Tuesday, November 30, 2010

B2 Japanese 3/AP 11/30

Lesson

  • Reviewed Chapter 1 and 6 Kanji
  • Kanji game
  • Reviewed Base te + kara
  • Watched Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Base te kara exercises (front only). If there's any vocabulary you don't know, check the back of your textbook. Also, don't forget that your English Script for the movie project is due next class.

B1 Japanese 2 11/30

Lesson

  • Reviewed Base te + imasu
  • Finished watching Nihongo Dekimasu
  • New Grammar (Directions)
  • Oral and writing practice using new grammar

Homework: Exercises using directions. If there's any vocabulary you don't know, check the back of your textbook. Also, don't forget that your English Script for the movie project is due next class.

Parent-teacher Conference

PT Conference is tomorrow from 3 to 6 p.m. I will be here from 3 to 5, so please remind your parents!!!!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Important announcements

  • Tomorrow 11/30 Japanese Club activity (Talent show) just after school

  • Movie's English Script is due 12/2 for Japanese 2, 3 and AP and 12/3 for Japanese 1

  • Japanese Club pictures will be taken on Wednesday at 10:10 a.m. in the Commons Area.

  • Our Christmas Party will be Dec 7th. Make sure to pay $2 at the financial office if you want to eat KFC. Also, please don't forget to bring a present from $3 to $5 for our White elephant gift exchange.

A1 & A2 Japanese 1 11/29

Lesson

  • Checked and corrected homework (out-group family exercises)
  • Reviewed Family Vocab (in-group and out-group)
  • Writing practice about your own family
  • Reviewed Katakana

Homework: Katakana Quiz Part I (Study your Katakana packet P. 33-44)

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

B2 Japanese 3/AP 11/23

Lesson

Finished watching Whisper of the Heart
Talked about some grammar and vocabulary that appeared in the movie
Worked on their movie scripts

Homework:
No HW, have a wonderful break!!!

B1 Japanese 2 11/23

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Kanji exercises - Pink sheet)
  • Reviewed all the Kanji reading for Chapter 2 and corrected the homework
  • Reviewed Japanese 1 counters (mai, tsu, sai and nin)
  • Learned new counter for cylindrical and long objects (hon)
  • Watched Whisper of the Heart
  • Worked on the Movie script
Homework: No HW, have a wonderful break!!!

Monday, November 22, 2010

A2 Japanese 1 11/22

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Movie script/movie ideas in a piece of paper)
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Katakana Chart Writing practice
  • Reviewed in-group family vocab
  • Reviewed Counters for people and age
  • Reviewed outgroup family vocab
  • Exercises using in-group family vocab in Hiragana

Homework: Exercises (yellow paper) using outgroup family vocab

A1 Japanese 1 11/22

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Movie script/movie ideas in a piece of paper)
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Katakana Chart Writing practice
  • Reviewed in-group family vocab
  • Reviewed Counters for people and age
  • Reviewed outgroup family vocab
  • Exercises using in-group family vocab in Hiragana
  • New Vocab (Grades in school)

Homework: Exercises (yellow paper) using outgroup family vocab

Visualize! That's the key to reach your goals!

Have you guys watched the movie called "The Secret"? The post below reminded me of that movie. It's not easy to visualize things that in your mind seems to be so intangible.

http://tightbodybootcamp.blogspot.com/2010/11/visualization-can-you-see-what-im.html

I do believe that when you stick something in your mind very strongly, anything can come true.

I would never thought I would become fluent in Japanese and end up being a Japanese teacher. Nineteen years ago, I landed in a new country called Japan, I understood nothing about the Language and cried everyday on my way back to school wishing that I would go back to Brazil on the next day. Day after that I was doing the same thing, crying, crying and complaining. I was only focusing on the negative side and not on the positive side hindering myself to accept new challenges and to learn the new language that was around me all the time.

After a year being in Japan and knowing just a few phrases in Japanese, I decided that I had to change my mind. I decided that I would become SOMEONE in the future. SOMEONE that would be fluent in Japanese and that would help learners who wanted to learn and acquire this mysterious, but beautiful language that is Japanese.

In order to reach that goal, I visualized myself going to College and after wards being hired as a new Japanese teacher. At that time sounded impossible to someone like me reach that goal, someone that could not even write and read in Japanese well.

But here I am, teaching Japanese in English and very happy about my career that was a dream 18 years ago.

I am so grateful I could visualize myself, dreaming about my goals and becoming what I am now.

I learned that nothing, absolutely nothing, in life comes easily. And now I am grateful for that. I am grateful that I could learn how to work hard and to believe in me.

Who said that it would be easy? But SOMEONE up there said that it would be worth it!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Japanese Club Group Pictures

Our Club group picture will be taken December 1st in the Commons Area at 10:10. The school is not going to announce through intercom for the students to go, so please mark in your calendars or cell phones!!! They are not going to retake any of the pictures if some students forgot to show up.

Please remind all your friends that are part of the Japanese Club and are not taking any Japanese class now.

