November 4, 2016 -- Friday
平成２８年１１月４日（よっか）－－きんようび


Counting/listing days of the week!


Tourist video re.: Akita Prefecture, in Japanese

Video re.: Jerome White Jr., 
known in Japan as    ジェロ　JERO      .  
Born in Pittsburgh, now a famous enka singer in Japan.


しゅくだい　　宿題　　Homework
べんきょう！

November 3, 2016 -- Thursday

Kimmel Sensei was absent

1.     Students  should translate the Japanese monologue below into English.   If they wish, they may use their textbooks, their hiragana charts, and their notes  while working.　Handouts are included in the red folder

こんにち　は　――　わたし　は　たなか　けん　です。

はじめまして

よこはま　こうこう　の　にねんせい　です。

じゅうろく　さい　です。

よこはま　から　きました。        にほんじん　です。

わたし　の　ともだち　は　おとこ　の　こ　です。

これ　は　ともだち　の　おおきい　えんぴつ　です。

どうぞ　よろしく。

2.     Students may continue to work on their “Iroha Project,” which will be due on Friday.

しゅくだい　　宿題　　Homework

Iroha　Project   due   Friday

November 2, 2016 -- Wednesday
平成２８年１１月２日（ふつか）　－－　すいようび

Opening of class session with formal greetings, verbs for exercise, and types of counting

                                                                   Years-old

                                                                   Years-in-school

                                          

                         Months

                                   

Songs:  “Umi” (ocean

)  traditional song with adjectives

                                           “The Hiragana Song” to famous American  melody, to teach order of hiragana for dictionary usage

                       

            Warm-up: Writing in hiragana of adjectives big, wide, numerous, blue

                                                   ひろい、おおきい、おおい、

あおい

                      

             Passing out outline forms and drawing rough form on the board

                                 

  Discussion in Japanese as students supply name, age, year in school, where imaginary person comes from,

                                           

nationality, and presentation of owned object

                                   

Students write sentences related to jointly-invented outline person

                                   

Handout about Iroha poem, plus handout of genkoyoshi special squared paper

                                   

Assignment is to write Iroha properly on squared paper, in color, with appropriate decoration  

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                                   Writing about imaginary person, on sheet with outline

                                   Iroha poem-writing assignment on squared paper

宿題　しゅくだい　　Homework:

Work on iroha writing project, to be handed in on Friday

November 1, 2016 --　Tuesday
平成２８年１１月１にち（ついたち）－－　かようび


Nakama Chapter 2 mid-way practice test was taken during this period.   Afterward, students wrote the following　ひらがな words　ROOMAじ　で.

（お）ぼうし　　Hat
おおべん　　　　Oven
ねこ　　　　　　Cat
まじょ　　　　　Witch
わん　　　　　　Bowl
こな　　　　　　Flour
ばたあ　　　　　Butter
たまご　　　　　Egg
かぼちゃ　　　　Pumpkin/squash
かっぷ　　　　　Cup
かっぷけえき　　Cupcake


しゅくだい　　宿題　Homework
Finish まじょ　Page with writing

October 28, 2016 --  Friday
平成28年10月28日　　　　きんようび

Warm-up  

Be ready to answer the following questions when I、 せんせい、come around to ask you。

くに　の　なまえ　names of 4 countries　にほんご　で in Japanese.

1.                            2.                                 3.                                 4.

ひと　 4 people who are citizens of those countries    にほんご　で in Japanese

1                            2.                                 3.                                 4.

Say short sentence telling where you have come from.　どこ　から　きました　か。

Ask the question ‘what is “ this object” ?’                  Answer what the object is.    

Students do their じこ　しょうかい　self-introductions, wearing their どうぶつ　の　めんmasks.



しゅくだい　宿題　Homework
Hand in written versions of self-introductions tomorrow.
べんきょう、べんきょう　Study!

October 27, 2016 -- Thursday
平成２８年１０月２７日　－－　もくようび


Warm-up

なまえ____＿＿みょうじ＿＿＿＿＿＿ばんごう＿＿

ワーム・アップ　平成２８年１０月２７日　　　もくようび

あき　の　たべもの　　　　　Autumn foods　　

ろおまじ　で　かきます。　えいご　で　かきます。　

You will write the phrases in ROOMAじ　and English.

しまうま　の　なす　_________＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

くま　の　さつまいも　_____＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

とら　の　まつたけ　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

きりん　の　くり　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿




Sample self-introduction   じこうしょうかい

よみます。　You will read (it).　えいご　で　かきます。（On a separate piece of paper, you will write (it) in English.）  You may use a chart, if necessary.

はじめまして。

ぼく　は　あすとろ　ぼい　です。

おおさか　から　きました。

にほんじん　です。               じゅうろく　さい　です。

こうこう　の　にねんせい　です。

これ　は　ぼく　の　にほんご　の　ほん　です。

どうぞ　よろしく。

Vocabulary on board (but I remind you that you should be using the vocabulary from the lesson, that is, Chapter 2 of Nakama

ふしぎな　くに　　　　　　　　　　　　　しまうま　の　わくせい
Wonderland  ("strange country")        Zebra's Planet

しゅくだい　　　宿題　　　Homework

Work on your じこうしょうかい　Self-introduction with mask...
DUE　MONDAY!!　　You must wear your mask and speak as your character.  You must hand in a written version of your self-introduction.  If your self-introduction is memorized, it will get a higher grade.

October 26, 2016 -- Wednesday
平成２８年１０月２６日　－－　すいようび

Vocabulary:　単語　たんご： Write in ROOMAji

おばけ 　　ゆうれい         まじょ        こわい　かぼちゃ　おばけやしき

ghost       spirit           witch       scary    pumpkin     haunted house

「  」　　　言いました　　　　　　　って             ゆうかい

quotation   said  (formal)          said (informal)   　　　ghost, apparition,

marks                                           　　　　　　spirit  (archaic)     





Appropriate to the season:　
「まじょ　の　たっきゅうびん」　
まじょ　Witch　
ねこ　Cat　
まち　Town　　
ぱんや　Bakery　
ほうき　Broom


しゅくだい　　宿題　　Homework
Hand in yesterday's classwork and today's warm-up tomorrow.