2011年０６月０８日（水）
Soap Operas Due

2011年０６月０３日（金）
Entrance Task:
On a scratch piece of paper with your name on it. write: 1. How much more class time do you need/want/hope for to complete your soap opera?
2. Read through your script with your group.  How many times do you use the required grammatical patterns?
3. What grammar do you still need to include (see checklist)?
4. What else could you do to improve your soap opera?
5.  What support/help can I give you to help make this project a hilarious success?

Tell your partner not to (Note: your partner is a huge trouble maker and will proceed to do exactly what you are telling them not to do!): If you were absent translate the following commands into English!
1) たたないで！
2) すわらないで！
3) とけいを見ないで！
4) ホキーポキーをおどらないで！
5) サングラスをかけないで！
6) じゅぎょう中(during class)友だちにちゃくもじ(テキストメセジ)を書かないで！
7) トイレに行かないで！
8) 「金曜日」をうたわないで！
9) たぬきさんをもたないで！
10) さむらいのかぶとをかぶらないで！
11) Make up some of your own until everyone else makes it to number 11.

Switch: Tell your partner not to (Note: your partner is a huge trouble maker and will proceed to do exactly what you are telling them not to do!):
1) 日本語の本を読まないで！
2) 学校の電話をつかわないで！
3) ゆうかたをきないで！
4) 数学のきょうしつをとおらないで！
5) れいぞこをあけないで！
6) げたをはかないで！
7) マカレナをおどらないで！
8) おりがみをおらないで！
9) はしで食べないで！
10) げんこうようしにかんじを書かないで！
11) Make up some of your own until everyone else makes it to number 11.

Work on Scene 3

Proofread and finalize scripts

Exit task: Write at least 10 negative commands. e.g. Don’t complain! ぼやかないで！

2011年０６月０２日
（木）
Note: Last day to turn in make-up work is Wednesday, June 8th. 
Entrance Task: Write the following verbs in the do not!!!!! form on your p.i.n. (available on the window sill). Ask other people for help if you forget the vocab.
Add a direct object of your choice to each:
１．Do
2. To make
3. To kiss
４．Say
５. To murder
６. To steal
７．To watch
８．To forget
Stick your p.i.n. on the window when you are finished and get out your soap opera materials.
Go through Scene 2 with Sensei
Work on Scene 3

2011年０６月０１日（水）
Entrance Task: Write the following verbs in the must form.  Add a direct object to each: e.g. eat
やさいを食べなければなりませんよ！
１．do
２．come
３．remember
４．watch
５．play (instrument)
６．buy

Round 1:
Tell your partner she must: (If you were absent please translate and then write your own for 11-15)
1) ドアをあけなければなりませんよ！
2) 先生に「こんにちは」と言わなければなりません！
3) ホワイトボードでえを書かなければなりません。
4) かみひこうきをつくらなければなりません。
5) ふでをつかわなければなりません。
6) 電話で友だちと話さなければなりません。
7) そとに行って、来なければなりません。
8) すいはんきをあけなければなりません。
9) つくえの下にすわらなければなりません。
10) はいくを言わなければなりません。
11) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
12) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
13) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
14) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
15) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.

Round 2 Switch:
Tell your partner he must: (If you were absent please translate and then write your own for 11-15)
1) “Japan”を漢字で書かなければなりません。
2) たって、すわらなければなりません。
3) 十のジャンピング・ジャックをしなければなりません。
4) ドレスをきて、ぼうしをかぶらなければなりません。
5) うたをうたわなければなりません。
6) おもしろいえをかかなければなりません
7) レビンソン先生のきょうしつに行って、「レビンソン先生、おはようございます。お元気ですか。」と言わなければなりません。
8) きょうしつをそうじしなければなりません。
9) 日本のちずをかかなければなりません！
10) 休まなければなりません！
11) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
12) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
13) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
14) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.
15) Make up one of your own to boss your friend around.

Correct Quiz and return in.

