Christmas Story 2012

Well...I am so happy that the Christmas season is finally here...

I look forward to making Christmas stories every year... and I finally decided on the weekend what I was going to do this year.

We started the 1st Christmas lesson with a quick practice of the "不規則動詞" and pronunciation before moving into the story.

In the story...I think the 2 hardest things were the listening practice and imagination.

But some people had some really good ideas....

The story also had a few tough words in it but other than that I think everything went OK.

Here is a short list of some of the vocabulary words that came up this week....

Week 33 ~ Koban

Well... We took a bit of a side track this week to see why the police officer is so mean...
Here are some notes for this week.... I also threw in a vocabulary list...

Good Luck...Study Hard...

Week 32...Koban Vs Manners...

Well...
This week, we will see the girl and boy talking to the police officer again about the girl's lost bag....

The police officer would like the girl to tell her what is in the bag...

BUT

for some reason....the girl can't tell her...

What MIGHT be in her bag.... ??

Oooppss....I labeled the lessons "31" but they should be "32"....

SORRY!

A man who stands out...Week 1

This week we will start a story about 2 women who are on their way to work.  

It is rush hour so the train is very crowded. 

While the women were chatting about work, they noticed a man who really stood out.....

This week ....Will be a busy week...

As you can see, there will a lot to do in 1 hour....

We will:

* see a train station with "good manners"

* see the 2 women riding on the train

* see a train station with "bad manners"

* see part of a recent article from Tokyo about manners on trains

* do some listening practice ~ a story about a woman who cuts in line at the station

* go back to the 2 women on the train and we will meet the man

Wow....Good luck!

New Canadian Voice Update....

Ayako and I had to go to the new school on Saturday to meet the designers.
They wanted to talk to us about where to put the outlets and light switches.

When we arrived, the designers gave us a tour around the inside of the new school and they showed us where they were planning on putting each outlet and light switch.

Ayako and I both agreed that everything we saw looked good....so the electricians will be coming in to start the electrical work...very soon....

Just in case some of you are wondering.....
                                            The company that is building the school is "Kumaki Juuken"

You can see one of there signs on the left side...

Thank you "Kumaki Juuken" for being so helpful and patient with us....

Week 31 ~ Koban & Manners

A girl was 30 minutes late for her date and she was late because she lost her bag.
She will go to the police station and fill out a report...

This week I want to practice:
#1. Reporting missing items at the police station
#2. Answering the police officer's questions

Here are some notes...