B2 Japanese 3/AP 9/1

Lesson

• Checked binder/folder, notebook and textbook of those who forgot to bring it previously
• Free Talk

　ばんごはんに何を食べましたか。
　あさごはんに何を食べましたか。
　今日のおひるごはんに何を食べますか。
　今日、学校がおわってから何をしますか。

　Vocab Review
　　あさごはん
　　ばんごはん
　　おひるごはん
　　おわる
　　アルバイトする
　　べんきょうする

• Katakana Review + Quiz
• Kanji review of Japanese 2

Unit 1 & 2　（Numbers, days of the week, some body parts and time)

• Reviewed Useful expressions

Homework: Go to our class blog and leave a comment. It is worth 10 points.
　　　　　　　　Those who did not pass the quiz today will have to retake it.

B1 Japanese 1 9/1

Lesson

• Checked binders/folders, notebooks and textbooks of those who forgot to bring it previously
• Katakana review on the board (Students wrote the 46 sounds)
• Katakana matching exercises
• Watched movies from last year's World Language Week

Homework: Hiragana Quiz

B2 Japanese3/AP 8/30

Lesson

• Collected disclosure and checked binder/notebook/textbook
• Free speaking. (Everyone talked about what they did over the Summer)

夏休みに何をしましたか。

• Meishi activity (Business card)

　はじめまして。＿＿＿＿＿＿です。＿＿＿＿＿から来ました。どうぞよろしく。

• Circle activity (Memory game reviewing like, particle and nouns)

何がすきですか。
＿＿＿＿と＿＿＿＿と＿＿＿＿＿＿です。


Homework:　KatakanaQuiz

B1 Japanese 2 8/30

Lesson

• Collected Disclosure and checked binder/notebook/textbook
• Finished scramble exercises (Spent most of the class reviewing verbs, MASU BOX and Base II)
• Hiragana Writing Practice (Dictation)

No Homework

A2 Japanese 1 8/31

Lesson

• Give Sounds Packet (White)
• Reviewed sounds and words
• Reviewed numbers and sentences

Question: Nan desu ka. (What is it?)
Answer: ________ desu. (it is __________)

Question: Kore wa _______desu ka. (Is this __________?)
Answer: Hai, soo desu. (Yes, it is)
Answer: Iie, chigaimasu. __________desu.
(No, it's incorrect. It is ________)

• Reviewed useful expressions and matching exercises ( Orange)
• New Grammar (White)

Homework: Finish the sentences using DESU BOX from the white paper given in class. It is worth 10 points

A1 Japanese 1 8/31

Lesson

• Give Sounds Packet (White)
• Reviewed sounds and words
• Reviewed numbers and sentences

Question: Nan desu ka. (What is it?)
Answer: ________ desu. (it is __________)

Question: Kore wa _______desu ka. (Is this __________?)
Answer: Hai, soo desu. (Yes, it is)
Answer: Iie, chigaimasu. __________desu.
(No, it's incorrect. It is ________)

• Reviewed useful expressions and matching exercises ( Orange)
• New Grammar (White)
• Went through p.6 of the textbook (How to say your name)

Homework: Finish the sentences using DESU BOX from the white paper given in class. It is worth 10 points

A1/A2 Japanese 1 8/27

Lesson

• Collected homework= 10 points (Disclosure signed) and checked if everyone brought a notebook, textbook and folder/binder (10 points)
  
• Reviewed Numbers with flashcards
• Reviewed 46 sounds (Alphabet)
• Bingo game using numbers
• Useful expressions from pages 16, 17 & 18
• Introduction of how to ask simple questions in Japanese

Question: Nan desu ka. (What is it?)
Answer: ________ desu. (it is __________)

Question: Kore wa _______desu ka. (Is this __________?)
Answer: Hai, soo desu. (Yes, it is)
Answer: Iie, chigaimasu. __________desu. (No, it's incorrect. It is ________)

We practiced this questions using numbers we learned last class.

• Pair work using numbers and the questions above
  

No homework!!!! Have a nice weekend!!! Just keep practicing the numbers

B2 Japanese 3/AP 8/26

Lesson

• Reviewed class rules and disclosure
• Filled out goals and reflection sheet
• Reviewed Katakana
  
• Reviewed Kanji for numbers, month and days of the week
• Kanji game (Writing on the board)
  

Homework

• Bring disclosure signed by a parent
• Bring your textbook, a binder and a notebook just for Japanese class.

Announcements

• We are going to have a Katakana Quiz next week, so please start reviewing it using flashcards
  

B1 Japanese 2 8/26

Lesson

• Reviewed the class rules and disclosure document
• Filled a reflection and goals sheet
• Reviewed Hiragana + Bingo
• Reviewed Particles, verbs and MASU Box
  
• Unscramble exercises (We are going to finish next class, so please don't forget to bring it)

Homework

• Bring disclosure signed by a parent
• Bring your textbook, a binder and a notebook just for Japanese class.

A2 Japanese 1 8/25

Lesson

• Learned Japanese Aisatsu (Greetings)

1) Kiritsu= Stand up
2) Ki o tsuke= Attention
3) Rei= Bow
4) Chakuseki= Sit down

• Disclosure Document + filled out a questionnaire about this class
  
• Introduced Japanese 46 sounds (Alphabet)
• Learned and memorized numbers 1-10

Homework

• Bring disclosure signed by a parent
• Bring your textbook, a binder and a notebook just for Japanese class.

