Thursday, November 8, 2012

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


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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

Monday, November 5, 2012

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

Friday, November 2, 2012

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

Thursday, November 1, 2012

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