January 5, 2016 -- Tuesday
平成二十八年一月五日　－－　火曜日

2016. First Writing in Japanese    Hatsubumi

Write the following haiku on the squared paper as carefully and beautifully as you can.

Yamaguchi Seishi
山口誓子, やまぐち せいし

（1901.11.03 - 1994.03.26）

雪敷きて 海に近寄る こともなし
yuki shikite umi ni chikayoru koto mo nashi

a carpet of snow
keeping me from going close
to the ocean's edge

Composed 1941

わが息のかすかに白く生きるはよし 
waga iki no kasuka ni shiroku ikiru wa yoshi

my own breath
is slightly white -
good to be alive 

Students learn new song, the new song for our sister school, Noshiro Shouyou Koukou

Two questions, to which students are to answer with 3 sentences, each, then exchange papers and verbally report out.

ふゆ　やすみ　に　何　を　しました　か。

①

②

③

ふゆ　やすみ　に　何　を　しませんでした　か。

①

②

③

Examples on board:

サカイ　さん　は　ベビーシッター　を　しました。

さる　は　バナナ　を　食べました。

宿題　しゅくだい

Write up your partner's answers to the questions above.  If you never received a partner's answer, Write as if writing for a family member or friend.  Skip lines.  Write なまえ、みょうじ、ばんごう。