Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Do you want to practice Japanese over the break?

The following are my favorite Japanese dramas. I learned English watching American TV shows and I know that it helped me a lot.

I know that some of you would rather watch anime than Japanese drama, but I would really recommend watching drama over anime because anime uses different expressions that we don't really use in our daily life.

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/beautiful-life/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/hana-yori-dango/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/zettai-kareshi/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/kekkon-shinai/


Dramas about high school

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/nobuta-wo-produce/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/koukou-nyuushi/

12/17 Japanese 1 A4


Watched a movie since most of the students was gone due to the basketball game.

No homework



12/17 Japanese AP A3

Practiced Japanese carols
Went caroling
watched a drama caleld Kekkon shinai
http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/kekkon-shinai-episode-1/260402

No homework

12/18 Intro to FL

Watched Mononoke Hime since almost everyone was gone because of the charity basketball game

No homework


Monday, December 17, 2012

12/17 Japanese 3 B4


Gave scripts back
Gave some time to talk in groups about the movie
Watched Spirited away
Sang Christmas carols





12/17 Japanese 2 B3


  • No homework
  •  Answered translated questions
  • Watched Spirited away
No homework


12/17 Japanese 2 B1

No homework
Reminded about Food bank cans competition (by tomorrow)
Finished writing the interview questions on the white board (21-30)
Answered the questions
Watched spirited away
Practiced Christmas carols



Homework: No



Friday, December 14, 2012

12/14 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (Katakana packet P. 53 - 54)
  • Practiced Christmas songs
  • Caroling around the school


No homework

12/14 Japanese AP A3



  • Reviewed verbs with flashcards
  • Peer review
  • Talked about everyone's writing
  • Kanji/verbs Karuta game
  • Practiced Christmas carols
  • Got ingroups and talked about the movie

No homework



12/14 Intro to FL




  • Checked homework (matching exercises)
  • Watched Ponyo
  • Practiced Christmas Carols (deck the halls)
  • Went Caroling around the school


No homework

12/13 Japanese 3 B4


  • Collected Japanese script
  • Reviewed previous grammar   Dictionary form + hito + ga suki desu
  • Learned Bta
  • Played Do you love your neighbour using Base ta
  • Went to the Commons area for Japanese club pictures



Homework: No homework


12/13 Japanese 2 B3


  • Collected Japanese script
  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Kanji game on white board
  •  listening exercises
No homework, but if you haven't turned in your script to me, Friday is the last day. You will not get any points after Friday.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

12/13 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked everyone's script and collected
  • Watched Spanish and ASL movie from last year
  • Translated interview questions P. 60 - 61




No homework, however those that haven't finished the script, please turn in to me no later than Friday (12/14). I will not accept scripts after that.


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12/12 Japanese 1 A4


    Family vocab and counters quiz
  1. Exercises reviewing family terms and counters
  2. Watched some best movies from last year WL competition
  3. New Katakana na, ni, nu, ne, no
  4. Katakana packet




Homework: Katakana packet`P. 53-54

12/12 Japanese AP A3


  • Collected homework (Japanese script)
  • Gave time to everyone to type the script to Japanese
  • Checked homework ( writing using verbs)
  • Watched some best movies from last year WL week
  • New grammar BIII+koto wa dekimasu
  • Watched first skit of Nihongo dekimasu



No homework

12/12 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (white translation exercises)
  • Reviewed desu box
  • Corrected homework
  • New expressions 
  • Gave matching exercises 
  • Learned how to introduce themselves
  • Introduced themselves to their friends
  • watched Nihongo dekimasu (first skit)
  • Practiced Rudolph and Deck the halls in Japanese


Homework: matching exercises


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

12/11 Japanese 2 B3



  • Collected English script
  • Gave time to talk about it and make copies to everyone in the groups
  • Start writing in the genkoyoushi
  • Sang Christmas carols
  • Homework: Translate your script to Japanese

12/11 Japanese 3 B4


  • Collected English script typed
  • Made copies to everyone and started translating some sentences
  • Reviewed BII + kaemasu
  • Exercises
  • New grammar
  • Play "do you love your neighbor" in Japanese


Homework: Translate your script to Japanese

12/11 Japanese 2 B1


  • Collected English script
  • Gave time to talk about it and make copies to everyone in the groups
  • Start writing in the genkoyoushi
  • Practiced Christmas songs


Homework: Translate your Japanese script


Monday, December 10, 2012

12/10 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (Family outgroup exercises)
  • Reviewed family terms ingroup vs. outgroup
  • Corrected homework
  • More exercises
  • Finished writing about family
  • Reviewed ages and people's counters


Homework: Family vocab and counters quiz









12/10 Japanese AP A3


  • Verbs quiz
  • Made copies of everyone's scripts
  • Students talked about 15 minutes about the movie
  • Reviewed honorific and potential


Homework: Script translated to Japanese


12/10 Intro to FL


  • Reviewed numbers
  • Numbers quiz
  • Reviewed alphabet
  • New expressions
  • Reviewed desu box
  • Gave translation exercises using desu box
  • Days of the month song (irregular and regular days)



Homework: Finish translation exercises at home

Friday, December 7, 2012

12/7 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked homework (English script)
  • Finished script in class
  • Reviewed to iu and to ka
  • New grammar BII+ kaeru



Homework: Type your English script

12/7 Japanese 2 B3

  • Reviewed for the test
  • Unit test
  • Introduced genkoyoushi
  • Gave presentation rubric 
Homework: English script



12/7 Japanese 2 B1


  • Reviewed Kanji and some important items from the test
  • Unit 2 test
  • Talked about genkoyoushi (Blue packet)
  • Gave presentation rubric
Homework: Bring your English script done

Thursday, December 6, 2012

12/6 Japanese 1 A4


  • Collected grade report
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Katakana quiz a-to
  • Reviewed family terms
  • New particle no
  • Outgroup terms
  • Gave exercises using outgroup terms
  • Reviewed ages and number of people
  • Reading P. 52
  • Writing about their families


Homework: Worksheet

12/6 Japanese AP


  • Checked homework and collected grade reports
  • Reviewed Base te itadakemasen ka
  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Corrected homework
  • Introduced new verbs
  • Writing practice using new verbs, honorific and potential



Homework: Verbs quiz, English script and writing

12/5 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Watched a movie

Homework
  • Japanese 2  Study for your Unit test using the review packet
  • Japanese 3  Bring your English script for the movie

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

12/4 Japanese 1 A4


  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Gave grade report to everyone 
  • Katakana writing practice
  • Katakana game
  • Family vocabulary
  • Counters (people and age)
  • Practiced asking questions to their friends about age and number of people in their families
Homework: katakana quiz a-to and bring grade report signed

12/4 Japanese AP A3


  •  Checked Exercises (Finish I, II and III) Potential vs. Honorific
  • Corrected homework
  • Bte itadakemasen ka?
  • Exercises



Homework: Finish exercises and bring your grade report signed



12/6 Intro to FL


  • Aisatsu
  • Reviewed syllables
  • Reviewed numbers
  • Numbers worksheet
  • Bingo
  • Desu box


Homework: Numbers quiz

12/4 Intro to FL


  • Learned Aisatsu (greetings)
  • Japanese syllables (46 sounds)
  • Numbers 1-99
  • Useful expressions (Good morning, hi/hello and goodbye)


Homework: Study numbers

Monday, December 3, 2012

12/3 Japanese 1 B4

  • Reviewed adjectives together
  • Adjectives quiz
  • Reviewed to iu and to ka
  • Reviewed kute and de
  • Exercises using kute and de
  • Description game describing friends in class

Homework: Bring part of your English script done

12/3 Japanese 2 B3

  • Checked homework (Review packet)
  • Corrected homework
  • Watched movies from previous years (Film Festival)


Homework: Unit test

12/3 Japanese 2 B1

  • Checked homework (review packet)
  • Collected grade report signed by the parents
  • Corrected the whole packet reviewing everything learned in Unit 2

Homework: Unit test

Friday, November 30, 2012

11/30 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (pink review packet)
  • Corrected packet
  • Onigiri party


No homework

Japanese Club Christmas Party

The Christmas Party for our Japanese Club will be Dec 11 (Tuesday). We will start at 2:45.

