March 16, 2020 -- Monday -- First day of the hiatus

令和二年三月十六日　－－　月曜日


Dear Students,   学生　へ

I miss seeing your faces!  But I am glad that we can be connected by email and by this blog.  We are still a group.  And you are all friends.

仲間　　　なかま　　a group, especially a friendly group

友達　　　ともだち　friend

友人　　　ゆうじん　friend (formal)

皆さん、お体を大切にして下さい。
みなさん、おからだ　を　たいせつ　に　して　ください。
Please take care of your health, everybody.

All students, please go to the link below and read about this outstanding artist, Noda Tetsuya.  I think he has an exhibition now at the Art Institute, but we can't go see him at the moment. 😢

https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9424/noda-tetsuya-my-life-in-print

You will see that his art chronicles his own life, with images and dates.

This artist inspires our underlying assignment for this week of hiatus.

 Choose an image each day (not from the article), and write about it in Japanese.  You should write 5 complete sentences each day with some connection to the image.

Put all five days of images and sentences into a single document and send it to me by email on Friday. You will see that Japanese 3-4 and Japanese 5-6 should focus on different areas of vocabulary and grammar. .

If you can type Japanese fonts, type the document.

 If you can't type Japanese fonts, write by hand, scan the document, and attach it to the email you will send me on 金曜日.  If you can't scan it, send me an email and I will give you a street address to send it to.

Also, I will give you short grammar and reading practice sheets as well, on some days.

We will go over all these things when we get back together again.

Japanese 3-4

You should use as much of Nakama Chapter 8 vocabulary (and as many of the kanji from the Chapter 8 kanji sheet, which I will email to you) for this assignment as possible.  There's a lot about clothing, department stores, prices high and low, and counters for various items, for example.  Maybe we shouldn't go to crowded stores now, but we can imagine where we would go and what we would buy and how much things would cost (expensive or inexpensive).

宿題　　しゅくだい　　Homework

.1. Find a relevant image for today and write 五つ　の complete sentences 日本語　で.
2. Practice writing each of the following kanji and kanji words 5 times:

            友達　　ともだち　　Ｆｒｉｅｎｄ
　　　音楽　　おんがく　　Ｍｕｓｉｃ
　　　新聞　　しんぶん　　Ｎｅｗｓｐａｐｅｒ

       




Japanese 5-6

You should use as much of Nakama Chapter 10 vocabulary (and as many of the kanji from the Chapter 10 kanji sheet, which I will email to you) for this assignment as possible.  There's a lot about family members and descriptions of people's appearance and personalities, for example.  Maybe we can't meet our school friends right now, and maybe we can't travel to see family members far away, but we can think about them, imagine what they are doing, and describe them.

 宿題　　しゅくだい　　Homework

1. Find a relevant image for today and write 五つ　の complete sentences 日本語　で.
2. Practice writing each of the following kanji and kanji words 5 times:

           名前　　　   なまえ　　　      Name
　　   元気（な）　げんき（な）     Energetic, well, healthy
　　   買い物　　　かいもの　　     Shopping