February 28, 2014 -- Friday　　
平成二十六年二月二十八日　－－　金曜日




Class as a whole went over the comprehensive test on Chapter 8

On board:
日　　Sun
目　　Eye
耳　　Ear
聞　　Hears



Students were issued blank 3x5 cards and rubber bands for making kanji flashcard packs  --- assignment this time was the set of kanji issued for Nakama Chapter 9


Dog -- Think of seeing the dog from in front．You can see his front feet, his head, his shoulders, and the tip of his tail over his shoulder. 犬

Cat --　毛　Hair (in radical form, it's often used to indicate an 'animal' meaning_
　　　　田　Field
　　　The top part, which looks like 2 10s close together　十十, means "grass"
　　　　The cat is the animal in the grass by the field. 猫


Short discussion of Hinamatsuri Festival, Girls Day, with handout and illustration of the hina-ningyu display.


The class discussed page 120 of the handout from Nakama Workbook -- relational particles




宿題　Homework:
1. Write kanji for cat　猫, dog　犬, and kanji　漢字 20 times each
2. finish yesterday's handout, page 121 in Nakama Workbook


Schmadeke Board:
かんじ　で　書いて　下さい
１．Now
２．１：３０
３．２：３０
４．Come
５．Return
６．Listen
７．Read
８．Write
９．Speak
１０．Drink

Kanji list for Nakama 9:


犬　　　　　猫
Dog 　　　　Cat

漢　　　　　字
Old China　　Orthography/letters

番
Number, order

忙しい
Busy

色
Color

々
Repitition marker
　　　（Examples: 人々　ひとびと　People)
　　　　　　　　　色々　いろいろ　Various)

赤　　青　　黄　　　緑　　　黒　　白
Red 　Blue　Yellow　Green　Black　White

茶
（Green) tea

February 27, 2014 -- Thursday
平成二十六年二月二十七日　－－　木曜日



The class went over Section A from the Nakama Workbook handout -- page 119


Kanji list for Nakama 9 was handed out:
犬　　猫

漢　　字

番

忙しい

色

々

赤　　青　　黄　　緑　　黒　　白

茶


On Board -- elements for generating a dialogue between a waiter and customers in a restaurant:


ウエター　　　　　　　　　　　　　おきゃくさん

何　を　食べます　か。　　　　　　＿＿＿＿　に　します。
飲みもの　は　　　　　　　　　　　私　は　＿＿＿＿　です。
ごちゅうもん　は　　　　　　　　　　こんにち　は
かしこまりました　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿＿　を　おねがい　します
いらっしゃいませ　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿　を　食べます。　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿　を　食べます。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿　が　あります　か。

Oral performances in pairs:
Abie and Emanuel
Kamran and Nick
Max and Kayla
Sean and Brandon
Eddie and ガミ
Hevannli, Kenzo, and Virginia

Students who have not yet performed the dialogue:
Riley, Freya, Alyssa


宿題　Homework:
Handout from page 121 of Nakama Workbook

February 26, 2014 -- Wednesday
平成二十六年二月二十六日



Verbally, the class went over the verb conjugations from yesterday's handout.


Then the class worked on pages 119 and 120 from the Nakama Workbook.  The following items were written on the board, to assist students in completing the work.

        B.  Possible relational particles:  は、を、に、で

　　　おねがい　します　＝　下さい
　　　わしょく　＝　日本　の　食べもの
　　　飲みもの　＝　Drinks


Handout from the Gekidan Shiki website, the Japanese theatrical company that does musicals in Japan -- inspired by the good review given OPRF HS's current production, Fiddler on the Roof.
http://www.shiki.jp/
　　　





宿題　Homework:

Be prepared, mentally, to act as either a waiter or a customer in a restaurant in Japan, ordering and taking orders.

February 25, 2014 -- Tuesday
平成二十六年二月二十五日　－－　火曜日


The class read the dialogue on pages 282 and 283 together, discussing various points.
     Special vocabulary
     (your) order                                 （ご）ちゅうもん
     (your honorable) residence　　　おたく
     my residence　　　　　　　　じたく
     to make a phone call　　　　　でんわ　を　かける
     to go to see　　　　　　　　　見　に　行く
     I'll have (food order)　　　　　＿＿＿＿　に　します
     now　　　　　　　　　　　　今　　いま
     to meet　　　　　　　　　　　会う　　あ（う）　カイ

Extra notes:
　Use　に　 before time indicators with a name or a number　（in sentences with active verbs):
　　　　　水曜日　に　高校　に　行きます。I will go to the high school on Wednesday.
　DO NOT USE　 に　before time indictors without a name or a number.
　　　　　今（いま）　私　は　食べて　います。I am eating now.
　Use　は　 if the time indicator is the subject of the sentence.
　　　　　あした　は　水曜日　です。Tomorrow is Wednesday.
　　　　　四月　は　はる　です。　April is (in) spring.

