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

11月23日のアクティビティー

There are 4 activities today.If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Read literary works of your classmates. (10 mins)

• Read at least 3 literary works (3 blogs below yours in the blog list of your class in the right side column of this website) of your own classmates.
• Post your comments. (Deadline for this comments is November 29th, Tuesday)
• If you think it is necessary, after reading the comments on your literary work entry, revise your literary work. (if you would like to create a new literary work, you may create another one.) (Deadline: December 6th, Tuesday)

2. Read your comments on your katakana analysis (draft) and revise your analysis by December 1st, Thursday. (20 minutes)

• Revise your analysis and post it on your blog. For the title, write "Katakana Analysis (final)."
• Do not delete your Katakana analysis (draft). Write a new entry.
• The final analysis will be graded by the instructor.

3. Check the comments made on your own blog, and also check 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. 29-Nov.2) and how it was. Use counters if you can.

11月9日（水曜日）のアクティビティー

We have 3 activities today. Activities 2 and 3 are homework (the due dates are Nov.22 and Dec.1 respectively.), If there is anything you can start today, please do.

1. Form a group of 3-4 and discuss what makes a good literarywork (e.g., haiku, 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 an 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., haiku, senryu, story, manga, poem, etc)..
• Share what you have discussed by posting comments on this blog entry. Include all the group members’ names or initials.

For activities 2, please finish by November 22nd, Tuesday. If there is anything you can start today, please do.

2. Make a literary work using katakana. (20 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. (18 minutes)

So far, we have searched and categorized various usages of katakana. 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 haiku, senryu, 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 senryu, read the previous blog entry about haiku, and senryu and review the rules. You have to write at least 3 senryu works.
• Leave your own comment for the same blog entry (the one where you published your literary work) and explain why you have used the particular katakana words in your literary work as well as their effects. (Due: November 22nd, Tuesday)

For activities 3, please finish by December 1st, Thursday. If there is anything you can start today, please do.

3. You will receive comments by November 18th. Read your comments on your katakana analysis (draft) and revise your analysis by December 1st, Thursday. (15 minutes)

• Revise your analysis by and post it on your blog. For the title, write "Katakana Analysis (final)."
• Do not delete your Katakana analysis (draft). Write a new entry.
• The final analysis will be graded by the instructor.

Katakana Analysis Checklist

1. Did you clearly state the source(s) for your data (e.g., newspaper "Asayomi shinbun," women's magazine "Kitty")?
2. Did you gather enough information from varied sources to support your conclusion. (Deadline: December 1, Thursday)

俳句（はいく）と川柳（せんりゅう）

（しゃしんはwikipediaから)

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.