10/27 A Day

Japanese 3

• Collected homework (Writing about Japanese School events in English)
• Talked about Extra credit opportunities for this term
• Talked about this term's project (Presentation about Family)

http://www.4shared.com/file/144123076/b6908263/Presentation_term__family.html

• Spent 30 minutes writing about Family (First draft)

• New Kanji exercises (Refer to Page 59 from textbook)

公 文 化 花 海 旅 教 室 後 午 着 知

http://www.4shared.com/file/144122494/79a80178/Japanese_3______Lesson_____KanjiPractice_exercises.html

しゅくだい：Finish Kanji exercises at home. You can download it from the link above.

Japanese 2

• Collected homework (Writing about family)
• Talked about this term's project (Presentation)

http://www.4shared.com/file/144123942/95012e36/Presentation_term_2_family.html

• New Grammar from Chapter 2　（Base te＋います）
• Reviewed Base te and song
• Watched Nihongo dekimasu (Base te+います）

しゅくだい：Base te + imasu exercises from workbook

10/26 B Day

Japanese 4

• Speaking activity [週末に何をしましたか。What did you do over the weekend?]
• Reviewed Honorific Form
• Checked homework and corrected part of it　（Exercises using honorific お＋BII＋になります、でございます、よろしい）
• Cultural lesson about exchange students

宿題：ありません。

Japanese 1

• Checked homework (Nihongo dekimasu sheet about counters）
• Reviewed Counters まい　＆　つ
• Finished watching Nihongo Dekimasu
• Hiragana Game (Karuta Game)

しゅくだい：Chapter 1 & 2 Review exercises。You can also download it from here.
http://www.4shared.com/file/143827926/a9fcb5b8/Japanese_1__Lesson_1__2review_exercises.html


ESL

• Yesenia's presentation on Legally Blonde 2

Extra Credit for term 2

Before it is too late, let me give you guys some extra credit opportunities:

1) It will be new for term 2, I'll be giving you guys a Bathroom pass (トイレパス）and if you don't use it, you can turn in for 5 extra points.

2) If you leave a comment on our blog, I'll give you one point. You cannot earn more than 5 points.

Today is the last day for TERM 1!!!

みなさん　こんにちは！！！！

You did it!!! Today is the last day of the term.

Lots of people came to hand in their late homework and also to retake quizzes. I could see lots of improvement!! Good job, guys!!!

Japanese 1

Finished Chapter 1 and 2 and they have learned all the Hiragana!!! We just had our last Hiragana quiz and the average was 12 out of 15!!!! I am so proud of you guys!!!!

Japanese 2

Finished Chapter 1, learned Kanji for numbers and days of the week and took the big test and you guys did pretty well. The average was 25 out of 30!!!!!!

Japanese 3

Finished Chapter 1, learned the difference between informal and formal Japanese, took the big Kanji test (All the Kanji from Japanese 2, total 121 Kanji) and the big Chapter 1 test.
They learned 12 new Kanji from Chapter 1 and lots of new and hard grammar.

Average for Kanji Test 32 ou of 40.
Average for Chapter 1 test 31 out of 40.

1/3 of the class skipped Japanese 2 and most of them are following pretty well. Those who feel that you are still struggling, make sure to come and talk to me before class so that we can come up with some learning strategies. I am here to help you guys!!!!!!!!! I'd love to help ANYONE who wants to learn!!

Japanese 4

Since we just got our textbook end of September, we did lots of review from Japanese 3, practiced Kanji from Japanese 2 and 3 (total 219 Kanji), did some practice using AP tests exercises and watched Japanese drama. We finally started Chapter 1 from our book and they learned the 3 types of KEIGO (Polite Japanese) and the difference between there. Japanese 1 & 2 focuses on Desu & Masu style, Japanese 3 informal Japanese and Japanese 4 Business Japanese.

Average for Big Kanji test 34 out of 42

I know that it has been a big step to some of you guys, but I can see that everyone is trying very hard to suceed in this class. Thank you for all your example!!!


