No. tjf_self1a02b Portraits of the Seven Deai Students Activity 2: Reading the Stories of the Deai Students Date: Country: Author (copyright): Themes: 2001/10 n/a The Japan Forum Self, Family, and Friends Overview: Each group reads the story of one student in English, answers the questions in Activity 1, and presents the information and their comments to the class.   Presumed class profile Level of Japanese-language Japanese 2, 3, 4 Grades and Ages Grade 10-12, Age 15-17, Secondary Optimal number of students 10-20 Text book used n/a Required language skills Must be able to read hiragana and katakana, have some familiarity with the terms for making a self introduction, such as name, age, and place of residence. (This activity makes use of previously learned sentence patterns and vocabulary to encourage familiarity with and mastery of new sentence patterns and vocabulary related to the content.) Others English can be used depending on students' Japanese level. Points to be studied Language objectives Function Structure Vocabulary words/phrases To ask questions about others か（疑問） でしょう 〔なにが／なにを／どこで〕〜か Cultural objectives Target Process Aim Sections from My Story: Me in a Nutshell, Growing Up, High School Life, My Future, Family and Friends, My Town (Products, practices, perspectives) Exposure, observation and discovery To learn about the Deai students and present the information they discovered with comments. Activity type Activity type Mode Oral/written Who Narrative and description Interpersonal, Interpretive, Presentational Written Small Group Materials From the Deai photo sheets From the Deai text booklet Other materials Profiles of the seven Deai students Profiles of the seven Deai students Worksheet #2 (Mai stori o yonde) Duration Duration 50 minutes (Second in unit of four classes)