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No. tjf_self2a01b |
Life History and Future Plans Activity 1: "Life Maps (Jinsei mappu) " of the seven Deai students |
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Themes: |
2001/10 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Required
language skills |
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Others |
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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 |
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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
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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) |
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