We are going to order KFC chicken, so please RSVP so that we know how much we should order.

Since we are going to have a white elephant gift exchange, bring a gift that costs between $3 to $5 to be exchanged.

Also, make sure you have paid your Japanese club fees in the financial office, otherwise you'll not be able to attend our party. The fees include all the food we buy for our monthly activities.

Hope to see many of you there!!!!

11/30 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked homework (Stories narration)
  • Peer review
  • Reviewed passive and potential Exercises
  • Exercises
  • Watched One litter of tears Special http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-special-episode-1/211567
  • Talked about the drama in Nihongo


Homework: Exercises (Finish I, II and III)










11/30 Intro to FL


  • Collected homework (Name in Japanese 10 times)
  • Onigiri Party
  • Played do you loved your neighbor
  • Played ball game using days of the month
Good luck in Spanish

Thursday, November 29, 2012

11/29 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked flashcards
  •  Watched Sword art
  • Reviewed flashcards in pairs
  • Speaking using to ka "たべものは何がすきですか。のみものは何がすきですか。”
  • Reviewed to iu and to ka
  • Finished exercises using to iu
  • Got in groups and talked about the movie project


Homework: Adjectives quiz

11/29 Japanese 2 B3



  • Reviewed vocabulary
  • Vocab quiz
  • Unit review
  • Listening practice

Homework: Finish Review packet and bring grade report signed (AFHS only)

11/29 Japanese 1 B1


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Vocabulary quiz
  • Listening practice
  • Unit review
  • Gave grade reports to everyone


Homework:Finish Unit review at home and bring your grade report signed

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

11/28 Japanese 1 A4



  • Students had to go to the assembly at the beginning of class period
  • Vocab quiz
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Colors
  • Pink packet (packet reviewing unit 1 and 2) 


Homework: Finish pink packet at home

11/28 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked homework (One litter of tears reading)
  • Talked about the reading
  • Corrected homework
  • New grammar Potential vs. Honorific passive
  • Writing stories looking at pictures

Homework:Finish story narration

11/28 Intro to FL




  • Useful expressions quiz
  • Particle ga (emphasis marker)
  • Teach like and dislikes
  • Hobbies
  • Sports
  • Days of the week


HW: Write your name in Japanese 10 times

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

11/27 Japanese 3 B4



  • Speaking about Thanksgiving break
  • Reviewed adjectives with flashcards
  • Reviewed how to connect adjectives
  • New grammar (to ka and to iu)
  • Exercises using to iu


Homework: Adjectives flashcards

11/27 Japanese 2 B3



  • Reviewed flashcards in pairs and together
  • Writing practice about Thanksgiving
  • Talked about the movie festival and got in groups brainstorming some ideas
  • Added more sentences to the family draft presentation



Homework: Vocabulary quiz


11/27 Japanese 2 B1



  • Writing about Thanksgiving
  • Flashcards in pairs
  • Talked about the movie festival, got in groups and brainstormed some ideas
  • Worked on family draft (added some more sentences) 


Homework: Vocabulary quiz (study your flashcards)

Monday, November 26, 2012

11/26 Japanese 1 A4



  • Helper had to write the month and days of the month in the board
  • Reviewed Katakana
  • Katakana writing practice
  • Katakana karuta game



Homework: Vocab quiz

11/27 Japanese AP A3


  • Speaking practice in Japanese about Thanksgiving Break
  • Talked about the Film Festival
  • Students got in groups and brainstormed ideas
  • Watched some movies from last year


HW: One litter of tears reading



11/26 Intro to FL



  • Reviewed nationalities and colors
  • Translation sentences using nationalities and colors
  • Reviewed languages
  • Particle wo
  • Teach verbs (hanasu and wakarimasu)
  • Learned negative forms of the verbs
  • Reviewed useful expressions
  • Reviewed how to do self-introduction



Homework: Useful expressions quiz



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

11/20 Japanese 3 B4


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Kanji quiz


  • Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
  • Talked about things we are grateful for
  • Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for


No homework

11/20 Japanese 2 B3



  • Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
  • Talked about things we are grateful for
  • Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for


No homework




11/20 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (vocab flashcards)
  • Reviewed flashcards in pairs
  • Watched One litre of tears http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/1-litre-of-tears-episode-11/211494
  • Talked about things we are grateful for
  • Wrote in Japanese about things you are grateful for


No homework




Monday, November 19, 2012

11/19 Japanese 1 A4



  • Checked homework (Katakana packet P. 47-50)
  • Reviewed Katakana 
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed vocab flashcards in pairs
  • Katakana chart writing in class

No homework




11/19 Japanese AP A3


  • No homework
  • Watched the last episode of one littre of tears
  • Gave reading about one littre of tears and reading comprehension
  • Wrote about what you are grateful for


Homework: Finish reading comprehension

11/19 Intro to FL A1


  • Checked homework (Useful expressions matching)
  • Corrected exercises
  • Reviewed nationalities
  • Learned how to write their names in Japanese (Katakana)
  • Languages P. 64 and 65 of white packet


Homework: No homework

Friday, November 16, 2012

11/16 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked homework (flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Reviewed Kanji in pairs
  • Finished watching Ponyo
  • Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu



Homework: Kanji quiz



11/16 Japanese 2 B3



  • Reviewed vocab for places
  • Vocab quiz
  • New vocab
  • Vocab worksheet
  • Translated questions in pairs P. 60 and 61


Homework: No homework



11/16 Japanese 2 B1


  • Reviewed vocab for places
  • Vocab quiz
  • New vocab
  • Vocab worksheet
  • New grammar tasnohii/suki
  • Exercises using new grammar


Homework: Flashcards

Thursday, November 15, 2012

11/15 Japanese 1 A4



  • Days of month quiz (song)
  • Reviewed months
  • Finished days of the month exercises
  • New Katakana (sa, shi, su, se, so)
  • Katakana packet

Homework: Katakana packet P. 47-50



11/15 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked homework (Expressions and Kanji worksheet)
  • Corrected homework
  • Using the Kanji learned ask questions to students to review Kanji and vocab


No Homework


Japanese Club T-shirt

If you want to purchase our Japanese club T-shirt, the last day is Tuesday. Please pay $10 in the financial office and bring me the receipt so that I can write your sizes on your receipt for my reference.

You will not be able to order a T-shirt after Thanksgiving break, so please hurry and pay yours soon!!!