Verb tense practice using the handoug --

Nakama Ch 9.Verb tense practice:  日本語で書いて下さい。

Yesterday I ate dinner.　ました　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Tomorrow I will eat dinner.　ます　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

I eat dinner every day.　ます　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

I am eating dinner now.　――て　います

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Won’t you eat dinner (“together with me” いっしょ　に)?　ません　か

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Let’s eat dinner.　ましょう。

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Now write the same sequence of verb tenses for the following phrases on your own pieces of paper.  Write them in sentences exactly like the ones above.  Don't forget to skip lines.

コーヒー　を　飲む

バス　に　のる                                                              はこ　を　つつむ

スポーツ　を　する

音楽　を　聞く                                                              カレー　を　作る

うち　（じたく）に　帰る                                     テレビ　を　見る

 

宿題　Homework:

Complete the assignment above

Now write the same sequence of verb tenses for the following phrases on your own pieces of paper. Write them in sentences exactly like the ones above. Don't forget to skip lines.

コーヒー　を　飲む

バス　に　のる                       はこ　を　つつむ

スポーツ　を　する

音楽　を　聞く                     カレー　を　作る

うち（じたく）に　帰る             テレビ　を　見る

 

 

 

 

February 24, 2014 -- Monday
平成二十六年二月二十四日　－－　月曜日


Test on Nakama's Chapter 8.

After the test, students started the assignment written on the board, as follows:

「なかま」を　２８０，２８１ページ　読んで　下さい。

２８２－３　ページ　を　英語　で　書いて　下さい。



Other notes on board:　　　Pay attention to verb endings and tenses!

食べます　　　Eats, will eat
食べました　　Ate

見ます　　　　Sees/watches, will see/watch
見ました　　　Saw, watched


宿題：Homework

Complete the assignment started in class --

「なかま」を　２８０，２８１ページ　読んで　下さい。

２８２－３　ページ　を　英語　で　書いて　下さい。

February 21, 2014 -- Friday


Discussion of pre-test handout yesterday, with sentence order and placement of counters.

On board:

デパート　の　ふじん　ふく　うりば　に　スカート　が　十七（まい）あります　か。

かさ　を　三ぼん　見せて　下さい。


Handout: Japan Times article "Olympic champion Hanyu embraces role as hero to millions"
半夕　勇鶴　？？

"Sendai native displays maturity, humility that belies his years."

Shaun White 　ション・シャン　ホワイト

アメリカ　人　　　　　かんこく　人
ロシア　人　　　　　　ドイツ　人
イタリア　人　　　　　オランダ　人


Other notes:

せんしゅ　　　Athlete, player
中　なか　　　Inside, in
ぶんぼうぐ　　Stationery
ぜんぶ　で　　In all
いくら　　　　How much


宿題：Homework
月曜日　に　テスト　が　あります。
勉強　して　下さい。
Bring book to class on 月曜日

February 20, 2014 -- Thursday
平成二十六年二月二十日　－－　木曜日


Kimmel Sensei was absent.

Students received a "pre-test" for the upcoming Nakama 8 chapter test, with instructions to work on it in pairs and take it home for studying.

キメル先生の日本語の授業                        なまえ＿＿＿＿みょうじ＿＿＿＿＿

「なかま」第八課　Ｐｒｅ－ｔｅｓｔ                　　平成二十六年ニ月二十日

(17 copies -- no grade – work in pairs)

1. Translate the following Japanese items into English.　英語で書いて下さい。

ぶんぼうぐ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿  エレベーターの前　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

いくら      　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿    三百万円　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

つくえの中　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿  しょくひん　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

作る　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿___＿＿　買います＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

どこ　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　始まる　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

B,  日本語で書いて下さい,  using kanji wherever possible.

Men’s clothing ________________________       fish __________________________

Expensive ____________________________     socks ________________________

In all  _______________________                   1  (indigenous number) _______________

3. What does this Japanese trick sentence mean in English?

ココナツ　を　九つ　ください。　

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

       Write the pronunciation below in ローマじ

____________________________________________________________________

Ｄ．Write the sentences below and on the other side in Japanese (hiragana, katakana, kanji):  Remember   KIMMEL’S FIRST LAW  =  (THE VERB COMES LAST)  3 times

Underlined words should be written in kanji.

“Are there 17 skirts in the department store’s women’s department?”

_____________________________________________________________________

“Show me three blue umbrellas, please.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“The penguin gets up at 7:30 a.m. every day.

_____________________________________________________________________

“The polar bear likes neckties from North Pole Department Store.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“Olympic athletes don’t sleep at 11:00 p.m.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“There are 7 old dogs behind the new escalator.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“The store clerk is wrapping the big present.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“The Japanese student and the American student are friends.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“The music department is on the 6^th floor.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“I eat lunch in the first basement level.”

_____________________________________________________________________

“The movie will end at 9:15.”

_____________________________________________________________________

February 19, 2014 -- Wednesday
平成二十六年二月十九日　－－　水曜日

Kimmel Sensei was absent.

Students were assigned a reading from the Japan Times -- see link below.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/17/national/translating-western-plays-for-japanese-audiences/　


Students were assigned to write 4 paragraphs summarizing the article.  In addition, they were told to write every Japanese word in the article, including names, in the Japanese writing system.  This assignment was to be handed in to the substitute teacher at the end of the class.

