9/29 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Packet P. 17-20)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Chart writing practice
• Slapping game reviewing vocab from Unit 1
  

Homework: Hiragana flashcards

9/29 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (Packet P. 17-20)
• Since everyone did the homework we watched azumanga daioh
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Chart writing practice
• Reviewed useful expressions
• Learned new expressions verb + kudasai
• Learned the difference between kudasai & onegaishimasu

Homework: Hiragana flashcards

9/29 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework P.17, 18 and 19
• Since everyone did the homework, we watched Miruku onegaishimasu, Pokenoir and Mario Party (movies from AFHS Japanese students)
• Students worked on finishing page 20
• Reviewed all hiragana learned so far a-po
• Hiragana chart writing in their notebook
• Separated the students in groups for the Karuta game (slapping game) reviewing all the vocab learned so far

No homework

9/28 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz using USA's map
  
• Japan's map quiz
• Watched part of Azumanga Daioh about Okinawa
  
• Reviewed Kanji
• Finished Kanji exercises
• New grammar Base te
• Learned the Base te song
  

HW: Base te exercises (First page from the packet given in class)

9/28 Japanese 2 B3

Lesson

• Reviewed Kanji
• Kanji Quiz
• Reviewed adjectives
• Adjectives' exercises
• Reviewed i-box
• Wrote on the journals describing your bedroom using adjectives
• Bedroom vocabulary exercise
• Reviewed ga arimasu and ga imasu

Homework: Blue exercises (Location)

9/28 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz using USA's map
  
• Japan's map quiz
• Watched Azumanga Daioh about Okinawa
  
• Reviewed Kanji
• Finished Kanji exercises
• New grammar Base te

HW: Base te exercises (First page from the packet given in class)

Japanese Club T-shirt contest

As I have announced in class, we are having a T-shirt contest for Japanese club. If you have any good designs for our Japanese club T-shirt, please give to me ASAP. It is due this Friday!!!!

I am planning on showing the designs to all my classes on Monday and Tuesday.

Also, yesterday we had a club activity where the club members created posters to advertise our club to the school. You guys were amazing!!! I loved how the posters ended up so SUGOI!!!
Thanks everyone for your hardwork!!! By the way, all the pictures I took yesterday are already on Facebook. And all the pictures I take during Japanese club, I will be turning in to the yearbook committee.

9/27 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (packet P.16)
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• New hiragana ha, hi, hu, he, ho, ba, bi, bu, be, bo, pa. pi, pu, pe, po
• Worked for 10 minutes on writing packet
• New useful expressions from Unit 2
• Japanese eye test
• Listening practice reviewing Unit 1 (We couldn't finish everything)
  

Homework: Hiragana Packet P. 17, 18, 19 & 20.

9/27 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (packet P.16)
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• New hiragana ha, hi, hu, he, ho, ba, bi, bu, be, bo, pa. pi, pu, pe, po
• Worked for 10 minutes on writing packet
• Finished listening practice reviewing Unit 1
  
• New useful expressions from Unit 2
• Japanese eye test

Homework: Hiragana Packet P. 17, 18, 19 & 20.

9/27 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (packet P. 15 and 16)
• Watched Grudge of the ring
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• New hiragana ha, hi, hu, he, ho, ba, bi, bu, be, bo, pa. pi, pu, pe, po
• Worked for 10 minutes on writing packet
• New useful expressions from Unit 2
• Japanese eye test
• Practiced asking and answering questions

Homework: Hiragana Packet P. 17, 18, 19 & 20.

Extra credit

Since it's mid-term now, I would like to announce one extra credit opportunity.

I am looking for tutors from Japanese 2, 3 and AP to help Japanese 1 students with grammar and hiragana. You'll have to come Tuesdays and Thursdays just right after school for 20 minutes. Everytime you come you'll get 5 points of extra credit either helping or getting help from our tutors.

If the tutors come and no one comes to get help, the tutors will have to stay in class and help me correcting quizzes or grading assignments in order to get the extra credit.

If you are interested, please let me know. Oct 28th is the last day of the term that means we only have about a month until the end of the term!!!! ACT NOW!!!!! Don't PROCRASTINATE!!!!