11/15 Intro to FL



  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Months and days of month quiz
  • Finished watching Ponyo
  • Reviewed classroom expressions
  • New expressions
  • Gave classroom expressions matching exercises
  • Learned colors
  • Nationalities and countries


Homework: Finish classroom expressions (matching exercises) at home

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

11/14 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked homework (Exercises on school events and Japanese culture)
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed Kanji and give flashcards
  • Talked about some school events
  • Learned adjectives and gave adjectives list
  • Learned naru
  • Watched part of Nihongo dekimasu
  • Talk about i and na adjectives


Homework: Flashcards

11/14 Japanese 2 B3



  • Checked homework (Flahscards and 4 sentences on suki/tanoshii)
  • Reviewed previous homework suki/tanoshii
  • Corrected sentences
  • Practiced Flashcards with friends
  • Exercises using suki and tanoshii
  • Speaking about hobbies
  • Reviewed flashcards in pairs



Homework: Vocab quiz (verbs and places)

11/14 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (mou, mada exercises)
  • Reviewed mou and mada
  • Corrected homework
  • New grammar  (masu to dictionary form) P. 51 and 52 of textbook
  • Exercises (blue paper)
  • Reviewed places 
  • Map activity
Homework: Vocab places (church, condo, etc) quiz

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Japanese Club tomorrow

Japanese club is tomorrow.

It will be a potluck party, so please bring anything to share.

This month is Thanksgiving month, so we want to be grateful for our ancestors. Most of our club presidency will be bringing foods related to our ancestors. But if you don't know what to bring, just bring anything American to share.

I hope to see many of you guys tomorrow!!!

11/13 Japanese 1 A4



  • Checked homework (3 sentences) and P. 33-45 of Katakana packet
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed Katakana with flashcards
  • Reviewed days of the month song
  • Reviewed days of the month exercises teaching months
  • New Katakana ka, ki, ku, ke, ko and sa, shi, su, se, so
  • Hiragana writing practice



Homework: Days of the month quiz (song)

11/13 Japanese AP A3


  • Kanji review
  • Kanji quiz
  • Reviewed Keigo song
  • Keigo packet 
  • Kasane kotoba 
  • Exercises


Homework: Expressions and Kanji exercises

11/13 Intro to FL A1


  • Checked homework (desu translation - white paper)
  • Reviewed desu box
  • Corrected homework asking some of the students to write on the board
  • Reviewed days of the month with calendar having students become sensei
  • Learned months
  • Exercises using months and days of the month


Homework: Months and days of the month quiz


11/12 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Japanese 2  (B1 and B3)
Watched a movie
 Homework (mou, mada exercises)



Japanese 3 (B4)
Watched a movie
Homework (Exercises on school events and Japanese culture)


Friday, November 9, 2012

11/9 Japanese 1 A4

Katakana packet P. 35 - 45 in class
Watched a movie

Homework: Finish Katakana packet up to page 45


11/9 Japanese AP A3



  • Checked homework (exercises and flashcards)
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Reviewed verbs
  • New grammar (keigo)
  • Teach song 




Homework: Kanji quiz

11/9 Intro to FL A1


  • Checked homework (desu box exercises-green)
  • Reviewed desu box and particle wa
  • Learned particle ka as question marker
  • Learned particle no as possessive marker
  • Reviewed greetings (good morning, hi, etc)
  • Corrected homework
  • Finished watching nihongo dekimasu  https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/lesson01/basic/index.html
  • Meishi (business card) activity



Homework: Desu translation





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

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

10/31 Japanese 2 B1


  • Collect everyone's grade reports
  • Directions (location nouns P. 35 and 36)
  • Learned "to be located at" and the difference between animate and innanimate verbs
  • Reviewed verbs
  • Verbs worksheet creating sentences to be used their family presentation


Homework: Directions exercises (front part only)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

10/30 Japanese 1 A4



  • Collected Hiragana packet
  • Reviewed Hiragana
  • Hiragana karuta game
  • Give Hiragana practice writing sentences (review for quiz)


Homework: Hiragana quiz (ma-n)

10/30 Japanese 3 A3



  • Reviewed verbs
  • Verbs quiz (reading)
  • Assessment from the district
  • Created stories looking at the pictures from Birthday packet



Homework: Back of pink exercises (reading comprehension)



10/30 Intro to FL A1


  • Welcome to Japanese
  • Explained a little about the Japanese language
  • Learned the alphabet
  • Greetings (Aisatsu)
  • Learned numbers 1-99


Homework: Practice numbers at home

10/29 Japanese 2 and 3 B1, B3 and B4

Watched a movie with the sub

Homework: Bring your grade report signed

Sunday, October 28, 2012

10/26 Japanese 1 A4

  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Vocabulary quiz
  • Listening practice writing Hiragana
  • Hiragana writing practice


Homework: Hiragana Packet



Friday, October 26, 2012

10/26 Japanese AP

Presentations

Homework: Kanji quiz and bring your report signed


10/26 Intro to FL

Watched Ponyo
Made onigiri (rice balls)
Played "Do you love your neighbor?" in Japanese

Good luck in Spanish!!!!! Don't forget that from next week, you'll switch languages again :(


Thursday, October 25, 2012

10/25 Japanese 3 B4

Presentations
Watched Ponyo

Homework: Bring your report card signed

10/25 Japanese 2 B3

  • Reviewed for the test
  • Gave new sheet typed
  • Reading test
  • Finalized everyone's grades and gave grade reports
Homework: Bring grade report signed

10/25 Japanese 2 B1


  • Reviewed for the test
  • Gave new sheet typed
  • Reading test
  • We watched Ponyo for the rest of the class
  • Finalized everyone's grades and gave the grade reports to everyone with their final grades
Homework: Bring your grade report signed

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

10/24 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (Counters worksheet)
  • Since most everyone did the homework, we watched 15 minutes of Arrietty
  • Gave everyone's grade report
  • Reviewed Hiragana
  • New Hiragana ra, ri, ru, re, ro, wa, wo, n
  • Reviewed Hiragana in pairs using flashcards (Check if everyone brought their flashcards)
  • Hiragana packet exercises (we finished the whole packet)
Homework: Bring your grade report signed and vocabulary quiz (pen, cap, test, etc)

10/24 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked homework
  • Presentations
  • Reviewed different types of give
  • Reviewed particles
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed Kanji reading

HW: Kanji quiz (japanese reading)

10/24 Intro to FL


  • Useful expressions and colors quiz
  • Learn about hobbies
  • Learn new verbs suki and kirai
  • Learn particle ga
  • Reviewed hobbies with suki and suki jyanai
  • Reviewed days of the month song with ball game


Homework: No homework

10/23 Japanese 3 B4

Presentations

Homework: Presentations

10/22 Japanese 2 B3



  • Checked homework (pink exercises back)
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed verbs with a worksheet and students created some examples using the verbs
  • Talked about family presentations for term 2
  • Group speaking activity "where does your dad work? Do you work part-time?"
  • Reading practice giving a new sheet typed


Homework: Reading test

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

10/23 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (pink exercises about new verbs)
  • Corrected homework
  • Watched Ponyo
  • Reviewed verbs
  • Help them to memorize the verbs and speaking activity "where does your dad work? Do you work part-time?"


