December 7, 2915 -- Monday
平成二十七年十二月七日　－－　月曜日


Japanese film about O-bentou culture

Review of Nakama Chapter 7 vocabulary

宿題　しゅくだい：

勉強！べんきょう！

December 4, 2015 -- Friday
平成二十七年十二月四日　－－　金曜日


Students worked on the student survey and the final oral presentation, whose directions are below

Nakama  Chapter 7 (and) original final dialogue activity

Nihon no ryuu-gakusei （exchange student） and OPRF gakusei meet for the first time. They introduce themselves to each other. They talk about what interests them, especially school, hobbies, sports, music, and foods.

Students must use as many as possible of the combined kanji expressions and vocabulary from Nakama Chapter 7.  Students should use the following grammatical forms:

Dictionary forms of verbs plus relational particle no when talking about things they like to do.

Comparative expressions:  …no hou ga…yori

Superlative expressions: 

　　　　　…no naka de,  …ga ichi-ban  --- desu.

De で– by means of

Dialogue must be two pages (typed) in Japanese, with　えい語 English translation and ローマじRŌMAji 　added on afterward.

Use ONLY the vocabulary in Nakama, and as much of the vocabulary in Nakama Chapter 7 as possible.  In addition:  

1) No alcohol, drug or gang references,

2) No violence,

3) Nothing mean about anyone in OPRF;

Scripts and oral performance (memorized as much as possible) are  due on exam day for this class, December 16^th or 17^th, 2015

宿題　会話　電話　電車　勉強　金魚　肉　英語

Oral semester final dialogue assignment

Nakama  Chapter 7 (and) original final dialogue activity

Nihon no ryuu-gakusei （exchange student） and OPRF gakusei meet for the first time. They introduce themselves to each other. They talk about what interests them, especially school, hobbies, sports, music, and foods.

Students must use as many as possible of the combined kanji expressions and vocabulary from Nakama Chapter 7.  Students should use the following grammatical forms:

Dictionary forms of verbs plus relational particle no when talking about things they like to do.

Comparative expressions:  …no hou ga…yori

Superlative expressions: …no naka de,  …ga ichi-ban  --- desu.

De で– by means of

Dialogue must be two pages (typed) in Japanese, with　えい語 English translation and ローマじRŌMAji 　added on afterward.

Use ONLY the vocabulary in Nakama, and as much of the vocabulary in Nakama Chapter 7 as possible.  In addition:  

1) No alcohol, drug or gang references,

2) No violence,

3) Nothing mean about anyone in OPRF;

Scripts and oral performance (memorized as much as possible) are  due on exam day for this class, December 16^th or 17^th, 2015

宿題　会話　電話　電車　勉強　金魚　肉　英語

December 3, 2015 -- Thursday
平成二十七年十二月三日　－－　木曜日

Warm-up  2015.12.03  平成二十七年十二月三日　－－　木曜日

Nakama Chapter 7 -- この 英語　の　会話 を　日本語　で　書きます　か?

1. A-san:  My (most liked) favorite (subject) at the high school is Japanese.

2. B-san:  Really (truly) ?  Me too.  And I prefer (like better) French language to (than) English language.

3. A-san:  I hate French.  However, I prefer club (クラブ) meetings to homework and study(ing).  And I like to talk/speak on the (by) phone.

４．B-san：Me too.  After high school　(の　あと　で）I will make a phone call to my friends.  We will meet at a Japanese restaurant.  Together (we) will eat meat and fish (and other things).  Please come.  We will talk/speak about (の　こと）hobbies/interests. 


Review and explanation of two kanji with the same pronunciation, えい。
英語　の　英　－－　England ("grass" radical)
映画　の　映　－－　To project (with light from the "sun")
                [央 by itself means "center"]

Pages 218-219  of Nakama as practice and partial model for oral portion of final

宿題　しゅくだい
1. work on dialogue
2. 勉強、勉強、べんきょう

Nakama Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Nakama Chapter 7 Vocabulary

しゅみ                                    写真（をとる）                    りょうり（をする）

Hobby, interest                       photo (to take)                                    cuisine/cooking (to do)

およぎます（およぐ）        おんがく                                うたう（うたいます）

Swims (to swim)                     music                                       to sing,  sings

やきゅう                                りょこう（をする）            山（やま）

Baseball                                   travel (to do)                           mountain

アメフット                            バスケット（ボール）        ジョギング（をする）

American football                   basketball                                Jogging (to do)

ボーリング（をする）        ハイキング（をする）        ゴルフ

Bowling (to do)                      hiking (to do)                          golf

スキー（をする）                車（くるま）                        ドライブ（をする）

Ski-ing (to do)                         car, wheeled vehicle                driving (to do)

たんじょうび                        パーティー                            ギター（をひく）

Birthday                                  party                                        guitar (to play)

飲みもの                                食べもの                                おちゃ

Drinks (of all kinds)                Food                                　　green tea

おいしい                                魚（さかな）                        にんじん

Delicious                                 fish                                          carrot

きゅうり                                やさい                                    たまご

Japanese cucumber                  vegetables                               egg

レタス                                    お水（みず）                        しょくじ（をする）

Lettuce                                     water                                       meal (to have/eat)

しちめんちょう                    あし                                        コーラ

Turkey                                     foot/leg                                    Coke

                                                こうちゃ                                じゃがいも

                                                black (“red”) tea                      potato

たまねぎ                                ピーマン                                りんご

(round) onions                         green pepper                            apple