Japanese Club tomorrow

Tomorrow we are going to meet just right after school to make posters. Our purpose is to advertise about our Japanese club to all the students that are interested in the culture.

If you have it at home, please bring colorful pens, markers and posters. I am going to provide some markers and butcher paper.

Thanks everyone!!!

9/26 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji flashcards)
• Collected report cards signed by a parent
• Reviewed verbs in base II
• Reviewed directions north, south, east and west
• Reviewed Japan's five main islands
• Reviewed Kanji (reading and meaning)

Homework: Quiz on Japan's map (study white packet)

9/26 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Collected homework (grade report signed by a parent)
• Reviewed directions (on, under, right, left, etc)
• Game using directions
• Reviewed adjectives
• Finished Kanji exercises

Homework: Directions Quiz

9/26 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji flashcards)
• Collected report cards signed by a parent
• Reviewed verbs in base II
• Reviewed directions north, south, east and west
• Reviewed Japan's five main islands
• Reviewed Kanji (reading and meaning)

Homework: Quiz on Japan's map (study white packet)

9/23 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.12, 13, 14)
• Gave grade reports
• Reviewed Hiragana
• New Hiragana na, ni, nu, ne, no
• Finished watching totoro
  

Shukudai: Bring grade report signed and finish hiragana packet P. 15 & 16

9/23 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.12, 13, 14)
• Reviewed Hiragana
• New Hiragana na, ni, nu, ne, no
• Watched some movies that students made in the previous years
  

Shukudai: Hiragana packet P. 15 & 16

9/23 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.12, 13, 14)
• Gave grade reports
• Reviewed Hiragana
• Corrected homework asking the students to write the answers on the white board
• New Hiragana na, ni, nu, ne, no
• Finished listening practice
• Writing practice listening to the CD and writing words in Hiragana
• Watched part of grudge of the ring

Shukudai: Bring grade report signed and finish hiragana packet P. 15 & 16

Check your grades and don't give up!!!

Minasan konnichiwa!!!

Mid-term is already here and yesterday we had Parent-Teacher conference and several of your parents came to talk me. I loved to get to know your parents!!! If your parents were unable to come, and if they have any questions about your grades please tell them they can contact me anytime by email.

mbellini@alpinedistrict.org

Keep checking your grades and don't let accumulate tons of homework to turn in. What you can do it now, do it!!!! Don't procrastinate!!! And as you know, you can choose one quiz to retake. Use this opportunity to improve your grades!!!

I can help you guys sharing my knowledge about the Japanese language, but you have to earn your grades. Remember that grades are not given, you have to do your part in order to get it.

I have heard some of you complaining how hard it is to be in high school, but high school is an awesome experience that you learn how to survive in the society after you graduate. Don't lose your time complaining about your homework, just do it!!! When you get a job in the future, you cannot complain about the projects and duties you get, you just have to work hard to accomplish them. Hard work will bring you opportunities to a raise, to learn different types of jobs that will give you a better resume and much more. So, enjoy the time you are in high school!!! High school is just an important process you have to go through in order to prepare you better for the future!!!!

I am so grateful I had three years in high school in Japan. That was the time in life that I figured out I wanted to become a Japanese teacher, that I needed to work harder to become fluent in Japanese and that high school is hard, but it was fun. I really miss those days and I don't regret about anything I did at that time. I really want everyone to work as hard as you can, so that when you look back you can be pride of your self!!!

Ganbatte kudasai!!!!!

Japanese exchange student

I just got contacted by Selnate English School and they are still in need of a couple of families that could host Japanese junior high school students for a week in October.

Please contact Ellen Townsend LN_at_home@yahoo.com 801-756-2292

Remember that you will get 40 points of extra credit hosting an exchange student after you turn in a report about your experience explaining about things you learned living with a Japanese native speaker for a week.

