September 12,2016 -- Monday
平成２８年９月１２日 -- 月曜日

               Dialogue # 1

Warm-up 2016.09.１２     Wednesday　　平成２８年９月１２日

日本語でかきます。Nihon-go de kakimasu. You will write (this) in Japanese, in ROOMAji.

GOJIRA:　Hello.  Your name?

Hello Kitty: 　　（It） is Hello Kitty.

GOJIRA:   Yes. Thank you.  I am GOJIRA.

Hello Kitty:   I have understood.

GOJIRA:   Excuse me, but （が）what is this-thing?

Hello Kitty:  It’s a white board

GOJIRA:  Is (it) a pencil?

Hello Kitty:  No, (it) is not a pencil.  (It) is a white board.

GOJIRA:  Yes.  I have understood.  Thank you.

Hello Kitty:  You’re welcome.  Well, later, OK?

GOJIRA:   (Formal)  good-bye.

Handout:  hiragana with dakuten worksheet from Kimono Level 1 Workbook

Discussion of voiced versus unvoiced consonants

ka  becomes ga     か、が

ki   becomes gi　　き、ぎ

ku becomes gu　　く、ぐ

ke becomes ge　け、げ

ko becomes go　こ、ご

sa becomes za　さ、ざ

shi  becomes ji　し、じ

su becomes zu　す、ず

se becomes ze　せ、ぜ

so becomes zo　そ、ぞ

Choral speaking of the dialogue in the warm-up.

Pair practice of the warm-up dialogue -- discussion of later performance parameters

Friday homework collected:  Four addition problems written out as sentences in Japanese and four phone numbers

Homework        shukudai　　しゅくだい　　　宿題

１．Finish dakuten work-sheet

２．Practice Dialogue #1 -- goal is memorization