MoHS Japanese 2 Resources
Ebisuya-sensei, Fukada-sensei, Wong-sensei 2014-2015
Assessment Rubrics
Rating scales and criteria for measuring progress and achievement.
Adventures in Japanese
Written by Hiromi Peterson & Naomi Omizo from Punahou School
Topic Lessons
Resources provided for each Topic to enhance learning, practice and fluency.
May 29-June 2, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Please have your slides uploaded onto Voicethread and ready to go. Make sure you know what your login is and don't forget that you may not use your notes when you are recording. Use the slides to give yourself clues as to what you can say about your classes and the event that you have chosen.
Don't forget to bring earphones!
May 21-22, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Your homework for the weekend is to complete and bring in Lesson 13 Reading Comprehension #3. There will be a reading comprehension next class so be prepared.
For next class, bring in your pictures of the remaining classes and teachers from the My Year in Japanese 2 and collect pictures from an activity that you attended this past school year. Try to get multiple pictures from the same event so that you have more to talk about. You will be given some class time to work on this so please make sure to bring it.
Last chance to retake the Lesson 13 Grammar/Vocabulary exam will be the day before Finals week. Make sure that if you are planning to take the exam, complete Quia Grammar Review B and come in for help to either ask questions or review the types of mistakes were made on the test.
If you have not completed your community project for the semester, the last possible event that you can attend is the Lantern Festival at Alamoana Beach Park on Memorial Day 5/25/15. Even if you have already completed the community project, it is still an event that is worthwhile to attend.
May 19-20, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
For next class (5/21-22) please make sure to bring in your dish. You need to make it on your own and portion it out into small, medium, and large sample portions to sell.
Practice the store terms available on Memrise. Make sure you know how to say these terms outloud. Think about what kind of "small-talk" that you can have with your customers. Review any grammar that you are struggling with.
Collect your pictures that you will need for the next installment of the My Year in Japanese Project. You should already have the pictures of your teachers and your classes. For each slide you should have multiple pictures that describe different aspects of your classes. The other portion will require pictures of any past activity that you attended over the school year.
May 15-18. 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Bring in materials for next class to put together the yatai which needs to include: the banner, menu list and all of your advertisements.
Please do the Listening Comprehension practice #5 and #7.
The retake for the Topic 13 Grammar exam will be available from Monday. However, if you would like to retake it, you will need to come in for help in the morning, lunch or tutorial as well as complete and get at least 50% on:
May 13-14, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
To prepare for the in-class essay for the next class, work on an bring in a bubble map to plot out your ideas on what you want to say about your dish: We will be doing an in-class essay to
What makes this particular dish special to you? Why do you like this particular dish? Who makes this dish? When do you eat this? Where is this dish from? Describe your dish- what does it look like, what’s in it, etc.
To prepare for the upcoming listening comprehension, listen to the Lesson 13 Listening Comprehension Practice and do #4 and #6. Bring the answers to these questions next class and turn it in into the black box.
May 11-12, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
In order to prepare for the Topic 13 Grammar exam, please do the following:
If you want to practice the store terms before taking the quiz, it is available on Memrise.
If you did not include a description of your dish, then you will need to re-do the advertisement. The description needs to be a short paragraph that describes your dish. Where is it from? What's in it? What does it taste like? Etc. The title of your advertisement must be the name of your dish in Japanese.
To prepare for the in-class essay to be completed on 5/15-18, work on a bubble map to map out your ideas about what you want to write about. What makes this particular dish special to you? Why do you like this particular dish? Who makes this dish? When do you eat this? Where is this dish from? Describe your dish- what does it look like, what’s in it, etc.
May 7-8, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Your advertisement for your dish is due at the beginning of your next class and is to be submitted into the black box. Based on these advertisements we will be forming groups for the Yataimura assessment so make sure that it is done. Learn how to make the dish from whoever usually makes it and practice making it on your own so that you are prepared to bring in the completed dish in small portions on your assessment day. Refer to the Yataimura Assessment page.
