Chapter 2-2

Family: Mother

Key Sentences and Structure/Grammar:

·       Interrogative (questions words) + か/も/でも

·         Nominalizer　... こと・の   (Refer to DBJG Koto 2 pp.193 – 196 for more sample sentences.)

·         Potential forms of verbs

·         I think that ...　...と思います。

Assignments:

Please use the on-line dictionaries wisely. Please DO NOT use the on-line translation site for creating sentences since it is often confusing and not accurate.  Use it to find vocabulary only.

Assignment 2-2A: Translate the Key sentences into English and then record your reading of the key sentences (Use the voice E-mail on the course). Also, create/write your own key sentences of each above grammar and send it to me with the translation.   

Assignment 2-2B: Write about your mother or a favorite person of yours and what you did during Thanksgiving and/or Christmas holiday with your family. Refer to the writings in the Key Sentences as samples and review the chapter 1-4 (last semester) for talking about holidays.

Be sure to use new structures learned this semester and the last semester as much as possible. Refer to the grammar index.  Please keep in mind that you are writing this to a person who does not know much about daily life in the U.S. so you need to give some explanations, as necessary, of some activities, events and/or places, which you will introduce in your essay.