- Students attempt much do you know “how Japan” quiz Cultural/background knowledge -Students read short comprehension & answer Pop quiz at end of questions on Japan (geography and people) unit -Introduce four writing systems of Japanese Students ability to Explicit quality criteria Examples of all and allow students to practice identify the Cultural knowledge each type of script difference between Worksheet the four scripts -Students learn how to write and say their name Students ability to in Japanese (roomaji only) remember how to say Introduce Katakana chart and have students and write their name devise their own name in syllables. in Japanese Week 2 -Basic Greeting/Expressions: Hello (in person & Listening quiz Term Metalanguage on telephone), Good morning, Good evening, 2 Good night, Goodbye, See you later, Please, -Teacher roams class Thank you, Excuse me to ensure students are -Students write expressions in books in Roomaji speaking Japanese -Speaking Activity: Students practice expressions Teacher monitors Substantive in students expression, communication -Expressions find-a-word & crossword pronunciation & worksheets intonation Explicit quality criteria
- Students attempt “how much do you know Japan” quiz -Students read short comprehension & answer questions on Japan (geography and people) -Introduce four writing systems of Japanese Examples of all and allow students to practice each type of script Worksheet -Students learn how to write and say their name in Japanese (roomaji only) Introduce Katakana chart and have students devise their own name in syllables. Week 2 -Basic Greeting/Expressions: Hello (in person & on telephone), Good morning, Good evening, Good night, Goodbye, See you later, Please, Thank you, Excuse me -Students write expressions in books in Roomaji -Speaking Activity: Students practice expressions in -Expressions find-a-word & crossword worksheets Pop quiz at end of unit Students ability to identify the difference between the four scripts Students ability to remember how to say and write their name in Japanese Listening quiz Term 2 -Teacher roams class to ensure students are speaking Japanese Teacher monitors students expression, pronunciation & intonation Cultural/background knowledge Explicit quality criteria Cultural knowledge Metalanguage Substantive communication Explicit quality criteria