Work on Scene 2

2011年０５月３１日（火）
What did you do on the long weekend?
Plain Form Quiz
Scene 1 Due
Work on Scene 2

2011年０５月２７日（金）
Plain Form Practice Quiz 2
Work on Scene 1

2011年０５月２６日（木）
Plain forｍ practice quiz 1
Work on Scene 1

2011年０５月２５日（水）
You need a whiteboard, marker, and eraser for today’s class.
Please turn in yesterday’s homework.
Practice for plain form quiz!
Acting practice!

2011年０５月２４日（火）
You need an Obentou 3 for today’s class
Plain form (neg. & positive) quiz coming up on Thursday.  You will need to know all the different ways to use the plain form, how to make the plain form, and a variety of verbs from each group. 
Japanese 3: Please spend the first minutes of class using your yellow sheet to review.  Make examples, ask questions, etc.
Listening warm-up　（each answer needs at least 5 sentences）:
1) きのう、ばんごはんのあとで何をした？
2) 今日、ひる休みに何をするつもり？
3) 今日、ひるやすみに何をしない？
4) わるい学生がいますよ！わるい学生にAdviceをあげてください。
何をしたほうがいいとおもいますか。(plain past form)
OR
しないでください！
(plain neg. form + で)

５）Mr.Floyd has been working way too hard.  Use the te form to tell him 10 things he should do to recover from overworking! e.g. ハワイに行って、etc.
6) Compliment Mr. Floyd using a gerund eg. “Floyd Sensei, you are so skilled at teaching English!”
I must: ない form ―い＋なければなりません
Dorama: Scene 1
15 Sentences for Soap Opera
5. Sentences saying “I will not ...” (plain negative form)
5 Sentences saying “Do not!...” (negative ~te form)
5 Sentences saying “I must ....!”

2011年05月23日（月）

Grab a whiteboard, a pen, and a tissue.

Katakana Practice
Write the following things in katakana:
1) Your full name
2) Names of your family members
3) Names of 10 people in this class
4) Names of 10 of your favorite people
5) Name of 10 cities in Washington
6) Name of 10 States
7) Name of 10 countries
8) Name of 10 restaurants
9) Name of 10 dishes
10) Name of 10 t.v. shows
11) Name of 10 movies
12) Write a katakana chart in your best handwriting!

Plain Negative Form Practice BLM 7.4 Versatile Verbs

Soap Opera Writing!

2011年05月1９日（水）
Have you e-mailed me your Jeopardy Game?
Grab supplies from the desk in the from of the room.
Tell your partner what ～たほうがいいです　means.
1.You should!
2. Grammar Study Sheet - Go dan verbs
Homework:  Draw the 2 people your classmate described. 

2011年０５日１８日(水）
Test Preparation Jeopardy due via e-mail by Thursday, May 19th.
１． You need to e-mail me your game when you finish, so I can proofread and tell you if it is challenging enough. mwilliams@vashonsd.org
２． Make corrections & improvements
３. Add animation, pictures, etc.
Description related vocabulary:
かみ　(長い、みじかい、うすい、きれい、きたない、パーマをかけています、金ぱつ、茶ぱつ)
かお(耳、目、はな、くち、は)：まるい、しかくい、大きい、小さい、あおい、ちゃいろの、くろい、きれい、みにくい
体：やせています、ふとっています、せいが高い、せいがひくい、
あたま、かお、くび、かた、うで、て、ゆび、おなか、せなか、うしり、あし、
ふく：＿＿をきています。
＿＿＿をはいています。
＿＿＿をかぶっています。
アクセサリー：＿＿＿＿をつけています。
ぼうし、キャップ、けしょう、Tシャツ、ズボン、ドレス、スカート、くつ、ながぐつ、くつ下、コート，セーター、パジャマ、水ぎ、きもの、げた、たび、てぶくろ、かばん、etc.

