Friday, August 21, 2015

August 21, 2015 -- Friday
平成二十七年八月二十一日 -- 金曜日


Warm-up
Read this little story and translate into English.  えいご で かきます。

1.          あの ひと の なまえ は スーパーマン です。
2.          じゅうご さい です。
3.          こうこう の にねんせい です。
4.          スーパーマン は バットマン の えいが が すき じゃ ありません。
5.          でも スポーツ が すき です。

6.          しちがつ に スーパーマン は 日本 に いきました。

Handouts:
Aisatsu from textbook Genki
article about O-bon in Japan from the Japan Times
August haiku by Shiki

Go over Superman story and Katakana worksheet and Genki textbook list of aisatsu and article from Japan Times

Teach Tanko-bushi, a dance for Bon Odori from Kyuushuu

August Haiku by Shiki                1876 -- 1902
 Shima areba                            島あれば
Matsu ari kaze no                   松あり風の
Oto suzushi                              音すずし

“If there are islands/  there are also pine trees and/  cool sounds of the wind.”

“Masaoka Shiki (September 17, 1867 – September 19, 1902) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori , but as a child he was called Tokoronosuke . Later, he changed his name to Noboru . 

Shiki was a strong advocate of modernization of Japanese poetry, introducing the terms haiku to replace stand-alone hokku, and tanka to replace the 31-mora waka.”
         http://www.poemhunter.com/masaoka-shiki/biography/ 
“Some features of Shiki’s haiku:
“Advocated for and used the technique of shasei or "sketch from life", with open and natural writing that made minute observations of his surroundings, and created emotion in his work by manipulating the images he found.
“Flexibility in allowing him to draw upon scenes in his memory.
“Often used alliteration [repetition of consonant sounds].
“Often used assonance [repetition of vowel sounds].
“Evoked emotion by apt juxtaposition of images” 


しゅくだい  AssignmentWrite the above haiku beautifully in hiragana and in English, and illustrate it in some way, in colorUse an unlined sheet of paper at least 8 ½ by 11 inches in size.


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