12/13 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked everyone's script and collected
• Watched Spanish and ASL movie from last year
• Translated interview questions P. 60 - 61

No homework, however those that haven't finished the script, please turn in to me no later than Friday (12/14). I will not accept scripts after that.

12/12 Japanese 1 A4

Family vocab and counters quiz
1. Exercises reviewing family terms and counters
2. Watched some best movies from last year WL competition
3. New Katakana na, ni, nu, ne, no
4. Katakana packet

Homework: Katakana packet`P. 53-54

12/12 Japanese AP A3

• Collected homework (Japanese script)
• Gave time to everyone to type the script to Japanese
• Checked homework ( writing using verbs)
• Watched some best movies from last year WL week
• New grammar BIII+koto wa dekimasu
• Watched first skit of Nihongo dekimasu

No homework

12/12 Intro to FL

• Checked homework (white translation exercises)
• Reviewed desu box
• Corrected homework
• New expressions 
• Gave matching exercises 
• Learned how to introduce themselves
• Introduced themselves to their friends
• watched Nihongo dekimasu (first skit)
• Practiced Rudolph and Deck the halls in Japanese

Homework: matching exercises

12/11 Japanese 2 B3

• Collected English script
• Gave time to talk about it and make copies to everyone in the groups
• Start writing in the genkoyoushi
• Sang Christmas carols

• Homework: Translate your script to Japanese

12/11 Japanese 3 B4

• Collected English script typed
• Made copies to everyone and started translating some sentences
• Reviewed BII + kaemasu
• Exercises
• New grammar
• Play "do you love your neighbor" in Japanese

Homework: Translate your script to Japanese

12/11 Japanese 2 B1

• Collected English script
• Gave time to talk about it and make copies to everyone in the groups
• Start writing in the genkoyoushi
• Practiced Christmas songs

Homework: Translate your Japanese script

12/10 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (Family outgroup exercises)
• Reviewed family terms ingroup vs. outgroup
• Corrected homework
• More exercises
• Finished writing about family
• Reviewed ages and people's counters

Homework: Family vocab and counters quiz

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12/10 Japanese AP A3

• Verbs quiz
• Made copies of everyone's scripts
• Students talked about 15 minutes about the movie
• Reviewed honorific and potential

Homework: Script translated to Japanese

12/10 Intro to FL

• Reviewed numbers
• Numbers quiz
• Reviewed alphabet
• New expressions
• Reviewed desu box
• Gave translation exercises using desu box
• Days of the month song (irregular and regular days)

Homework: Finish translation exercises at home

12/7 Japanese 3 B4

• Checked homework (English script)
• Finished script in class
• Reviewed to iu and to ka
• New grammar BII+ kaeru

Homework: Type your English script

12/7 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed for the test
• Unit test
• Introduced genkoyoushi
• Gave presentation rubric 

Homework: English script

12/7 Japanese 2 B1

• Reviewed Kanji and some important items from the test
• Unit 2 test
• Talked about genkoyoushi (Blue packet)
• Gave presentation rubric

Homework: Bring your English script done

12/6 Japanese 1 A4

• Collected grade report
• Reviewed Katakana
• Katakana quiz a-to
• Reviewed family terms
• New particle no
• Outgroup terms
• Gave exercises using outgroup terms
• Reviewed ages and number of people
• Reading P. 52
• Writing about their families

Homework: Worksheet

12/6 Japanese AP

• Checked homework and collected grade reports
• Reviewed Base te itadakemasen ka
• Reviewed Kanji
• Corrected homework
• Introduced new verbs
• Writing practice using new verbs, honorific and potential

Homework: Verbs quiz, English script and writing

12/5 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Watched a movie

Homework

• Japanese 2  Study for your Unit test using the review packet
• Japanese 3  Bring your English script for the movie

