Bonus Opportunities for September

Go to a pre-approved community event and report back on it in your target language (either Spanish or Japanese) in order to earn bonus points. These points go towards your participation grade (40% of overall grade).

Eligible Events and Activities:

• Home Football Game at AHS (Fri., 9/19)
• Puyallup Fair
• Home Soccer Game at AHS (Thurs., 9/25)
• Home Volleyball Game at AHS (Mon., 9/22)

(You may bring in up to two tissue boxes for bonus points as well!)

Got other ideas? Bring 'em to the discussion in class (let us know what's happening)!

Website: Kana Stroke Order, Counters, and More!

Resources for practicing Hiragana and Katakana Stroke Order, Kanji, Numbers and Counters, and more! Check it out!

--> http://www.umich.edu/~umichjlp/

Materiales ／ 資料（しりよう）

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS WITH YOU:

- Binder (1.5 to 2 inches)
- 10 pencils
- 3 red pens
- 3 black pens
- 2 erasers
- 100 sheets of paper (in binder)

Binder is graded and is intended to be used solely for your Foreign Language materials.

Japanese Starter Kit

My students in Japanese 1 are welcome to download the following starter kit. Its contents are listed below, along with some notes for use. NOTE: You will be given hard copies of most documents in class on the 3rd of September.

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STARTER KIT CONTENTS:

• Blank Kanji & Kana Writing Practice Sheet
• Combo Hiragana and Katakana Chart
• Complete Hiragana Chart with Pictures
• 4 Japanese Radio Stations: Use VLC Media Player to open these.
• Hiragana and Their Respective Kanji of Origin
• Hiragana Writing Practice Sheets with Stroke Order
• Important and Common Student Questions in Japanese
• Japanese Alphabet Song - Hiragana/Katakana (use VLC Media Player)
• Plain Hiragana (Large Characters)
• Textfugu Hiragana Chart with Dakuten and Combinations