October 2, 2015 -- Friday
平成二十七年十月二日　－－　金曜日

Class went over homework from yesterday:
Exercise A from pp 188-189 of Nakama and page 83 from Nakama Workbook (kara "therefore" and ga "but")

Autumn Haiku　　　あき　の　はいく

First line:  5 syllables

Second line:  7 syllables

Third line: 5 syllables

Each full size hiragana is a syllable, as is small tsu.  Small ya, yu, and yo are not syllables

Write 3 haiku　日本語　で,  on unlined paper, each one using at least two of the following　日本語 Japanese words

Maple                            かえで

Ivy                                 つた

Pine                               まつ

Red                                あかい

Yellow                           きいろい

Brown                           ちゃいろい

Red-maple                     もみじ

Mountain                      やま　　山

Moon                            つき　　月

Add color and appropriate decoration and えい語 English translation.  Must be written on unlined paper, on one side only.

Vocabulary on the board, requested by students:

Color                いろ

Leaf, leaves      は、はっぱ

To fall　　　　おちる

Grass　　　　くさ

To die　　　　しぬ

To die 

　(more polite、more poetic)　なくなる

Near, nearby　ちかい、ちかく

Wind　　　　かぜ

To change (by itself)　かわる

Snow　　　　ゆき

宿題　　しゅくだい

Finish the 3-haiku project, above, and hand it in on Monday, 

月曜日