12/4 Japanese 1 A4

• Reviewed Katakana
• Gave grade report to everyone 
• Katakana writing practice
• Katakana game
• Family vocabulary
• Counters (people and age)
• Practiced asking questions to their friends about age and number of people in their families

Homework: katakana quiz a-to and bring grade report signed

12/4 Japanese AP A3

•  Checked Exercises (Finish I, II and III) Potential vs. Honorific
• Corrected homework
• Bte itadakemasen ka?
• Exercises

Homework: Finish exercises and bring your grade report signed

12/6 Intro to FL

• Aisatsu
• Reviewed syllables
• Reviewed numbers
• Numbers worksheet
• Bingo
• Desu box

Homework: Numbers quiz

12/4 Intro to FL

• Learned Aisatsu (greetings)
• Japanese syllables (46 sounds)
• Numbers 1-99
• Useful expressions (Good morning, hi/hello and goodbye)

Homework: Study numbers

12/3 Japanese 1 B4

• Reviewed adjectives together
• Adjectives quiz
• Reviewed to iu and to ka
• Reviewed kute and de
• Exercises using kute and de
• Description game describing friends in class

Homework: Bring part of your English script done

12/3 Japanese 2 B3

• Checked homework (Review packet)
• Corrected homework
• Watched movies from previous years (Film Festival)

Homework: Unit test

12/3 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (review packet)
• Collected grade report signed by the parents
• Corrected the whole packet reviewing everything learned in Unit 2

Homework: Unit test

11/30 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (pink review packet)
• Corrected packet
• Onigiri party

No homework

Japanese Club Christmas Party

The Christmas Party for our Japanese Club will be Dec 11 (Tuesday). We will start at 2:45.

We are going to order KFC chicken, so please RSVP so that we know how much we should order.

Since we are going to have a white elephant gift exchange, bring a gift that costs between $3 to $5 to be exchanged.

Also, make sure you have paid your Japanese club fees in the financial office, otherwise you'll not be able to attend our party. The fees include all the food we buy for our monthly activities.

Hope to see many of you there!!!!

11/30 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework (Stories narration)
• Peer review
• Reviewed passive and potential Exercises
• Exercises
• Watched One litter of tears Special http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-special-episode-1/211567
• Talked about the drama in Nihongo

Homework: Exercises (Finish I, II and III)

11/30 Intro to FL

• Collected homework (Name in Japanese 10 times)
• Onigiri Party
• Played do you loved your neighbor
• Played ball game using days of the month

Good luck in Spanish

11/29 Japanese 3 B4

• Checked flashcards
•  Watched Sword art
• Reviewed flashcards in pairs
• Speaking using to ka "たべものは何がすきですか。のみものは何がすきですか。”
• Reviewed to iu and to ka
• Finished exercises using to iu
• Got in groups and talked about the movie project

Homework: Adjectives quiz

11/29 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed vocabulary
• Vocab quiz
• Unit review
• Listening practice

Homework: Finish Review packet and bring grade report signed (AFHS only)

11/29 Japanese 1 B1

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Vocabulary quiz
• Listening practice
• Unit review
• Gave grade reports to everyone

Homework:Finish Unit review at home and bring your grade report signed

11/28 Japanese 1 A4

• Students had to go to the assembly at the beginning of class period
• Vocab quiz
• Reviewed Katakana
• Colors
• Pink packet (packet reviewing unit 1 and 2) 

Homework: Finish pink packet at home

11/28 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework (One litter of tears reading)
• Talked about the reading
• Corrected homework
• New grammar Potential vs. Honorific passive
• Writing stories looking at pictures

Homework:Finish story narration

11/28 Intro to FL

• Useful expressions quiz
• Particle ga (emphasis marker)
• Teach like and dislikes
• Hobbies
• Sports
• Days of the week

HW: Write your name in Japanese 10 times

11/27 Japanese 3 B4

• Speaking about Thanksgiving break
• Reviewed adjectives with flashcards
• Reviewed how to connect adjectives
• New grammar (to ka and to iu)
• Exercises using to iu

