October 30, 2013 -- Wednesday
平成二十五年十月三十日　－－　水曜日


A. しろばん　で
homework   しゅくだい　ーーー宿題　    inn plus topic/title/theme　
train            でんしゃ　   ーーー電車        electric plus car
telephone    でんわ　    ーーー電話         electric plus speak/talk
Directions:  write each word five times, using the compound kanji expressions above.


B. There was some discussion of the verb practice sheets that were yesterday's in-class and homework assignment.


C. Students were allowed time to work on their original dialogues.
Assigned pairs:
Hevannli and Eddie
Emanuel and Kamran
Kenzo and Freya
Abie and Virginia
Brandon and Kayla
Max and Bryn
Alyssa and Riley
Jack (GUMI) and Nick
Sean and Wilson

Guidelines for dialogue were handed out again, and discussed.

   "Original Dialogue #1 – Guidelines

   "Imagine a dialogue between the brother and sister in the film Happy Family Game.”  Think of them as calling each other on their cell phones to talk about what they are doing and what family members are doing.  Your dialogue should include question words like who, what, where, and why.  The brother and sister should use the –te imasu form at least some of the time.  You should find a way for the dialogue to tell us what month it is, what day of the week, and what time of day the conversation is taking place.  Each partner in the dialogue should have a complete written script of the dialogue, both in Japanese (including hiragana, katakana, kanji that you know) and in English, to be handed in when the project is over.  Use only vocabulary you have already learned or vocabulary you find in Nakama.  Your dialogue can be fanciful or imaginative, but it may NOT refer to violence, drugs, or gang activities.  You may not denigrate any person or group or religion.
You will perform the dialogue twice.  The first time you may read the script.  The second time, you must perform it from memory.  Maximum length – 2 pages, typewritten.
   "Suggested vocabulary: 

   "question words, foods, drinks, sports, music, hobbies,  terms for family members (page 316 of Nakama), school subjects, kinds of stores

Some boys' names:  男の人  の  なまえーーひかる、よしたろう、けんじ、よし、ゆうきち、
                                                                         たろう、いちたろう
Some girls' names:   女の人  の  なまえーーようこ、あいこ、みちこ、えみ、ゆうこ、ひさよ、
                                                                        ゆきこ、のえみ


宿題　Homework:
Continue to work on the dialogues.  First performance (with script in hand) will take place
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