9/22 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed verbs
• Verbs Quiz
• Gave grade reports
• Gave verbs exercises (BII + tai & ga hoshii)
• Reviewed verb types
• Translated sentences using grammar together
• Learned directions as south, north, east and west
• Learned about Japanese main islands

Homework: Bring grade report signed and make Kanji flashcards (Eyes, mouth, etc)

9/22 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Checked homework
• Since everyone did the homework, we watched mononoke hime
• Talked about Japanese exchange student
• Reviewed adjectives
• Reviewed i-box
• Corrected homework

Homework: Bring grade report signed

9/22 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed verbs
• Verbs Quiz
• Gave grade reports
• Gave verbs exercises (BII + tai & ga hoshii)
• Reviewed verb types
• Translated sentences using grammar together
• Learned directions as south, north, east and west
• Learned about Japanese main islands

Homework: Bring grade report signed and make Kanji flashcards (Eyes, mouth, etc)

9/21 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Hiragana Quiz a-zo
• New Hiragana ta, chi, tsu, te, to & da, ji, zu, de, do
• Learned new useful expressions
  
• Listening practice about telephone numbers and pages
  
• Explained about flashcards that can be practiced from http://moodle.alpinedistrict.org/
• Make sure you click on AFHS, then Japanese 1 and sign in with you firstnamelastname (no spaces, no capital letters) and the password will be your student ID.
  

Homework: Use flashcards online, finish packet up to page 13 and study for your hiragana Quiz (from a to zo)

9/21 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Went through moodle website and taught everyone how to access it
  
• New Hiragana ta, chi, tsu, te, to & da, ji, zu, de, do
• Reviewed previous useful expressions including it's hot, it's cold, it's cool, etc.
• Listening practice about telephone numbers, pages

Homework: Hiragana Quiz and access moodle practicing flashcards

9/21 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Hiragana Quiz a-zo
• New Hiragana ta, chi, tsu, te, to & da, ji, zu, de, do
• Reviewed previous useful expressions including it's hot, it's cold, it's cool, etc.
• Listening practice about telephone numbers, pages and introduction

Homework: Hiragana packet p. 10, 11 & 12

9/20 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed Kanji together
• Kanji Quiz
• Hiragana & Katakana writing practice
• Students wrote the answer on the board
• Reviewed verbs from verbs list (notebook)
• New verbs

Ryokou wo suru: To travel
Kaimono wo suru: To go shopping
Aruku: To walk
Kaeru: To go home
Toshi wo toru: To get old

• New Kanji (Eyes, I, now, person,etc)
• Exercises using new Kanji

Homework: Verbs Quiz (matching)

9/20 Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

• Check Homework (new kanji flashcards)
• Watched 15 minutes of Mononoke Hime as a class prize
• Reviewed Kanji
• Reviewed directions
• Free talk about location

Kurasu ni nani ga arimasu ka?
_______ ha doko ni arimasu ka?

• New grammar (Adjectives)

Homework: Exercises (adjective type)

9/20 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed Kanji together
• Kanji Quiz
• Hiragana & Katakana writing practice
• Students wrote the answer on the board
• Reviewed verbs from verbs list (notebook)
• New verbs

Ryokou wo suru: To travel
Kaimono wo suru: To go shopping
Aruku: To walk
Kaeru: To go home
Toshi wo toru: To get old

• New Kanji (Eyes, I, now, person,etc)
• Exercises using new Kanji

Homework: Verbs Quiz (matching)

9/19 Japanese 1 A3 & A4

Lesson with sub

Worked on Hiragana Packet (up to page 9)
Watched Totoro in Japanese

Homework: Bring Hiragana packet finished up to P. 9

9/19 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana Packet Sa-so, za-zo)
• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Hiragana writing practice
• Students wrote the answers on the board
• Reviewed telephone numbers
• Group activity asking each others phone number using only Japanese

Homework: Hiragana Quiz (study packet p.1-p.9)

9/16 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (flashcards & grammar exercises)
• Reviewed verbs in base II
• Corrected homework and collected exercises
  
• Reviewed new grammar with pictures
  

BII + tai, BII + takunai
Noun ga hoshii, noun ga hoshikunai

• Reviewed Kanji together
• Reviewed Kanji in pairs
• kanji exercises

Homework: Kanji Quiz (numbers and day of the week)

9/16 Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

• Checked homework (Exercises using ni arimasu & directions)
• Kanji Quiz
• Reviewed directions and previous grammar from packet
• Corrected homework
• New Kanji (yama, to write, to leave, etc)
• New Kanji exercises
• Learned koko, soko and asoko

Homework: New Kanji flashcards

9/16 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (flashcards & grammar exercises)
• Reviewed verbs in base II
• Reviewed new grammar

