February 1st

Konnichiwa Mina san!

Now that finals are over and the new semester is beginning we will be meeting again more regularly. I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday, February 1st.  We will be focussing on more grammar, phrases, and speaking activities, as well as review hiragana! Hopefully you haven't forgotten all of it yet! :)

See you Wednesday.

-Ms.Sundin

January 25th

Due to final exams and the semester end, there will be no Japanese club this week. We will resume club meetings next week! Hope to see you then.

Mata ne

-Ms.Sundin

January 18th

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

This week our meeting will be weather-permitting. If it happens to snow a lot that day (as predicted it may), I might have to cancel our meeting because I have a long way to drive home and I want to get home in the daylight and avoid rush hour traffic. That being said, however, I hope it doesn't snow, because I want to get into some more practical lessons to build on some of the grammer you learned last week.

Please stop by my room on Wednesday.

Hope to see you soon :)

Mata ne

-Ms.Sundin

Week of Jan.9-13

Konnichiwa Mina-san,

I am planning to have a club meeting this Wednesday January 11th. Please stop by my room after school.
Hope to see you then.

Mata ne.

Week of Jan.3 -6

Konnichiwa Mina san

 新年 あけましておめでとうございます

   Shinen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu

(Happiness to you on the dawn of a New Year)

This means Happy New Year in Japanese of course!

I hope that we can meet on Wednesday after school and every Wednesday following that. However, at this time, there may be changes, so for now, please listen for announcements and check back to this webpage for updates on meeting times.

We will discuss O-shogatsu (the new year and the Japanese customs), as well as get back to studying 'Nihongo' and learning to speak some key phrases!

 Sugu ni au to ii desu!
(Hope to see you soon.)

Dec.14th & 15th

Konnichiwa Mina-san!

To make up for having to cancel Japanese club last week, we are having two special club meetings this week to watch an amazing movie: "Memoirs of a Geisha".

It is a fantastic movie based on a book that describes the life of a young geisha and everything she goes through. It gives an amazing insight into the beauty of this traditional, and soon-to-be lost art. Please be in my room by 3:05pm on Wednesday and Thursday so we can get started right away! We will watch the first half of the movie on Wednesday and then finish the movie on Thursday. I'll bring the ocha (green tea) and senbei (Japanese crackers)!

Eiga wo miru koto ga tanoshimi ni shiteimasu!
(I'm looking forward to watching this movie!)

See you on Wednesday!

Mata ne!

Dec.6th NOT 7th

Konnichiwa!

Hi everyone, I just wrote out a nice, long,detailed and well-formatted message regarding this week and somehow it didn't save. I lost everything. Unfortunately I don't have time to rewrite it all now so I'll just put the facts in point form. I apologize!!

• Club is canceled Wed. Dec.7th (I have a doctor's appointment)
• We will meet only briefly instead on Tues. Dec.6th after school to vote on days to meet next week
• We will vote on which days to meet next to watch a movie: Dec.13th & 14th  or 14th and 15th. Majority rules. I will bring green tea and maybe some snacks. Please be there to vote on the 6th or send me an e-mail.
• Pauline, Erica, Trevor and Mumui, eat your lunch quickly tomorrow (Mon. Dec.5th) and be in my room at 12:25pm SHARP to meet our Japanese guests!! DO NOT BE LATE!! It is considered VERY RUDE in Japanese culture to be late, so if you want, bring your lunch down to my room at the bell and eat there so you can't be late! :) Practice introducing yourselves in Nihongo! ;) 

Hope to see you on Tuesday Dec.6th to vote!!


Mata ne.