Would like to host a Japanese student?

An English school in Provo asked me to pass this opportunity on to those students who would like to host a Japanese student.

A Jr. High School from Japan sends every year several male students to experience American Culture and language for a week. Host families are required to take them to school and pick them up when they have classes. The school compensates each host family $200.

It is required to have at least one boy living in the house at the time the Japanese male student is there.

For more information, please contact Jaime Clement
(801) 785-5748

8/31 B Day

Japanese 4/AP

• Checked Homework (Flashcards)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Writing exchange activity
• Reading (ノーサンキュー）

しゅくだい：Practice reading at home & Writing Practice (週末何をしましたか？）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　What did you do this weekend?


Japanese 1

• Checked homework (desu box exercises)　＋Correction
• Useful expressions exercises
• New Grammar　Kore, sore, are
• Finish　Nihongo Dekimasu
• Hiragana　あ、い

しゅくだい：Hiragana [あ」　＆　「い」　１０Times each.


ESL

• Idiom of the day (reviewed previous and learned a new one)
• Gave their Placement tests back
• Talked about some grammar mistakes on the test
• Writing Practice 「What did you do this weekend?」

8/28 A Day

Japanese 3

• Checked homework (Flashcards)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Reviewed previous Japanese proverb + learned new
• New Kanji Chapter 1. You can download the exercises from here.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129416256/294799/Japanese_3______Lesson_1____KanjiPractice_exercises.html

• Writing Practice　「なつやすみに何をしましたか。」

しゅくだい：Chapter 1 Kanji exercises
　　　　　　　Useful expressions exercises
　　　　　　　Writing about your summer Break (Only Lone Peak)　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　AF already did in class


Japanese２

• Reviewed Katakana ＋Quiz
• Reviewed previous speaking activity about introduction
• Useful expressions from book　（Exercises). You can download it from here.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129418525/33f1e152/Japanese_2___Useful_expressions.html

• New Kanji　（Days of the week）You can download the exercises from here.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129417907/beb00bce/Japanese_2_Lesson_1_Kanji__Day_of_the_week_.html

しゅくだい：Finish the Kanji exercises we did in class

8/27 B Day

Japanese 4/AP

• Reviewed Kanji
• Peer reading (Exchanged writing with your classmates)
• Reading Practice
• New writing 「今年のゴールはなんですか。」

しゅくだい：Make Flashcards (All the 218 Kanji)


Japanese 1

• Reviewed Numbers + quiz
• Reviewed Introduction
• Watched Nihongo dekimasu　（How to introduce yourself)
• Meishi Group work activity　（Exchanging business card with everyone)

しゅくだい：Exercises using desu box. You can download it from here.
http://www.4shared.com/file/128185320/4ed649c4/Sentence_structure_and_desu_box.html



ESL

• Returned writing practice
• Talked about grammar errors and vocabulary usage
• Introduced the IDIOM OF THE DAY [Allright]
• Reading
• Listening Practice [First day at school]

8/26 A Day

Japanese 3

• Hiragana/Katakana Quiz
• Finished watching Gokusen as a listening practice
• Talked about cultural differences on the movie
• Proverb 十人十色 from the book

しゅくだい：Flashcards handed in class today. Make sure you write both meaning and reading on the back of each card. It is worth 20 points!!!!!


Japanese 2

• Kanji numbers Quiz
• Katakana review exercises
• Reading P.8
• Speaking activity (Group work) about get to know your classmate

しゅくだい：Katakana Quiz

8/25 B Day

Japanese 4/AP

• Collected Disclosure and checked binder or folder
• Finished Listening Activity (Gakusen Drama)
• Reviewed Kanji from Summer Packet
• Handed flashcards
• Writing Activity 「夏休みに何をしましたか。]

しゅくだい：Start making flashcards (212 Kanji)


Japanese 1

• Collected Disclosure
  Reviewed numbers
  Reviewed how to introduce yourself +
  Group activity
  Reviewed 46 sounds
  Reviewed Useful expressions + learned
  new from the book
  Learned DESU BOX + exercises on the board
  

Note: Make sure you bring your notebook to take notes about grammar and to do exercises copied from the board.


