8/31 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (desu box exercises)
• Reviewed Japanese sentence structure + desu box
  
• Reviewed useful expressions
• New useful expressions (P. 18 and 19)
  
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Practiced in pairs
• Reviewed particles wa (topic marker) and ka (question marker)
• New particle no (possessive marker)
  
• Exercises using new grammar
• Watched nihongo dekimasu
  

Homework: Become a follower in this blog (Please look at the right side of the blog. Make sure you sign in with your real name so that I can give you points for that)

8/31 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Numbers review
• Numbers quiz
  
• Reviewed useful expressions
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Practiced in pairs
• New grammar from white packet (desu box)
• Exercises using new grammar
• Finished watching nihongo dekimasu
  

Homework: Last page of the white packet (Exercises translation)

8/31 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed useful expressions
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Practiced in pairs
• New grammar from white packet (desu box)
• Exercises using new grammar

Homework: Last page of the white packet (Exercises translation)

8/30 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana flahscards)
• Collected disclosure document
  
• Reviewed Hiragana together with flashcards
• Writing practice using Hiragana (Words from Japanese 1 vocabulary)
• Reviewed verbs
• Unscramble exercises using verbs in masu form
• Reviewed counters and helped everyone to memorize the "tsu" counter

Homework: Hiragana Quiz from a-ho

8/30 Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

• Reviewed Hiragana
• Hiragana Quiz
• Reading comprehension exercises (yellow handout)
• Reviewed family, ages, grades and some occupation vocabulary
• Writing practice in your notebook about your family
• Learned how to write longer sentences using で、ですが、そして、でも
• Katakana chart writing in your notebook

Homework: Katakana quiz everything

8/30 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Hiragana writing chart in your notebook)
• Reviewed Hiragana together with flashcards
• Writing practice using Hiragana (Words from Japanese 1 vocabulary)
• Reviewed verbs
• Unscramble exercises using verbs in masu form
• Reviewed counters and helped everyone to memorize the "tsu" counter
• Watched the first skit of Nihongo Dekimasu on counters

Homework: Hiragana flashcards (If you have the set from last year, you don't need to make it again, just bring the one from last year)

8/29 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed numbers
• Numbers Quiz
• New grammar (Desu box and sentence structure)
  
• Translation exercises using new grammar
  
• Learned self-introduction

Hajimemashite
Watashi wa _____desu.
Douzo yoroshiku.

Homework: Sentences (last page) from the white packet using new grammar

8/29 Japanese 1 A1 & A3

Lesson for A1

• Reviewed numbers
• Numbers Quiz
• Gave grammar packet
• Reviewed useful expressions
• Learned self-introduction

Hajimemashite
Watashi wa _____desu.
Douzo yoroshiku.

• Watched first skit and how Japanese people use hajimemashite from Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Practice with your parents/siblings introducing yourself in Japanese. Come everything memorized by next class


Lesson for A3

• Reviewed alphabet
• Reviewed numbers
• Numbers writing practice
• Reviewed self-introduction
• Practiced introducing themselves to each other
• Watched Nihongo dekimasu

Homework: Numbers Quiz

8/26 Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

• Collected disclosure and checked if everyone brought a binder/folder and a notebook
• Reviewed verbs
• Returned the journals and talked about some common mistakes
• Free talk "Kinou, nani wo shimashita ka?"
• Kanji numbers Bingo
• Hiragana and Katakana writing chart

Homework: Hiragana Quiz

8/26 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked if everyone brought binder/folder and a notebook (10 points each)
• Collected disclosure
• Reviewed useful expressions with matching exercises
• Reviewed vocab from Japanese 1
• Karuta game with vocab
• Reviewed verbs (meaning and verb types)

Homework: Write a hiragana chart (46 syllables) in your notebook

8/25 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Collected disclosure
• Reviewed Japanese alphabet
• Practiced reading with words
• Reviewed numbers
• Learned numbers from 11-99
• Learned greetings from textbook (P. 16 & 17)

Homework: Numbers Quiz

8/25 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Collected disclosure
• PGHS and LHS learned numbers from 1-10
• Learned numbers from 11-99
• Reviewed Japanese alphabet
• Reading practice with words
• Learned how to do a self-introduction
• Pair work

Homework: Review numbers, useful expressions and self-introduction learned today

8/25 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Collected disclosure
• Reviewed Japanese alphabet
• Practiced reading with words
• Reviewed numbers
• Learned numbers from 11-99
• Learned greetings from textbook (P. 16 & 17)

Homework: Numbers Quiz

Japanese 3/AP

Lesson

• Reviewed how to introduce yourself in Japanese including name, grade, age and family.
• Each student introduced themselves
• Reviewed useful expressions learned last year
• Gave disclosure document
• Reviewed verbs with verb types
• Played "Do you love your neighbor in Japanese?"

Homework: Bring folder/binder, notebook and disclosure signed.

8/24 Japanese 2

Lesson

• Reviewed how to introduce yourself in Japanese
• Everyone introduced themselves including name, age, grade and number of people in family
• Reviewed verbs in the board (meaning and hiragana)
• Writing practice - 2 sentences about things students did during Summer break
• Hiragana review (Karuta game)
• Gave disclosure document

Homework: Bring disclosure document signed, folder/binder and a notebook

8/23 Japanese 1

Lesson

• Introduction about the Japanese language
• Gave disclosure document
• Introduced Japanese alphabet repeating each of the 46 syllables
• Taught Japanese aisatsu or classroom greetings
• Japanese numbers from 1 to 10

Homework: Bring disclosure signed, folder/binder and a notebook.