ESL

After observing and testing everyone, we divided our class in low and high intermediate.
They presented about a movie they liked everything in English and we discussed a little about each movie.


THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR WORKING SO HARD DURING FIRST TERM!!!!!

SOME ADVICE FOR TERM 2

1) WHEN YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME PARTS, TRY TO DO IT!!!! NEVER GIVE UP!!! REMEMBER THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS TO SEE EVERYONE TRYING AND NOT TO DO THE HOMEWORK PERFECTLY. IF YOU DON'T TRY YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME THINGS YOU KNOW.

2) TURN IN ANY ASSIGNMENT ON TIME!!!!!!!

3) CHECK OUR BLOG DAILY TO SEE YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!

4) BRING YOUR BOOKS, NOTEBOOKS AND PENCIL/PENS. THOSE COUNT TOWARD YOUR DAILY GRADE.

5) TAKE NOTES IN CLASS! AS I MENTIONED IN CLASS, THE EXPLANATION YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOOK SOMETIMES IS COMPLICATED, SO WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK THE WAY YOU UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I EXPLAINED IN CLASS.


がんばってください！！！！！　(Good luck)

10/23 A Day

Japanese 3

• New Chapter (Discussion about the differences between Japanese and American schools)
• Daruma
• Watched Snow white in Japanese

しゅくだい：Read pages 54-58 from our textbook. Choose two events and write half page about similarities and differences you found.

Japanese 2

• Watched Anime

しゅくだい：Previous homework has been postponed. Bring your writing corrected and add more sentences. Remember that you have to have at least half page.

10/22 B Day

Japanese 4/AP

• Collected Homework (Onomatopoeic exercises)
• Reviewed previous grammar
• New grammar お＋BII＋になります

　　　　　　　　　　　　　よろしいです
　　　　　　　　　　　　　でございます

しゅくだい：Exercises using grammar learned in class (yellow paper)


Japanese 1

• Hiragana Quiz (まーん）
• New grammar　Counters (つ　＆　まい）
• New vocabulary
• Watched Nihongo dekimasu (Counters in food stores using つ）

しゅくだい：Counters exercises on Nihongo Dekimasu Worksheet

ESL
Low intermediate

• Talked about Romeo & Juliet
• Writing practice
• Exercises using verb to be

High intermediate

• Talked about "Influences" teenagers have nowadays
• Debate
• Writing practice (Good vs. Bad influences in your life)

10/21 A Day

Japanese 3

• Review for the test
• Chapter 1 test
• Speaking Activity using all the grammar learned in Chapter 1 P. 43

しゅくだい：Proverbs exercises and Kanji review　（Blue paper)


Japanese 2

• Review for the test
• Chapter 1 test
• Listening practice reviewing useful expressions and grammar from Chapter 1

しゅくだい：Correct the mistakes in your writing about yourself (Green paper). Make sure that you have at least half of a page.

10/20 B Day

Japanese 4

• Read again the movie review from [1 liter of tears]
• Reviewed Onomatopoeic expressions
• New proverbs
• Reviewed Keigo
• New grammar (Irregular honorific forms)

しゅくだい：Exercises using onomatopoeic expressions, keigo and proverbs


Japanese 1

• Finished watching もののけひめ（Princess Mononoke)

しゅくだい：Hiragana Quiz (ma - n)


ESL

Presentation by Christian (Bring it on)

10/19 A Day

Japanese 3

• Informal Speaking activity　「あき休みに何をしましたか。何をしてた？」
• Reviewed Chapter 1 with exercises
• Returned previous writing about family
• Talked about commom mistakes
• Talked about next term project

しゅくだい：Chapter 1テスト　(Make sure you study the proverbs as well)


Japanese 2

• Gave writing back and talked about common mistakes
• Explained about second term project
• Review exercises from Chapter 1

しゅくだい：Chapter 1　テスト

The end of term is next week!!!!

