February 9, 2016 -- Tuesday
平成二十八年二月九日　－－　火曜日

Valentine’s Day –-   Valentine to people at our sister school

You may write this:

Tanka (poem)　(haiku + 2 lines of  7 ) ――　

                            5  lines of  ５　７　５　７　７ syllables

何  が   いい                                   

(なに　が　いい)

この   世    暗くて                        

（この　よ        くらくて）

月  の   上                                       

（つき   の          うえ）

雪   が   きんきら                         

（ゆき　が　きんきら）

心   の   笑顔                                  

（こころ  の   えがお ）

what things are good in this dark world? 

The moon above, the glittering snow,

smiles of the heart

***You MUST write this greeting!：

***   バレンタインズ・デー　　おめでとう

You may write these kanji：

愛（あい）　好き（すき）　心（こころ）

 Love                like             　　heart/mind

***You MUST also write this!:

***私　に　とって　能代松陽　の　みなさん　は

たいせつな　人　です。

***To me, everybody at Noshiro Shōyō is a precious person.

宿題　しゅくだい

勉強、勉強、べんきょう

Sign with your full name in katakana and in English, plus yori

Example:  Carol Ruth Kimmel    キメルより

February 8, 2016 -- Monday

平成二十八年二月八日　－－　月曜日

Warm-up   2016.02.08    

平成二十八年二月八日　－－　月曜日

 28th year of Heisei

三　X　日本語　で　書いて　下さい。
それから　一 X　英語　の　いみ　を　
書いて　下さい。

①　ぶんぼうぐ

②　てんいん

③　おきゃくさま、おきゃくさん

④　うりば

⑤　つつむ

⑥　いれる

Seasonal Haiku

Nakamura Sonoko　　中村　苑子  (1913 - 2001)

Risshun ya

no ni tatsu bo wo

mizu　tsutai

立春や

野に立つぼを

水つたひ

First spring

the pole standing in the field

drips water

Risshun

　　立春 は　二月四日　から　二月八日　まで　です。


Students were given a page on which to record memories of our visitors from Noshiro:  name, appearance, events or actions.


Kaguya Hime -- かぐや　ひめ　－－　かぐや姫


宿題　しゅくだい　Homework

Students will complete pages about the exchange.

February 5, 2016 -- Friday
平成二十八年二月五日　－－　金曜日

Room 371 -- lecture room

Students from Noshiro made presentations during 7th and 8th periods.  After the presentations, American students and Japanese students divided into groups and chatted with each other.

宿題　しゅくだい
宿題　は　ありません。
でも　勉強　して　下さい。

February 4, 2016 -- Thursday
平成二十八年二月四日　－－　木曜日

Warm-up 2016.02.04

Write the following short sentences in Japanese:

1.   Please buy sweaters and shirts.

セーター　と　シャツ　を　書いて　下さい。

2.   Is it OK to do the shopping tomorrow?

あした　買いもの　を　して　も　いい　です　か。

3.   I will go to Japan by plane.
｛私　は｝ひこうき　で　日本　に　行きます。


Students worked on these sentences and wrote them on the board。There were discussions of relational particles and sentence order, etc.


More pairs of students performed the dialogues based on page 116 of the Nakama workbook.

There was also discussion of the homework assignment for today, sentences from page 253 of Nakama.
Class ended with 炭鉱節、たんこう　ぶし、the Bon Odori dance from Fukuoka

宿題　しゅくだい
勉強、べんきょう、勉強

February 3, 2016 -- Wednesday -- Setsubun
平成二十八年二月三日 -- 水曜日

Warmup.2016.02.03    28^th year of Heisei               Setsubun

ワーム･アップ　　平成二十八年二月三日　　節分　　せつぶん

日本語　で　書いて　ください。　それから　英語　で　書いて　ください。

一．アクセサリーうりば　は　どこ　に　あります　か。

ニ．ネクタイ　と　スカーフ　を　見せて　ください。

三．いくら　です　か。

四．高く　ありません　か。

Setsubun Game with oni masks and beans

Setsubun ("seasonal division")

 is a festival held on February 3 or 4, one day before the start of spring according to the Japanese lunar calendar. Setsubun is not a national holiday.

For many centuries, the people of Japan have been performing rituals with the purpose of chasing away evil spirits at the start of spring.

Around the 13th century, for example, it became a custom to drive away evil spirits by the strong smell of burning dried sardine heads, the smoke of burning wood and the noise of drums. While this custom is not popular anymore, a few people still decorate their house entrances with fish heads and holly tree leaves in order to deter evil spirits from entering.

In modern days, the most commonly performed setsubun ritual is the throwing of roasted beans around one's house and at temples and shrines across the country. When throwing the beans, you are supposed to shout "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" ("Devils out, happiness in"). 　おに　は　外　ふく　は　内Afterwards you should pick up and eat the number of beans, which corresponds to your age.

As all traditional festivals, setsubun is celebrated in many variations throughout the country.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2285.html

鬼　は　外　福　は　内

　　　　　　　　おに　　　は　　　そと　　　ふく　　　は　　　うち

Extra Credit:  Make a beautiful version of the above chant!

In each class, 3 pairs of students performed the dialogue based on page 116 of the workbook.

In class, students went over the textbook exercise where commands are created by using the te form and then kudasai

宿題　しゅくだい

Finish above sentences for homework

February 2, 2016 -- Tuesday
平成二十八年二月二日　－－　火曜日


て・フォーム　の　テスト・しけん

Handout:
Exercises on pages 251 and 253

Pair work on shopping dialogue based on yesterday's and today's handouts.  Oral performance (to be performed and) graded tomorrow.

Tonight is the meeting for families whose students will go on the Japan Exchange trip this coming June

宿題　しゅくだい
Practice oral shopping performance --　To be graded

February 1, 2016 -- Monday
平成二十八年二月一日　－－　月曜日

Warm-up 2016.02.01                   Write the 英語のいみ meanings and the te-forms for the following verbs:

起きる,おきます　　　　　　　英語

____________＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

作る、つくります　　　　

____________＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

始まる、はじまります　　　

_____________＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

終わる、おわります

_________＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　

Together, students work on dialogue from page 116 of the

Nakama workbook.  Discussion of correct answers.


宿題　しゅくだい
①　あした　は　テスト　です。　て・フォーム
②　デパート　の　プロジェクト
③　After test, students will work on the store dialogue above.