A1 Japanese 1 8/25

Lesson

• Learned Japanese Aisatsu (Greetings)

1) Kiritsu= Stand up
2) Ki o tsuke= Attention
3) Rei= Bow
4) Chakuseki= Sit down

• Disclosure Document
• Introduced Japanese 46 sounds (Alphabet)
• Learned and memorized numbers 1-10

Homework

• Bring disclosure signed by a parent
• Bring your textbook, a binder and a notebook just for Japanese class.

Welcome back to school!!!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Summer. Last year I used Facebook to announce some assignments for our classes, but this year I will be only using the blog. I will have to delete my Facebook account, so if you have ANY question about the assignments, please comment here that I will get back to you as soon as I can. I receive all the comments for my blog on my cell, so don't be afraid to ask questions!!!!

I am very excited for this new school year. Please be aware that my schedule changed this year.

A1: Japanese 1
A2: Japanese 1
A3: No class
A4: No class

B1: Japanese 2
B2: Japanese 3/AP
B3: Japanese 1 at American Fork Junior High
B4: No class

I go home after B3, so if you want to catch me at school, please come during advisory time at the end of any class or in the morning from 7 a.m.

Thanks for making my job exciting and fun everyday!!!

We got 5th place on the Film Festival!!!

Our Club Night was awesome. We had around 350 people there.

This is the movie. I hope you guys will be able to watch it.
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=325621724709&ref=nf

I am really proud of everyone who made to the finals on the Culture Bowl as well.

Thanks everyone for working so hard!!!!

One more movie for you guys to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evfgGkUB7OM

This movie came from Japanese 3. This year our Japanese 3 class' movies were awesome. It was so hard to decide!!!! Even though this movie was awesome, it didn't make to the semi-finals.

One of the movie that made to the semi-finals was:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYXT0jNPgk

Extra Credit

One of the extra credit for this term is to attend the Club Night tomorrow. I will give to each one of you 15 points if you come. Make sure you come and talk to me in the beginning and at the end of the event so that I can take roll.

It will be lots of fun. Last year, about 300 people attended. If you want to see last year's event, check the post below.


http://bellinisensei.blogspot.com/2009/03/culture-night-312.html

Good luck to those who made to the final!!!!

World Language Week

Today was the last day for the our World Language Week. It was really fun to have Scavenger Hunt, Culture Bowl and the Movie Competition. A1 and B1 Movies were very hard to choose. The level of the movies are getting higher and I was really impressed!!! Good job, everyone!!!

I will try to post the list of the Culture Bowl finalists here, but those who made to the finals, make sure to come tomorrow to Club Night at 6:45pm. The event is going to start at 7pm with the Culture Bowl.

After the Culture Bowl, we are eating yummy deserts and then you will watch the movies that made to the Final. We, teachers, are going to discuss about the movies tomorrow after school and then we will decide the best 10 to give the cash prizes away for those who made to the Final. I have a STRONG feeling that will be very hard to decide on the first, second and third prizes.

Remember that we are going to have regular classes from tomorrow.

B1 Japanese AP Study for your Vocabulary Quiz Part G
B2 Japanese 1 No homework, but don't forget to bring you binder/folder and textbook.
B3 ESL Jobs Occupation fill in the blanks exercise

Movies

Today we finished selecting the best 2 movies from each class. I just want to say I am SOOOOOO proud of you guys. You made me really want to cry!! Really, no kidding!!! Thanks for working so hard!!!

This is one of the selected movies from Japanese 3. It is really funny!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYXT0jNPgk

If you post your movie on youtube, please leave your website here for us to watch it.

Have a nice Holiday!!! And now that the movies are done!!! Relax!!!!!

Oh, Japanese 4, sorry!! You guys have to study for your quiz, don't forget!!!!

Japanese movies are due Thursday and Friday

Our term's big project is due this Thursday and Friday.

Japanese 1 Due Friday
Japanese 2 Due Thursday
Japanese 3 Due Thursday
Japanese 4/AP Due Friday

I am so looking forward to watching your movies!!!! Start studying the culture facts for the Culture Bowl so that you can earn cash prizes!!!!

Sorry for not updating

Sorry that I haven't been able to update our blog. As I told you guys in class, after getting a virus, I cannot access any Google related pages anymore.

So, if you want to know the next class' homework, please check powerschool. The shukudai will be there.

Also, if you have any questions, you can still ask questions from here or email me.

mbellini@alpine.k12.ut.us

January Japanese Club

Our activity for January was going to the Oriental Market in Orem.

286 North State Street, Orem -

(801) 221-5949

I go there every week just to buy fresh vegetables and tofu.

There are two more places in Provo you can buy Oriental stuff, but the best place for me it's Oriental Market.

Many Lands Market

1145 North 500 West, Provo -

(801) 375-3789 Chao's Trading Co 77 North University Avenue, Provo - (801) 377-8845 It was very fun to do some shopping with everyone!!! Thanks for everyone who came!!! Next activity is Onigiri making. Make sure you pay $1,50 for the next activity at the financial office. Your "ticket" for the club activity will be the receipt.

Our club president, Sho.

The pictures below are just some stuff that we bought there.

Japanese Candy $,99Pocky $,99

Ramune drink $1,89

Noodles $2