3/20 Intro to FL A1

Reviewed for the quiz

Days of the week quiz
Gave everyone's grade reports

Checked homework (green paper)

Reviewed particles and verbs

Masu box
Corrected homework

New vocab (hobbies, sports and verb like)

Finished Ponyo

Bring your grade report signed

3/19 Japanese 3 B4

Checked homework (vocab worksheet)
Finished translating oral questions
Gave flashcards for the oral test
Reviewed the flashcards in pairs
Reviewed base ta hou ga ii desu
Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Oral test

Japanese Club this Thursday

We are going to start a fundraiser for our Japanese club selling ramune bottles next week, so this Thursday we are going to create posters to advertise it. Please come!!!! We will have some snacks for you as well!

Reminder about end of the term

Just a reminder that the last day for this term is Friday.

I allow one retake of quizzes or tests, so take this opportunity to retake something to improve your grades.

Also, if you have any late homework, the last day is Friday. Since Friday is an A day, I will be at AFHS during A3 and lunch.

If you have any question, you can email me anytime. mbellini@alpinedistrict.org

3/19 Japanese 2 B3

Verbs quiz
Reading practice together
Reading practice in pairs
New grammar ndesu
Exercises

Homework: Reading test and second part of ndesu exercises

3/21 Japanese 1 B1

Reading test in the hall
Watch Laputa

No homework

3/19 Japanese 2 B1

Verbs quiz
New vocabulary list
Corrected list
Reading practice in pairs
Reading practice together as a class

Homework: Reading test

3/18 Japanese 1 A4

No homework
Watched Sanchez' san groups and Baum san's group movie

Reviewed hanashimasu

Reviewed languages and nationalities

New verbs 

Homework: Finish exercises at home

3/18 Japanese AP 3/14

Quiz E
Listened to this chapter's story about Ume san
Reading practice

Homework: Vocab quiz F

Japanese Club this week

This week we'll have Japanese Club on Thursday 3/21. We'll be creating some posters to advertise our club fundraiser. We'll be selling ramune soda bottles for $2. Usually it is sold between $2.50 to $3 in the stores. We'll have strawberry and melon flavors available.

http://soda-emporium.com/FRESH-67oz-bottle-Strawberry-Ramune-soda-P2003835.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=Product_Search&utm_campaign=google_base

We'll be selling the ramune soda during the last week of March in the commons area during lunch. If you can help to sell, please come during lunch.

3/18 Intro to FL A1

Useful expressions quiz
Reviewed colors, desu box, particles
Checked blue paper as homework
Corrected homework
Learned new verbs and masu box (green paper)



Homework: Days of the week quiz and finish the translation on green paper given in class

3/19 Japanese 3 B4

Check homework Vocab worksheet

Finish translating oral questions
Give flashcards for oral test

Review Bta hou ga ii desu
Finish Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Oral test (study the 12 questions)

3/15 Japanese 3 B4

Checked homework (become worksheet)
Corrected homework
TReviewed "become"
Review base te
New grammar bta hou ga ii desu
Nihongo dekimasu (only skit 1)
Started translation oral questions for Oral test (3/21)
Vocab worksheet (matching)

Homework: Finish vocab worksheet

3/15 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (Exercises)
Corrected homework
Reviewed Place ni BII ni ikimasu
Exercises
Writing what you will be doing on the weekend using Place ni BII ni ikimasu
Chain game


Homework: Verbs quiz

3/15 Japanese 2 B1

Checked verbs flashcards
Flashcards in pairs
Reviewed Place ni BII ni ikimasu
Reading practice for reading test
Filmed a video for the jr. high
Everyone read together


Homework: Verbs quiz

You can study the verbs through the website below. Havili san created for us. Thanks Havili san!
http://quizlet.com/20904302/japanese-chapter-3-verbs-flash-cards/

3/14 Japanese 1 A4

Watched everyone's movie and chose the best one to compete at the high school

No homework

3/14 Japanese AP A3

Quiz D
Checked homework (previous worksheet on koto ni kimemashita)

Reviewed Kanji
Kanji worksheet


Homework: Quiz E

3/14 Intro to FL A1

Checked homework (desu translation)
Review desu box
Corrected homework
Nationalities and languages
Translation using adjectives, desu box, particles and colors (blue paper)

Reviewed useful expressions

Homework: Useful expressions quiz

3/13 Japanese 3 B4

Review grammar "become____"

Finish Nihongo dekimasu
Write a paragraph about your goals for the future using new grammar (narimasu)
Chain game

Homework: become worksheet

3/13 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (verbs flashcards)
Reviewed grammar bte wa ikemasen and bte mo kamaimasen with pictures
Practice asking questions using the pictures
New grammar Place ni BII ni ikimasu
Exercises