Homework: Reading test

10/22 Japanese 1 A4


  • Reviewed useful expressions
  • Expressions quiz
  • Reviewed counters tsu
  • Exercises using counters tsu
  • Watched second skit of nihongo dekimasu
Homework: Finish counters exercices at home

Monday, October 22, 2012

10/22 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed kuremasu and moraimasu
  • Checked homework (workbook white exercises)
  • Corrected homework
  • New grammar give in different levels
  • Speaking "お母さんとお父さんにクリスマスプレゼントとして、何をあげますか。そして、前のクリスマスに何をもらいましたか。
Homework: Presentations and exercises using different types of give





10/22 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (Translations)
  • Watched some videos from the World Language Competition at the high school
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed the verbs learned
  • Reviewed the difference between desu and masu box
  • Reviewed particles
  • Days of the week
  • Memorized days of the week song


Homework: Colors and expressions quiz

Friday, October 19, 2012

10/19 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked homework (Unit review packet)
  • Watched 15 minutes of Ponyo
  • Informal endings
  • Corrected review packet
  • Corrected packet
Homework: Work on your presentations

10/19 Japanese 2 B3



  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Kanji quiz 
  • Checked homework (new verbs exercises)
  • Watched 15 minutes of Ponyo
  • Reading practice


Homework: Finish exercises (back of yellow paper) and keep studying for the reading test. The reading test will be next Thursday.

10/19 Japanese 2 B1


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Kanji and body parts quiz 
  • Reading practice
  • Reviewed verbs (work, married, to do homestay, etc)
  • Exercises (pink)


Homework: Finish Exercises and practice for reading test. The reading test will be next Thursday.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

10/18 Japanese 1 A4

  • Created posters to welcome Japanese exchange students
  • Watched some movies from the world language week
  • New grammar (tsu counter)
  • Nihongo dekimasu worksheet

Homework: Study for useful expressions quiz (green paper)

10/18 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (Calendar song twice written on the notebook)
  • Reviewed for quiz
  • Calendar quiz
  • Reviewed colors 
  • Reviewed expressions and nationalities
  • Matching exercises
  • Masu box
  • New verbs and particles
  • Languages
  • Translation exercises


Homework: Finish translation exercises at home






Wednesday, October 17, 2012

10/17 Japanese 3 B4


  • Collected the remaining drafts
  • Gave back drafts
  • Everyone worked on their final draft and signed up for their presentation


Homework: Finish review packet at home

10/17 Japanese 2 B3




  • No homework
  • Reviewed base te +imasu
  • Matching exercises
  • Speaking activity in group
  • Exercises using base te + imasu
  • Reviewed Kanji and head shoulders knees and toes song
  • New verbs (work, work part-time)
  • Exercises using new verbs


Homework: New verbs exercises and Kanji quiz

Anime Convention this Saturday (Extra credit)

One of my students informed me that this Saturday is going to have an Anime Convention in Salt Lake. I have never been there, but every year I have students that attend this event and really liked it. If you go, make sure you take pictures to paste on your report. If you turn your report in, you'll get 50 points of extra credit.

http://animebanzai.org/index.php

10/17 Japanese 2 B1


  • No homework
  • Reviewed base te +imasu
  • Matching exercises
  • Game using base te +imasu
  • Reviewed Kanji and head shoulders knees and toes song
  • New verbs (work, work part-time) P. 35


Homework: Kanji quiz

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Japanese club tomorrow 10/17

Konnichiwa!

Just a reminder that we are having Japanese club tomorrow just right after school. We are having a movie afternoon watching The Secret World of Arrietty.

www.animecrazy.net/arrietty-watch

We are going to have popcorn, so bring your own drink if you want to. 

It will be very fun!


10/16 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (Hiragana packet P. 21 and 22)
  • Reviewed Hiragana a-mo
  • Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards in pairs
  • Corrected homework
  • Corrected previous homework (vocab pink worksheet)
  • New Hiragana ya, yu, yo
  • Reviewed expressions together


Homework: Expressions quiz Part II

10/18 Japanese AP A3


  • Assembly about caps and gowns
  • Gave everyone's final draft
  • Reviewed Kanji 
  • Kanji test
  • Reviewed kuremasu and moraimasu
  • Exercises

Homework: Exercises and prepare for your final project

10/16 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked everyone's final draft
  • Everyone timed their presentation to see if they have enough sentences for 5 minutes
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Kanji exercises
  • Reviewed verbs kuremasu and moraimasu
  • Translated some sentences


Homework: Kanji test

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

10/10 Japanese 3 B4


  • Checked homework (family draft 30 sentences)
  • Peer review
  • Reviewed all the grammar from Unit 1
  • Gave 30 minutes to everyone to add some more sentences

Homework: Finish draft at home

10/10 Japanese 2 B3


  • Checked homework (flashcards) and sentences translated
  • Reviewed Kanji 
  • Corrected exercises
  • Nihongo Dekimasu from the beginning
Homework: No homework

10/10 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji in pairs
  • Corrected exercises
  • Reading practice
  • Finished Nihongo Dekimasu
  • Reviewed head shoulders knees and toes in Japanese
Homework:No homework

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

10/9 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (pink paper vocab worksheet)
  • Reviewed classroom objects with pictures
  • Pop quiz using vocabulary
  • New Hiragana ma-mo
  • Hiragana packet exercises in class
  • Reviewed kore, sore and are
  • Learned kono, sono, ano
  • Translated some sentences using kono, sono and ano
  • Telephone game using expressions 


Homework: Hiragana white packet P. 21 and 22

10/9 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Verbs quiz (retake)
  • Reviewed Kanji with flashcards
  • gave family draft back
  • Talked about common mistakes
  • Birthday packet learning new verbs 
  • Watched some movies from the World Language week


Homework: Finish your draft and rewrite. (You should have about 40 sentences if they are long and 50 if they are short)

Upcoming assignments:  Family Presentation 10/26 (Friday)
                                     Kanji test 10/18 (Thu)

10/16 Intro to FL


  • Collected homework (Your name in Katakana 10 times)
  • Watched Ponyo for 15 minutes
  • Reviewed calendar (months and days of the moth) 
  • More expressions
  • Nationality 
  • Reviewed expressions
  • Reviewed colors
Homework: Calendar quiz (study yellow and white worksheets on calendar) and also write the calendar song twice on your notebook

10/9 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (White desu exercises)
  • Reviewed Desu box
  • Reviewed particles
  • Corrected homework
  • Math problems reviewing numbers
  • Reviewed Calendar
  • Exercises about halloween, april's fool and Christmas
  • Colors


Homework: Write your name in Japanese 10 times

Monday, October 8, 2012

10/8 Japanese 3 B4



  • Checked homework (family draft 2 more sentences using nandemo, dokodemo, itsudemo, daredemo)
  • Reviewed informal form
  • Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu
  • Listening dialogue



Homework: Finish family draft 30 sentences

10/8 Japanese 2 B3



  • Checked homework (Kanji exercises Ch2)
  • Watched Ponyo for 15 minutes
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Gave flashcards
  • New grammar Base te+imasu
  • Translated some sentences  
Homework: Flashcards and 2 sentences (I'm studying Japanese and I'm writing a letter)

10/8 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (Kanji exercises Ch2)
  • Watched 15 minutes of Ponyo
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Gave flashcards
  • New grammar Base te+imasu
  • Watched Nihongo dekimasu (first skit)
Homework: Flashcards

Friday, October 5, 2012

10/5 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (green matching exercises)
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed expressions together
  • Played Simon says
  • Classroom objects
  • Worksheet using objects


Homework:Finish worksheet given in class (pink paper)

10/5 Japanese AP A3


  • Peer review family draft
  • Talk about everyone's family draft
  • Collect draft
  • Correct Kanji exercises



Homework: Verbs quiz Part IV again

10/5 Intro to FL


  • Reviewed numbers
  • Numbers quiz
  • Greetings (Good morning, hi, good bye, see you, etc)
  • Learned desu
  • Desu box
  • Exercises
  • Learn how to write their names in Katakana


Homework: Desu exercises ( white)



Thursday, October 4, 2012

10/4 Japanese 3 B4



  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Kanji quiz
  • Learned expressions P. 29
  • Finished exercises
  • New grammar wh+ demo
  • Base te informal
  • Nihongo dekimasu using base te informal



Homework: Add 2 sentences to your family draft using nandemo or itsudemo or dokodemo or daredemo.

