Dear Parents and Guardians of
Japanese 4A Students (3rd Period):
Thank you very much for coming to Back to School Night.
Unfortunately, I can’t be with you tonight because of a medical procedure
this afternoon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. This letter will give you information about
the Japanese 4A course.
Our curriculum is based on the most widely used college text series, Genki: An Integrated Course in Japanese,
3rd Edition , by Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako
Shinagawa, and Kyoko Takashiki. It was
published by The Japan Times Publishing Company in Tokyo in 2022. Japanese 4 A will cover the following
chapters:
Genki One chapters 11 and 12
Genki Two chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16
In accordance
with departmental policy, grades accumulate every quarter and are based on completion
of written homework/classwork (20%), participation/oral performances (30%),
projects (20%), and tests (30%).
Grading policy
A=90-100%
B=80-89%
C=70-79%
D=60-69%
F=below 60%
I accept late
work, within reason, i. e. not at the very end of the quarter. Late work
will receive a reduction of at least one letter grade. Any assignment not
yet handed in will show as 50% in Skyward until I receive it. I grade
homework and classwork on the basis of completion only, as I feel there should
be someplace where students are allowed to make mistakes and then learn from
them.
Extra
credit work will be accepted only after all other assignments have been
completed. Topics for extra credit work will be decided in consultation
with the student, in line with his or her interests regarding Japan and its
culture.
The best
way to reach me is by school email : crkimmel@oprfhs.org . If you wish, we can arrange a time for phone
consultation or for an in-person meeting.
You can see my daily online curriculum blog, accessible on cell phones
and home computers, at http://crbsk.blogspot.com
. It lists class activities
for each day, including homework assignments.
Course materials and links are also available on Classroom.
In the classroom, I expect the levels of courtesy and cooperation that I
experienced in Japan when I was a Japan Foundation Fellow and a research fellow
at Yokohama City University. I am
already impressed by the foreign language talent exhibited by this year’s
students.
宜しくお願いします。Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Carol Ruth Kimmel
Japanese language teacher
