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Saturday Japanese Class News

March 2013

1: Class 1 - Ms. Ozeki
2: Class 2 - Ms. Takakura
3: Class 3 - Ms. Umehata
4: Class 4 - Ms. Yamada
5: Class 5 - Ms. Oota
6: Class 6 - Ms. Sakamoto

March Theme : Hinamatsuri ( The Japanese Doll Festival or Girls' Day )

Class 1 - Ms. Ozeki

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Learn about the origins of the Girls' Day and develop an interest in Hinamatsuri, the Doll Festival
- Participate in Spring class presentation day; sing a song on the stage
- Review hiragana and write with proper writing pressure

Class Activities:
- Learn basic origami folding methods; origami craft Hina dolls
- Review hiragana with hiragana flash cards
- Memorize the lyrics of the song for the class presentation

Grammar & Vocabulary:
Collect words that include ま、み、む、め、も, and learn how to write those words in correct writing order

Class 2 - Ms. Takakura

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Learn about the origins of Hinamatsuri and enjoy related activities
- Practice reading "karuta uta" aloud for the class presentation
- Collect Katakana words and learn how to dictate them

Class Activities:
- Origami craft; Hinamatsuri dolls
- Practice reading "karuta uta" aloud

Grammar & Vocabulary:
ひなまつり ( Hinamatsuri ) March 3, Japanese Girl's Day
おびな ( Obina) Emperor doll
めびな ( Mebina ) Empress doll
ひなあられ ( Hina arare) Japanese salty cracker made specially for the Girls' Day

スキー ( ski ), セーター ( sweater ), ジュース ( juice ), バス ( bus ), ピーマン ( bell pepper )

Class 3 - Ms. Umehata

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Develop interest in Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day)
- Actively participate in the class presentation practices
- Develop interest in the growth of the daikon plants and find joy in their growth

Class Activities:
- Hina doll making with origami
- Understand the meaning of Hinamatsuri
- Memorize lines for the class presentation
- Continue taking journals from the daikon observation

Grammar & Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary pertaining to Hinamatsuri
- Triangle, square, mountain fold, valley fold
- Length, centimeter, thickness

Class 4 - Ms. Yamada

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Learn the origin of Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day March 3rd)
- Make a presentation with three sentences containing words from their own research
- Practice for class presentation

Class Activities:
- Hina doll making with Origami
- Search for fitting words in certain standard usage
- Compose three sentences from a word and explain the word from the sentences

Grammar & Vocabulary:
- Triangle, Square, Rectangle
- Girl’s Day vocabulary
- Tendon (Tempura bowls), Anpan (bread filled with Azuki bean paste) Ball, Cake
- “Nani-wa Donna-da” (describe the state (Donna) of a subject (Nani)

Class 5 - Ms. Oota

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Deepen the understanding of the Doll Festival, such as its historical origin and content
- Become familiar with interesting Japanese expressions and rhythms
- Learn to speak Japanese clearly and loudly

Class Activities:
- View actual Doll Festival decorations, such as bon-bori (paper lanterns)
- Study proverbs, idioms, and palindromes
- Practice the spring study presentation with palindromes

Grammar & Vocabulary:
- Dairi, Bon-bori
“Neko ni koban,” “Mimi ga itati,” and “Ta bu n bu ta”

Class 6 - Ms. Sakamoto

Specific Lesson Goals:
- Learn the origin of the Doll Festival, and compare the differences between the present day seasonal references and the ones found in the lunar calendar, which was used at the time when the Doll Festival was originated.
- Read Tenchi no Fumi by Yukichi Fukuzawa, and learn the differences between the Japanese calendar and western calendar, which was introduced to Japan in the Meiji Period.
- Choose the theme for the spring study presentation and start preparation

Class Activities:
- Research the name of the month in the lunar calendar for each student’s birth month
- Read aloud poems by Saigyou
- Practice listening comprehension using CDs for teaching Japanese
- If suitable for this week’s lesson goals, read Tensei Jingo

Grammar & Vocabulary:
- Conditional expression, “~tara”
- “~bakari” “nothing but” = “dake”
- ~tokoro (in the middle of)
- Know/don’t know when, where, who, etc. (noka wakaru, wakaranai)

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