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