Homework: Adjectives flashcards

11/27 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed flashcards in pairs and together
• Writing practice about Thanksgiving
• Talked about the movie festival and got in groups brainstorming some ideas
• Added more sentences to the family draft presentation

Homework: Vocabulary quiz

11/27 Japanese 2 B1

• Writing about Thanksgiving
• Flashcards in pairs
• Talked about the movie festival, got in groups and brainstormed some ideas
• Worked on family draft (added some more sentences) 

Homework: Vocabulary quiz (study your flashcards)

11/26 Japanese 1 A4

• Helper had to write the month and days of the month in the board
• Reviewed Katakana
• Katakana writing practice
• Katakana karuta game

Homework: Vocab quiz

11/27 Japanese AP A3

• Speaking practice in Japanese about Thanksgiving Break
• Talked about the Film Festival
• Students got in groups and brainstormed ideas
• Watched some movies from last year

HW: One litter of tears reading

11/26 Intro to FL

• Reviewed nationalities and colors
• Translation sentences using nationalities and colors
• Reviewed languages
• Particle wo
• Teach verbs (hanasu and wakarimasu)
• Learned negative forms of the verbs
• Reviewed useful expressions
• Reviewed how to do self-introduction

Homework: Useful expressions quiz

11/20 Japanese 3 B4

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Kanji quiz

• Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
• Talked about things we are grateful for
• Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for

No homework

11/20 Japanese 2 B3

• Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
• Talked about things we are grateful for
• Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for

No homework

11/20 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (vocab flashcards)
• Reviewed flashcards in pairs
• Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
• Talked about things we are grateful for
• Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for

No homework

11/19 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (Katakana packet P. 47-50)
• Reviewed Katakana 
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed vocab flashcards in pairs
• Katakana chart writing in class

No homework

11/19 Japanese AP A3

• No homework
• Watched the last episode of one littre of tears
• Gave reading about one littre of tears and reading comprehension
• Wrote about what you are grateful for

Homework: Finish reading comprehension

11/19 Intro to FL A1

• Checked homework (Useful expressions matching)
• Corrected exercises
• Reviewed nationalities
• Learned how to write their names in Japanese (Katakana)
• Languages P. 64 and 65 of white packet

Homework: No homework

11/16 Japanese 3 B4

• Checked homework (flashcards)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Reviewed Kanji in pairs
• Finished watching Ponyo
• Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Kanji quiz

11/16 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed vocab for places
• Vocab quiz
• New vocab
• Vocab worksheet
• Translated questions in pairs P. 60 and 61

Homework: No homework

11/16 Japanese 2 B1

• Reviewed vocab for places
• Vocab quiz
• New vocab
• Vocab worksheet
• New grammar tasnohii/suki
• Exercises using new grammar

Homework: Flashcards

11/15 Japanese 1 A4

• Days of month quiz (song)
• Reviewed months
• Finished days of the month exercises
• New Katakana (sa, shi, su, se, so)
• Katakana packet

Homework: Katakana packet P. 47-50

11/15 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework (Expressions and Kanji worksheet)
• Corrected homework
• Using the Kanji learned ask questions to students to review Kanji and vocab

No Homework

Japanese Club T-shirt

If you want to purchase our Japanese club T-shirt, the last day is Tuesday. Please pay $10 in the financial office and bring me the receipt so that I can write your sizes on your receipt for my reference.

You will not be able to order a T-shirt after Thanksgiving break, so please hurry and pay yours soon!!!