February 18, 2014 -- Tuesday (Monday was President's Day, observed)
平成二十六年二月十八日　－－　火曜日

Kimmel Sensei was absent.　 びょうき　でした。

The following materials were left for the substitute teacher to give to students --

The students expected to take a test today on Chapter 8.  Instead, they will have more time to study.  Here are review items for comprehensive test.　　Students may use their textbooks, their notes, and handouts in studying.   They should make flash cards for these items and then write sentences, underlining the items that they have used. 　Flash cards can be returned to the box at the front of the room or taken home for studying. The sentences should be handed in to the substitute teacher at the end of class.

Please make 17 copies of the list below and hand a list to each student.

前　　　後ろ　　　起きる　　　作る　　　　始まる　　　終わる　　

右　　　左　　　　友達　　　　音楽              食べる　　　聞く

古い　　寝る　　　新しい　　　魚　　　　　映画　　　五輪大会　　　　

写真　　宿題　　　買う　　　　見る　　　　飲む            英語

聞く　　十　　　　百　　　　　千　　　　　万　　　　　

円　　　見せる 　出る(で)　　　出す（だ）　話す　　　　

セーター　　　　　ジーンズ　　　　　ズボン　　　　　

トレーナー　　　　くつ　　　　　　　くつした

スカート　　　　　かさ　　　　　　　ジャケット

ネクタイ　　　　　かばん　　　　　　コート

ふじん　ふく　うりば                             ぶんぼうぐ

しょくひん　うりば                                 しんし　ふく　うりば

いっらっしゃいませ                               いくら　

はこ、つつむ                                           ぜんぶ　で

てんいん                                                   アクセサリー

のる

ほっきょく　デパート                              ペンギン　と　しろくま

ちかいっかい　　　　　　　　　　　　いっかい、にかい

宿題：Homework

Study for the test.

February 14, 2014 -- Friday -- Valentine's Day

平成二十六年二月十四日

 

Computer lab lesson

Research the following items:

１．            Song:  Kutsu ga naru (lyrics in Japanese and English)

２．            Song: Yuuyake koyake (lyrics in Japanese and English)

３．            Song: Toryanse (lyrics in Japanese and English)

４．            Poem: information about Ransatsu and his haiku, 　

        梅一輪　（うめ　いち　りん）

Write these items out and hand them in at the end of class or Tuesday.  (Also, send the document as an attachment by email)

 

Homework:

Study for comprehensive test on Nakama Chapter 8, including number and other kanji, department store vocabulary, clothing and adjectives on page 242, and the dialogue on pages 245 and 246

 

 

 

 

February 13, 2014 -- Thursday
平成二十六年二月十三日　－－　木曜日

Go over　ペンギン　の　友達 story, and write answers to questions on the board.

Making valentines for バレンタインズ・デー

Use one poem, one sentence, the kanji for love   愛　And
バレンタインズ・デー　おめでとう

Love (Valentine) Poems in Japanese (tanka, haiku)

たそがれ    の  

水路  に  似たる                                       すいろ　に　にたる

 心   あり                                                   こころ　あり

 和らかき   夢  の                                     やわらかき    ゆめ　の

一人   流れる                                   ひとり   ながれる

in my heart, something resembling a canal at twilight,

a dream soft and fragile, drifting above the stream

                                                               北原  はくしゅう

 

 

春   の  恋                                         はる     の   こい

気違い    私                                               きちがい   わたし

眠れません                                               ねむれません

Love in spring, crazy me can't sleep

 

                  

遠く   から                                                とおく　から

燕   聞こえる                                   つばめ   きこえる

愛   の   歌                                       あい  の    うた

from far away, I can hear the swallows, songs of love

 

君  の  愛                                          きみ 　の     あい

広い海  の   よう                               ひろい    うみ　の　よう

渡れれば                                          わたれれば

心   の   船   に                                  こころ  の   ふね　に

乗らなければ、ね                         　のらなければ

your love, like the wide sea; if I  want to cross,

I must climb into the ship of my heart

 

何  が   いい                                     なに　が　いい

この   世    暗くて                           この　よ　くらくて

月  の   上                                         つき      の　うえ

雪   が   きんきら                                     ゆき　が　きんきら

心   の   笑顔                                    こころ    の　 えがお

what things are good in this dark world? 

The moon above, the glittering snow, smiles of the heart

 

 

Valentine’s Day -- Liking and Loving

わたし　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　が　すき　です。I like………

わたし　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　が　だいすき　です。I like … a lot.

わたし　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　を　あい　して　います。I love………

おとうさん                おかあさん                おばあさん                ともだち

father                           mother                         grandmother                friend

チョコレート                        アイス･クリーム      アメフット                バスケット

chocolate                     ice cream                     football                                    basketball

おんがく                    ダンス                                    どっくしょ                ビデオ･ゲーム

music                           dance                           reading                         video games

 

 

 

 

 

来週の火曜日はテストです。勉強、勉強、勉強！The　Chapter 8 test will be Tuesday of next week. Study, study, study!

 

あした　みな　は　コンピューター・ラブ　に　行きます。

 

 

宿題　Homework

 

Finish the valentine, as per instructions, and hand in.