January 11, 2015 -- Monday
平成二十八年一月十一日　－－　月曜日

Nakama Chapter 8

Write the following かんじ　の　 numbers　 in 英語.

1.  三十一 （さんじゅういち） =

2.  五十四 （ごじゅうよん）=

3.  七十七 （ななじゅうなな）=

4.  二十 （にじゅう） =

5.  五百二　（ごひゃくに）=

Write the following 英語 numbers in ひらがな  and then in  かんじ  .

6.  365 =

7.  8,010 =

8. 40,123 =

Extra Notes

Numbers smaller or less than 1

Vocabulary

1.  零 【れい】 - zero

2.  ゼロ - zero

3.  マル - circle; zero

4.  点 【てん】 - period; point

5.  マイナス - minus

Zero in Japanese is 「零」 but 「ゼロ」 or 「マル」 is more common in modern Japanese. There is no special method for reading decimals, you simply say 「点」 for the dot and read each individual number after the decimal point. Here's an example:

·         0.0021 = ゼロ、点、ゼロ、ゼロ、二、一。

For negative numbers, everything is the same as positive numbers except that you say 「マイナス」 first.

·         マイナス二十九 = -29

宿題　しゅくだい
勉強、勉強　して　ください！

January 8, 2016 -- Friday
平成二十八年一月八日　－－　金曜日

Department Stores in Japan – Computer Lab Lesson
日本のデパート

Nakama Chapter 8　　「仲間」大八課

During class:

Research the following famous Japanese department stores on the web.  Write a paragraph in English about each one, including information about history-and-origin, locations, products offered, and so on.  Compare each department store with the floor plan shown on page 274 of Nakama.  Hand in at the end of the period.

   Takashimaya　　高島屋

      Kintetsu　　　　近鉄

         Mitsukoshi　　　三越

            Isetan　　　　　伊勢丹

               Daimaru　　　　大丸

                  Matsuzakaya　　松坂屋



宿題　しゅくだい　Homework:
Translate all the labels on the floor plan of a department store shown on page 274 of Nakama.

Department Stores in Japan -- Internet Research

Department Stores in Japan – Computer Lab Lesson

Nakama Chapter 8

During class:

Research the following famous Japanese department stores on the web.  Write a paragraph in English about each one, including information about history-and-origin, locations, products offered, and so on.  Compare each department store with the floor plan shown on page 274 of Nakama.  Hand in at the end of the period.

Mitsukoshi

   Takashimaya

      Kintetsu

         Mitsukoshi

            Isetan

               Daimaru

                  Matsuzakaya

Homework:
Translate all the labels on the floor plan of a department store shown on page 274 of Nakama.

January 7, 2015 -- Thursday
平成二十八年一月七日　－－　木曜日

Warm-up  2016.01.07    Write your personal answers to these questions, in Japanese.  [They are from the writing portion of the winter final.]

何　で　高校　に　来ます　か。 By means of what　(vehicle) do you come to high school?

________________________________________＿＿＿＿＿＿

日本語　と　えい語　と、どちら　が　いい　です　か。Japanese or English language, which is better?

_________________________________________＿＿＿＿＿

学校　で、何　が　きらい　です　か。 At school, what do you hate?

____________________________________________________

The rest of the class period was devoted to working on the Nenga-jo project.

Vocabulary on board:  cockroach = ごきぶり

宿題　しゅくだい

Finish the Nenga-jo project and hand in tomorrow.

Nenga-jo Contest Directions

Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese 2016 Nengajō Festival

                                                                                              年賀状

A current IATJ member may submit only ONE card per student for each school in which the member teaches.

One teacher can enter only 10 entries so that the process of evaluation can be speeded up! Please only submit cards that meet the following criteria.

 ● The Nengajō must be on 4x6 inch white, unlined, index card. (年賀状は４ｘ６インチの無地のインデックスカードに限る)

 ● The student must write his/her full name

                                                     in ink

                                                     vertically

                                                     on the bottom left-hand side of the card,

                                                     relative to the direction of the design.