WB pp. 133-134
Please do the following Quia in preparation for the vocabulary exam next class:
Quia T. 13 Vocabulary Review A
Please also complete Kanji Set #13 and #14 in your chomen.
If you have problems seeing the document, it is also available as a Google Document through the Google Classroom.
May 5-6, 2015
*Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
WB. pp. 131-132
Please do the following Quia:
Continue to work on money counters through Memrise.
Work on your advertisement for your dish. Learn how to make the dish from whoever usually makes it and practice making it on your own so that you are prepared to bring in the completed dish in small portions on your assessment day. Refer to the Yataimura Assessment page.
May 1-4, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Community Projects are due 5/4-5.
Please do Quia T.13 Directions
Work on T. 13-4 money counters using Memrise
April 29-30, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Community Projects are due the day you come back to class after the weekend (5/4-5).
Complete the Listening Comprehension worksheet that we started in class, and turn in the worksheet at the beginning of next class into the black box.
The Restaurant video can be found here. View the video and transcribe the dialogue onto the worksheet given out in class.
April 27-28, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Please do WB T. 13-3 pp. 129-130
You can refer to topic 13 grammar notes (slide 13) to do practice problems.
Work on Community project (due 5/1-4)
Buildings are due next class
April 23-24, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Bring headphones for next class.
Quia 13-1 Grammar- Please don't
Go to Memrise and practice the -nai form
and the counters
Watashitachi no Machi (due 4/29-4/30)
Community Project (due 5/1-4)
April 21-22, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Please do the following Quia:
Quia Quiz T. 13-1 Verb Tense #1
Quia Quiz T. 13-2 Vocabulary A
Practice:
Work on Community Project- due beginning of May
Bring in your recipe if you did not do so already.
April 17-20, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Bring the recipe for the Family Research Project. This will lead up to the final assessment for the year so you will need to participate in this.
Work on Comunity Project- this will be due in the beginning of May.
Continue to practice Te form and Dictionary form.
WB. pp 123-126 are due.
April 15-16, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Click on the following link and follow the directions:
Do the following Quia before 8am of the day of your next class:
Work on WB pp. 123-126
Work on Community Project
Work on Family Recipe Research
April 13-14, 2015
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
The Topic 12 Grammar exam will be next class. Re-takes are due before this test is administered so study beforehand. Do the following Quia before 8 am the day of your next class:
Quia Quiz Root to -te form review
Also, start working on your community project. You should have already gone to something. If you have not done so, you need to find something on your own and get approval on it.
Think about what recipe in your family that you would be said if you couldn't eat it. Find out the recipe and try to make it as well.
April 9-10
Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Next class we will be doing the Topic 12 Vocabulary exam. The following class will be the Topic 12 Grammar exam. Please study over the weekend, but work on grammar as well as vocabulary. Before 8am the day of your next class, please have these completed:
Quia Quiz T. 12 A- (If you couldn't do it from before)
Quia Quiz T. 12 B- Translation review
Quia Quiz T. 12 Vocabulary B
For more practice, don't forget that you can use Quizlet and Memrise. If you find any errors, please let us know asap so we can fix them.
The final day to do any re-takes for this unit will be the morning of the grammar exam. Please take advantage of these opportunities!
*April 8, 2015
*Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Next class there will be a reading comprehension plus grammar on the Topic 12-4-5 test. Please do the following Quia by 8am before your next class:
For the upcoming Vocabulary exam (らいしゅう) and Grammar exam next week please do these as practice due by 8am before your next class as well:
Quia T. 12 A (Grammar practice)
Please come in for help if you need it and take advantage of the re-takes. The last opportunity to do a re-take on any of the previous tests will be the day of the T. 12 Grammar exam.
*April 6-7, 2015
*Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
For period 3 & 5, do whichever Quia you did not already do from before:
Quia T. 12-3 D Grammar (Period 3 & 5)
Quia T. 12-4 D Grammar (Period 3 & 5)
Quia T. 12-4 E Grammar (Period 7)
Quia T. 12-5 D Grammar (Period 3, 5, & 7)
Period 3 & 5: WB pp. 117-120
Period 7: WB pp. 119-120
These will not be due until later, but work on these if you have time:
Quia T. 12 Vocabulary Review A (due 4/9-10)
Quia Topic 12 A-Translation Practice (due 4/13-14)
The deadline for the Kamishibai final has been moved to 4/8/15. Have it fully completed by then. Take advantage of the extra time to work on this.