うんどう（をする）            アエロビックス                   

Exercise (to do)                       aerobics                                  

           

おんがく　の　タイプ        Types of music

ロック                        Rock

クラシック                Classical

ポップス                    Pop

ジャズ                        Jazz

電車（でんしゃ）                                        写真（しゃしん）

(electric) train                                                  photo

魚（さかな）                                                肉（にく）

Fish                                                                 meat

映画（えいが）                                            勉強（べんきょう）をする

Movie                                                              study　(to do)

宿題（しゅくだい）をする                        電話（でんわ）をかける

Homework      (to do)                                     telephone　(to make a call)

車（くるま）                                                英語（えいご）

Car, wheeled vehicle                                       English language

December 2, 2015 -- Wednesday
平成二十七年十二月二日　－－　水曜日

ワーム・アップ

三　X 　かんじ　で　一　X  ひらがな　で、一　X　英語　で：

日本語                      勉強

電話                           電車　

会話



Students practiced saying which (famous) cats and dogs they liked, and then expressed preferences between pairs.

Nakama Chapter 7 Vocabulary

しゅみ                                    写真（をとる）                    りょうり（をする）

Hobby, interest                       photo (to take)                          cuisine/cooking (to do)

およぎます（およぐ）        おんがく                                うたう（うたいます）

Swims (to swim)                     music                                       to sing,  sings

やきゅう                                りょこう（をする）            山（やま）

Baseball                                   travel (to do)                           mountain

アメフット                            バスケット（ボール）        ジョギング（をする）

American football                   basketball                                Jogging (to do)

ボーリング（をする）        ハイキング（をする）        ゴルフ

Bowling (to do)                      hiking (to do)                          golf

スキー（をする）                車（くるま）                        ドライブ（をする）

Ski-ing (to do)                         car, wheeled vehicle                driving (to do)

たんじょうび                        パーティー                            ギター（をひく）

Birthday                                  party                                        guitar (to play)

飲みもの                                食べもの                                おちゃ

Drinks (of all kinds)               Food                                　　green tea

おいしい                                魚（さかな）                        にんじん

Delicious                                 fish                                          carrot

きゅうり                                やさい                                    たまご

Japanese cucumber                  vegetables                               egg

レタス                                    お水（みず）                        しょくじ（をする）

Lettuce                                     water                                       meal (to have/eat)

しちめんちょう                    あし                                        コーラ

Turkey                                     foot/leg                                    Coke

                                                こうちゃ                                じゃがいも

                                                black (“red”) tea                      potato

たまねぎ                                ピーマン                                りんご

(round) onions                         green pepper                            apple

うんどう（をする）            アエロビックス                   

Exercise (to do)                       aerobics                                  

           

おんがく　の　タイプ        Types of music

ロック                        Rock

クラシック                Classical

ポップス                    Pop

ジャズ                        Jazz

電車（でんしゃ）                                        写真（しゃしん）

(electric) train                                                  photo

魚（さかな）                                                肉（にく）

Fish                                                                 meat

映画（えいが）                                            勉強（べんきょう）をする

Movie                                                              study　(to do)

宿題（しゅくだい）をする                        電話（でんわ）をかける

Homework      (to do)                                     telephone　(to make a call)

車（くるま）                                                英語（えいご）

Car, wheeled vehicle                                       English language


宿題　しゅくだい
①　Look at vocabulary list above and make flash cards
②　Look at pages 218 and 218 in Nakama -- oral final will be original dialogue based on these two pages.

December 1, 2015 -- Tuesday
平成二十七年十二月一日　－－　火曜日

Warm-up.2015.12.01

えい語　で　何　です　か。

①            日本　で　一ばん　ながい　電車　は　何　です　か。

②             けいたい（Cell phone）の中で　一ばん　

きれいな　写真　は　何　です　か。

③           せかい（World）で　日本語　は　一ばん　

むずかしい　です　か。

Demonstration of superlative (superheroes) followed by demonstration of comparative

Nakama Chapter 7 – Superlatives and comparatives

   

Superlative – best, most

Category　の　中　で　＿＿＿　は　一ばん＿＿＿です。

                                           Noun                           adjective

In the category, X-noun is the most/best adjective.

くに　の　中　で　カナダ　は　一番（ばん）ひろい　です。

Among countries, Canada is the widest/biggest/most spacious.

Comparative – better, more

Ａ　の　ほう　が　Ｂ　より　＿＿＿＿　です。

Ａ－noun is more/better adjective than B-noun.

オーストラリア　の　ほう　が　フランス　より　ひろい　です。

Australia is wider/bigger/more spacious than France.

下の文書（ぶんしょ）を読みますか。　　　　     分かりますか。

Will you read the sentences below?             　   Do you understand [them]?

二月　の　方（ほう）　が　三月　より　さむい　です。

くだもの　の　中　で　りんご　は　一番（ばん）おいしい　です。

花（はな）　の　方（ほう）　が　木　より　きれい　です。

色（いろ）　の　中　で　あお　が　一番（ばん）　すき　です。

ケーキ　の　方（ほう）　が　ラーメン　より　おいしい　です。

食べもの　の　中　で　デザート　が　一ばん　おいしい　です。

赤（あか）　の　方　が　白　より　すごい　です。

色（いろ）の中で　むらさき　は　一番（ばん）すばらしい　です。

宿題　しゅくだい

①　Translate the handout above

②　Write each of the following 5 kanji 10 times each:

　　　　映

　　　　画

　　　　勉

　　　　強

　　　　肉