１１月２５日のアクティビティー

There are 5 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Read literary works from other sections. (10 mins)

• Read at least 3 literary works from other sections.
• If you think it is necessary, leave your comments.

2. Revise your literary work or create a new literary work. (15 mins)

• Read the comments for your literary work entry.
• If you think it is necessary, revise your literary work.
• If you would like to create a new literary work, you may create another one.

3. Check the comments made on your own blog, as well as if others have/have not responded to comments that you made on their blogs. (10 minutes)

• Check the comments that others have made on your blog, as well as check if others have responded to comments that you have made on their blogs.
• If you think it is necessary, respond to any questions or comments.
• Record where you have commented on your comment sheet so you know where you have commented.

4. Write in your own blog. (15 minutes)

• Write in your blog in Japanese.
• The topic can be anything. If you don’t have any ideas, write about what you did during the long weekend (Oct. 31-Nov.3) and how it was. Use counters if you can.

5. Watch the podcasts and leave your comments. (15 mins)

Next semester, in Nazikian, Sato and Hamada’s classes, we will make a podcast. A podcast is a series of digital media files (audio/video) that are released via the Internet. In our Japanese class, we will make a podcast video by using various types of modality (voice tone, gesture, font color, font style, picture, etc). In order to see how the podcasts are like, watch some of the podcast videos that were created by our past students.

• Go to the website below and be aware of the purpose of creating the podcasts.
  

http://americatomodachi.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_13.html

• Go to the website below.

http://nyjapanesetime.blogspot.com

• Watch at least two podcast videos that appeal to you.
• Leave your comments on the comment section of each video you watched.
• Think of ideas about the type of podcast videos that you would like to make for the next semester.

助数詞（じょすうし：Counter suffix）

レッスン１１で、たくさん助数詞をべんきょうしましたね。にほんごには、たくさん助数詞があります。

この助数詞は、なにに　つかいますか？

1. 部（ぶ）
2. 泊（はく）
3. 匹（ひき）


答（こたえ：answer）は↓ここにあります！

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word

Katakana Literary Work Evaluation Categories

1. Emotiveness (Appeal to heart)

heartfelt emotions, captivating, moving, inspiring

2. Informativeness (Message)

beneficial to learn something new, thought-provoking, culture, insight into a human problem, having a purpose, message/theme stays with you

3. Aesthetic Factors (Beauty)

aesthetically pleasing, beautiful drawings (manga)

4. Creativity (Interest)

ユーモア, interesting, humorous, entertaining, meaningful, insightful, imaginary, creative, new, profound, climax/resolution (manga)

5. Consideration for Others (Ease of Reading)

Readable, easy to follow, recognizable, concise, relatable

6. Language (Relation to Language)

variety of vocab, descriptive words, onomatopoeia (manga)

7. Other

Authentic, communicated

１１月のうた（「大きなくりの木の下で」）

こんげつは１１月です。もうあきですね。あきはくりがとてもおいしいです。（くりはえいごでchest nutです。）１１月のうたは「大きなくりの木の下で」です。

http://www.ita-ten.com/song/1013.htmlから

わたしはくりがだいすきです。たとえば、モンブラン（くりのケーキ）やマロングラッセはとてもおいしいです。

モンブラン

takeout.gnavi.co.jp/c899801/より

マロングラッセ

www.kanshin.com/keyword/979420より

これはゆうめいなゴスペラーズの「大きなくりの木の下で」です。うたがとてもじょうずですね。

カタカナプロジェクトの文献（ぶんけん:Article）

カタカナプロジェクトの文献（ぶんけん: Article）があります。とてもおもしろいですよ！よみませんか？ よみたい人（Person who want to read）は、先生にEメールをおくってください。

カメ（Turtle）のうえに　カタカナのボール（Ball）があります！？

Some books written in Tenpyoo era (天平時代：てんぴょうじだい)says that Makibi Kibino (吉備真備：きびのまきび) created katakana. (There are also other scholars who propose other hypotheses regarding how katakana were created.) In Mabi town (真備町：まびちょう), Okayama prefecture, where Makibi Kibino was born, there is this turtle statue with katakana. Why turtle? That's a mystery...　↓The information is taken from the website.
http://kibiburu.com/katakana.html

