May 5, 2010 A Block Two Day

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 A Block Two Day








JAPANESE 3 -- First period

This class does not meet on Block One days.





JAPANESE 1 – Fifth period。

Class heard discussion of Children’s Day (previously Boy’s Day), which takes place on May 5th every year in Japan. Guest speaker was Ms. Joy Dickson, who brought display items and handouts to illustrate how the holiday is celebrated.

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


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


Class heard discussion of Children’s Day (previously Boy’s Day), which takes place on May 5th every year in Japan. Guest speaker was Ms. Joy Dickson, who brought display items and handouts to illustrate how the holiday is celebrated.


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…


Started Lesson 7 in 2 Kimono – buying and selling things. Listened to manga dialogue and repeated.
Homework postoned to Friday:
1. write dialogue in English


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
Ray hasn't yet chosen a shop.

Indicate new kanji for this lesson:

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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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




Pages 168 and 169 (short Cultural Perspective Presentation) – Japanese Houses) in “Strive for a Five”、prepare to give a 2 minute speech
The following students gave their speeches: Amy Z., Tommy Y., Azriel W., Johnny Cheng, Jenny J.

The following students gave their presentations this past Monday: Connie Y., Lalita A., Mike S., Elizabeth A.

AP Students worked further with items from “Strive for a Five” – reading, listening portions. Also listened to CD of sample student efforts in answering AP questions

AP Japanese test will take place on Thursday, May 6th, beginning at 12 noon, in the computer lab in room 114.

Jpn 4 students read two folktales 昔話（むかしばなし）so that they could begin to think about the original childdren’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.”]

Cultural topics chosen for major 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”