*April 2, 2015
*Period 7 (assigned)
Please do the following Quia:
There will be a test on 12-4 and 12-5
Vocabulary next class.
Refer to the Kanji pages and follow the sample for the following chomen set:
WB. pp. 117-118
If you didn't finish your "My Year in Japanese II" then come in Monday morning to finish it. That will be your last chance to get it done.
*April 1-2, 2015
*Period 3 & 5 (assigned)
Do the following Quia before 8 am on the next day of your next class. Links below:
Refer to the Kanji pages and follow the sample for the following chomen set:
WB pp. 115-116
*Kamishibai Final Due*
Your drafts need to be typed onto Juno under "Kamishibai Final Draft"
Go to File Locker-click the assignment and type it out so that I can give you feedback before you do your final over the weekend. The entire story accompanied with the ppictures in the kamishibai format is due 4/6-7.
*April 1-2, 2015
*My Year in Japanese II (3, 5 & 7)
For the recording day for the My Year in Japanese II series, you need to have your slides done BEFORE class because we will not have time in class to put your slides together. Do not make a new voicethread, but add it on to your previous My Year in Japanese II voicethread. Your flow chart may not have any Japanese sentences, but they may have key words and phrases that you will need to know. You are only talking about 4 classes for now- describe your favorite classes and teachers, describe the classrooms (what's in it, where is it, etc) and describe your schedule as well as other things that may be relevant. Use grammar patterns that we have learned as well as grammar from Topic 10. If these are not completed in class, you will be staying in during tutorial to complete it.
*March 31
*Period 7 (assigned)
Prepare your slides for the "My year in Japanese II" and have them ready before the beginning of your next class. We will be recording in class so be prepared about what you will say. You will be describing your schedule, your favorite classes and teachers so make a flowchart.
Kamishibai- Under "kamishibai final" type in your draft so that I can give you feedback on it. The format is the same as the speech festival- one sentence per line. The final is due the 4/7/15.
Quia Quiz Topic 12-3 D Grammar
Quia Quiz Topic 12-4 A Vocabulary
WB: 115-116
Chomen set # 9 and #10 due 4/7
*March 30-31, 2015
*Period 3 & 5 (assigned)
Please do Quia Quiz Topic 12-2 D Grammar and Quia Quiz Topic 12-3 A Vocabulary before 8 am on the next day of your next class.
Do Workbook pp. 113-114.
Prepare your slides for the "My year in Japanese II" and have them ready before the beginning of your next class. We will be recording in class so be prepared about what you will say. You will be describing your schedule, your favorite classes and teachers so make a flowchart.
*March 25, 2015
*Period 7 (assigned)
Please do Quia Quiz Topic 12-2 D Grammar and Quia Quiz Topic 12-3 A Vocabulary before 8 am on the next day of your next class.
Do Workbook pp. 113-114.
Kamishibai draft is also due before class.
*March 25, 21015
*Period 3 & 5 (assigned)
Please do Quia Quiz Topic 12-1 E Grammar and Quia Quiz Topic 12-2 B Vocabulary to prepare for the tests on your next class.
We will be going over Workbook pp 109-111. These should have already been done.
Your draft of your Kamishibai is also due before class. I know we haven't gone over it in class, but try to use grammar from 12-2.
*March 23-24, 2015
*Period 3, 5, & 7 (assigned)
Please do Quia T. 12-1 D Grammar and Quia T. 12-2 A Vocabulary before 8 am of the next day of your next class. There will be a test on these.
Workbook 12-1 pp 109-111 will also be due.
Start on the draft of your Kamishibai Project. It is due March 30 for period 3, and March 31 for period 5 & 7. Plan out your draft on a graphic organizer beforehand so you have a better idea of the flow of your story.