Homework: Exercises using Place ni BII ni ikimasu

3/13 Japanese 2 B1

Checked homework (verbs worksheet)
Reviewed grammar and Corrected homework
Gave Verbs flashcards
Practiced Base te mo kamaimasen and Base te wa ikemasen with pictures
Speaking activity in group using the pictures
New grammar Place ni BII ni ikimasu
Translated some sentences

Homework: Flashcards

3/12 Japanese 1 A4

Katakana quiz ma-n
Reviewed Katakana with worksheet
Learned how to write their names in Katakana
Gave "toilet pass"
Reviewed hanashimasu, yoku and sukoshi
Watched Davis san's group movie

Homework: Finish worksheet at home and bring your movie done

3/12 Japanese AP A3

Quiz C
Give journals back
Write what you did over the weekend using 5 words from C
Reviewed passive, tameni and BIII koto ni kimemashita
Exercises


Homework: Quiz D and worksheet we did in class

3/12 Intro to FL A1

Days of the month song quiz

Colors

Days of the week song
Reviewed "nan desu ka?'

Homework: desu translation exercises (white paper)

3/11 Japanese 3 B4

Checked worksheet on noni and node
Watched Kiki's delivery service for 15 minutes
Corrected homework
New grammar _____ narimasu
Watch Nihongo dekimasu (Only skit 1 and 2)

Homework:  No homework

3/11 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (Base te wa ikemasen worksheet)
Watched Princess Mononoke for 30 minutes
Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu
Gave Verbs flashcards

Homework: Verbs flashcards

3/11 Japanese 2 B1

No homework
Listening practice
Reading
Reviewed Base te
New grammar base te wa ikemasen

Worksheet using new grammar

Verb worksheet to fill out

Homework: Verb worksheet

3/8 Japanese 1 A4

No homework
Katakana exercises
New verb hanashimasu
New particles o and de
New vocab P. 74 and 75
Exercises

Homework: Katakana Quiz ma-n

3/8 Japanese AP

Quiz B
Writing practice using 3 words from B
Chain game
New grammar BIII + suru koto ni shimashita
Exercises
Speaking using new grammar

Homework: Quiz C

3/8 Intro to FL

Collect homework (names written 10 times)
Reviewed days of the month (irregular and regular days) using calendar
Learned "nan desu ka?" "_________ desu"
Correct matching exercises
desu box
Assembly

Homework: Days of the month song quiz

3/7 Japanese 3 B4

Watched 15 minutes of Kiki's delivery service
Reviewed node
New grammar noni
Exercises

Homework: Finish exercises

3/7 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (Verbs worksheet)
Corrected worksheet
Listening practice

New grammar base te wa ikemasen

Worksheet

Kanji review in pairs and pop quiz

Homework: Base te wa ikemasen worksheet

3/7 Japanese 1 B1

Finish Nihongo dekimasu
Reviewed adjectives
Learned verb "to become" narimasu
Kanji writing practice

Homework: No homework

3/6 Japanese 1 A4

Collected Katakana packet
Reviewed Katakana
Katakana writing practice and pop quiz
Write everyone's names in Katakana
Watched movies from the high school

Homework: Study your flashcards. Katakana quiz will be on Tuesday

3/6 Japanese AP A3

Quiz A
Gave journals back
Using words from quiz A, write in their journals
Reviewed previous grammar passive and tame ni


Homework: Quiz B

3/6 Intro to FL

Check homework(Song 3 times in your notebook)
Reviewed previous expressions (good morning, hi, hello, etc)

New packet (new useful expressions)
Worksheet (matching exercises)

Review Days of the month song

Learn how to write names in japanese

Homework: Write your name in a piece of paper 10 times

3/5 Japanese 3 B4

ACT test

3/5 Japanese 2 B3

ACT test

3/5 Japanese 2 B1

ACT test

3/4 Japanese 1 A4

Reviewed Katakana
New Katakana
Gave time to finish Katakana packet
Gave time to talk with their movie groups

Homework: Katakana packet
                   Remind that your movie project is due Friday

3/4 Intro to FL A1

Reviewed useful expressions

Reviewed self-introduction

Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu

Days of the month

Homework: Write the days of the month song in your notebook 3 times

2/29 Japanese 3 B4

Watched Spirited Away
Played achi muite hoi

No homework

3/1 Japanese 2 B3

Adjectives Quiz
Bingo using Kanji
Verbs

Homework: Verbs worksheet

3/1 Japanese 2 B1

Adjectives Quiz
Party playing jyanken pon achi muite hoi

No homework

2/28 Japanese 1 A4

Vocabulary quiz
Listening practice  bring CD

Reviewed Katakana

Give Katakana flashcards

Homework: Katakana flashcards

3/4 Japanese AP A3

Check journals
Peer review
New grammar Noun + no + tameni    BIII + tameni
Exercises


Homework: Vocab quiz A

2/28 Japanese AP A3

New grammar past participle

Exercises

Journals writing

Homework: Finish journals at home

2/28 Intro to FL A1

Numbers Quiz

Math Problems

Review useful expressions

Self-introduction
Introduced themselves to at least 5 people in class

Nihongo Dekimasu
Bingo

Homework: No homework, but review the useful expressions you have learned before (good morning, hi, helllo, good evening, etc.)

