Thursday, February 19, 2026

Haunted Week 6 Notes

Step #7 ~ Haunted Vocabulary ….

                                        
 

Alright now…..
1.     We will start with a quick vocabulary check…
#1 ~kowaii” ~ scary
#2 ~ “kowagateiru” ~ #1 ~ scared
                                        #2 ~ afraid
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Alright and….
2.     These ones, please….
#3 ~zotto shiteiru” ~ #1 ~ terrified
                                         #2 ~ horrified
                                         #3 ~ frightened
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Alright and….
3.     These ones, please….
#4 ~zotto saseru” ~ #1 ~ terrifying
                                       #2 ~ horrifying
                                       #3 ~ frightening
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Sounds good now…
(Change picture #13)
4.     Another quick check…
#5 ~osoroshiihidoi” ~ #1 ~ terrible
                                              #2 ~ horrible
                                              #3 ~ awful
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
OK now…
5.     Another quick check …
#6 ~ “shinsetsu” ~ kind
#7 ~ “shinsetsu ni” ~ kindly
#8 ~ “Minna no tame ni supesu wo akete kudasai” ~
           *Please make room for everyone
           *Please make space for everyone
           *Please make a space for everyone 
             *Please make a room for everyone
#9 ~ “Minna ga haireru you, douzo oku made tsumete ohairi kudasai” ~
          *Kindly step all the way in and make room for everyone
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Sounds good now…
6.     How about this next one?
#10 ~ “Basu no koubu made idōu shi,
              minasama no tame no supēsu o akete kudasai. ~
       *Kindly move all the way to the back of the bus and make room for everyone
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
OK now…
7.     Another quick check …
#11 ~ “tataru” ~ haunt
Haunt = ghost
#12 ~ “tatarareteiru yakata” ~Haunted Mansion
(If needed: Please make a note)

Step #8 ~ Page 2 Vocab...
Please turn your pages over

                                                     

 
OK now…
1.     How about these ones?
#1 ~miru” ~ #1 ~ see
                         #2 ~ saw
                         #3 ~ seen
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
OK now…
2.     Another quick check…
#2 ~ "Gesuto wa nani o mimashita ka?" ~
      *What have guests seen?
     *What have the guests seen?
      *What did guests see?
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Sounds good now…
3.     How about this one…in English, please…
#3 ~ "Hounteddo manshon no gesuto wa kore made ni nani o mimashita ka?" ~
     *What have Haunted Mansion guests seen so far?
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Alright and…
4.     This next one, please…
#4 ~ "Karera wa robī de masutā gureishī no e o mimashita." ~
    *They have seen the painting of Master Gracey in the lobby.
    *They have seen the picture of Master Gracey in the lobby.
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Sounds good now…
How about the next 3….
5.     Another quick vocabulary check….
#5 ~morau” ~ get ~ got ~ gotten
#6 ~~ni natte kuru” ~ get ~ got ~ gotten
                                        get + keiyoushi = change
#7 ~dareka ni nanika wo yatte morau” ~
         #1 ~ get + O (person) + to + doushi
                  get someone to do something
(If needed: Please make a note)
 
Ok and….
6.     How about this one….?
#8 ~ "Sutaffu wa karera ni doko ni itte moraimashita ka?" ~
        #1 ~ get + O (person) + to + doushi   
         *Where DID staff get them to go?
         *Where DID staff get the guests to go?
 
Step #10 ~ Vocabulary Review Continued...
 
Ok now…
We take a look at the next section and…
1.     The first question…in English, please…
#9 ~ "Gesuto wa sutoretchirūmu de nani o mimashita ka?" ~
          *What DID the guests see in the stretching room?
          *What DID the guests see in the stretch room?
          *What DID guests see in the stretching room?
 
Ok now….
2.     The next one, #10, please…
#10 ~ "Karera wa kabe ni 4-mai no e wo mimashita" ~
        *They saw 4 pictures on the walls
 
Alright now….
3.     The next question…in English, please…
#11 ~ "Sorera wa nan no e deshita ka?" ~
        *What WERE they paintings of?
        *What WERE they pictures of?
 
Sounds good and…
4.     #12, in English, please….
#12 ~ "Sorera wa karera no gesuto no nanninka no kaiga deshita" ~
     *They were paintings of some of their guests
     *Those were paintings of some of their guests
     *They were paintings of some of the guests
 
Ok now…
5.     The next question, please…
#13 ~ "Kaiga wa dou natte kimashita ka?" ~
     *How DID the paintings get?
     *How DID the pictures get?
 
Ok and….
6.     The answer, please….
#14 ~ "Kaiga wa masu masu nagaku natte kimashita" ~
    *The paintings got longer and longer
    *The pictures got longer and longer
 
Sounds good…
And for the last one…
7.     How about if I change the question a little…?
#15 ~ "Kaiga wa nani wo yarihajimemashita ka?" ~
    *What DID the paintings start to do?
    *What DID the pictures start to do?
    *What DID the paintings start doing? 
    *What DID the paintings start to doing?


