May 4, 2010 A Block One day

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 A Block One Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

Review of verb groups I, II, and III.
Review of relational particle へ
Review of verb stem + に　with traveling verb (to go somewhere in order to do something)

Ｔｒａｖｅｌｉｎｇ　ｖｅｒｂｓ：　行く、来る、かえる、出る、出かける


Comprehensive quiz on chapter 3K6 took place today.


Continuing our work on uses of the plain form (besides speaking informally with your friends) class viewed NY Times website and read article about Broadway actress who is learning Japanese to play a role in “Chicago” in Tokyo.


Homework:
1. translate pages 90 – 93 in chapter 7 (new photo story) into English
2. write one-page summary of NY Times article







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JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。



Don’t forget sentence structure:

Time に Topic/subject は Destination に Traveling Verb

Time に Topic/subject は Direct Object を Active Verb

Dictation sentences:

１．うち　の　おとうと　は　じゅうどう　が　すき　です。

２．でも　ともだち　の　おとうと　さん　は　スポーツ　が　すき　で　は　ありません　（すき　じゃ　ない　です）。

３．ウィークエンド　に　うち　の　あね　は　あたらしい　プール　に　いきました。　

４．でも　ケンくん　の　おねえさん　は　かいもの　を　しました。

５．かいもの　は　つまらなかった　です。

After students listened to them and wrote them down and also wrote the English translation – overhead projection for self-correction.

Collected sentences about own family member compared with a friend’s family member (as written on poster). Collected summaries of NY Times article about Broadway actress who will perform in Tokyo, in Japanese, in Japanese production of “Chicago,” the musical.

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


Ｒｅｍｉｎｄｅｒ:

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

Three patterns:
＿＿て　も　いい　です　か。　Ｍａｙ　Ｉ？　　Ｉｓ　ｉｔ　ＯＫ　ｔｏ？
はい、＿＿て　は　いい　です。Yes, it is OK to…。
いいえ、＿＿て　は　だめ　です。No, it is forbidden to…

Students took a comprehensive test on chapter 2K6 today.

Class went over handout about sentence stretching or extending a sentence by adding words appropriately. Collected homework, which was to translate the example sentences and then create another sequence by expanding a new sentence in similar ways.

Collected the one page summary of New York Times article: information about a Broadway actress learning her part in the musical, “Chicago,” in order to perform it with a Japanese cast in Tokyo

Started Lesson 7 in 2 Kimono – buying and selling things. Listened to manga dialogue and repeated.
Homework:
1. write dialogue in English
2. Students will have to choose own store from the following list:

はなや　Flower shop　花や
本や　Book store
おかしや　Candy store　お菓子や
やおや　Grocery　八百や
にくや　Butcher shop　肉や
さかなや　Fish store　魚や
パンや　Bakery
ぶんぼうぐや　Stationery shop　文房具や
でんきや　Electrical appliances　電気や
ようふくや　Clothing store　洋服や
おもちゃや　Toy store　
ペットや　Pet store
デパート　Department store
きっさてん　Coffee shop　喫茶店
くつや　Shoe store　靴や
ゆうびんきょく　Post office　郵便局
ほうせきや　Jewelry 宝石屋
じどうしゃや　Car dealership　自動車や



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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

This class does not meet on Block One days.