BII + tai, BII + takunai
Noun ga hoshii, noun ga hoshikunai

• Reviewed Kanji together
• Reviewed Kanji in pairs
• kanji exercises

Homework: Kanji Quiz (numbers and day of the week)

9/15 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.1-4)
• Reviewed hiragana together
• Learned new hiragana sa, shi, su, se, so, za, ji, zu, ze, zo
• Hiragana writing chart practice to turn in
• Reviewed numbers
• Learned denwa bangou
• New useful expressions

Homework: Hiragana packet

9/15 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.1-4)
• Reviewed hiragana together
• Learned new hiragana sa, shi, su, se, so, za, ji, zu, ze, zo
• Hiragana writing chart practice to turn in
• Reviewed numbers
• Learned denwa bangou
• New useful expressions
• Particle nee
  

Homework: Hiragana packet

9/15 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.1-4)
• Reviewed hiragana together
• Learned new hiragana sa, shi, su, se, so, za, ji, zu, ze, zo
• Hiragana writing chart practice to turn in
• Reviewed numbers
• Learned denwa bangou
• New useful expressions

Homework: Hiragana packet

Do you want to host an exchange student from Japan?

The following is the information I got from the English school in Provo that is in need of host families for Japanese junior high school students who are coming next month. Please contact Ellen Townsend (Host Family Coordinator) LN_at_home@yahoo.com 801-756-2292.

Those that become host families will get 40 points of extra credit after writing a report about their experience living with a Japanese person.

Selnate English School

Thank you for your consideration to host a student from Japan or China for a week or more. There are many blessing that come your way when you open your home and heart to these international friends.

What you give:

American family atmosphere (dinner chit-chat, chores, grocery shopping, homework, games...)

Two meals a day (lunch is provided for them by their program)

Rides to Provo on week days (carpooling with neighbors, students meet buses for sight-seeing)

Private bedroom, shared bathroom (nothing luxurious, just the basics; must be clean)

Weekend and evenings involving a guest, sharing whatever it is your family regularly does.

What you receive:

Personal experience with a student (or teacher if you choose) from another country.

Learn about their famiy and customs. Try eating new foods they may want to share.

A look into your own family, your habits and traditions, get to share what is special to your family.

A life-long friend (they are great to email!)

Children learn to accept others who are different. (Kids are so great! They have few fears.)

New activities or games they bring from home to teach about their culture.

Language barrier is minimal compared to what they are able to learn from you! And you from them!

Financial compensation for meals, transportation, and activities.

Our family has had four wonderful experiences with this program and we look forward to the next time we can share our home with a student who is far away from their own.

Once you have applied to be a host family, and are approved by the Selnate School, you will receive emails of all the opportunities they have for you. There are opportunities to have foreign students several times a year, or just once in a while. You are free to pick and choose what dates will work for your schedule.

For example, the last week of October there will be a group of Japanese boys, ages 14-15, coming for eight days; in February there will be some high school girls coming for ten days; in March a group of college-age girls will need host families for a couple of weeks. All of these groups will also have needs for placing the teachers that travel with the students.

To host a boy, you must have a son in the home, age 5-17. To host a girl, you must have a daughter in the home, age 5-17. Empty nesters may welcome teachers for a peaceful adult experience.

Again, thank you for looking into this opportunity. Please let me know if I can answer any questions.

Ellen Townsend Host Family Coordinator LN_at_home@yahoo.com 801-756-2292

9/14 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana together
• Katakana quiz
• Katakana reading practice
• Katakana writing game in groups using mini white board
• Reviewed verbs and base II
• New grammar
• BII + tai & BII + takunai
• Noun ga hoshii desu & Noun ga hoshikunai desu
• Gave Kanji flashcards (numbers and days of the week)
• Gave exercises using new grammar

Homework: Finish flashcards (write meaning in English and reading in Japanese behind each Kanji) and do exercises using new grammar taught in class today.