カタカナと　えがありますね。だれがこのチャートをみますか？？

しゃしんのリンク
http://kibiburu.com/img/katakana.JPG
http://bcimg2-a.dena.ne.jp/bc21/u6657102/00360004/A27-129.jpg

Art of Samurai （メトロポリタンびじゅつかん）

メトロポリタンびじゅつかんで１月１０日まで"Art of Samurai"があります。さむらいがすきな人はいますか。メトロポリタンのじかんはウェブサイトをみてください。

（しゃしんはメトロポリタンびじゅつかんのサイトから）

よろい(armor)とかぶと(helmet)やけん(sword)もありますよ。

１１月１２日（木曜日）のアクティビティー

We have 3 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Form a group of 3-4 and discuss what makes a good literary work (e.g., senryu, story, manga, poem, etc). (10 minutes)

After you have created your own literary work, your teacher as well as your classmates will evaluate your work mutually. Based on today’s discussion, we will create evaluation criteria that will be used at the end of the semester.

• In a group of 3-4, discuss some of the characteristics that would make a good literary work (e.g., senryu, story, manga, poem, etc)..
• Share what you have discussed by posting comments on this blog entry. Include all the group members’ names. *Initial is OK too.

2. Read comments on your blog (especially for your katakana analysis entry) and comment them back if necessary. (10 minutes)

• Read all the comments for your katakana analysis entry. If you feel that those comments need to be responded, comment them back.
• If you have time, read the comments for all your other entries. Again, if you feel that those comments need to be responded, comment them back.

3. Make a literary work by using katakana. (25 minutes)

(1) Read other people’s comments on “what makes a good literary work”. (2 minutes)

• Scroll down to the comment section of this entry and read other people’s comments on “what makes a good literary work”.

(2) By using katakana words/expressions, create your own literary work and post it on your own blog. (23 minutes)

So far, we have searched and categorized various usages of katakana. And we have also analyzed the purposes and effects of each katakana word/expression. By making the most of what we have learned through our katakana project, create literary work using various usages of katakana, instead of using just a single usage of katakana (e.g. loanword only).

• Choose the type of your literary work among Senryuu, manga, story, poem, etc. If you want to do 2 different types of literary works, you may create another one.
• If you choose to write Senryuu, read the previous blog entry about Senryuu and review the rules. You have to write at least 3 Senryuu works.
• Leave your own comment for the same blog entry (the one you published your literary work) and explain why you have used the particular katakana words in your literary work as well as their effects.
  

川柳（せんりゅう）と俳句（はいく）

（しゃしんはwikipediaより)

みなさんは川柳（せんりゅう）をしっていますか？川柳（せんりゅう）は日本の短い（みじかい：short）詩（し：poet）です。

It consists of 3 lines with 17 (5-7-5) or more/fewer morae. The below is the example from Wikipedia.

どろぼうを

とらえてみれば

わがこなり

The robber,

when I catch,

my own son

The subject of senryu is based on human nature, and it's usually satirical/ironic.
There are people who make senryu in English. Click here and here.

Senryu is similar to haiku. However, haiku usually have seasonal expressions which senryu don't have to have.

カナダのチョコレート

カナダのメープルシロップはゆうめいですね。そして、このはこはとてもきれいですね。チョコレートもとてもおいしかったです。Oさん、どうもありがとう！

ひらがなとカタカナとかんじのれきし(History)

ひらがなとカタカナのれきしはおもしろいですよ。つぎのリンクをクリックしてください。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana

http://www.asahi.ch/english/japanese_writing_system.php

これはにっきです。かんじとひらがなですね。おとこのひとがかきましたか、おんなのひとがかきましたか。

これはめいじのけんぽう（Constitution）ですが、かんじとカタカナです。

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~ishii/old/old_literat.htm　

http://www.lib.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/exhibition/2004kin/tenji_mokuroku.htmlから