11/15 Intro to FL

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Months and days of month quiz
• Finished watching Ponyo
• Reviewed classroom expressions
• New expressions
• Gave classroom expressions matching exercises
• Learned colors
• Nationalities and countries

Homework: Finish classroom expressions (matching exercises) at home

11/14 Japanese 3 B4

• Checked homework (Exercises on school events and Japanese culture)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Kanji and give flashcards
• Talked about some school events
• Learned adjectives and gave adjectives list
• Learned naru
• Watched part of Nihongo dekimasu
• Talk about i and na adjectives

Homework: Flashcards

11/14 Japanese 2 B3

• Checked homework (Flahscards and 4 sentences on suki/tanoshii)
• Reviewed previous homework suki/tanoshii
• Corrected sentences
• Practiced Flashcards with friends
• Exercises using suki and tanoshii
• Speaking about hobbies
• Reviewed flashcards in pairs

Homework: Vocab quiz (verbs and places)

11/14 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (mou, mada exercises)
• Reviewed mou and mada
• Corrected homework
• New grammar  (masu to dictionary form) P. 51 and 52 of textbook
• Exercises (blue paper)
• Reviewed places 
• Map activity

Homework: Vocab places (church, condo, etc) quiz

Japanese Club tomorrow

Japanese club is tomorrow.

It will be a potluck party, so please bring anything to share.

This month is Thanksgiving month, so we want to be grateful for our ancestors. Most of our club presidency will be bringing foods related to our ancestors. But if you don't know what to bring, just bring anything American to share.

I hope to see many of you guys tomorrow!!!

11/13 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (3 sentences) and P. 33-45 of Katakana packet
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Katakana with flashcards
• Reviewed days of the month song
• Reviewed days of the month exercises teaching months
• New Katakana ka, ki, ku, ke, ko and sa, shi, su, se, so
• Hiragana writing practice

Homework: Days of the month quiz (song)

11/13 Japanese AP A3

• Kanji review
• Kanji quiz
• Reviewed Keigo song
• Keigo packet 
• Kasane kotoba 
• Exercises

Homework: Expressions and Kanji exercises

11/13 Intro to FL A1

• Checked homework (desu translation - white paper)
• Reviewed desu box
• Corrected homework asking some of the students to write on the board
• Reviewed days of the month with calendar having students become sensei
• Learned months
• Exercises using months and days of the month

Homework: Months and days of the month quiz

11/12 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Japanese 2  (B1 and B3)

Watched a movie

 Homework (mou, mada exercises)

Japanese 3 (B4)

Watched a movie

Homework (Exercises on school events and Japanese culture)

11/9 Japanese 1 A4

Katakana packet P. 35 - 45 in class
Watched a movie

Homework: Finish Katakana packet up to page 45

11/9 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework (exercises and flashcards)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Kanji
• Reviewed verbs
• New grammar (keigo)
• Teach song 

Homework: Kanji quiz

11/9 Intro to FL A1

• Checked homework (desu box exercises-green)
• Reviewed desu box and particle wa
• Learned particle ka as question marker
• Learned particle no as possessive marker
• Reviewed greetings (good morning, hi, etc)
• Corrected homework
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu  https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson01/basic/index.html
• Meishi (business card) activity

Homework: Desu translation

11/8 Japanese 3 B4

• Checked homework (Kanji exercises)
• Watched Ponyo since everyone did their homework
• Reviewed Kanji with flashcards
• Corrected homework
• Finished reading about Japanese high school students in groups
• Watched nihongo dekimasu on extra curricular activities (kendo, bunkasai)
• Watched nihongo dekimasu on bunkasai

Homework: Exercises on school events

11/8 Japanese 2 B3

• Checked homework (vocab worksheet P.48 and 49)
• Corrected homework
• Practiced how to change masu to dictionary form with flashcards
• Speaking activity asking with masu and asking students to change the question to dictionary form
• New grammar  ________no ga suki desu     _____  no wa tanoshii desu
• Translation

1) I like to eat sushi
2) It's fun to drink soda.
3) I like to drink water.
4) It's fun to learn Japanese.