9/14 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Reviewed Kanji
• Gave journals back to everyone and talked about some common mistakes
• Journal writing time 土曜日と日曜日に何をしますか。
  
• Kanji game using white board
• Reviewed direction (ue, shita, migi, hidari, ushiro, mae, etc)
• Learned ni arimasu, ni imasu & ga arimasu, ga imasu

Homework: Grammar exercises & Kanji Quiz

9/14 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana together
• Katakana quiz
• Katakana reading practice
• Katakana writing game in groups using mini white board
• Reviewed verbs and base II
• New grammar
• BII + tai & BII + takunai
• Noun ga hoshii desu & Noun ga hoshikunai desu
• Gave Kanji flashcards (numbers and days of the week)
• Gave exercises using new grammar

Homework: Finish flashcards (write meaning in English and reading in Japanese behind each Kanji) and do exercises using new grammar taught in class today.

Japanese club reminder

Just a reminder that our first Japanese club activity will be tomorrow in our classroom (room 3) just right after school. I am planning on having our activity until 3:30 p.m.

Make sure you pay your club fees at the financial office by A3 tomorrow. I will be getting a list of the students who paid from Michelle during lunch, so if you are not on my list you will not be able to attend the meeting or you'll have to bring me your receipt just to prove you have paid.

Please feel free to invite your friends that are interested in the Japanese culture, but remind them to pay the fees as well.

I am looking forward to our onigiri party tomorrow!!!!

9/13 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed useful expressions together
• Useful expressions quiz
• Gave time to finish some of the pages of Hiragana packet
• Reviewed hiragana a, i, u, e, o, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Learned new Hiragana ga, gi, gu, ge, go
• Reading practice from yellow packet P. 5
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
• Watched nihongo dekimasu skit 1, skit 2
  

Homework: Hiragana yellow packet P. 1 to P. 5

9/13 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed useful expressions together
• Useful expressions quiz
• Gave time to finish some of the pages of Hiragana packet
• Reviewed hiragana a, i, u, e, o, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Learned new Hiragana ga, gi, gu, ge, go
• Reading practice from yellow packet P. 5
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
• Watched nihongo dekimasu skit 1, skit 2
  

Homework: Hiragana yellow packet P. 1 to P. 5

9/13 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed useful expressions together
• Useful expressions quiz
• Gave time to finish some of the pages of Hiragana packet
• Reviewed hiragana a, i, u, e, o
• Learned Ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Reviewed page numbers
• Learned telephone numbers
  

Homework: Hiragana yellow packet P. 1 to P. 4

9/13 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed useful expressions together
• Useful expressions quiz
• Gave time to finish some of the pages of Hiragana packet
• Reviewed hiragana a, i, u, e, o, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Learned new Hiragana ga, gi, gu, ge, go
• Reading practice from yellow packet P. 5
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Hiragana yellow packet P. 1 to P. 5

Japanese Club and club fees

Don't forget to pay your club fees by Wednesday. If you don't pay by then, you will not be able to attend the club activity that we will be making rice balls (onigiri).

Invite your friends!!! This is a Japanese culture club and not a Japanese language club!!!

9/12 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Katakana flashcards)
• Reviewed Katakana together
• Katakana chart writing on notebook
• Katakana review in pairs using flashcards
• Katakana karuta game

Homework: Katakana Quiz

9/12 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Reviewed verbs
• Verbs Quiz
• Reviewed Kanji together
• Journal writing (土曜日と日曜日、何をしましたか。）

Homework: Kanji Quiz

9/12 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Katakana flashcards)
• Reviewed Katakana together
• Katakana chart writing on notebook
• Katakana review in pairs using flashcards
• Katakana karuta game
• Reviewed verb bases (B1 to B5)
• Reviewed verb types

Homework: Katakana Quiz

9/9 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (useful expressions exercises - blue paper)
• Reviewed and corrected homework
• Reviewed hai, sou desu & iie chigaimasu
• Reviewed Hiragana a, i, u, e, o
• New Hiragana ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Learned basic colors in Japanese
• Reviewed kore, sore, are
• Watched skit one on kore, sore, are of Nihongo Dekimasu

Homework: Useful expressions Quiz (Study blue sheet)

9/9 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed previous useful expressions
• New useful expressions P. 21 & 22
• Exercises using all the useful expressions learned
• Corrected exercises together
  
• Hiragana a, i, u, e, o
• Exercises practicing Hiragana

(Lehi HS students came in late because of the assembly)

Homework: Useful expressions Quiz (Study blue sheet)

