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Saturday Japanese Class News

December 2010

1: Class I
2: Class II
3: Class III
4: A - l
5: A - ll
6: A-lll
7: Middle school

December Theme : Christmas

Class I

Study Objectives:

- Learn to write with correct posture and pressure on pencil
- Learn the origin of Christmas and welcome the holiday in good spirits

Learning Activities:

- Create Christmas cards using Hiragana learned
- Joyfully sing Christmas songs and move to the rhythm

Vocabulary and Expressions:

Collect words including the sounds “Ta, Chi, Tsu, Te, To” and learn to write them neatly and in correct stroke order

Class II

Study Objectives:

- Learn to write short letters and cards
- Learn and use the fundamental rules of the language such as sustained sounds

Learning Activities:

- Learn to write messages through creating Christmas cards

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- To/Dear OO-san, From/Sincerely, OO
- Mother, grandfather, father, sister, wolf, ice, king, etc.
- Learn the basics and exceptions of expressing sustained sounds in Hiragana

Class III

Study Objectives:

- To engage in learning Katakana
- Write one’s feelings toward Santa Claus

Learning Activities:

- Create Katakana cards
- Write Dear Santa letters

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Katakana from “A” to “To”
- Santa Claus, Christmas, present

A - l

Study Objectives:

- Learn to clearly speak Japanese
- Learn to write Japanese with correct posture
- Review and summary of first semester

Learning Activities:

- Sing Christmas songs in Japanese (Jingle bell, Red-nosed reindeer)
- Calligraphy
- Something fun

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
Review words and kanji learned in first semester
- Grammar and Expressions -
Sentences that include words that describes time sequence (ie, first, next, lastly)

A - ll

Study Objectives:

- By observing photos from different places of the world, students can guess where they are from (by clothing, housing, and so on) – near the equator, near the North Pole, etc. Students can also indicate approximate location on a globe.
- Go over basics of penmanship.

Learning Activities:

- Make a globe
- Practice calligraphy for Kakizome (first brush-calligraphy of the year)

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
東 higashi (east) / 西 nishi (west) / 北 kita (north) / 南 minami (south), 方位 houi (bearing), etc.
- Grammar and Expressions -
*A wa B yori ….. (A is more ….. than B.) etc.

A-lll

Study Objectives:

- Understand the current situation of endangered species
- Think about what each one of us can do to protect nature and life around us
- Deepen your knowledge of Japanese Oshogatsu (New Year)

Learning Activities:

- Have a discussion with friends on what each one of us can do to protect life and enrich nature. Put together a presentation
- Write a Japanese new year card (Nengajo)
- Practice calligraphy for Kakizome (first brush-calligraphy of the year)
- Review what we learned the first trimester

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
地球chikyu (Earth)、野生Yasei (wild)、草花kusabana (grass/flower)、環境Kankyo (Environment)、地域chiiki (area)、地球chikyu (Earth)、 人間ningen (human beings)、 社会shakai (society)、源minamoto (source/origin)、森林shinrin (forests/woods)、豊かなyutakana (rich)、 絶滅zetsumetsu (extinction)、開発 kaihatsu (development)
- Grammar and Expressions -
Xxxx suru hitsuyo ga aru. (It is necessary to do xxxx.)
Xxx to iwarete isu. (It is said that xxx.)

Middle school

Study Objectives (December through February):

- Improve an ability to analyze what kind of influences our current society & environment experienced, during the transition of energy resources being used now and then.
- Be able to think what each of us can do in order to save energy. Be able to put the thoughts into practice.
- Be able to understand a multi-paragraph reading material on energy & environment. Be able to read and understand abstract contents.
- Look into energy being used at home, and be able to share the findings in the form of an essay, a report, or oral presentation.
- Be able to read and write, using kanji, all the main vocabulary being used on this topic.

Learning Activities:

- Review your own, or your family members’ daily life, and think about the use of energy; when & where you use it, and when and where you are saving energy
- Review your own activities for a given day, and look into where and how much energy is being used.
- Interview adult(s) around you about childhood, and look into the differences between now and then.
- Create a graph on average temperature, and look into how it has been changed.
- Read a graph showing a relationship between temperature rising and the amount of carbon dioxide emissions
- Read a multi-paragraph reading material on above (the graph)

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
以外igai (except)、工夫kufuu (ideas, being creative)、涼しい suzushii (cool)、石油sekiyu (oil)、暖かいatatakai (warm)、電源dengen (outlet)、湯 yu (hot water)、距離 kyori (distance)、電力 denryoku (electric power)、家電製品kaden seihin (home appliances)、使用する shiyou suru (use) 、量ryou (amount)、生活 seikatsu (life)、地球温暖化chikyu ondanka (global warming)、関係 kankei (relationship, connection)、原因 gen-in (cause)、二酸化炭素 nisanka tanso (carbon dioxide)、予測 yosoku (prediction)、燃料 nenryo (fuel)、氷河 hyouga (glacier)、濃度 noudo (density / concentration)
- Grammar and Expressions -
Xxxx you ni suru. (Try to be xxx)
Nakutewa naranai (It is necessary…)

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