Thanks,

Bellini sensei

B2 Japanese 3/AP 11/19

Lesson

  • Japanese 3 students took Chapter 6 Kanji Quiz
  • Japanese AP students took Vocabulary Quiz K Part I
  • Since we had the Renaissance Assembly during B2 today, we watched Whisper of the Heart.

Homework: I told to some of the Japanese AP students we would have a quiz next class, but I thought you deserve one day without a quiz, so there's no homework for everyone!!

B1 Japanese 2 11/19

Lesson

  • Reviewed Chapter 2 Kanji
  • Chapter 2 Kanji Quiz
  • Reviewed verbs from pages 35 and 36
  • Reviewed BTe+imasu grammar
  • Base te imasu exercises
  • Watched skit 1 and 2 of Nihongo Dekimasu about Base teimasu

Homework: Kanji exercises (Pink sheet)

Thursday, November 18, 2010

B2 Japanese3/AP 11/17

Lesson

  • While I was reviewing Kanji Chapter 6 with Japanese 3, the AP students took the J Vocabulary Quiz
  • Talked about the Movie project
  • Reviewed previous grammar 間に、BII+ながら
  • New grammar Baseてから、~の前に、~そうです
  • Exercises using new grammar

Homework: Japanese 3 --> Kanji Quiz Chapter 6
Japanese AP --> Vocab Quiz K (First 3 pages)

B1 Japanese 1 11/17

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Kanji flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji from Chapter 2
  • Talked about World Language Week's movies
  • Reviewed Body Parts
  • Reviewed previous grammar Bて+います
  • Reviewed verbs and learned new verbs

Homework: Kanji Quiz Chapter 2

A2 Japanese 1 11/18

Lesson

  • Checked homework
  • Talked more about the movies for the World Language Week
  • The students got in groups and brain stormed some ideas
  • Watched 2 movies from last year
  • Learned Family in-group vocabulary
  • Learned People and Age counters

Homework: Write part of the English Script in a piece of paper to show to your teacher.

A1 Japanese 1 11/18

Lesson

  • Checked homework
  • Talked more about the movies for the World Language Week
  • The students got in groups and brain stormed some ideas
  • Watched 2 movies from last year
  • Reviewed Family in-group vocabulary
  • Reviewed People and Age counters
  • Learned out-group family vocabulary
  • Reviewed Katakana アーソ

Homework: Write part of the English Script in a piece of paper to show to your teacher.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

A2 Japanese 1 11/16

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Flashcards and Katakana Packetカ、キ、ク、ケ、コ)
  • Reviewed Katakanaア、イ、ウ、エ、オ、カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ
  • New Katakanaサ、シ、ス、セ、ソ
  • Katakana exercises

Homework: Katakana Packet

A1 Japanese 1 11/16

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Katakana Flashcards and Katakana Packet)
  • Chapter 2 test for those that couldn't take last time
  • Talked about the World Language Week and Movie Competition
  • Watched some movies from previous years

Homework: No homework

Monday, November 15, 2010

B2 Japanese 3/AP 11/15

Lesson

  • Reviewed Chapter 6 Kanji
  • Reviewed previous grammar の間に&BII+ながら
  • New grammar(BodyPartsDescription)+をしている
  • Body Parts song
  • Guessing game using new grammar

Homework: AP --> Quiz J
3 ----> Kanji flashcards for Chapter 6

B1 Japanese 2 11/15

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Kanji exercises Ch 2)
  • Reviewed Kanji and gave flashcards
  • Corrected Kanji exercises
  • Body Parts song
  • Chapter 2 verbs
  • New grammar Bte + imasu

Homework: Make Kanji flashcards

A1 & A2 Japanese 1 11/12

Lesson

  • Chapter 2 test
  • Checked homework (First page of the Katakana Packet)
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Katakana exercises from packet
  • New Katakana
  • Chapter 3 Family (in-group) vocabulary
  • New counters (People and age)

Homework: Katakana flashcards and P. 37 of Katakana Packet

B1 & B2 Japanese 2, 3 and AP 11/11

Due to UFLA Conference at UVU, the students had a sub and they watched movies

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A1 & A2 Japanese 1 11/10

Lesson

  • Reviewed Counters
  • Ball game reviewing counters
  • Reviewed Ch 2 useful expressions
  • Played Simon says game using Tekudasai useful expressions
  • Learned Katakanaア、イ、ウ、エ、オ
  • Oral practice using P. 49 & 50


Homework: Katakana Packet ア、イ、ウ、エ、オand Chapter 2 test.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

B2 Japanese3/AP 11/9

Lesson

  • AP --> Quiz I
  • Japanese 3 --> Chapter 1 Kanji Quiz
  • Watched "the cat returns"

Homework: Arimasen

B1 Japanese 2 11/9

Lesson

  • Review of Chapter 1
  • Chapter 1 test
  • Watched Nausicaa

Homework: Chapter 2 Kanji exercises (Due 11/15)

Monday, November 8, 2010

A1 & A2 Japanese 1 11/8

Lesson

  • Reviewed Counters
  • Counters Quiz
  • Chapter 2 review Packet

Homework: You guys deserve a day without homework, so NO homework for Wednesday. HOWEVER, Friday you are having Chapter 2 test.