Thursday, February 12, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #7

 Step #3 ~ Vocabulary Check



Ok now…

A quick vocabulary check from this section……

1.     #1, & #2, please….

#1 ~ shinji you to, shinjimai to /

     Shinjirarenai kamoshirenai kedo~ believe it or not (idiom)

#2 ~ Shinjirarenai kamoshiremasen ga…

Watashitachi wa hasan shimashita” ~

*Believe it or not….we are broke

*Believe it or not….we are bankrupt

*Believe it or not….we are broken

(If needed: Please make a note)


Ok now…

How about these next ones….

1.     #3, #4, #5, & #6, please….

#3 ~ Al wa tabemono ga hoshikatta” ~

*Al wanted food

*Al wanted some food

#4 ~ "Kare wa yūshoku o tsukuritaku nakatta" ~

*He didn’t want to cook dinner

*He didn’t want to make dinner

#5 ~ Aru wa Pegī ni nani o yatte hoshitakatta?” ~

*What DID Al want Peggy to do?

#6 ~ "Kare wa kanojoni yūshoku o tsukutte hoshikatta" ~

*He wanted her to cook dinner

*He wanted her to make dinner

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright and…

How about these 4….

2.     #7, #8, #9, & #10, please….

#7 ~ Aru wa pegī ni nani o ageta?” ~

*What DID Al give Peggy?

#8 ~Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau tame no okane o ageta” ~

*He gave her money to buy food

#9 ~ "Kare wa kanojo ni tabemono o kau okane o ageta" ~

*He gave her money for food

#10 ~"Kanojo wa tabemono o kau tame ni okane wo moratta" ~

*She got money to buy food

(If needed: Please make a note)



Ok now…

(Change picture #35)

We go back to our vocabulary check…and…

1.     #11, #12, #13, #14, & #15, please….

#11 ~ kongan suru” ~ beg

beg + O + to + doushi

beg + to + doushi

beg + for + meishi

#12 ~ Pegī wa kare ni nani o moraeru tame ni kongan shita no?” ~

*What DID Peggy beg him for?

#13 ~ “Kanojo wa kare ni motto okane o kureru yō ni kongan shita” ~

#1 ~ beg + O + to + doushi

*She begged him to give her more money

#14 ~ "Kanojo wa okane no tame ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged for money

*She begged for more money

*She begged him for money

#15 ~"Kanojyo wa motto okane wo moraeru you ni kongan shita" ~

*She begged to get more money

(If needed: Please make a note)


Step #12 ~ Vocabulary Pages #2

Please turn your pages over

 


Ok now…

(Change picture #36)

The next 3, please…

1.     #16, #17, & #18, please….

#16 ~ "Danko toshite yuzuranai" ~

*Put your foot down

#17 ~ "Kare wa dankotoshite, mo okane wo agenai to iimashita" ~

*He put his foot down and said No more money!

*He put his foot down and said I won’t give you any more money!

*He put his foot down and said no more money

*He put his foot down and said he wouldn’t give any more money

#18 ~ "Haha wa danko toushite, seiseki ga agaru made ge-mu suru no wo      

              koto o kinjimashita" ~

*My mom put her foot down and said I couldn't play games

until my grades improved

*My mom put her foot down and said “Until your scores  increase, you can’t play games!”

*My mom put her foot down and said “Don’t play games until your scores go up”

*My mom put her foot down and said “No games until your grades go up”

(If needed: Please make a note)


Alright now….

How about these next ones…

1.     #19, #20, & #21, please….

#19 ~ ~no furi wo suru” ~ pretend

#20 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

    *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#21 ~ "Kanojo wa kushami wo suru furi o shite,

       Aru ni reji o akeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear her open the register

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the register open

    *She pretended to sneeze so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register opening

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these next ones…

2.     #22, & #23, please….

#22 ~ Kanojo wa nan no furi o shita, soshite naze deshou ka?” ~ 

     *What DID she pretend to do and WHY?

#23 ~ Kanojo wa seki wo suru furi o shite,

          Aru ni reji o shimeru oto ga kikoenai yō ni” ~

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t hear her close the register

     *She pretended to cough so that Al couldn’t

hear the sound of the register closing

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Alright now….

How about these last ones….

3.     #24, & #25, please….

#24 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ should (+) (teian)

#25 ~ "shinakerebanaranai" ~ have to

#26 ~ "~shita hou ga ii" ~ had better (-) (teian with batsu)

#27 ~ “Kanojo wa nani wo shita hou ga iī ?” ~ (-)

*What HAD she better do?

*What HAD she better to do?

#28 ~ Kanojo wa sekidome o nonda hō ga ī” ~ (-)

*She had better take some medicine for her cough

*She had better take some cough medicine

*She had better take some cough medicine for her cough

*She had better take something for that cough

*She had better to take some cough medicine

(If needed: Please make a note)




Haunted Week 6 Notes

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