April 16, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, April 16, 2010 An Eight Period Day


JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Day of Silence

Students continued to watch Kurosawa’s Yojimbo. Will collect article summary and film summary on Monday.

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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Day of Silence

Collected practice sheets for katakana and redistributed them.

Collected summaries of handout about the film “Yojimbo” from Wikipedia

New handout on Mifune Toshiro – summary due Monday

Finish watching “Yojimbo.”



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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period

Day of Silence

Collected summaries of handout on the Kurosawa film “Yojimbo.”

Distribute new handout on Mifune Toshiro. Write summary for homework for Monday.

Finish watching the film.

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




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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


****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.*****

Day of Silence

Handout about Mifune Toshiro -- write summary for Monday


Grammar Lesson: Two forms of passive, examples



Handout from “A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar” (pp. 362 to 369) on conjugation of the passive, with all uses, including “suffering passive” and honorific passive.
私は手紙（てがみ）を書きました。I wrote a letter.
手紙　は　私　に　書かれました。The letter was written by me.

お母さん　は　お皿　を　洗いました（あらいました）。The mother washed the dishes.
お皿　は　お母さん　に　洗われました。The dishes were washed by the mother.

お父さん　は　ケーキ　を　食べました。The father ate the cake.
ケーキ　は　お父さん　に　食べられました。The cake was eaten by the father.

With the –te arimasu form (transitive verbs ONLY)

私　は　コーヒー　を　買って　います。I am buying coffee.
コーヒー　は　買って　あります。The coffee has been bought.

なおみ　さん　は　窓（まど）を　開けて（開けて）います。Naomi is opening the window.
窓　は　開けて　あります。The window has been opened.

子供（こども）　は　部屋（へや）　を　掃除（そうじ）して　います。The child is cleaning the room.
部屋　は　そうじ　して　あります。 The room has been cleaned.

This grammar is from chapter 7 in “A Homestay in Japan.” Vocabulary test on this chapter will take place next Monday.

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”



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