January 17, 2017 -- Tuesday
平成２９年１月１７日　－－　かようび　　　火曜日

Warm-up     2017.01.17    Write the following words in the katakana that you have studied so far.  You may use your worksheets from last week.

Milk  (MIRUKU)                             Ice Cream  (AISU KURI-MU)

Coke (KO-RA)                                 Koala  (KOARA)

Sailboat (YOTTO)                           Toilet (TOIRE)




When is katakana used?
１．Foreign words
２．Words that represent sounds (ワンワン）
３．Emphasis (italics or underlining, in English)
４．Advertising



Page 82 -- paragraph in Nakama, identifying words you know in a text



しゅくだい　　宿題　　　Shukudai
Make flashcards for the following nouns of location/position

うえ　　Above ,  on top of
した　　Below -- under
まえ　　In front of, before
うしろ　Behind, in back of
なか　　In, inside
そと　　Outside
みぎ　　Right
ひだり　Left
（See pages 85 and 86 in Nakama)

January 13, 2017 -- Friday

Handout for Kimmel Sensei’s class --　　２９年１月１３日  きんようび.

You may look at your charts and at Nakama  pp 90-92.

 A. From last night’s homework  ------ タ   イ  ク　カ   ス   チ   ツ   ア ト  ナ

1.Write the katakana above that belong in the “t” line:

2.Write the katakana above that belong in the “k” line:

3.Write the the katakana above that have the “a” vowel sound:

4.Write the カタカナ　above that have the “u” vowel sound:

5.Write the ろーまじ　for the カタカナ　above that you haven’t written yet:

B.  Nakama Ch. 3 vocabulary review.   にほんご　の　ひらがな　で　かきます。You will write in Japanese in ひらがな。

Chair   ___________                              Closet _____________

Desk   ___________                               Window  _____________

Clock _____________                          Apartment _____________

Toilet/restroom  ____________        Room ______________

Bed ___________                                  Television    ___________

Bookshelf ____________                    Lamp  ______________

C.  Write three にほんご  sentences about the objects that exist in a room in your home.

D.   Handout of more カタカナ　( in red folder on Ponce Sensei’s desk).

January 12, 2017 -- Wednesday
平成２９年１月１２日　－－　もくようび　　木曜日


Warm-up　　ワーム・アップ　　（Accompanying a snow picture handed out to the class)

１．この　え　は　きれい　です。

２．つき　と　ゆき　は　しろい　です。

３．とりい　は　たかい　です。

Write in hiragana and then in English.　ひらがな　と　えいご　で　かきます。


Discussion of ”demonstrative pronouns"

この　え　　This picture              これ　　This-thing   (near the speaker)

その　え　　That picture              それ　　That-thing  (near the listener)

あの　え　　That picture over there    
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　あれ　　That-thing (away from speaker and listener

どの　え　　Which picture　　どれ　　　Which-thing


しゅくだい　宿題　　Homework

Katakana writing hand-out from the 2nd level Kimono workbook:　Pages 1-4

Practice each katakana with its correct stroke order and start learning them:　
カ、ガ、タ、ダ、ナ、ア、イ、ク、グ、コ、ゴ、ス、ズ、チ、ツ、ト、ド
ka    ga     ta     da    na    a      i       ku    gu    ko    go     su    zu    chi    tsu   to     do

January 11, 2017 -- Wednesday
平成２９年１月１１日　－－　すいようび　　水曜日


Handout

平成２９年１月１１日　
　　　　　　　　なまえ＿＿＿＿みょうじ＿＿＿＿＿ばんごう＿＿

Nakama Ch. 3: 81,82　　

　　　　　　　　なまえ＿＿＿＿みょうじ＿＿＿＿＿ばんごう＿＿

Students, you should use your Nakama textbooks.  Open textbooks to pages 81 and 82.  Look at the room diagram and the vocabulary on page 81.  Then turn to page 82 and look at the paragraph describing the room.

It looks difficult, but you don’t have to translate the whole thing.  Work in pairs just to find the room objects (noun) written about in the paragraph.  Working with your partners, write down the name of each object in Japanese and then write the English translation next to it.   Then write a Japanese sentence of your own, using that word.  Hand your paper in before leaving class.   NO GOOGLE TRANSLATE!  No cell phones or lap tops.

Example:           台所　　だいどころ　　　Kitchen      

                            わたし　の　うち　の　だいどころ　は　ひろい　です。

                          （My house’s kitchen is spacious.）

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January 10, 2017 -- Tuesday

平成２９年１月１０日　－－　かようび　　火曜日

First Writing for New Year ---- お正月（おしょうがつ）

In traditional Japanese culture, the first time you do something is very important.  Today is our first time writing Japanese for the year 2017.  Write the following, very carefully and clearly and colorfully and beautifully on a separate piece of paper and hand it in to the teacher.　

　　　　　　　　　　＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

新年　明けまして　おめでとう　ございます

Shinnen  akemashite  omedetou gozaimasu.

The New Year brightens and it is auspicious. 

(Happy New Year.)

平成29年　です。Heisei ni-juu kyuu nen  desu.

It is the 29^th year of Heisei.

酉年　です。Tori-doshi  desu.

It is the Year of the Rooster.

去年お世話になりました。Kyonen o-sewa ni narimashita.　You cared for me last year.

今年　も　よろしく　お願い　します。Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu.　This year, too, be good to me, I beg of you.

Read the article about New Year celebrations in Japan, and write a 3 paragraph summary for homework.   http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/national/new-year-new-prayer-hopefully-luck/#.WHRo-VUrLIX

December 22, 2016 -- Thursday
平成２８年１２月２２日　－－　木曜日　　もくようび



Oral Final

December 20, 2016 -- Tuesday
平成２８年１２月２０日　－－　火曜日　　かようび


Second part of Scantron Final, plus writing sample