10/4 Japanese 2 B3



  • Unit 1 Test
  • Listening practice for lesson 1
  • Give writing back 
  • New Kanji
  • Exercises from Unit 1 about introduction
  • New grammar


Homework: Kanji exercises

10/4 Japanese 2 B1


  • Unit 1 Test
  • Listening practice for lesson 1
  • New Kanji


Homework: Kanji exercises

Extra credit this Saturday 50 points

The following is the information about the event that is happening this Saturday in Salt Lake. If you, make sure you take pictures and write a one page report about the things you saw and your experience visiting the Buddhist Temple.

Day:  Saturday, October 6, 2012
Place:  Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, 211 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
Time:  from 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  People make lines around 12:00 p.m. and food goes fast.  Best time to go is around 2:30 when the first crowd leave
Food served with price:  sushi, teriyaki chicken/beef bowl, gyoza, tempra
Chapel Tours (free)
Raffle, Silent Auction Baskets, Gift for sale

Free Parking at Salt Palace:  best to enter from 300 West between 100 South and South Temple.  Tell the parking personnel that you are going to Japanese Buddhist Temple food bazaar for free parking

10/3 Japanese 1 A4

Watched a movie with the sub

10/3 Japanese AP A3


  • Verbs quiz Part IV
  • Kanji review worksheet
  • Finished their Family draft


Homework: Bring your family draft (about 50 sentences)

10/3 Intro to FL

Watched a movie with the sub

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

10/2 Japanese 3 B4



  • Checked homework (flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji in pairs using their own flashcards
  • Since everyone did their homework, we watched some movies from the World Language week
  • Finished exercises given last class using BV + u
  • Add more sentences to family draft


Homework: Kanji quiz


10/2 Japanese 2 B3



  • Corrected lesson 1 review packet
  • Reviewed grammar learned, islands, cities, directions, base te and Kanji (numbers and days of the week)
  • New vocabulary
  • Listening practice using new vocabulary (dialogue between Mari and Ken)


Homework: Lesson 1 test

10/2 Japanese 2 B1


  • Corrected lesson 1 review packet
  • Reviewed grammar learned, islands, cities, directions, base te and Kanji (numbers and days of the week)
  • New vocabulary
  • Listening practice using new vocabulary (dialogue between Mari and Ken)
  • Watched some movies from World Language Week 


Homework: Lesson 1 test

Monday, October 1, 2012

10/1 Japanese 1 A4


  • Reviewed Hiragana together
  • Hiragana quiz
  • Reviewed masu and masen
  • Eye test using miemasu and miemasen
  • New expressions
  • Exercises using new expressions
  • Te kudasai series expressions
Homework: Matching exercises (green paper)

10/1 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed for the test
  • Body parts and time test
  • Finished family draft

Homework: Verbs quiz Part IV

10/1 Intro to FL

Reviewed introduction
Watch Nihongo dekimasu https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/
Meishi activity (Business card)
Learned days of the month (regular and irregular days)

 Homework: Numbers quiz (1-99)

9/29 B1, B3 and B4

Lesson with sub

Thursday, September 27, 2012

9/27 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (All flashcards)
  • Reviewed flashcards in pairs
  • Reviewed Hiragana together
  • Hiragana chart writing
  • Hiragana dictation
  • Learned new expressions (using languages and an eye test)


Homework: Hiragana quiz a-ho

9/27 Japanese AP A3



  • Body parts, height and time test
Since today the schedule was different during A3 I was teaching at the junior high.

No homework

9/27 Intro to FL


  • Introduced seating chart
  • Reviewed numbers
  • Bingo using numbers
  • Reviewed sounds using words in flashcards
  • Introduced desu and learned nan desu ka?
  • Particle ka
  • Introduction



Homework: Practice introduction at home

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

9/26 Japanese 3 B4


  • Reviewed Kanji
  • Gave flashcards
  • Reviewed shiteiru, no, shika and Base V+u
  • Watched nihongo dekimasu
  • https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/
Homework: Kanji flashcards

9/26 Japanese 2 B3



  • Checked everyone's homework at PGHS and Lehi (base te reading comprehension pink)
  • Checked previous useful expressions exercises
  • Reviewed base te kudasai and base te mo ii desu ka
  • Corrected homework
  • Reading practice in pairs
  • Reviewed map
  • Writing practice about weekend


Homework: Map's quiz

9/26 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked everyone's homework (matching useful expressions)
  • Reviewed base te mo iidesu ka? and base te kudasai
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed verbs and base te
  • Writing about things done over the weekend
  • Reading in pairs
  • Reviewed map and cities

Homework: Map quiz


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

9/25 Japanese AP A3



  • Checked homework (flashcards)
  • Reviewed Kanji in pairs
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Kanji karuta game on the floor
  • Reviewed height and adjectives
  • First draft of family presentation

Homework: Body parts, height, adjectives, time and minutes test



9/25 Intro to FL


  • Welcomed new students
  • Learned the 46 sounds in Japanese
  • Learned aisatsu and greetings
  • Memorized numbers 1-99


Homework: Practice the numbers in Japanese at home

Monday, September 24, 2012

9/24 Japanese 3 B4

  • Checked homework (kanji exercises)
  • Collected grade report
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Watched an anime

No homework

9/20 Japanese 2 B3

Finished watching umi ga kikoeru

No homework

9/24 Japanese 2 B1


  • Collected everyone's grade report card
  • Checked everyone's homework (pink base te worksheet)
  • Reading practice in pairs
  • Reviewed base te mo ii desu ka?
  • Watch Nihongo dekimasu lesson 10
  • https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/


Homework: Matching exercises using base te mo ii desu ka and base te kudasai




Friday, September 21, 2012

9/25 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework P. 17-20
  • Collected grade report signed
  • Reviewed Hiragana
  • Corrected previous and today's homework
  • Reviewed greetings and introduction expressions
  • Reviewed weather expressions
  • Finished listening practice


Homework: Finish Hiragana flashcards

9/21 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (packet P.15 and 16), 
  • Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards
  • Onigiri party (made rice balls)
  • Hiragana writing chart
  • New hiragana

 Homework: Hiragana packet P. 17-20







9/21 Japanese AP A3


  • Checked homework (flashcards)
  • Finished the Kanji chart with English meaning
  • Pair work practicing Kanji
  • Reviewed all the Kanji together
  • Finished the chart


Homework: Finish flashcards

9/21 Intro to FL (last class)

Gave review packet
Taught everyone how to make onigiri
Played bingo using numbers

Good luck on your next language!!!!