9/9 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (useful expressions exercises - blue paper)
• Reviewed and corrected homework
• Reviewed hai, sou desu & iie chigaimasu
• Reviewed Hiragana a, i, u, e, o
• New Hiragana ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
• Learned basic colors in Japanese
• Reviewed kore, sore, are
• Watched skit one on kore, sore, are of Nihongo Dekimasu

Homework: Useful expressions Quiz (Study blue sheet)

9/8 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Writing about your own family in hiragana)
• Reviewed in group and outgroup terms
  
• Handed in Katakana flashcards
• Reviewed Katakana together
• Reviewed useful expressions verb +kudasai
  
• Reviewed verbs + new verbs (yaseru, futoru, mieru, kikoeru)

Homework: Katakana flashcards (if you have the set from last year, just bring those)

9/8 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji flashcards)
• Reviewed Kanji (reading and meaning)
• Finished Kanji exercises and corrected exercises
• Reviewed verbs + new verbs

Homework: Verbs Quiz

9/8 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana for the quiz
• Hiragana Quiz ha-n
• Finished Kanji exercises (pink)
• Corrected exercises
• Reviewed Kanji together
• Handed in Katakana flashcards
• Reviewed days of the month song
• Reviewed days of the week song
• Reviewed months
• Gave your notebooks back with family writing correction
• Reviewed verbs + new verbs (yaseru, futoru, mieru, kikoeru)

Homework: Katakana flashcards (if you have the set from last year, just bring those)

Japanese movies from World Language Week

The grudge of the ring (Japanese 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm-0gflFCts

Dragons are forever (Japanese AP)
http://www.youtube.com/user/clarklizard23#p/a/u/0/Fa6SCqK5RhU

Milk please (Japanese 3)
http://www.youtube.com/user/clarklizard23#p/u/9/7LYXT0jNPgk

Awesome adventure (Japanese 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlHV_rjw_gU

Pokenoir (Japanese AP)
http://www.youtube.com/user/bloatybloat#p/a/u/0/h1G4kz92bps

Lock down (Japanese 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evfgGkUB7OM

Mario Party (Japanese 3)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=325621724709&ref=nf

Terror on Drury Lane (Japanese 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWOTdrA7bo

Dough of our lives (Japanese 3)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=140538400081&subj=635540081

Katakana practice websites

Japanese 2 still needs some review on Katakana and here are some websites for you to practice and master all of them before starting learning more Kanji.

Listening practice
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/katakana2.html

http://www.manythings.org/q/kana.php?u=katakana

http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/katakana/katakana_drill/index.html

Hiragana practice website

Japanese 1 just started learning Hiragana and Japanese 2 just finished reviewing it. Please use the websites below to practice and to master all the Hiragana syllables.

http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_drill/index.html

http://www.manythings.org/q/kana.php?u=hiragana

http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/hiragana2.html

9/7 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed desu box and how to put the words together in a sentence

Example: Watashi wa sensei desu.

• Learned how to ask and answer questions
  

Kore wa nan desu ka.
Kore wa ______ desu ka.
hai, sou desu/iie chigaimasu

• Reviewed useful expressions
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
  
• New expressions (slowly please, one more time please, etc)
• Introduced Hiragana
• Hiragana a, i, u, e and o
• Practice exercises using white and yellow packets

Homework: Useful expression matching exercises

Japanese 1 Club representatives

We finally decided the representatives for Japanese 1 classes.

A3: Boshard san

A4: Ellis san

All the representatives should attend our presidency meeting next Monday during lunch. We are going to decide all the activities for the whole year and how to use our club budget.

Please remind everyone to pay our club fees by Monday at the financial office. $10 desu!!!!

9/7 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (blog follower)
• Chose a class representative for Japanese club (Boshard san)
• Reviewed how to ask questions
• Learned hai sou desu/iie chigaimasu
• Practice the answers with numbers
• Learned how to say the page counters in Japanese
  
• Learned the difference between kore, sore and are
• Watched nihongo dekimasu about kore, sore and are
• Reviewed useful expressions

Homework: No homework

9/7 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (become a follower on the blog)
• Reviewed desu box
• Reviewed hai, sou desu/iie chigaimasu
• Reviewed useful expressions
• New expressions (slowly please, one more time please, etc)
• Introduced Hiragana
• Hiragana a, i, u, e and o
• Practice exercises using white and yellow packets

Homework: Useful expression matching exercises

9/6 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Hiragana Quiz ha-n
• Reviewed Kanji for numbers and days of the week
• Reviewed day of the week song
• Reviewed months song
• Reviewed months
• Reviewed family vocabulary (in-group)
• Reviewed age & people counters
  
• Reviewed useful expressions from white packet (I feel sick, I am tired, etc.)
  