CHECK your grades and see if there's any homework you forgot to turn in!!!!

CHECK and see if you need to retake a quiz. You are allowed to retake 1, any quiz!!!!

Don't give up!!!!!!! If you need any help doing your homework, come and talk to me. I am at school everyday from 6am.

Everything in the beginning seems hard, but after practicing, reviewing and trying, everything becomes much easier.

Have a wonderful FALL BREAK everyone!!!!

10/14 B Day

Japanese 4

• Checked homework (Comprehension exercises from 1 liter of tears reading)
• Reading practice + discussion
• Corrected Comprehension exercises
• Talked about　敬語（けいご）　The 3 different types and the difference between them.
• Onomatopoeic expressions from the book

しゅくだい：ありません

Japanese 1

• Checked homework (Blue Hiragana Packet P.28 and 30)
• Hiragana Practice in pairs using Flashcards
• Hiragana Game

しゅくだい：ありません


ESL

Presentations by Araceli (Shark Tale) and Viri (Just married)

10/13 A Day

Japanese 3

• Collected homework (Dialogue comprehension exercises)
• Writing time about yourself using all the grammar learned in Chapter 1
• Talked about Japanese Culture vs. American Culture
• Listening practice (Useful expressions and dialogue)

しゅくだい：ありません

Japanese 2

• Reviewed all grammar from Chapter 1
• Gave time for writing about Family
• Dialogue vocabulary
• Read dialogue

しゅくだい：ありません

10/12 B Day

Japanese 4

• Corrected homework using potential vs. honorific passive form
• Reading about 1 litter of tears
• Vocabulary list from the reading

宿題：Read at home again the movie review from 1 litter of tears and answer the comprehension exercises

Japanese 1

• Useful expressions Quiz
• Gave time to finish Hiragana blue packet
• Finished all the hiragana　ら、り、る、れ、ろ、わ、を、ん
• Reviewed classroom objects

しゅくだい：Blue packet exercises P. 27,28,29 and 30。


ESL

Movie review presentations

• Jose　（Fast and Furious)
• Maria (Knowing)
• Alex (Transformers)

10/9 A Day

Japanese 3

• Collected homework (Exercises using male and female expressions)
• Reviewed all grammar learned from Lesson 1
• Finished all the proverbs
• Read the dialogue from Lesson 1

しゅくだい：Exercises about the dialogue read in class (Comprehension exercises)


Japanese 2

• Collected homework (Sentences using Baseてもいいですか）
• Reviewed all grammar learned from lesson 1
• Exercises connecting Adjectives
• Reviewed Base te
• Watched Nihongo Dekimasu about Baseてもいいですか

しゅくだい：Write a self-introduction in Japanese. You don't have to attach a picture (Green paper)

10/8 B Day

Due to illness, I was absent.

Check your grades and see if you forgot to hand in any homework NOW!!!

End of the term is around the corner. We only have 2 more weeks left.

As you know, you can retake one quiz and please do so ASAP. Also, if there's any homework you haven't turned it in, I will accept late homework, but I will only give half credit.

I come to school every morning at 6am since I go home just after lunch everyday, so if you have ANY questions, please come and talk to me before A1 or B1. I am here to help you guys!!!!

Ganbatte kudasai!!!

10/7 A Day

Japanese 3

• Reviewed all grammar from Lesson 1
• Reviewed proverbs + new (負けるが勝ち）
• Reviewed Base te + る（Speaking activity asking what they were doing yesterday, what they are doing tomorrow, etc)
• Reviewed Kanji with Game

しゅくだい：Exercises using expressions such as ぞ、ぜ、わ、の

Japanese 2

• Collected homework (5 sentences using adjectives describing their house)
• Reviewed adjectives (Meaning + type)
• New grammar P. 19 (How to connect adjectives)　
• Exercises
• Reviewed Base te
• Reviewed how to connect verbs using Base te
• New grammar P.19 Baseて＋も＋いいですか。（Permission)

