20% Time - What It Is, Why I Picked It, & Progress Report 1

What It Is:

       In English class, we are given a class period every week to work on a project that could help your life and others around you. It could be a community need, or just something that you could benefit. In my class, someone is creating stylus for our iPads to sell, some are trying to become Vine famous, and someone else is designing shoes. There are many more creative ideas, but I just named a few. I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do, but I decided on something that would strech my brain and help me in the future.

Why I Picked It:

       I decided to learn 40 Japanese words and how to say them. I am half Japanese and half German. Last summer my family went to Japan. It was great, but I did not know what anyone was saying. That is where I thought of learning some Japanese. Obviously, it is very difficult to learn a new language, and I do not plan on being able to speak fluently in Japanese, just by working in class. 

Progress Report 1:

       So far I have written down about 30 Japanese words. I plan on picking out all the words, writing them down in Japanese, and then learning how to say them. It will be difficult to remember how to write it in Japanese, so I plan on writing them a lot for practice. I will probably listen to the words on repeat, because they pronounce things different from how we would think to pronounce it. I found some good websites to learn Japanese and I am enjoying picking out words to memorize.