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)

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

10/26 Japanese 1 A4

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

Homework: Hiragana Packet

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 :(

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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