2011年０５月１７日(火)
1. . Make sure your jeopardy game is challenging enough to make it useful to prepare for the upcoming test.  Often just 1 question won’t be enough to make sure people know how to make a certain form for type 1, 2, and 3 verbs.  See grading rubric. Jeopardy_Grading_Rubric.doc

2011年０５月１６日(月）
Create a Test Preparation Jeopardy Game
Requirements:
Game includes 7 categories x 5 questions each
Jeopardy questions and answers will help other students prepare for next week’s test
Jeopardy questions range in difficulty from easy (100 points) to very challenging (500 points)
Questions and answers are correct
Game is creative and fun
Game format is polished and easy for the class to play
May use my blank Jeopardy template if you would like
Jeopardy Category Ideas
1. Verb Conjugation (plain form, te form, plain past form, potential form)
2. Giving Suggestions
3. Shopping & Counters
4. Adjectives, Describing People, Wearing Different Clothes
5. Adverbs, Talking About Abilities
6. Using Gerunds
7. Kanji Units 7,8,1,2,3                                   Kanji from Obentou 3 and 2 Units of Adjective Kanji
8. Pot Pourri

２０１１年０５月１３日(金)

Entrance Task:
After writing your name in katakana on your p.i.n., write 15 suggestions of what we should do this weekend:
～～～～～～たらどうでしょうか。

～～～～～～たらいかがでしょうか。

～～～～～～たらいいと思います！
Describing people activity part 1:

Translate the following vocab. terms:

かみ　(長い、みじかい、うすい、きれい、きたない、パーマをかけています、金ぱつ、茶ぱつ)
かお(耳、目、はな、くち、は)：まるい、しかくい、大きい、小さい、あおい、ちゃいろの、くろい、きれい、みにくい
体：やせています、ふとっています、せいが高い、せいがひくい、
ふく：＿＿をきています。＿＿＿をはいています。
＿＿＿をかぶっています。
アクセサリー：＿＿＿＿をつけています。

Part 2: Draw a picture of the following person:

Example:
女の人です。
せいがひくいです。
あたまは大きくてまるいです。
かみのけはとてもみじかくてピンクです。
いろいろなピアスをつけています。
ピンクのスカートをはいていて、くろいTシャーツとコートをきています。
くろいながぐつをはいています。
とても長くて、ピンクのくつ下をはいています。
ギターをもっています。
名前は「ピンク」です。

Part 3: Write descriptions of 2 people.  Each description needs at least 10 sentences. 
2011年０５月１２日（木）
Entrance task: on your post it note: 1. Write your name in katakana, 2. Write a suggestion for these problems: Use the plain past form to accomplish this
a. お金がない
b.おなかがペコペコ
c.のどがかわいている！
d.はしりすぎましたからあしがいたいんです。
e.べんきょうしすぎました。つかれた！
f.プロムにいきたいんですがドレスがない！g.あしたしけんがある！
h.およげない！
i.さむいです！
j.ビデオゲームをしすぎました。目がいたい！
On the back of the post it note, write everything you know about men’s speech and women’s speech in Japanese!

１． Making a Suggestion：read through the 2 dialogues
２． Wearing cute clothes　A. Use the correct verb to create sentences about clothing items on worksheet.
B. Make up 10 other sentences using the verb tsukemasu
３． Drawing people
しゅくだい：Write a description of a person.  Write at least 10 sentences.  Some examples: You can describe their:

2011年０５月１１日(水）
Giving advice：Write a sentence giving advice to someone who:
Describing people
Whiteboard portraits
shukudai: Fill up another page with kanji from this unit.  This time, use each kanji in a word.  For example, if the kanji is 先
Write 先生　先生　先生　先生

2011年０５月10日(火曜日)
Please pay your class fee so we can cook at least once before the end of the year.  Cat, Olivia, Autumn, Max H., Dylan, Jamie, Mariya, Alex W., Noah B., Sage, Kendle, Lydia, Max J.
Giving Advice (1. Draw a picture of a person.  Label their body parts in hiragana 2. Translate the 2 conversations into English, 3. Put #s 1-20 into the plain past form., 4. Make 10 example sentences describing what someone in the room is wearing (e.g. a boy wearing a red shirt, a student wearing brown boots, a girl wearing shiny earrings).
くだものバスケット
shukudai: practice new kanji for 15 minutes on a separate piece of paper.  Turn in to the box first thing tomorrow. 

