OverView Feb. 8

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JAR Winter Show & Festival 2024 is supported and co-hosted by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles.

Winter Show Class Presentation Overview

Nozomi 1
Cooking Class (performance), They Died For Me (poem Recitation)

The Nozomi 1 Class will present a “Cooking Class” performance using home economics vocabulary they learned during the fall semester. The presentation will include some quizzes to see if students can follow a recipe correctly. They will not know in advance whether they will be making miso soup, yakisoba, or curry rice. Once their dishes are complete, instead of saying “itadakimasu”, they will recite Shuntaro Tanikawa’s poem “Shinde kureta”. 

Hikari 3
The North Wind and the Sun (play), It’s a Small World (song)

The Hikari 3 class will perform a play called “The North Wind and the Sun” by Aesop.  They will also sing “It’s a small world”, including the use of sign language for the chorus.

Kodama
The Weekend Adventure (creative skit)

The Kodama class Japanese skit was created using content from Marugoto textbook Chapter 5 . The students have a birthday party and discuss their weekend activities.

Tsubasa
The Legend of Kasa Jizou, a Parody (play)

The play that the Tsubasa class is presenting is a little different from the traditional Kasa Jizo story. There are 4 Jizos standing in a snow storm and characters from famous folk tales pass by. Do you recognize them?  Do the Jizos get offerings? Watch to find out!

Nozomi 2
Dye Yourself Beautifully; A Walking Song; Stars and Dandelions; Me, the Little Bird and the Bell (poem recitation)

The students of Nozomi 2 class will recite poems together with their partners. They also translated these poems into English themselves. You can check them out HERE.

Mizuho
Tours of Colorado (presentation)

Mizuho class is working on directional vocabulary of 東西南北. As a part of this effort, they wrote summaries of their favorite locations in Colorado. Please enjoy their presentations!!