ymi_cloth1a01b What Are We Wearing? Activity 1: Introduction to clothing vocabulary Date: Country: Author(copyright): Themes: 2003/1 Canada Yazawa Michiko Clothing and Fashion Overview: Using the Deai photos, the teacher introduces clothing items to the students. Presumed class profile Level of Japanese-language Japanese 2- Grades and Ages Grade 11-12, Age 16-18, Secondary Optimal number of students 20-30 Text book used n/a Required language skills Students are expected to know and be able to use basic Japanese grammatical structures, such as nominal, adjectival, and verbal predicates. Students are expected to be at least in their second semester of Japanese language learning. Preferably students have already been introduced to the "V te imasu" pattern and its functions as an expression of progressive, and habitual action and of state description. Others n/a Points to be studied Language objectives Function Structure Vocabulary words/phrases To describe what someone is wearing これは〜です Clothing nouns: ブラウス、シャツ、セーター、Tシャツ、スカート、ズボン、ジーンズ、たんパン、ベスト、ブレザー、ジャージ、リボン、ネクタイ、マフラー、めがね、かばん、くつした、くつ、サンダル、など Cultural objectives Target Process Aim n/a n/a n/a Activity type Activity type Mode Oral/written Who Narrative and description Interpretive Oral Whole Class Materials From the Deai photo sheets From the Deai text booklet Other materials MY-D05, OK-P08, SM-D02, SM-D06, TS-P03, YT-D03 n/a Game: Nandesuka? Duration Duration 15 minutes