May 19, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 A Block Two Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block 2 days.



JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Kanji writing practice, including kanji we’ve already seen and new kanji with stroke order on the board for (for example)
糸、天、気、正しい、貝、男、足、手、目、耳、虫、白い、赤い、青い、口、女、子、人、山、木、林、森、夕、空、雨、川、田、犬、竹、草、花、早い、立つ、上、下、見る、左、右

Completed handout due Monday.


REMINDER: We are at the point where we should no longer be using ROMAji. We now can write everything in hiragana and katakana.


Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Homework for Friday is still: flash cards for kinship terms, i.e. vocabulary for family members


Reminders about verbs:

Traveling verbs:
いきました、いって　　　Ｗｅｎｔ
きました、きて　　　　　Ｃａｍｅ
はいりました、はいって　Ｅｎｔｅｒｅｄ
かえりました　Ｒｅｔｕｒｎｅｄ　（ｈｏｍｅ）
Family words, i.e. kinship terms:
ちち、おとうさん、おかあさん、おばあさん
New adjectives, and in the past tense!
あたらしい　です。　あたらしかった　です。Ｉｓ　ｎｅｗ．　Ｗａｓ　ｎｅｗ．
あつい　です。　あつかった　です。　Ｉｓ　ｈｏｔ．　Ｗａｓ　ｈｏｔ．
たのしい　です。　たのしかった　です。　Ｉｓ　ｅｎｊｏｙａｂｌｅ．　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ｗａｓ　ｅｎｊｏｙａｂｌｅ．








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JAPANESE 2 Sixth Period


Discussion of old and new counters:
さつ、Ｖｏｌｕｍｅｓ　ｏｆ　ｂｏｏｋｓ
本（ほん）、Ｌｏｎｇ　ｔｈｉｎ　ｔｈｉｎｇｓ
まい、Ｆｌａｔ　ｔｈｉｎｇｓ
だい、Ｍａｃｈｉｎｅｓ　ａｎｄ　ｃａｒｓ
　 ＿＿つ、“Ｉｎｄｉｇｅｎｏｕｓ　ｎｕｍｂｅｒｓ”

Practiced “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei. Remember, this is not a memorized conversation but a real one, in which neither party knows exactly what the other will say. You must know the vocabulary but be able to respond appropriately in the situation.

Store Sign (large and beautiful) was due today, but students argued and said it was due Friday..
Today we will practice counters again and dealt with money again—photos of Japanese money were distributed.
Whole market will happen on Friday, with store signs, store price lists, models of products. Class will divide in half, with one half buying while the other half sells, and then reverse.

店のリスト

でんき屋　　Quinton
パン屋　　　Camille
ペット屋　　　　Nora
本屋　　　　Alice
くつ屋　　　Ed
じどうしゃ屋　　Jason
ぶんぼうぐ屋　　Betty
おもちゃ屋　　　　Gavin
おかし屋　　　Nicole
デパート　　Perry
きっさ店　　Ami
ようせき屋　　Martina
八百屋　　　Darren　　（やおや）
はな屋　　　　Dashona
にく屋　　　Ray

New kanji stroke order for this lesson shown on board yesterday :

店　みせ　　
store or shop or place of business -- a noun that can stand by itself

屋　や　　　
this kanji never appears alone, but only in combination with other kanji – often used as a suffix to indicate “store”


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JAPANESE 4 and AP – Seventh period

***Some students have not yet perfomed their major cultural presentations. They must do so as soon as possible, or risk getting a zero for the assignment.****


Today students worked on stories in computer lab room 114. Below are guidelines. Students had a chance to look at ways to physically produce their books, after they are written. Students sent their work-in-progress to Sensei by email:

最後のプロジェクト
子供のための物語
１． Length: between 800 and 900 characters
２． Use the plain past verb conjugational form consistently
３． Must be an original story suitable for children, not a traditional Japanese tale or a story from another source.
４． Must be illustrated, but you need not draw yourself. You may use images from the Internet, for example.
５． If you want an extra copy, make an extra copy yourself. The original will stay with the Japanese program for use by future Japanese classes.
６． Story must be submitted as a whole at the end of the story, after the illustrated version that is interspersed with pictures.
７． Students must email day’s progress to Sensei every day that we work on the stories in class.
８． Stories must be written in the plain/informal past tense.
９． Completed stories will be due on June 4th. All must be present for reading out loud on June 9th, exam day.



All students have had the opportunity to read two folktales 昔話（むかしばなし）so that they can begin to think about the original children’s stories (which must be illustrated) of similar (or longer) length that they will be writing for their final projects.


[“Individual Assigned-Topic 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.”]

***Some students have not yet perfomed their major cultural presentations. They must do so as soon as possible, or risk getting a zero for the assignment.****Overall list is below – 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”