しゅくだい：Numbers Quiz 1-99


ESL

• Talked about everyone's personal goals for this class
• Grammar Points　Like/Love +__________ing
• Interested in + ________ing
• Finished Oral test
• Writing Activity 「What did you do during Summer Break?」

No homework

Looking for ways of practicing Japanese outside classroom?

I love online resources. There are so many resources out there. You just have to be patient and look at each one of them.

What I would like to recommend today are 2 websites for watching Japanese dramas and Anime.

http://www.mysoju.com/
http://www.watchanimeon.com/

If you have more resources that you would like to share, please let me know.

I hope everyone is having fun learning Japanese so far!!!

8/24 A Day

Japanese 3

• Checked homework (Collected disclosure and gave points to those who brought the folder or binder)
• Reviewed Kanji from the packet given before Summer Break. If you need to make your own flashcards, you can download the packet with 121 Kanji from here.

http://www.4shared.com/file/127385945/def14ef9/Kanji_Review_Flashcards.html

• Pair work activity (Exercise that you had to match the Kanji with the reading)
• Watched the Japanese Drama GOKUSEN as a listening practice.
• Reviewed Katakana with flashcards.

しゅくだい：Hiragana & Katakana Quiz

Japanese 2

• Checked homework (Collected disclosure and gave points to those who brought the folder or binder)
• Review Kanji Numbers
• Dictation exercises using Kanji Numbers
• Katakana Review & Karuta Game

しゅくだい：Kanji Numbers Quiz

8/21 B Day

Japanese 4

• Speaking Warm up (introduce yourself)
• Talked about Disclosure document
• Katakana Review activity (Mc Donald's Menu)
• Watched Japanese Drama called Gokusen (Cultural differences and listening practice)

しゅくだい：Bring Disclosure signed, folder or binder and notebook to class.

Japanese 1

• Talked about Disclosure
• Learned 46 sounds in Japanese P.1 and 2
• Useful expression from book P. 16 and 17
• Numbers (Students memorized from 1~99) P. 21
• Introduction (Group work) P. 6

しゅくだい：Bring Disclosure signed, folder or binder, book and notebook to class.

Try to review at home the numbers and how to introduce your self in Japanese.

ESL

• Talked about Disclosure
• Placement Test
• Oral test

しゅくだい：Bring Disclosure signed, folder or binder and notebook to class.

8/20 A day (First day of school)

Japanese 3

• Handed Disclosure
• Speaking warm up (Introduce yourself to class)
• Katakana & Hiragana Review (カルタゲーム）
  
• Kanji Review from packet given to study over the Summer Break

しゅくだい：　Bring your disclosure signed, textbook, notebook and folder or binder. If you don't bring everything, you are not going to get full points.


Japanese 2

• Handed Disclosure
• Speaking warm up (Introduce yourself to class)
• Katakana Review
• Kanji Review
  

しゅくだい：　Bring your disclosure signed, textbook, notebook and folder or binder. If you don't bring everything, you are not going to get full points.

Welcome back!!!

Hi everyone!

Those who took Japanese 1, 2 and 3 last year probably know already about this blog, but those who are taking Japanese or ESL for the first time, I would like to welcome you to our blog!!!!

The disclosure documents can be downloaded, so please click on the class you are taking this year. Bring to me signed by you and one of your parents by next A or B day.

Japanese 1
http://www.4shared.com/file/125929585/4d3c6dc7/DISCLOSURE_DOCUMENT_JAP_1_2009_2010.html

Japanese 2
http://www.4shared.com/file/125931197/45f49429/DISCLOSURE_DOCUMENT_JAP_2_2009_2010.html

Japanese 3
http://www.4shared.com/file/125931372/a8999946/DISCLOSURE_DOCUMENT_JAP_3_2009_2010.html

Japanese 4/AP
http://www.4shared.com/file/125931989/b544d9d7/DISCLOSURE_DOCUMENT_JAP_4_2009_2010.html

ESL
http://www.4shared.com/file/125932177/c9c21649/DISCLOSURE_DOCUMENT_ESL_2009_2010.html

If you have any questions, please let me know. Please make sure your parents write their email addresses as well.