9/20 Japanese 3 B4


  • kanji quiz
  • reviewed for quiz
  • Reviewed no, shiteimasu and shika 
  • checked family draft
  • New grammar BV+u
  • new kanji

Homework: New Kanji exercises and report card signed

Thursday, September 20, 2012

9/20 Japanese 2 B3


  • Reviewed base te
  • Base te quiz
  • Speaking "Kino nani wo shimashita ka?"
  • New vocab using reading comprehension exercises
  • Learn base te mo ii desu ka.
  • Watch nihongo dekimasu


Homework: Base te exercises and only AFHS students (Report card signed)

9/20 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked translation exercises
  • Reviewed base te
  • Base te quiz
  • Distributed grade report cards
  • Corrected translation 
  • Base te exercises and introduced all the new vocab
  • Base te mo+ ii desu ka



Homework: Finish pink worksheet and bring grade report signed

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

9/19 Japanese 1 A4

  • Checked homework (Hiragana packet P. 11, 12, 13)
  • Reviewed Hiragana
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed weather expressions
  • Listening practice
  • New Hiragana

Homework: Hiragana packet P.15 and 16

9/19 Intro to FL A1


  • No homework
  • Reviewed sports (hobbies)
  • Learned sports + shimasu
  • Learned suki and suki jyanai
  • Group activity asking each other's hobbies
  • Played "Do you love your neighbour?" in Japanese
  • Played ball game with irregular days (tsuitachi, futsuka, mikka, etc)


Announcements: Next class will be our last class. We'll be making rice balls as our class party.




9/19 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Verbs quiz Part III
  • Kanji Japanese 3 flashcards
  • Give Kanji chart
  • Reviewed height, colors and adjectives
  • Listening practice



Homework: Kanji flashcards

9/18 Japanese 3 B4



  • No homework
  • Kanji in pairs using flashcards
  • Reviewed Kanji together
  • Reviewed no, shiteiru, shika
  • Exercises using grammar (given 2 classes ago)
  • Writing using new grammar about family


Homework: Finish first draft about family at home (ate least 5 sentences)

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

9/18 Japanese 2 B3


  • Checked homework (map exercises)
  • Reviewed new verb ni arimasu
  • Reviewed directions and islands
  • Practiced asking where some cities/states in US
  • Corrected homework
  • Learned base te as and
  • Writing practice using verbs
  • Gave useful expressions matching


Homework: Base te quiz

9/18 Japanese 1 B1


  • Checked homework (pink map exercises)
  • Reviewed directions, main islands and cities in Japan
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed base te
  • New grammar base te as "and"
  • Writing practice



Homework: Translation exercises + Base te quiz


Monday, September 17, 2012

9/17 Japanese 1 A4


  • Reviewed for the quiz
  • Useful expressions quiz
  • New expressions P. 28 & 29 (weather)
  • New particle nee
  • New Hiragana ta, chi, tsu, te, to
  • Hiragana packet
  • Hiragana writing chart 


Homework: Hiragana packet P. 11, 12, 13

9/17 Japanese AP A3

Reviewed Kanji
Kanji quiz
Reviewed subjects
Journal writing「一番好きな科目は何ですか。」
Reviewed time and minutes
Learned kara and made
Exercises using subjects, time and minutes


Homework: Verbs quiz Part III

9/17 Intro to FL


  • Reviewed for quiz
  • Months and days of the month quiz
  • Learned days of the week
  • Memorized days of the week song
  • Introduced hobbies vocabulary
  • Practiced hobbies asking "What's your hobby?" "Is your hobby _______?"



Homework: No homework





Friday, September 14, 2012

9/14 Japanese 3 B4

Reviewed proverbs
Proverbs quiz
Watched anime

Homework: No homework

9/14 Japanese 2 in PGHS B3


  • Checked homework (base te exercises pink)
  • We watched umi ga kikoeru for about 30 minutes until Lehi came back from their assembly
  • Reviewed Base te together
  • Corrected homework
  • japan's map
  • directions


homework: map exercises (pink paper)

9/14 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (pink paper on Base te)
  • Reviewed base te
  • Finished watching nihongo dekimasu on BII+tai
  • Learn about Japanese map and directions
  • Exercises
  • Played simon says using base te


Homework: Worksheet about Japanese map (pink)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

9/13 Japanese 1 A4


  • Checked homework (Hiragana flashcards)
  • Hiragana review
  • Hiragana quiz a-zo
  • Reviewed useful expressions with flashcards
  • Learned pages
  • Learned kore, sore and are
  • Watched nihongo dekimasu https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/


Homework: Useful expressions quiz (study the matching exercises)

9/13 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed verbs
  • Verbs quiz
  • Reviewed particles yo and ne
  • Reviewed i and na adjectives with i-box and desu box
  • Exercises using particles and adjectives
  • Learned Time and minutes
  • Learned subjects at school
  • Gave Exercises

Homework: Kanji quiz (Japanese 1 and 2 Kanji)

9/13 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (Translation exercises)
  • Since everyone did their homework, we watched 15 minutes of Azumanga Daioh
  • Reviewed masu box, verb to speak, languages, nationalities
  • Corrected homework
  • Speaking activity (Do you speak English? Do you speak Spanish?)
  • Reviewed months and days of the month



Homework: Days of the month and month quiz (study the white worksheet with questions)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

9/12 Japanese 2 B4


  • Checked homework (kotowaza exercises)
  • Since everyone did their homework, we watched anime http://www.gogoanime.com/sword-art-online-episode-2
  • Corrected homework
  • Reviewed Kanji in pairs with flashcards
  • New grammar no, shiteimasu and shika
  • Gave exercises about new grammar (pink)


Homework: Proverbs quiz

9/12 Japanese 2 B3


  • Checked homework (BII+tai exercises)
  • Reviewed BII+tai and hoshii
  • Corrected homework
  • Finished matching useful expressions we started last class
  • Learned new base Te
  • Base te exercises
  • Watched nihongo dekimasu reviewing base te + kudasai


Homework: Base te exercises

Japanese Club will be next Tuesday

After voting in every single class at AFHS, our Japanese club will be next Tuesday just right after school. Make sure you pay your Japanese club fee by Friday at the financial office. You can invite your friends that are not taking Japanese to join our club.

