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Saturday Japanese Class News

January 2011

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

January Theme : The New Year

Class I

Study Objectives:

- Share the joy of the New Year with friends
- Experience and enjoy activities related to the New Year with friends
- Learn to hold a pencil with proper posture and write letters with the enough pressure

Learning Activities:

- Communicate the traditional New Year games of Japan and try playing the Karuta card game.
- Make a simple kite and play with it outside.
- Practice how to write New Year's greeting cards and write cards for friends and family.

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Learn words that use the "na," "ni," "nu," "ne," "no" characters and learn how to write them neatly with correct character stroke order.
- Learn how to read the days of the week (Nichiyoubi [Sun] Getsuyoubi [Mon] Kayoubi [Tue] Suiyoubi [Wed] Mokuyoubi [Thu] Kinyoubi [Fri] Doyoubi [Sat]) and the calendar (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc).

Class II

Study Objectives:

- Write New Year's greeting cards.
- Try doing the first calligraphy writing of the New Year and learn how to say the 12 zodiac signs.
- Take interest in vocabulary related to the New Year and write them.

Learning Activities:

- Enjoy the Japanese New Year through writing New Year's greeting cards and playing New Year's games.

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- "Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu" (Happy New Year's), "Usagidoshi" (Year of the Rabbit), "Otoshidama" (New Year's Gift of Money), "Karuta" (Card Game), "Koma" (Top)

Class III

Study Objectives:

- Learn the rules of New Year's games and enjoy them with friends.
- Learn about the Zodiac animals
- Learn vocabulary relating to mochi-making and the New Year

Learning Activities:

- Karuta Card Game, Sugoroku (Board Game), Fukuwarai (Similar to "Pin the tail on the donkey")
- Listen to the origins of the animal Zodiac.
- Write New Year's greeting cards and exchange them with friends.

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- "Ganijtsu" (New Year's Day), "Omochi" (Rice cake), "Nengajou" (New Year's card), "Otoshidama" (New Year's gift of money), "Akemashite Omedetou" (Happy New Year's)
- "Usu" (Mochi mortar), "Kine" (Mochi pestle),　"Tsuku" (Pound), "Marumeru" (Roll up)
- Learn the animal Zodiac

A - l

Study Objectives:

- Increase Japanese vocabulary through Japanese New Year's games.
- Learn opposites
- Learn the steps of tasks and express them in Japanese.

Learning Activities:

- Karuta card game, Kendama ball game, Daruma otoshi stacking game, Hanetsuki badminton game, Top-spinning, and Kite-flying
- Kite-making

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
"Ue" (Up), "Shita" (Down), "Migi" (Right), "Hidari" (Left), "Me" (Eye), "Kuchi" (Mouth), "Hana" (Nose), "Mayuge" (Eyebrow), "Mimi" (Ear), "Kao" (Face), "Takai" (High), "Hikui" (Low)

- Grammar and Expressions -
Firstly we do X.
Next we do X.
Lastly we do X.

A - ll

Study Objectives:

- Being able to write Japanese words used in "Kakizome (the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year)," shogatsu games and so on
- Playing games in groups using a compass
(some content covered in December and January was switched).

Learning Activities:

- Oshogatsu (New Year) game tournament
- Making a globe
- Homework hunt using a compass (hunting homework assignment that were hidden in the school yard like the Easter egg hunt)

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
Hatsuwarai (First smiling face), Hatsuhinode(New Year sun rise), tozainanboku (east-west-south-north), kitahankyuu (Northern Hemisphere) and minamihankyuu (Southern Hemisphere) and so on.
- Grammar and Expressions -
hajime ni ~shimasu. Tsugi ni ~shimasu. Saigo ni ~shimasu. (First, I/we do ~. Second, I/we do ~. FInally, I/we do ~.) and so on.

A - lll

Study Objectives:

- Familiarize oneself with Japanese New Year through kakizome (the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year)
- Deepen understanding of "eto (Chinese Zodiac)"
- Develop the skills to think critically about "energy" used in everyday life

Learning Activities:

- Kakizome
- Read and understand stories about eto (Chinese zodiac)
- Do research on energy used in households and think about its usage
- Compare the past and current life styles and energy use

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
dengen (electrical power supply), suzushii (cool), jaguchi (faucet), ofuro (bathtub), riyoo (use), reizooko (refrigerator), denwa (telephone), denryoku (electric power), shoohi [ryo] (consumption)[amount], kadenseihin (home appliances), meisai (detailed statement/itematization)
- Grammar and Expressions -
~suru yoo ni shiteiru (I make sure I do ~).

Middle school

Study Objectives (December through February):

- Compare the past and present use of energy and develop skills to analyze its effect on the contemporary society and environment
- Think about what one is able to do and be able to apply it to one's life to conserve energy
- Be able to understand the essence of the reading material consisting of multiple paragraphs and be able to understand the abstract concepts
- Conduct a research on the household energy use and be able to give a multiple paragraph length report precisely and express one's opinions through the different mediums such as a written essay, report, and oral presentation.
- Be able to write the main vocabulary covered in this theme in kanji

Learning Activities:

- Think about one's own and one's family members' life style to find out as to when and where she/he uses and conserves energy
- Think about one's activities in a day to determine as to where and how much she/he uses energy
- Interview one's close grown-ups and find out the difference between the current and past energy use.
- Make a chart of average temperature to date and study the temperature changes over time
- Study the chart that shows the relationship between temperature rise and CO2 levels
- Read the multiple paragraph reading material that explains about the above chart

Vocabulary and Expressions:

- Vocabulary -
igai (except), kufuu (efforts/innovation), suzushii (cool), sekiyu (oil), atatakai (warm), dengen (electrical power suppy), yu (warm water), kyori (distance),
(electric power), kadenseihin (home appliances), shiyoo suru (use), ryo(amount), seikatsu (life), chikyuu ondanka (global warming), kankei (relationship), gen'in (cause), nisankatanso (CO2), yosoku (prediction), nenryo (fuel), hyoga (glacier), noudo (concentration)
- Grammar and Expressions -
~yoo ni suru (try to do ~), ~nakutewa naranai (has to /must ~)

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