　　　なつ Ｓｕｍｍｅｒ
終わる　おわる　 Ｔｏ　ｅｎｄ，　ｆｉｎｉｓｈ
大阪　　おおさか　　　　Ｃｉｔｙ　　ｏｆ　　Ｏｓａｋａ
高校　　こうこう Ｈｉｇｈ　ｓｃｈｏｏｌ
野球　　やきゅう　 Ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ
大会 　たいかい Ｔｏｕｒｎａｍｅｎｔ
学校　　がっこう Ｓｃｈｏｏｌ，　ｉｎ　ｇｅｎｅｒａｌ
春　　　はる　　 Ｓｐｒｉｎｇ




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


****AP JAPANESE PRACTICE TEST
will take place at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 1st, in room 114.
We will order pizza and drinks to sustain us.*****

Handed out “basics” for chapter 7 in “A Homestay in Japan.” Verbally reviewed true and false questions on page 73. Vocabulary test on this chapter will take place next Monday.

Went over pages 224 and 225 in Nakama, the reading about “Privacy,” and carefully explained grammar and structure.

Next week, on the Block Two day, Johnny C., Amy Z., and Tommy Y. will give their oral presentations. [“Presentation should be 4 minutes long – they are big topics. AP and 4th year people should supply Japanese vocabulary lists to everyone in the class. Students may speak from notes, but not from text-with-sentences.”]

Cultural topics chosen for upcoming presentations – 四年生の日本語の生徒、英語で（Ｂｕｔ　ｗｉｔｈ　単語のリスト）――ＡＰ　の生徒、日本語で　（単語のリスト）

Jenny J. – “Self, family, and friends”
Connie Y – “leisure – traditional arts, hobbies, and sports)
Tommy Y – “Nature and environment”
Amy Z – “School and education”
Mike S – “Clothing, 和服、洋服）”
Azrieal W – “Communication and media”
Elizabeth A – “Technology – internet, private and public phones, cell phones”
Lalita A – “Rites of life – weddings, funerals, gift exchanges, letters”
Anton H – “Transportation – Japanese trains, buses, bicycles, cars”
Johnny C – “Shopping – kinds of stores, vending machines, Jpn money”
Jerome M – “Folklore, traditional culture, legends and stories”


Handout on Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and viewing of film.
Homework
1. write summary of handout.
2. bring all books to class every day!
3. continue to work with "Strive for a Five"


Jerome-kun found outstanding website for watching and listening to Japanese weather forecasts:
http://weathernews.jp


Useful website for vocabulary: search for Denshi Jisho in Google, has vocab and also information on each kanji constituting a word.


REMINDER: In doing high school assignments or college assignments or tasks out in the world, every one of us should be trying to do the best and most complete work possible, not the least possible.


You might like to work with the following kanji-learning website:

http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/kanjifiles/kanjicard.html