May 21, 2010 An Eight Period Day

Friday, May 21, 2010 An Eight Period Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period


Performance of “Restaurant conversation”: 3 Kimono: Chapter 7

Personnel -- waiter and 2 or 3 customers – use neutral-polite when waiter speaks or when customers speak to waiter – use plain/informal when customers speak to each other.

Beautiful, clear menu (name of restaurant!) with prices -- must be handed in

conversation must be 2 typed pages in length (each individual in group must hand in bilingual script

First group: Sally C., Melisa C, Torri A.
Second group: Naomi M., DJ M., Karen Y.
Third Group: Jacoby J., Bundit T., Xindi S., Zack J.
Fourth Group: Esmeralda T., Susana S., Tyler L., Yasmin P.


Write the following verbs in a grid, as seen below: かりる、かす、出る、おきる、かえす、　来る、行く、　食べる、飲む

Verb Group ______Plain Aff. ---------Plain Neg---------Plain Volitional ____Polite Vol.

This was collected today. There will be a test on Monday on plain verb forms:

Gr. 2, かりる、かりない、かりよう、かりましょう
Ｇｒ．　１，かす、かさない、かそう、かしましょう
Ｇｒ．　２．でる、でない、でよう、でましょう
Ｇｒ．　２，おきる、おきない、おきよう、おきましょう
Ｇｒ．１、かえす、かえさない、かえそう、かえしましょう
Ｇｒ．３、来る（くる）、こない、こよう、きましょう
Ｇｒ．　１，行く、行かない、行こう、行きましょう
Ｇｒ．２，食べる、食べない、食べよう、食べましょう
Ｇｒ．１，飲む、飲まない、飲もう、飲みましょう






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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

In class today – typing/word-processing in Japanese, using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Sentences below:
Ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ　ｕｓｉｎｇ　ｋａｎｊｉ．

１． いい　お天気（てんき）の　空（そら）は　青い（あおい）　です。
２． でも　ぞう　の　目　は　小さい（ちいさい）　です。
３． 右　の　手　は　きたなくない　です。
４． 左　の　手　は　きたない　です。
５． 山田（やまだ）せんせい　の　玉子（たまご）は　おいしい　です。
６． 中川（なかがわ）さん　は　雨（あめ）が　すき　じゃ　ない　です。
７． 女の人　は　うみ　の　赤貝（あかがい）を　買いました（かいました）。
８． ヴェスヴィアス　火山（かざん）　は　あぶない　です　ね。
９． この　男の子　ｈ　虫（むし）と　へび　と　かえる　が　すき　です。
１０． うち　の　母（はは）　は　犬　と　としょかん　に　行きました。
１１． わたし　の　こくばん　は　白い（しろい）ホワイトボード　です。
１２． 日本　の　　森　と　林　は　竹　の　木　です。
１３． その　きもの　の　糸（いと）は　草（くさ）の　いろ
（Ｃｏｌｏｒ）です。
　　１４．ごぜん五時（ごじ）は　はやい　です。



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”

Performance of “store conversations” in pairs and with Sensei -- not a memorized conversation but a real one, in which neither party knows exactly what the other will say. Students had to 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 happened today, with store signs, store price lists, models of products. Class divided in half, with one half buying while the other half sells, and then reverse.

There will be a test on this chapter on Monday.

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

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Today students worked on stories with the laptop in room 110. 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 three 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.


STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ORALLY PRESENTED THEIR CULTURAL TOPICS MUST ARRANGE TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


[“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 made their major cultural presentations. 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”