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１０月３０日 木曜日

今日、勉強したことは、
1) Conversation: Review　日本で何がしてみたいですか。T→S S→S
2) New grammar:　一週間に一回 once a week
3) Survey: Who is the Best most likely person?
4) Ask ALL students to take survey
5) Explanation of newspaper

Homework is
1) No blog entry
2) Workbook p.18
I'm  working on my newspaper so I will upload as soon as I finish.
Newspaper is due on next Thursday!

１０月２８日 火曜日

今日、勉強したことは、

1) Kanji quiz (lesson 13)
2) Review: Potential: flashcard / Conversation S to S
3) New grammar :～てみる handout

しゅくだいは、
1) workbook p.16

１０月２３日 木曜日

今日、勉強したことは、

1) Kanji practice sheets (the answer key is below)
2) Review :～そうです。Textbook p.41
3) New ～そうです: Use the そうです as adjective
      ①　このケーキはおいしそうです。→ This cake looks like delicious.
      ②  これは、おいしそうなケーキです。→ This is a delicious-looking cake.
4) New: ～そうですnegative
      ①このケーキはおいしくなさそうです。→negative①
      ②このケーキはおいしそうじゃありません。→negative ②
5) New: Verb+そうです→　It is about to Verb e.g.)なきそうです。I'm about to cry.
6) New: Verb potential +そうです→ your guess or impression e.g.)このセーターはあらえそうです。     It looks like I am able to wash this sweater.→　I guess that I can wash this sweater.

しゅくだいは、
1) blog entry #9---reflection PLUS 2 pictures and make ～そうです・そうなnoun sentences about the pics
2) workbook p.15 and 16

Kanji quiz on next Tuesday. Answer key is below.

１０月２１日 火曜日

今日、勉強したことは、

1) 黒板漢字: Translate and write kanji as much as you can
                      Because I ate especially cheap rice and meat, my body became bad in the airport.
                      私は、特に安いご飯と肉を食べたので（から）、空港で、体が悪くなりました。
2)New Kanji:着く、同じ、海、昼
3) Interview Japanese friend
4) New grammar: ～そうです looks like ~ (handout)

Homework is
1) workbook p.109 and 110
Kanji practice sheet on Thursday

１０月１６日 木曜日

今日、勉強したことは、
1) Vocabulary +Kanji Quiz (L13)
2) Announcement: Japanese guest will come to our class on next Tuesday so you have to think 3questions in Japanese. You have to use potential for one question and the other two, you will create questions like you can generate the follow up question like "Why?"→ BLOG #8
3) New kanji: 悪い・空港・体
4) New grammar(handout) : Aし、B。

homework is
1) workbook p.13 and 14
2) Blog entry #8 reflection PLUS 3 questions for a Japanese guest

１０月１３日 火曜日

今日、勉強したことは、

1) Blackboard Kanji Review: Translate the following with Kanji we learned before(most recent) 

    I can cook Japanese bird food.→　私は、日本の鳥の食べ物が料理できます。

2) New Kanji: 特に　安い　ご飯　肉

3) Review: Potential with flashcard→Long forms

4) New (handout) : Potential short forms

5) New: Particle for potential が

6) Interview

homework is

1) workbook p.11 and 12

Vocabulary quiz and Kanji is on Thursday. Vocabulary sheet is due on the same day.

10月9日 木曜日

今日、勉強したことは、
1) returning exams and newspaper project
2) new kanji: 物、鳥、料理する
3) new grammar: potential (can)→ handout
     るverbs, うverbs, irregular verbs conjugation

Homework
1. blog entry #7
1) reflection of mid- term exam
         ①what was effective ways of studying for this exam?
         ②what would you do differently for studying this exam?
2) explain how to use potential verbs and write example sentences in Japanese

2. Rest of handout

**** vocabulary quiz and vocabulary sheets for lesson 13 due by 10/16

１０月２日 木曜日

Next Tuesday, 10/7 is mid term exam. You MUST bring all homework and study sheets.

1) New grammar:～でしょう Probably
Mainly this grammar is used by weather forecast.
2) Study for mid term exam

Homework is
1) workbook  p.111
2) Study sheets for Lesson 11 and 12