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Saturday Japanese Class December Newsletter

1: Class I
2: Class II
3: Class III
4: Goals:
5: Classroom Activities:
6: Grammar and Vocabularies:
7: A-I
8: A-II
9: A-III
10: A-IV-
11: JFL (Morning)
12: Goals:
13: Classroom Activities:
14: Grammar and Vocabularies:

December’s theme: Christmas

Class I

Goals:

- To be able to write letters, holding a pencil with a right posture and with appropriate brushstroke strength.
- To get to know the history of Christmas, and to be able to welcome Christmas with pleasure.

Classroom Activities:

- To make a Christmas card with learned Hiragana letters
- To have fun singing Christmas songs by following its rhythms

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- To gather words starting with letter NA, NI, NU, NE, NO, and to learn right stroke orders of these letters and how to write them neatly

Instructor: Ozeki

Class II

Goals:

- To be able to write a short letter and a Christmas card.
- To know the rules of letters such as long-vowels, and to be able to read them.

Classroom Activities:

- To be able to write a message through making a Christmas card.

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- XX san e (To XX) , YY yori (From YY).
- Okaasan, otoosan, ojiisan, oneesan, ookami etc.

Instructor: Takakura

Class III

Goals:

- To know the real meanings of Christmas through the birth of Jesus Christ story
- To be interested in Katakana, and to able to make an effort to learn Katakana
- To write own thoughts to St. Nick

Classroom Activities:

- To read the story of Christmas
- Katakana practices
- To write a letter to St. Nick

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Vocabularies related to Christmas, such as Christmas, Jesus Christ, Santa Clouse, Present etc.

Instructor: Umehata

A-I

Goals:

- To be able to say Japanese words with a loud voice
- To write Japanese letters with a right posture.
- To observe Daikon radish

Classroom Activities:

- To sing Christmas songs in Japanese (jingle bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
- Calligraphy
- To keep a observation diary

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Review of words and kanjis learned in the first semester
- Sentences , utilizing “hajimeni”, “tugini”, and “saigoni”

Instructor: Yamada

A-II

Goals:

- To be able to use words of diagram, when making a Christmas card with Origami paper
- To be able to find “describing” words from cross-word puzzle.
- To be able to differentiate words written with Hiragana, and with Kanji and Hiragana.
- To get used to Japanese rhythms

Classroom Activities:

- To make a Christmas card with Origami paper
- Cross-word puzzles
- To read aloud a poem

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Sankaku, seihoukei, chouten, nibun no ichi, yon-bun no ichi, etc.
- Adjectives such as yasui, takai, mezurashii, atatakai etc.

Instructor: Ohta

A-III

Goals:

- To be able to read and understand the history of Christmas and explain it verbally
- To be able to write thoughts by seeing pictures of the “hungry planet”.

Classroom Activities:

- To read a literature about Christmas
- “hungry planet”
- Practice of calligraphy

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Eto, issyuukan bun , shokuryoo, chourisyudan, syokuhin, hozon houhou etc.
- Watashi (boku) wa xx da to omoi masu.
- ~no koubutsu wa XX desu. Etc.

Instructor: Siegel

A-IV-

Goals:

- To be able to make two sentences into one sentence without being confused with subjects and verbs
- To be able to tell someone Ms. Sueishi’s experiences in Japanese

Classroom Activities:

- To make a report of atomic bomb experiences
- To review of how to write “small consonants” and “long vowels”
- Practice of calligraphy

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Eto, sekaiheiwa, ao, aka, hai, kuro etc.
- “~o kite, xxx”
- … o shite XXX
- … o shitte XXX.

Instructor: Sakamoto

JFL (Morning)

Goals:

- To be able to describe people and objects with adjectives
- To be able to ask and tell about places and existence

Classroom Activities:

- Roll-playing by pairs or groups
- Practices based on the daily occurrences

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- I-adjectives, na-ajectives
- Imasu, arimasu
- Dokoni? Etc

Instructor: Flores

JFL (Afternoon)

Goals:

- To learn Japanese culture
- To be able to tell basic everyday activities in Japanese
- To be able to tell their thoughts, ideas etc in Japanese
- To be able to recognize and read Hiragana letters

Classroom Activities:

- To use Japanese games
- To enjoy Kamishibai and to read old Japanese tales
- To practice based on a textbook

Grammar and Vocabularies:

- Hiragana recognition
- Japanese new years
- To write a letter to St. Nick about what they want to have for Christmas

Instructor: Flores

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