Friday, November 5, 2010

B2 Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

Japanese 3
  • Checked homework (Flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji using flashcards in pairs

AP
  • Quiz H

Together
  • Chapter 6 Kanji
  • Finished watching Nausicaa

Homework: Japanese 3 ---->Chapter 1 Kanji Quiz
Japanese AP ---> Vocab Quiz I

B1 Japanese 2 11/5

Lesson

  • Checked homework (Dialogue questions in Japanese)
  • Corrected homework
  • Read the dialogue again and talked about the vocabulary
  • Reviewed all grammar of Chapter 1
  • Free talk using all the grammar
  • Kanji Game (Numbers and days of the week)
  • Reviewed orally useful expressions

Homework: Chapter 1 Test

Thursday, November 4, 2010

A1 A2 Japanese 1 11/4

Lesson

  • Chapter 2 vocabulary Quiz
  • Reviewed Hiragana filling out a Hiragana chart
  • Reviewed previous grammar (Counters P.45)
  • Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu about counters
  • Listening Practice Chapter 2

Homework: Counters Quiz (Please make sure you know how to write all the mai and tsu counters in Hiragana)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Website to practice writing

If you want to practice hiragana, katakana or kanji having fun, the website below will help you a lot!!! Check it out!!!

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/index.html

B2 Japanese3/AP 11/3

AP --> Took Vocabulary Quiz G

Japanese 3 --> Corrected Ch.1 Kanji exercises and reviewed Kanji

Lesson together
Chapter 6 of Japanese 3 book
  • New grammar Baseている間に  BII+ながら
  • Exercises using new grammar

Homework: AP --> Vocab Quiz H
Jap3 --> Make Kanji flashcards

B1 Japanese 2 11/3

Lesson

  • Chapter 2 review sheet
  • Reviewed grammar and Kanji for days of the week and numbers
  • Read Ch.1 Dialogue
  • Exercises about dialogue

Homework: Finish dialogue exercises (Comprehension questions in Japanese)

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Some tips for term 2

みなさん、こんにちは!

We just finished the first 2 days of the Second Term. Those who are taking Japanese for the first time, hopefully you guys got an idea how to study for Japanese from now on.

I just want to share some tips with you. That was the way I learned English and Japanese.

1) After going home, I used to check my notes to see what I learned during the day. If I had any questions, I used to write those on my notebook and ask my teachers on the following day. Don't be ashamed to ask questions!!!!!

2) This tip was a very time consuming one, but helped me a lot to improve my language skills. I used to have 2 notebooks. One to use in the classroom and another one that I left at home just for me to practice. Before quizzes and tests, I used to re-write everything I learned in my second notebook. Things like grammar, examples to use the grammar, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.

3) In order to become fluent and better in a foreing language, I believe you have to study everyday for at least 5 minutes. Say things out loud at home, practice Hiragana, katakana or Kanji using your flashcards (You can even look at them during your favorite show's commercial), write the objects of your room/house in Japanese and stick on it for you to read everyday, watch TV shows, drama or anime in Japanese online and listen to Japanese music. Any of those activities would work!!!!

Some websites you can use:
http://www.mysoju.com/
http://www.hikyaku.com/manga/mangag.html
http://hellojapan.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/nihongo-dekimasu-erin-ga-choosen-tv-course-download/
http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/search/label/Nihongo%20Dekimasu
http://www.japanaradio.com/

4) Don't procrastinate!!! If you are learning a new Hiragana, Katakana or Kanji and you know you are going to have a quiz eventually, begin STUDYING now, don't leave to study everything one day before!!! REMEMBER you may have other assignments form your other classes and you'll not be able to study as much.

5) If you didn't do very well during first term, it doesn't mean you are not going to do well on the second term!!!!! NEVER, give up!!!!!

みなさん、がんばってください〔Everyone, hang in there!]

A2 Japanese 1 11/2

Lesson

  • Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards
  • Hiragana writing practice
  • Reviewed vocabulary of Chapter 2 (P.40, 41, 45)
  • Reviewed Particleの and この、その、あの
  • New Grammar (Counters for flat and unclassified objects)
  • Learned how to order food using Object+を+Counter+ください
  • Watched nihongo dekimasu about unclassified objects

Homework: Chapter 2 vocab Quiz (P.40, 41, 45)

A1 Japanese 1 11/2

Lesson

  • Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards
  • Hiragana writing practice
  • Reviewed vocabulary of Chapter 2 (P.40, 41, 45)
  • New Grammar (Counters for flat and unclassified objects)
  • Learned how to order food using Object+を+Counter+ください
  • Watched nihongo dekimasu about unclassified objects

Homework: Chapter 2 vocab Quiz (P.40, 41, 45)

Monday, November 1, 2010

B1 B2 Japanese2, 3 & AP 11/1

Lesson

Japanese 2
Checked homework and corrected

Japanese 3
Chapter 1 Kanji exercises

Japanese AP
Took "F" Quiz

Watched some movies from previous years and talked about the rules

Homework
Japanese 2 Nothing
Japanese 3 Finish Kanji exercises
Japanese AP Study for "G" Quiz