Jennifer+T.+2014-15

what your school is like. Ｓｔａｒｋせんせいです. ちゃぱつの人です. めがちゃいろい人です. せがひくい人です.
 * Scenario 1:** Your Japanese friend will be visiting Everett High School. You send an email describing your teachers, your friends and

ともだちのなまえはLenaです. くろかみの人です. かみがながい人です. きいろいTシャツをきています. あおいジーンズをはいています. ともだちのなまえはRickです. めがねをかけている人です. あかいセーターきています.
 * Scenario 2:** You are writing a letter to your penpal. You will enclose a photo of you and your friends. You want to tell him or her about the picture. You can include information such as name, age, birthday, animal year, sports s/he plays, etc. Describe your friend's physical characteristics, personality traits, and interests.

かぞくは六人です. かぞくはお母さんとお父さんと妹が二人と弟です. お母さんのなまえはＴｒａｃｙです. 四十三さいです. かみがみじかい人です. お父さんのなめえはＨｅｎｒｙ です. 四十二さいです. くろかみの人です. 妹のなまえはＡｓｈｌｅｙです. 十三さいです. 妹のなめはＮａｎｃｙです. 十一いです. 弟のなまえはＤｅｎｎｉｓｏｎです. 八さいです.
 * Scenario 3:** You have made a Japanese friend on Facebook. S/he is from Kyoto. S/he wants to know about your family and pets. Write as many sentences as possible describing your family and your pets. You can include information such as name, age, birthday, animal year, physical characteristics, personality traits, and interests.

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End/Second Attempt:

Beginning/First Attempt:

For this assignment, we had to show our understanding of the words and kanji for family and family members in a visual representation, like in a Powerpoint presentation or a poster. Afterwards, I had to record myself saying the words and phrases that we had typed into the Powerpoint. (It was a great practice/way of familiarizing myself with the words and remembering them again after just typing it alone. ) This assignment really helped make sure that you embedded the words/phrases into your brain after writing, typing, repeating, and listening to them several times. media type="file" key="tran_family.wmv" width="300" height="300"

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From doing this project I learned a lot of things in a not so long amount of time, it didn't take long for me to catch onto the actual words or kanji. (Well that was only because I knew some of the words like for older brother/sister and mom from watching anime. ) This project helped me connect and incorporate the Japanese language more into my out of school life more then it ever did before. By doing this project, it helped the words/phrases stay in my brain from typing it out to repeating it several times until the audio sounded some what satisfactory. (You don't want to know how many times I had to re-record because of background noise. ) Overall, I know I learned a lot and the year isn't anywhere close to being done yet so I can't even imagine what else there is for me to learn.