I am looking forward to being with all of you this year.

Mrs. Bellini

LPHS 5/18

Japanese 1

Finished Totoro
Explained about the Final Test

Announcements: Final Test will be May 22
Videos are due May 27th and will be shown in class.



Japanese 2

Finished Grave of the fireflies
Explained about the Final Test

Announcements: Final Test will be May 22
Videos are due May 27th and will be shown in class.

AFHS 3/15

Japanese 1

• One on one interview
• Watched Howl's moving castle

しゅくだい：Final Test

Japanese　２

• Presentation　on Tokyo Drift
• Review for the Final

しゅくだい：Study for the Final

Japanese 3

Review for the Final
Time for the skits

しゅくだい：Final Test
　　　　　　　Skits are due Thursday of next week.

LPHS 4/14

Japanese 1

Watched Totoro

Announcements:　Movies will have to be shown in class on May 27th.
Final Test May 22.



Japanese 2

Watched Grave of the fireflies

Announcements:　Movies will have to be shown in class on May 27th.
Final Test May 22.

AFHS 5/13

Japanese 1

• Checked Homework (Exercises using hobbies)
• Presentation on Tokyo
• Reviewed all grammar, vocabulary for the whole year

しゅくだい：Study for the Final

Japanese 2

• Presentation on Last Samurai
• Watched the movie

しゅくだい：ありません

Japanese 3

• Talked about Japanese 4 Class
• BI+ないでください
• 日本語できます（Erin's last day at school)
• Talked about the difference between America and Japan's graduation cerimony

しゅくだい：ありません

AFHS 5/11

Japanese 1

• Kanji Quiz
• Presentation on Nagoya by Haleyさん
• New Grammar P. 98(しゅみ）
• New VocabularyP.98-99
• Group work

しゅくだい：Finish exercises that we started in class as a group work.


Japanese 2

• Finish Nihongo Dekimasu
• New Grammar　にします
• 　　　　　　　　　　　そう
• New Kanji

　
しゅくだい：Kanji exercises

Japanese３

• Review of the whole Chapter
• Work on skits

しゅくだい：ありません

LPHS 5/8

Japanese 1

• Checked しゅくだい＋Corrected
• Reviewed Suki vs. Kirai
• New Vocab from book
• Exercises
• New Kanji (days of the week)

しゅくだい：Kanji Quiz (numbers)_

Japanese 2

ドーナツパーティー

しゅくだい：New Kanji sheet (10 times each)

AFHS 5/7

Japanese 1

• Vocabulary Quiz on the whole Chapter 4 Vocabulary
• Presentation on Akita & Matsumoto
• New Grammar Particleで（Tool)
• Exercises using new Particle (Green Paper)

しゅくだい：Kanji Quiz (Numbers)

LPHS 5/6

Japanese 1

• Vocabulary Quiz
• Review Previous Grammar
• Group work using yellow sheet about hobbies
• New Grammar すき・きらい・どんな～

しゅくだい：Finish yellow sheet at home

Japanese 2

• Review でしょう
• New Grammar　かもしれません・かもしれない・かも
• DVD　にほんごできます
• Watched Japanese TV shows showing Japanese Culture

しゅくだい：ありません

AFHS 5/5

Japanese 1

• Finished movie: The grave of the fireflies
• Kanji review
• Dictation Kanji writing
• Listening Practice

しゅくだい：Vocabulary Quiz from the list

Japanese 2

• Presentation by Buckwalterさん　（Spirited away)
• Presentation by Parkさん＆Teegartenさん　（Bleach)
• Watched Bleach

しゅくだい：Vocabulary Quiz

Japanese 3

Finished Final Fantasy
Gave time to finish the script

しゅくだい：Script translated to Japanese