Take pictures of your teachers and your classrooms for the My Year in Japanese 2 Project. You should take pictures of the exterior as well as the interior of the classroom.
*Spring break homework
*Period 3, 5 & 7 (assigned)
Please do Quia T. 12-1 A Vocabulary before the 8 am of the next fay of your next class. There will be a test on the day you come back from break.
There has been a google sheet that has been shared with you. It is a list of food items that you will need to look for images (jpg files) of and send to Wong-sensei's email. Make sure to find images that are of just the food and label them appropriately (ie: にんじん_carrot.jpg).
The re-take of the Matome Test will be available on your own time until the Wednesday when you return from spring break. Make sure to study and go over past Quia quizzes.
Homework
Formats and Layouts
Guidelines, format and layouts for various tools.
Community Partners
Connect with the organizations in our community that continue to preserve and promote cultural understanding and traditions.
Quia Link
Log-in to Quia for your period using these quick links. Have your login name and password handy.
JupiterGrades Page Link
Log-in to JupiterGrades using this quick link.
Have your login name and password handy.
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1 Three-ring Binder and College Ruled Folder Paper with Dividers
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1 Composition/Notebook/Theme book (lined)
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1 Choomen-available in G-203
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1 Spelling Tablet (pre-numbered, elementary style--not steno books)
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1 Dry-erase marker – black or blue-replenish throughout the year as needed
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1 Blue, 1 Black, 1 Red Ink Pen-replenish throughout the year as needed
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1 highlighter-any color-replenish throughout the year as needed
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1 #2 Pencil and eraser-replenish throughout the year as needed
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20 Plastic sheet protectors (top loading)-replenish throughout the year as needed
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1 Set of Index Cards (any size) *do not bring to class until instructed to do so
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Glue, color pencils/markers/crayons and other art supplies-to use at home
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Donation of 1 roll of paper towel or tissue **if you use, please replace!
Class supply list
Please have the following supplies accessible throughout the year. Replenish as needed.
Zondle Page Link
Log-in to Zondle using this quick link.
Have your login name and password handy.
World Language Learning Center
Learn more about the World Language Learning Center that supports World Language classes at Moanalua High School. Most of our funding for the equipment and supplies we use in class come from the learning center. Check out the recent and upcoming activities hosted by the WLLC.
Blubbr.tv Link
Challenge yourself, create, explore a wide range of trivia about just about anything! Must be able to connect to Youtube to view videos.
Japanese Word of the Day from JapanesePod101.com
Glogster Link
Log-in to our Glogster site using this quick link.
Have your login name and password handy.
Sensei's code: 2165GB
Community Project Suggested Events:
Please visit the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii website and "Like" their Facebook page to find out about upcoming events. Not everything is lited on the main website, but announcements and reminders about events open to the public are updated regularly on their Facebook page.
Spring 2015 Events:
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Lecture/demonstration on February 17, 4:00 pm
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UH Music department, room 36
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free admission
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Performance
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February 18, 2015 Wednesday starting at 7:30 pm
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Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa Music department
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Free admission
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Poster Contest-"Speak Up" for Teen Dating Violence Awareness
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Follow the contest rules:
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Must contain a message in Japanese
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at least 50% in Japanese
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target Japanese speakers
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Need to inform Sensei of your participation and provide a copy for screening prior to sending it in to the contest
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March 6-8, 2015: Exhibition Hall and Waikiki Parade
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Check website for more details
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The Hawaii United Okinawa Association is accepting applications to host students from Okinawa through the 25th Hawaii-Okinawa Student Exchange Program. The visiting students will be in Hawaii from Saturday, February 29 - March 14, 2015.
Application Deadlines
All applications are due on December 5, 2014.
* Please Note: If a student is applying to host, the student will have preferential placement when applications are available for part 2 of the program - the travel to Okinawa in June, 2015.
Find out all the details by going to: http://www.huoa.org/nuuzi/hosep/hosep4.html
Congratulations to Desirene Gamboa
for placing 3rd for her poster entry in the Clarence T. C. Ching Foundation "Inspired in Hawaii" Contest.