Homework: Vocab flashcards

11/8 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (Vocab worksheet P. 48 and 49)
• Watched 15 minutes of the Secret World of Arrietty
• Corrected homework
• Memorized some of the new vocabulary together
• New grammar mada, mou
• Exercises 

Homework: Finish exercises given in class

11/7 Japanese 1 A4

• Reminded everyone about the previous homework (flashcards)
• Practiced flashcards in pairs
• Reviewed days of the month song
• Finished Listening practice (5 and 6)
• Katakana packet a, i, u, e, o
• Reviewed counters with sentences

Homework: Katakana packet P. 33, 34 and 35
                    Finish the sentences using the counters.
 1) Please give me one paper
2) Please give me two candies
3) Please give me three worksheets

11/7 Japanese AP A3

• Unit test
• Reviewed Kanji with reading, meaning and stroke order
• Gave Kanji flashcards
• Listening worksheet (birthday packet)

Homework: Kanji exercises (pink) and flashcards

11/7 Intro to FL A1

• Talked about our class Blog
• Checked homework (write days of the month song 3 times)
• Watched Ponyo for 15 minutes
• Reviewed song together
• Useful expressions (good morning, good afternoon, good-bye) from packet
• Reviewed alphabet 
• Watched Nihongo dekimasu about self-introduction
• https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson01/basic/index.html
• Desu box (verb to be, am, is, are, etc)

Homework: Finish Desu box exercises (green worksheet)

11/6 Japanese 3 B4

• Reviewed for the test
• Test chapter 1
• New Kanji chapter 2
• Read about some customs and high school in Japan

Homework: Kanji Exercises

11/6 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Verbs and location nouns quiz
• New grammar mada, mou
• New vocabulary worksheet P. 48 and 49
• New grammar masu --> dictionary form
• Exercises using new grammar

Homework: Finish vocab worksheet P. 48 and 49

11/6 Japanese 2 B1

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Verbs and location nouns quiz
• Going in the hallways to play directions game
• New vocabulary worksheet P. 48 and 49
• Reviewed some things learned about family terms last year
• Added some more sentences to their family presentation

Homework: Finish vocab worksheet given in class

11/5 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (flashcards)
• Reviewed kore, sore and are
• Kono sono ano worksheet
• Listening practice 

Homework: Finish the flashcards

11/5 Japanese AP A3 Mininal Day

Career day the whole day

Homework: Unit test (birthday packet)

11/5 Intro to FL A1 Minimal Day

• Tell everyone about the blog
• Reviewed numbers with flashcards
• Numbers quiz
• Watched Ponyo

Homework: Write days of the month song 3 times

11/2 Japanese 3 B4

• Collected grade reports signed
• Assessments surveys
• Kanji review from japanese 2
• Kanji game
• Reviewed grammar, proverbs and Kanji from japanese 3

Homework: Test

11/2 Japanese 2 B3

• Checked homework (directions exercises back)
• Watched a movie for 15 minutes
• Reviewed directions
• Corrected homework
• Room picture practicing where some things in the room were
• Assessment

Homework: verbs and directions quiz

11/2 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (directions exercises front part only)
• Watched Arrietty for 15  minutes
• Reviewed location nouns
• Reviewed verb "to be located at"
• Corrected homework
• Directions game
• Assessment (survey)

Homework: verbs and directions quiz

11/1 Japanese 1 A4

• Reviewed Hiragana
• Hiragana quiz ma-n
• Vocabulary worksheet
• Days of the month (learned the song)

Homework: Flashcards

11/1 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework (Story from pictures and reading comprehension, pink worsheet)
• Read everyone's stories. Compare to the story on the packet
• Reading comprehension
• Birthday packet review
• New Kanji (Japanese 4 textbook)

Homework: Unit test

11/1 Intro to FL A1

• Asked everyone if they reviewed the numbers
• Reviewed numbers together
• Numbers worksheet
• Reviewed alphabet with flashcards
• Learned days of the month (irregular and regular days)
• Bingo