9/12 Japanese 2 B1


  • Checked homework (BII+tai exercises - blue paper)
  • Reviewed BII+tai/takunai & Hoshii/hoshikunai
  • Corrected homework
  • Elected the new club representative for B1 (Lisle san)
  • Watched Nihongo dekimasu on BII+tai
  • Reviewed classroom expressions
  • Learned Base te song
  • Exercises


Homework: Base te exercises (pink paper)




Tuesday, September 11, 2012

9/11 Japanese 1 A4


  • Followed up on the blog follower as their homework
  • Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards
  • Gave Flashcards to everyone
  • Asked everyone to write in a piece of paper all the hiragana learned
  • Reviewed previous expressions P. 16 and 17
  • Classroom expressions from the textbook  P. 18, 19, 21, 22
  • Matching exercises using new expressions


Homework: Hiragana quiz from a to so and Hiragana flashcards from a to so

9/11 Japanese AP A3


  • Reviewed verbs from big packet
  • Verbs quiz
  • Reviewed previous vocabulary (height and adjectives)
  • Reviewed i-box
  • Exercises using height and adjectives
  • Reviewed Kanji with white board game
  • New particles yo & ne


Homework: Verbs quiz Part II

9/11 Intro to FL


  • Checked homework (days of the month exercises)
  • Reviewed months and days of the month
  • Corrected homework
  • Learned countries and languages
  • Learned the verb to speak and masu box
  • Learned how to say where they were from
  • Exchanged business cards
  • Learned particle o and particle to (pink packet)


Homework: Translation exercises


Monday, September 10, 2012

9/10 Japanese 3 B4

Checked homework (Japanese 2 Kanji flashcards)
Ask students to review the flashcards in pairs
Reviewed Kanji together
Textbook P. 17 kotowaza
Gave kotowaza exercises

Homework: Workbook exercises on kotowaza

9/10 Japanese 2 B3

Katakana quiz
Reminded everyone that I'll be going to Lehi on Wed and to PG on Friday
Reviewed BII+tai
Learned BII+takunai  & hoshii/hoshikunai
Speaking exercises using tai

Homework: Exercises using tai, takunai, hoshii and hoshikunai

9/10 Japanese 2 B1

Katakana review
Katakana quiz
Review how to change verbs in dictionary form to Base II
Review Base II + tai and learned BII+ takunai
Learned Noun ga hoshii/hoshikunai desu
Speaking exercises using BII + tai

Homework: Workbook exercises (blue worksheet reviewing BII+tai)

Friday, September 7, 2012

9/7 Japanese 1 A4


Checked homework (Hiragana packet P.7-9)
Finished watching Nihongo dekimasu
Reviewed hiragana a-ko
Corrected Hiragana packet
Practice hai sou desu, iie chigaimasu
Meishi (business card) activitiy
Learned how to say phone numbers in Japanese

Homework: Become my blog follower (check the follower on the right side of this blog)

AFHS Japanese Club fees

If you want to be part of our amazing Japanese club at the high school, our annual fee is $10. You just have to pay at the financial office by Sep 14th.

Our first activity will be either Sep 18th (Tue) or Sep 26 (Wed) and we'll be making onigiri (Japanese rice balls)

You can invite your friends even if they are not taking Japanese because our club is a culture club and not a language club. Just make sure you tell them to pay the Japanese club fee.


9/7 Japanese AP A3


Checked homework (write the meaning of each Kanji on the chart)
Reviewed Kanji in pairs
New vocab from body parts packet
Reviewed height + exercise
Description game
New verbs from big white packet

Homework: Verbs quiz (first column) 

9/7 Intro to FL A1


Checked homework (Days of the month song 3 times) 
Review days of the month song with a calendar
Ask students individually to sing the song and get extra credit
Learned new expression thank you and you're welcome
Learned how to say phone numbers
Finish watching nihongo dekimasu
Gave days of the month exercises

Homework: Finish days of the month exercises at home (white sheet) 

Thursday, September 6, 2012

9/6 Japanese 2 B3


Checked homework (Kanji exercises)
Reviewed verbs showing cards
Practice changing verbs in dictionary form to Base II
New grammar BII+tai
Nihongo dekimasu using new grammar

Homework: Katakana quiz

9/6 Japanese 2 B1

Reviewed Hiragana together
Hiragana Quiz
Katakana review
Katakana game
Reviewed verbs showing cards
Practice changing verbs in dictionary form to Base II
New grammar BII+tai

Homework: Katakana quiz

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

9/6 Japanese 3 B4

Reviewed Kanji
Kanji quiz (Chapters 1-4)
Gave Kanji flashcards and everyone starting creating their flashcards
Reviewed classroom expressions with matching exercises
Played Simon says game using base te + kudasai


Homework: Kanji flashcards given in class

9/5 Japanese 1 A4


  • Got the textbooks from the book depository
  • Checked homework (Katakana packet P.1-5)
  • Finished watching PONYO
  • Reviewed Hiragana
  • New Hiragana

Homework: Hiragana packet P. 7-9

9/5 Japanese AP A3


  • Gave everyone's journal back
  • Talked about common mistakes
  • Reviewed base te
  • Learned Base ta + ri
  • Everyone wrote on their journals about labor day weekend
  • Reviewed Kanji flahscards in pairs
  • Reviewed body parts and height
  • Body parts worksheet

Homework: Write the meaning of each Kanji on the white chart given in class

9/5 Intro to FL A1



  • Checked homework (Write your name in Katakana 10 times)
  • Since everyone did their homework, we finished watching Ponyo
  • Reviewed self-introduction
  • Watched Nihongo dekimasu
  • Learned regular and irregular days of the month

Homework: Write 3 times the song you learned today in class in piece of paper

9/4 Japanese 2 & 3 B1, B3 & B4

Watched an anime

8/31 japanese 1 A4

Watched Ponyo

8/31 Japanese AP A3

Watched Ponyo


8/31 Intro to Foreign Lang A1

Watched Ponyo with the sub



Thursday, August 30, 2012

8/30 Japanese 3 B4

Reviewed Katakana
Hiragana/Katakana quiz
Kanji review
Gave Kanji chart and learned the meaning of each Kanji
Kanji exercises

Homework: Kanji quiz (Kanji learned in Japanese 2)


8/30 Japanese 2 B3

Hiragana quiz
Gave Kanji exercises
Reviewed verb types and bases
Reviewed particles
Speaking activity in pairs
Translation exercises (pink)

Homework: Finish Kanji exercises given in class

8/30 Japanese 2 B1

Kanji karuta game
Katakana karuta game
Reviewed the bases with chart exercises
Translation exercises to English

Homework: Hiragana quiz

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

8/29 Japanese 1 A4

1) Reviewed numbers
2) Numbers quiz
3) Reviewed greetings
4) Reviewed how to introduce your self
5) Reviewed desu box
7) Translation exercises
8) Reviewed Hiragana a-o
9) Learned ka, ki, ku, ke, ko & ga,gi,gu,ge,go

Homework: Hiragana white packet Pages 2, 3, 4 and 5

8/29 Japanese AP A3

1) Checked everyone's flashcards
2) Reviewed Kanji with flashcards in pairs
3) Reviewed Kanji together
4) New vocabulary (body parts)
5) New grammar Height

Homework: Practice flashcards at home

8/29 Intro to Foreign Lang A1

1) Reviewed numbers
2) Numbers quiz
3) Reviewed desu box
4) Learned a new particle (no as a possessive marker)
5) Translation exercises
6) Learned the difference between hiragana, katakana and kanji
7) Learned how to write their last names in Katakana

Homework: Write your last name in Katakana 10 times

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

8/28 Japanese 3 B4

1) Reviewed verbs base
2) gave verbs list and verbs packet
3) Exercises using masu box
4) Kanji review
5) Kanji karuta game

Homework: Hiragana and Katakana quiz

8/28 Japanese 2 IVC B3

1) Reviewed Kanji for numbers and days of the week
2) Exercises using Kanji
3) Reviewed verb types
4) Learned all the bases
5) Gave verbs list
6) Speaking activity using verbs and masu form

Homework: Hiragana quiz

8/28 Japanese 2 B1

Reviewed Kanji numbers and days of the week
Kanji exercises
Reviewed verbs type
Gave verbs handouts
Practiced Base II + masu
Reviewed calendar