しゅくだい：Write 5 sentences using Baseて＋も＋いいですか。

10/6 B Day

Japanese 4

• Collected homework (Questions to your boss using honorific forms)
• Useful expressions exercises
• Kanji review exercises (opposites)
• Talked again about the movie 1 liter of tears

宿題：Exercises using honorific passive exercise

Japanese 1

• Reviewed useful expressions
• Reviewed hiragana in pairs using only Japanese
• New Hiragana　(White and Blue packet)　や、ゆ、よ
• New vocabulary P.40　（Classroom objects)
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
• New grammar　Kono, sono and ano

しゅくだい：Useful expressions Quiz (Study the blue exercises sheet we used to review today in class)


ESL

Low intermediate
Packet "About me"　Talked about brainstorming
　　　　　　　　　　　　　Verb to be + exercises
　　　　　　　　　　　　　Wrote about our classmates

Intermediate
Packet "Writing a good paragraph"　　Explain about a "hook"
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The students wrote 2 paragraphs using the things learned from the packet.

Homework: Only low intermediate students --> Write a sentence using each vocabulary from the packet (total of 7 sentences)

10/2 A Day

Japanese 3

• Reviewed previous grammar learned
• Reviewed Base te＋る with pictures
• Gesture Game
• New Grammar ぞ、ぜ、わ

しゅくだい：ありません

Japanese 2

Taught everyone how to make YAKISOBA
Watched Yuyu Hakusho

しゅくだい：ありません

Want to watch Anime, Drama or TV shows from Japan?

There are some good websites online you can go and watch Japanese anime, drama or TV shows.

When I was learning English in Japan, I thought that only class instruction was not enough for me, so I started watching lots of American TV shows. I tried to watch everyday for at least 20 minutes a day.After a couple of months, my listening skills got better and I could remember some expressions that had been said over and over again. Some of them were really simple like [ What's up?] [I don't get it] ｢Go away｣、etc. Some of those expressions we don't learn at school and it was very useful for me to know.

My major in College was Japanese teaching and my minor was English. It was my dream to come to America one day and go to a college or graduate school. Finally, when I was 22 years old, my dream came true. I could come to BYU for Graduate School where I got a MA in Japanese Language Acquisition and Teaching + a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate.

Thinking back, all that American TV shows that I used to watch everyday helped me a lot!!! I could not afford to be an exchange student and go to English Speaking countries to practice my English, so those TV shows were free and I could imagine myself speaking English through the TV.

There are some good websites that you can try:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/

http://kimamaniyoutube.blog78.fc2.com/blog-entry-94.html

http://www.mysoju.com/

http://www.jdorama.com/

http://www.watchanimeon.com/

And of course you can always go to http://youtube.com/ and search for a variety of Japanese TV shows.

If you want to become fluent in Japanese, you have to practice by yourself and work hard. Remember that nothing comes easily to life.

Ganbatte kudasai (Good luck)

10/1 B Day

Japanese 4

• Reading Test 「ノーサンキュー」
• While the students were taking the test in the hall, the others watched a Scary TV series。
• Reviewed Honorific Passive
• New Grammar Base te+くださいませんか。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Base te +いただけませんか。

宿題：Write 5 questions that you might be asking your boss on your first day working in Japan. The options of workplaces are:　１）マクドナルド　２）オフィス　　３）学校


Japanese 1

• Reviewed all the Hiragana learned so far
• Hiragana Quiz (na-mo)
• New useful expressions + exercises (Classroom expressions)
• Reviewed new expressions using Overhead Projector (Miemasu ka)
• Watched Scary TV series from Japan

しゅくだい：ありません（No HW)


ESL

• Collected homework about problem and solution
• Open discussion about this they wrote on their homework
• Divided in class in 2 groups: Intermediate & Emergent
• Intermediate group: Reread the reading about Ananse and took a comprehension test
• Emergent group: Talked about professions and personalities

Homework: Only intermediate group (Exercises packet)