March 16, 2017 -- Thursday



Yesterday's assignment had not reached the sub until late during the class period, so students worked on it again today.

Students should reread the dialogue on pages 103 and 104 of the textbook, Nakama. 

Then they should pair up to write it out by hand, first in Romanization and then in the second writing system, Katakana.   Remember to skip lines.

After that, they should practice reading and reciting it many times together, quietly, with the purpose of memorizing it. 


This assignment will be due on Monday.

March 15, 2017 -- Wednesday

Students should reread the dialogue on pages 103 and 104 of the textbook, Nakama. 

Then they should pair up to write it out by hand, first in Romanization and then in the second writing system, Katakana.   Remember to skip lines.

After that, they should practice reading and reciting it many times together, quietly, with the purpose of memorizing it. 

March 14, 2017 -- Tuesday

Students continued study of Japanese high school in the 1960s, in the run-up to the first Tokyo Olympics:  KOKURIKU ZAKA NO UE KARA

March 13, 2017 -- Monday
平成２９年３月１３日　ーー　げつようび　　月曜日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　月＝Moon, month　　曜日＝Day of week

Students should write out the 14 Japanese color words on pages 128 and 129 of the textbook, Nakama.  

Then they should write each color word in a separate sentence.  They may use the dictionary at the back of the textbook, but they may not use their cell phones or laptops while they do this exercise.  

They should write their sentences on a separate piece of paper, skipping lines, and underlining the color word in each sentence.  

Name and number should be written in the upper right hand corner of the page.

Sentences should be believable:  no purple cows, for example.  Students should work on this assignment individually, not in pairs or groups.  

Each sentence should be unique, and each student’s paper should be unique for that reason.

March 10, 2017 -- Friday
平成２９年３月１０日　－－　きんようび　　金曜日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　金＝Money, gold, metal　　日＝Day, sun

Class went to computer lab.

http://www.nippon.com/en/features/c03801/ 

インターネット　に　いきます。２０１６　（平成２８年）の　ことば　を　ローマじ　で　かきます。ビデオ　を　みます。　わらあいます。

You will go to the site.  Write out each of the 2016 words, in ROOMAji, with a short definition.  Watch all the silly videos.  Laugh.   

しゅくだい　宿題　　Homework:
Finish the above for homework

Computer lesson--words of 2016

http://www.nippon.com/en/features/c03801/ 

インターネット　に　いきます。２０１６　（平成２８年）の　ことば　を　ローマじ　で　かきます。ビデオ　を　みます。　わらあいます。

You will go to the site.  Write out each of the 2016 words, in ROOMAji, with a short definition.  Watch all the silly videos.  Laugh.   

March 9, 2017 -- Thursday
平成２９年３月９日　－－　もくようび　　木曜日
　　　　　　　　　　　　木＝Tree, wood　日＝Day, sun


Quiz on buildings and affirmative-negative adjectives, along with sentence structure for "existence sentences" and appropriate relational particles.


Handout of visual image-- small restaurant with noren.
Vocabulary on image:
揚げ天（ぷら）　　　あげてん　　　Fried tempura
広島　　　　　　　　ひろしま　　　Hiroshima (city)
宮島　　　　　　　　みやじま　　　Miyajima (area)
まんもみじ　　　　　１０，０００　Red maple leaves
名物　　　　　　　　めいぶつ　　　Famous thing
名産　　　　　　　　めいさん　　　Famous product
焼きがき　　　　　　やきがき　　　Fried oysters



しゅくだい　　　宿題　　　Homework
１．Noren
２．Visual image of small restaurant with noren