No homework

Monday, August 27, 2012

8/24 Japanese 3 B4

Collected disclosure document
Checked everyone's binder and folder
Reviewed Hiragana and Katakana
Reviewed verbs and practiced Base II
Reviewed masu box

No homework

8/25 Japanese 1 A4


  1. Reviewed numbers teaching nan desu ka?
  2. Reviewed verb to be and desu box
  3. Learned how to say their names and nice to meet you
  4. Watched nihongo dekimasu on how to introduce yourselves
  5. Hiragana packet a, i, u, e, o


Homework: Numbers quiz

8/27 Japanese AP A3


  1. Hiragana and Katakana pop quiz
  2. Katakana white board game
  3. Kanji review with flashcards 
  4. Kanji exercises


Homework: Japanese 2 Kanji flashcards


8/27 Intro to foreign lang A1


  1. Reviewed numbers teaching kore wa nan desu ka?
  2. Reviewed verb "to be" and desu box
  3. Finished translation sentences and corrected
  4. Learned how to say their names and nice to meet you
  5. Watched DVD about how to introduce yourself
  6. Reviewed greetings


Homework: Numbers quiz

Friday, August 24, 2012

8/24 Japanese 2 B1

Collected disclosure document
Checked everyone's binder and folder
Reviewed Hiragana with flashcards
Karuta game
Reviewed useful expressions
Reviewed verbs and masu
Exercises

Homework: Nothing

8/24 Japanese 2 IVC


Give disclosure document and went through some classroom policy
Checked everyone's binder and folder
Hiragana dictation
Reviewed useful expressions
Reviewed verbs and masu
Some translation exercises
Oral practice "kinou nani wo shimashita ka? Kyo nani wo shimashita ka?"

Homework: Nothing

Thursday, August 23, 2012

8/23 Japanese 1 A4

1) Checked everyone's binder/folder and notebook
2) Gave disclosure documents and explained about class rules
3) Reviewed numbers
4) Bingo game using numbers
5) New verb to be
6) Translated some sentences using the new verb


Homework: Bring disclosure document signed

8/23 Japanese AP A3

1) Collected disclosure doc. signed
2) Checked everyone's folder and notebooks
3) Reviewed verbs with flashcards and gave them a list
4) Speaking activity "サマーブレークに何をしました?”
5) Finished Katakana review worksheet
6) Hiragana words karuta game
7) Practiced writing in their journals


Homework: Nothing

8/23 Intro to foreign Lang A1

1) Checked everyone's binder and folder
2) Gave the disclosure document
3) Reviewed numbers
4) Played bingo
5) Greetings in Japanese
6) Learned the verb to be


Homework: Bring your disclosure document signed and don't forget to keep bringing your notebook and a folder/binder for this class. Make sure you have all your Japanese handouts inside your folder/binder. It's very important to bring all the previous handouts to class.

8/22 Japanese 3 B4

1) Gave disclosure document and explained about late homework/make-up quiz policy
2) Reviewed how to say their names, ages and grades
3) Reviewed family in-group and out-group
4) Reviewed verbs (unscramble exercises)
5) Writing practice about Summer break "サマーブレークに何をしましたか”
6) Divided the class in groups and we played a game on the white board reviewing masu, masen, mashita, masendeshita
7) Measured everyone's height

Homework: Bring disclosure signed, a folder and a notebook. If yu don't bring any of those, you'll lose points.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

8/22 Japanese 2 IVC

1) Reviewed Hiragana writing/stroke order Hiragana in a chart
2) Watched nihongo dekimasu
3) Reviewed names, age and grades
4) Oral practice introducing to each other
5) Gave unscramble exercises (verbs) to everyone

Homework: I will be checking binder/folder and a notebook for 10 points

8/22 Japanese 2 B1

1) Gave disclosure
2) Reviewed names, age, and grades.
3) Practiced together orally to at least 5 people only in Japanese
4) Reviewed useful expressions (matching exercises)
5) Denwa game using useful expressions


Homework: Disclosure document signed, binder/folder and a notebook

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

8/21 Japanese 1 A4


1) Explained about the Japanese language
2) Alphabet introduction
3) Taught aisatsu (greetings)
Kiritsu
Ki o tsuke
Rei ---> Ohayoo gozaimasu
Chakuseki
4) Numbers 1-99
5) Math problems

Homework: Bring a binder or folder and a notebook

8/21 Japanese AP A3

1) Gave disclosure document and reinforced the No English policy
2) Reviewed self-introduction, grades, age and nationality introducing themselves.
3) Reviewed verb types
4) Practiced verbs with some sentences translation
5) Played "do you love your neighbor?"in Japanese

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

8/21 Intro to foreign languages A1


1) Reviewed aisatsu (greetings)
Kiritsu
Ki wo tsuke
Rei ---> Ohayoo gozaimasu
Chakuseki

2) Japanese syllables introduction (46 syllables)

3) Numbers 1-99  Students memorized numbers from 1 to 10 then learned how to combine those numbers and create numbers from 11-99

Homework: Bring a binder/folder and a notebook.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Welcome back to school!

Summer break went by so fast, don't you think? Enjoy this amazing picture of a Japanese toilet. I really miss those.

I hope everyone is ready for an awesome year full of adventures in Japanese!!!!

Friday, May 25, 2012

Japanese Club presidency 2012-2013

We chose the new presidency during Japanese club activity yesterday.

Presidents 
Angela Vannarath
Peter Bates

Vice-president
Brett Anderson

Treasurer
Sarah Isaacson

Publicity
Bryce Ellis
Deanna Russon

Japanese AP rep
Monica Carmona

Japanese 3 rep
Taylor Allen
Josh Cottrell

Japanese 2 rep
B1  Taylie Turner
B3 Amelia Crandall

Thanks everyone!!!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A lesson to be learned

This is it. We are pretty much on our last week of class. No more homework, no more tests and quizzes for about 2 months and a half. Have you tried your best this semester? Have you studied for the quizzes and tests? Have you turned in all your homework?

The reason I am asking those questions is because I am getting tons of students asking how they can bring their grades up. Sorry, it's too late. I accept late homework until a week after it was due, I let you retake a quiz per term and I have given tons of extra credit during this term. Check the posts below I posted in March and April.






As a teacher, I tried my best to do whatever I could to help those that needed extra points. I update my blog every single day for you to check to see what we have done during the day and what would be your homework for next class. I also update my grades regularly including quizzes, daily grade and assignments. YOU were the one that had to check your grades regularly to see if you had to turn in any late homework or retake a quiz.

Some of you guys even mention that you hate high school. High School seems not very fun to some of you, but wait until you get a real job and have a family on your own. I bet you will miss high school so much!!!!!!!!

It's easy to come to your teacher and ask for a better grade, but does it work the same way in real life? Of course not. If you go to your boss and ask for a raise just because you need to pay your mortgage and car payments, is he going to provide you the money right away? I doubt.

High school is just a practice for "the real life". If you think high school is hard, you can't even imagine how hard it is the life after high school.

I really want all of you to become successful people in the future. I don't want you guys to keep trying the easier path and think this is the best to do. We need to go through lots of tribulations in life to learn that is worth to work hard and try your best no matter what. Remember that things that come easy to you, you may also lose it very easily.

I don't want to be the mean teacher. It's because I care about all of you that I want you to learn that things should be done in certain orders and sometimes there's no way to go back and fix it. 

Good luck everyone!!! 3 more days!!!