Homework: Numbers quiz

10/31 Japanese 3 B4

Watched Arrietty with the sub

Homework: Bring your grade reports signed

10/31 Japanese 2 B3

• Collected everyone's grade reports 
• Directions
• Learned "to be located at"
• Exercises
• Practiced the location nouns asking where some objects or students were in class

Homework: Finish the back of directions exercises

10/31 Japanese 2 B1

• Collect everyone's grade reports
• Directions (location nouns P. 35 and 36)
• Learned "to be located at" and the difference between animate and innanimate verbs
• Reviewed verbs
• Verbs worksheet creating sentences to be used their family presentation

Homework: Directions exercises (front part only)

10/30 Japanese 1 A4

• Collected Hiragana packet
• Reviewed Hiragana
• Hiragana karuta game
• Give Hiragana practice writing sentences (review for quiz)

Homework: Hiragana quiz (ma-n)

10/30 Japanese 3 A3

• Reviewed verbs
• Verbs quiz (reading)
• Assessment from the district
• Created stories looking at the pictures from Birthday packet

Homework: Back of pink exercises (reading comprehension)

10/30 Intro to FL A1

• Welcome to Japanese
• Explained a little about the Japanese language
• Learned the alphabet
• Greetings (Aisatsu)
• Learned numbers 1-99

Homework: Practice numbers at home

10/29 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Watched a movie with the sub

Homework: Bring your grade report signed

10/26 Japanese 1 A4

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Vocabulary quiz
• Listening practice writing Hiragana
• Hiragana writing practice

Homework: Hiragana Packet

10/26 Japanese AP

Presentations

Homework: Kanji quiz and bring your report signed

10/26 Intro to FL

Watched Ponyo
Made onigiri (rice balls)
Played "Do you love your neighbor?" in Japanese

Good luck in Spanish!!!!! Don't forget that from next week, you'll switch languages again :(

10/25 Japanese 3 B4

Presentations
Watched Ponyo

Homework: Bring your report card signed

10/25 Japanese 2 B3

• Reviewed for the test
• Gave new sheet typed
• Reading test
• Finalized everyone's grades and gave grade reports

Homework: Bring grade report signed

10/25 Japanese 2 B1

• Reviewed for the test
• Gave new sheet typed
• Reading test
• We watched Ponyo for the rest of the class
• Finalized everyone's grades and gave the grade reports to everyone with their final grades

Homework: Bring your grade report signed

10/24 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (Counters worksheet)
• Since most everyone did the homework, we watched 15 minutes of Arrietty
• Gave everyone's grade report
• Reviewed Hiragana
• New Hiragana ra, ri, ru, re, ro, wa, wo, n
• Reviewed Hiragana in pairs using flashcards (Check if everyone brought their flashcards)
• Hiragana packet exercises (we finished the whole packet)

Homework: Bring your grade report signed and vocabulary quiz (pen, cap, test, etc)

10/24 Japanese AP A3

• Checked homework
• Presentations
• Reviewed different types of give
• Reviewed particles
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed Kanji reading

HW: Kanji quiz (japanese reading)

10/24 Intro to FL

• Useful expressions and colors quiz
• Learn about hobbies
• Learn new verbs suki and kirai
• Learn particle ga
• Reviewed hobbies with suki and suki jyanai
• Reviewed days of the month song with ball game

Homework: No homework

10/23 Japanese 3 B4

Presentations

Homework: Presentations

10/22 Japanese 2 B3

• Checked homework (pink exercises back)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed verbs with a worksheet and students created some examples using the verbs
• Talked about family presentations for term 2
• Group speaking activity "where does your dad work? Do you work part-time?"
• Reading practice giving a new sheet typed

Homework: Reading test

10/23 Japanese 2 B1

• Checked homework (pink exercises about new verbs)
• Corrected homework
• Watched Ponyo
• Reviewed verbs
• Help them to memorize the verbs and speaking activity "where does your dad work? Do you work part-time?"

Homework: Reading test