2011年０５月０9日(月)
1. Please pay your class fee so we can cook at least once before the end of the year.  Cat, Olivia, Autumn, Max H., Dylan, Jamie, Mariya, Alex W., Noah B., Sage, Kendle, Lydia, Max J.
2. Last day to turn in work from excused absences and make up quizzes today
New kanji Unit 3 #1

2011 年０５月０6日（金）
Conversation
White board grammar and kanji practice
Sidewalk art
_______________________
White board grammar and kanji practice

Te form:
Play soccer
Study history
Practice volleyball
Come to the party
Teach English
Watch the movie
Speak in German
Get in the hotspring
Go to Italy
May I ride the bicylce?
May I go to the bakery?
May I play chess?
May I eat a snack?
You may not go to Seattle.
You may not ride the horse.
You may not cheat on the test!
The teacher is teaching.
The students are studying.
The dog is running.
Plain form:
Do karate
Clean the house
Play cards
Come to school
Teach math
Remember kanji
Buy a new car
Gerund form:
Skiing
Playing baseball
Coming to my house
Opening the book
Closing the window
Shopping at the department store
Going to Japan
Driving a car
Swimming in the pool
Do you like playing the piano?
Do you like studying English?
I love singing in the rain!
I hate eating eggs!
I am bad at writing katakana.
The students are good at reading hiragana!

Kanji from this unit 20 x each with perfect stroke order

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Make sure to practice your kanji stroke order over the weekend! 

2011 年０５月０５日（木）
子供の日
Turn in your kanji quiz/ assignment/ kanji stroke order practice to box. 

Entrance Task：Quiz your partner
Listening/ Writing：Turn the following into the plain past form:
I played tennis
I studied math
I cleaned my house
I watched the lacrosse match
I taught French
I relaxed (mucked about)
I wore a samurai helmet （かぶとをかぶりました）
I made rice cake treats
I sang in Japanese
I went to the beach
Use the plain past + ら　いい　と　おもいます。to give me advice about:

Where to take my relatives who are visiting Vashon (5+ places)
Where we should eat dinner on Vashon tonight (3+ suggestions)
What famous Vashonians we should meet (3+ suggestions)

Make up 10 examples of other advice
e.g. ５月５日にパーティーをしたらいいとおもいます。
I think we should party on Children’s Day!

2011年０５月０４日(水)
Japanese Class News:
1. If you want to cook I need money to go buy ingredients.  Please pay your class fee so we can cook at least once before the end of the year.  Cat, Olivia, Autumn, Max H., Dylan, Jamie, Mariya, Georgia, Alex W., Noah B., Sage, Kendle, Lydia, Max J., Julia

2. Last day to turn in work from excused absences and make up quizzes Monday at lunch (Friday is half way through the term)

3. “JET Memorial Invitation Program for U.S. High School Students”

To commemorate the two JET program participants who sadly lost their lives during the Great East Earthquake in Japan, Ms. Taylor Anderson (Ishinomaki, Miyagi) and Mr. Montgomery Dickson (Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate), the Japan Foundation will invite American high school students, who are studying Japanese language, to Japan and provide them with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of Japanese language and culture, in the hope that they will serve as a bridge between the two countries in the future. The program will run, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for five years, starting in 2011.

Click here for a link to island storyteller’s Cathy Spagnoli’s site about Kamishibai. 

Japan Trip 2010

Check out pictures and stories at: http://japantrip2010.tripod.com/

Expand your vocabulary!