It is preferable to write the name in Katakana, but names written in English are acceptable. Students with names that can be written in Kanji may use either hiragana or kanji as appropriate. The use of teacher-assigned Japanese names is not allowed. All students, including elementary students must write his/her full name. (生徒は必ずデ ザインの向きに合わせてカードの左下にインクで縦に名前を書かなければならない。名前はカ タカナで書くことが望ましいが英語でもかまわない。名前に漢字が含まれている生徒はひらがな でも漢字でも適した方を使ってよい。生徒は必ず本名を用い、先生が便宜上、生徒に与えた日 本名は使ってはいけない。エントリーする生徒は小学生も含めて必ず名前を書かなければなら ない。)

● The Nengajō design must include: the year 2016 and either GANTAN (元旦) or TSUITACHI (一日) written in kanji. Students may include other appropriate phrases or best wishes in Japanese like

「新年明けましておめでとうございます」, but those mentioned above are mandatory. (他の言葉やフレーズを日本語で書いても かまわないが年賀状のデザインには必ず「元旦」または「一日」の文字が漢字で書かれていな ければならない。) Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese http://www.ictfl.org/affiliate.html IATJ ミニ通信 (イリノイ州日本語教師会) ２０１６年

● The design theme must focus on the up-coming 2016 New Year, Year of the Monkey: 猿or 申. The design should also creatively focus, in some manner, on how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. The card design should be related to the animal of the year represented in socially acceptable manner. (２０１６年は  さる年  なので、「さる」をテーマにデザインしなければならない。 デザインは誰が見ても社会的に受け入れられるようなものでなければならない。)

デザインされたカードの裏側（on the back of a designed card）

　　　生徒の名前 (Student’s Full Name　 なまえ　と　みょうじ)

　　　生徒の年齢 (Student’s Age) 　

　　　学年と学校 (Grade Level and Division): HS Japanese 2^nd year

　　　先生の名前 (Teacher’s Full Name) Carol Ruth Kimmel

　　　先生の電子メールアドレス (Teacher’s e-mail address)

                                crkimmel@oprfhs.org

　　　学校の名前 Oak Park and River Forest High School

　　　学校の住所 201 N. Scoville

                                 Oak Park, Illinois  60302

　　　学校の電話番号 708-383-0700

January 6, 2015 -- Wednesday
平成二十八年一月六日　－－　水曜日


Warm-up dictation sentences
①　六時　に　私　は　おきます。
②　あさごはん　を　食べません。
③　食べもの　の　中　で　たまご　が　一ばん　すき　です。


Students worked on their Nenga-jo postcard contest cards.　　Handouts of directions and design suggestions.
Nenga-jo will be due on Friday 金曜日　に

Yesterday's homework was collected -- 6 sentences

Handout of pages 267-269 -- number kanji

宿題　しゅくだい
Write the 4 sentences on page 269
First time as is　　そのまま
Second time hiragana only　ひらがな　で
Third time English only　英語　で

January 5, 2016 -- Tuesday
平成二十八年一月五日　－－　火曜日

2016. First Writing in Japanese    Hatsubumi

Write the following haiku on the squared paper as carefully and beautifully as you can.

Yamaguchi Seishi
山口誓子, やまぐち せいし

（1901.11.03 - 1994.03.26）

雪敷きて 海に近寄る こともなし
yuki shikite umi ni chikayoru koto mo nashi

a carpet of snow
keeping me from going close
to the ocean's edge

Composed 1941

わが息のかすかに白く生きるはよし 
waga iki no kasuka ni shiroku ikiru wa yoshi

my own breath
is slightly white -
good to be alive 

Students learn new song, the new song for our sister school, Noshiro Shouyou Koukou

Two questions, to which students are to answer with 3 sentences, each, then exchange papers and verbally report out.

ふゆ　やすみ　に　何　を　しました　か。

①

②

③

ふゆ　やすみ　に　何　を　しませんでした　か。

①

②

③

Examples on board:

サカイ　さん　は　ベビーシッター　を　しました。

さる　は　バナナ　を　食べました。

宿題　しゅくだい

Write up your partner's answers to the questions above.  If you never received a partner's answer, Write as if writing for a family member or friend.  Skip lines.  Write なまえ、みょうじ、ばんごう。