2/27 Japanese 3 B4

Movie Festival
Checked homework node matching
Reviewed node asking questions

No homework

2/27 Japanese 2 B3

Movie Festival

Adjectives quiz

2/27 Japanese 2 B1

Movie Festival




Adjectives quiz on Friday

2/26 Japanese 1 A4

Checked homework P. 71-73
Watched Totoro for 15 min.

Reviewed Katakana

Corrected packet 

Talked about the movie project. It is due March 8th

Homework: Family vocab quiz

2/26 Japanese AP A3

Film festival at Media Center
Kanji game reviewing Japanese 2 Kanji

No homework

2/27 World Language Night from 7-9 p.m.

Konnichiwa everyone!

Just a reminder about our World Language Night on Thursday. We are having the final for the Culture Bowl and also you will watch the best 10 movies from the Film Festival.

If you come, you will get 30 points of extra credit. Just make sure you check in and check out with me. When you check out, I will give you a card that you will be able to exchange it for 30 points. If you don't stay there for the whole time, you will not get the card.

Junior High students are invited as well.

2/26 Intro to FL A1

Checked if everyone brought a notebook
Watched Ponyo for 15 minutes
Reviewed greetings
Reviewed alphabet
Useful expressions
Learned about bowing and eye contact



Homework: Numbers quiz

2/25 Japanese 3 B4

Checked everyone's writing about season'
Peer review
Reviewed node
node worksheet


Homework: Finish node worksheet

2/25 Japanese 2 B1

Reviewed adjectives
Worksheet (Meaning and adjectives type)
Helped memorizing adjectives

Homework: Study for adjectives quiz (Quiz will be on Friday)
You can go to the following website and practice the adjectives. Havili san created this flashcards.
http://quizlet.com/20148000/japanese-adjectives-flash-cards/

2/25 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (opposites worksheet)
Reviewed adjectives
Corrected opposites worksheet
Adjectives guessing game
New verbs (worksheet)

Homework: Finish verbs worksheet

You can go to the following website and practice the adjectives. Adjectives quiz will be on Friday. 

Havili san created this flashcards.

http://quizlet.com/20148000/japanese-adjectives-flash-cards/

2/22 Japanese 1 A4

Watched Spirited Away

2/22 Japanese AP A3

Scavenger Hunt

2/22 Intro to FL A1

Watched Ponyo

2/21 Japanese 3 B4

Scavenger Hunt

Reviewed Kanji
Speaking practice talking about seasons and Btari
WRiting about seasons

No homework

2/21 Japanese 2 B3

Scavenger Hunt
Reviewed  adjectives
Worksheet

Homework: Adjectives worksheet (opposites)

2/21 Japanese 2 B1

Scavenger Hunt
Reviewed adjectives
Adjectives game


No homework

2/20 Japanese 1 A4

Reviewed all Katakana learned
Katakana packet 68, 69 and 70
Corrected packet
Watched some movies from the high school

Homework: Katakana packet 71-73 and start translating your movie script to Japanese

2/20 Japanese AP A3

Decided the best movie to move on to the semi-finals

No homework

2/20 Intro to FL A1

Introduction about the Japanese language
Japanese greetings (aisatsu)
Japanese alphabet
Numbers 1-99

Homework: Bring a notebook just for the Intro class

2/19 Japanese 3 B4

Culture Bowl

No homework

2/19 Japanese 2 B3

Culture Bowl

No homework

2/19 Japanese 2 B1

Culture Bowl

No homework

2/15 Japanese 1 A4

Watched a movie

2/15 Japanese AP A3

Watched movies for the Film Festival



No homework

2/15 Intro to FL

Sub gave review packet
Watched Spirited Away

Thanks for working so hard and good luck in Spanish!!!!

