No. tjf_self2a01b
Life History and Future Plans
Activity 1: "Life Maps (Jinsei mappu) " of the seven Deai students

Date: Country: Author (copyright): Themes:
2001/10 n/a The Japan Forum
Self, Family, and Friends
Overview:
Students look at the childhood photos of the seven Deai students and begin to form an image of them through their imagination. They get to know the Deai students better as they read the "My Story" parts of the text. Students complete the "Life Maps (Jinsei mappu)" worksheet, expressing in Japanese what they observe and what they have understood.
 

Presumed class profile
Level of Japanese-language Japanese 2
Grades and Ages Grade 10, Age 16-17, Secondary
Optimal number of students 20
Text book used n/a
Required language skills n/a
Others n/a

Points to be studied
Language objectives
Function Structure Vocabulary words/phrases
(1) Report on what what they see in the photos
(2) Talk about events in the Deai students'past
(1) 〜があります/います
Vています
Adjです
Adjそうです
(2) 〜の時、〜でした/ました
n/a
Cultural objectives
Target Process Aim
Growing Up and "My Future" sections of the text and childhood photos (Products, practices, perspectives) Exposure, observation and discovery, comparison Through careful observation and good understanding of the Deai students' stories about growing up and their thoughts about the future, to stimulate interest in and encourage familiarity with the seven students, who are contemporaries and peers of the language students.

Activity type
Activity type Mode Oral/written Who
Narrative and description Interpretive Oral, Written Individual, Whole Class

Materials
From the Deai photo sheets From the Deai text booklet Other materials
MY-P02, OK-P02, SM-P02, TS-P02, YK-P02, YT-P02, YY-P02 Growing Up, "High School Life," and "My Future" sections from each Deai student's "My Story" text. Worksheet #1, Worksheet #2 Life Maps (Jinsei mappu), Life Maps of the seven Deai students

Duration
Duration 50 minutes (First in unit of three classes)