Homework: Writing about your own family (include people counters, names and ages)

9/6 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Free talk 「昨日の祝日、何をしましたか。」
• Finished writing exercises (Hiragana & Katakana review)
• Students wrote on the white board and we corrected together
  
• Reviewed Kanji from Japanese 2
• Kanji exercises + gave flashcards
• Reviewed verbs + new verbs としをとる、やせる、ふとる
  

Homework: Kanji flashcards

9/6 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana together
• Hiragana Quiz a-no
• Hiragana flashcards in pairs reviewing questions & answers

Kore wa nan desu ka?
Kore wa _____ desu ka?
Hai, sou desu.
Iie chigaimasu, ____ desu.

• Useful expressions review matching exercises (yellow)
• Corrected exercises
• Reviewed family vocabulary (out-group and in-group)
• Writing practice about your own family in the notebook
• Reviewed sentences connectors

soshite, demo and de

Homework: Hiragana Quiz ha-n

9/2 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked if everyone became a follower on this blog
• Talked about Japanese club and elected the representative for this class (Ellis san)
  
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Practiced how to say where you are from _______ kara kimashita.
  
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu
• Talked about World language week
• Watched some Japanese movies from previous years
  

Homework: No homework

9/2 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (desu exercises)
• Corrected homework
• Talked about Japanese club
• Introduced the blog
  
• Reviewed desu box + particles
• New particle no
• New exercises + corrected together
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu
• Meishi (business card) exchange activity

Homework: become a blog follower

9/2 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Went to the book depository to get our textbooks
• Checked homework (desu exercises)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed desu box + particles
• New particle no
• New exercises + corrected together
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu
• Meishi (business card) exchange activity

Homework: become a blog follower

Japanese Club representatives

Club President Kayli Anderson (Miyo)
VP Tyler Donohue

Japanese 2 class representatives: Monica Carmona (B1) & Brylee Argyle (B4)
Japanese 3 class representative: Asia Furner

Treasure: Minerva Martinez and Angela Vannarath

We are going to choose tomorrow during A3 & A4, the representatives for Japanese 1 classes!!!

9/1 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana a-no
  
• Hiragana Quiz
  
• Talked about Japanese club and elected the new class representative
  
• Reviewed useful expressions with matching exercises
  
• Reviewed tsu counter + kudasai
  
• Finished DVD Nihongo dekimasu about counters

Homework: Hiragana Quiz ha-n

Japanese Club announcement

Our first Japanese club meeting will be on 9/15 (Thu). Please pay your club fees at the financial office by 9/13. It's $10 for the whole year.

Japanese Club presidency and class representatives will be meeting on 9/12 (Mon) to discuss about the activities will be fun to do throughout the year. Anyone can come, so if you have any good ideas for our Japanese club, please feel free to come!

9/1 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Reviewed all Katakana
• Katakana Quiz everything
• Hiragana & Katakana writing review
• Returned writing about family and discussed about common mistakes
  
• Elected Japanese club VP & class representative
• Reviewed verbs
• New verbs いう、みえる、きこえる、はじめる、おわる、しる
• Reviewed BII + tai (want + verb)
• Free talk

1. 今、何を一番食べたいですか。
2. 外国はどこに行きたいですか。
3. 大学で何を勉強したいですか。
4. どこでお仕事を’したいですか。

しゅくだい：ありません

9/1 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana flashcards)
• Reviewed Hiragana using flashcards in pairs
• Reviewed verbs
• New verbs はじめる、おわる、しる、みえる、きこえる
• Reviewed tsu counter
• Finished DVD Nihongo dekimasu about counters
• Reviewed Numbers and days of the week Kanji with worksheet
  

Homework: Hiragana Quiz a-no