2/14 Japanese 3 B4

Watched everyone's movies

No homework

2/14 Japanese 2 B3

Watched all the movies and chose the best movie

No homework

2/14 Japanese 2 B1

Watched all the movies and chose the best movie

No homework

2/13 Japanese 1 A4

Checked homework (flashcards)
Talked about the movie project
Reviewed the flashcards in pairs
Karuta game (slapping game)

No homework

2/13 Japanese AP A3

Worked on the movie project
Listening comprehension watching Japanese commercials

Homework: Movie

2/13 Intro to FL

Checked homework (nationalities translation)
Corrected homework
Learned sports and hobbies
Reviewed colors and nationalities
Played do you love your neighbor


No homework

2/12 Japanese 3 B4

Everyone got into groups to finalize movie project
New grammar   node
Translated some sentences
Exercises
Speaking

Homework: Movie done

2/12 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (flashcards)
Reviewed adjectives in pairs
Smart board games reviewing i and na adjectives
Reviewed kute and de
New grammar kunarimasu
Watched nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Movie done

2/12 Japanese 1 B1

Checked homework (Adjectives flashcards)
Since everyone did their homework we watched a movie for 15 minutes
Reviewed adjectives in pairs using flashcards
New grammar kute and de
Translated some sentences
Watched Nihongo dekimasu
https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson24/basic/index.html

Homework: Bring your movie finished

Movie project for Japanese 2, 3 and AP

Next week World Language Week starts. After President's day (Monday), we are having a very fun week with Culture Bowl, Scavenger Hunt and the Film festival. For this reason, your movies are due Thursday 2/14 (For Japanese 2 and 3 classes) and Friday 2/15 (For Japanese AP). It's a 100 points, so please make sure you bring it!

Make sure that you have readable subtitles, no violence/no foul language and also some special effects.

I am looking forward to watching your movies!!!

2/11 Japanese 1 A4

Family presentations

Homework: Vocab flashcards

Japanese Club activity tomorrow

Our Japanese Club activity will be tomorrow after school. Please bring a gift to exchange up to $3. It should be Valentine's Day related. It will be really fun!!!

2/11 Japanese AP A3

Reviewed Kanji
Kanji quiz
Writing practice using Kanji learned
Speaking activity


Homework: Work on your movie project

2/11 Intro to FL A1

Reviewed song
Days of the month song quiz
Reviewed months and days of the month asking for everyone's birthday
Reviewed colors
Learned languages and verb to speak
New particle wo
Learned days of the week


Homework: Finish colors and nationalities translation sheet

2/8 Japanese 2 B1

Vocab Quiz
New grammar Adjectives
Exercises


Homework: Adjectives flashcards

2/8 Japanese 3 B4

Kanji quiz
Kanji exercises
Corrected Kanji exercises
Listening practice Ch 2

Homework: Work on your movie project

2/7 Japanese 1 A4

Family presentations
Talked about common mistakes
Gave flashcards

Homework: Presentations and start working on your flashcards (they are due on Wednesday)

2/7 Japanese AP A3

Checked homework (kanji flashcards)

Reviewed Kanji
Watched Castle in The sky for 15 minutes since everyone did their homework

Reviewed Kanji in pairs

Reviewed Kara
Ask questions and tell the students to answer

Finish Nihongo dekimasu
Kanji game

Homework: Kanji quiz

2/7 Intro to FL A1

Collected homework (Names in Japanese 10 times)
Since everyone did their homework, we watched 15 minutes of Spirited Away
Reviewed nationalities
Colors

Particle no

Translation exercises

Speaking practice using colors, nationalities

Homework: Days of the month song quiz

2/6 Japanese 3 B4

Checked homework (flashcards)
Reviewed Kanji in pairs
Watched Spiried Away since everyone did their homework
Learned school subjects
Shawn Fugal talked about the differences between Japanese and American schools


Homework: Kanji quiz

2/8 Japanese 2 B3

Vocab Quiz
Reviewed adjectives and clothing vocabulary using smart board
Corrected translation
New grammar kute and de
Translation exercises

Homework: Adjectives flashcards

2/6 Japanese 2 B3

Checked homework (worksheet)
Corrected homework
Reviewed verbs and clothing vocab
Adjectives
Exercises


Homework: Vocab quiz

2/6 Japanese 2 B1

Checked homework (worksheet)
Corrected homework
Reviewed verbs and clothing vocab
Description game using to wear and new vocab


Homework: Vocab quiz

2/5 Japanese 1 A4

• Checked homework (Katakana packet)
• Reviewed whole chapter with vocab worksheet
• Explained about the family presentation
• Gave presentation rubric
• Gave everyone's script back

Homework:  Family Presentation
Lott san, Foltz san, Xaythavone san, Kendall san, Sorensen san, Honey san, Robinson san, Sanchez san, Evans san, Steinman san, Boden san, Rassmusen san, Nicholes san, Baum san, Stewart san, Nelson san

2/5 Japanese AP A3

Checked homework (kanji exercises)

Reviewed Kanji

Give flashcards

Corrected homework

New grammar kara

Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Kanji flashcards

2/5 Intro to FL

Useful expressions quiz
Reviewed desu box

Desu translation

Learned how to write last names in Japanese

Nationality

Homework: Write your name 10 times

2/1 Japanese 1 A4

Watched a movie