Lesson Plan: Write your name in Katakana
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November 19, 2016
Lesson Plan: Write your name in Katakana Time: 20 minutes Materials:
Inkan PPT (Lesson Presentation Slides) with projector Worksheets: Katakana Chart, Stroke Order Chart, Practice Pages (attached)
Lesson Objectives:
Students will understand the sound system of Japanese, following the Katakana Chart. Students will be able to sound out their names using Japanese sounds. Students will be able to write their names using Katakana. Students will be able to read and pronounce their names to the class.
Audience: Students are a group of 14 professional teachers and administrators who are being sent to Japan for one year to establish a school for a Canadian university. They have six weeks of language lessons before they depart. They have never studied Japanese before. They are language teachers. They may have other languages already. They are eager and willing learners.
Bridge-In: 2 minutes Explanation of Lesson Objectives: 2 minutes; whole class Materials: Inkan 1. Teacher shows the “inkan” and explains its use in Japan for all official documents, contracts, and banking. Explain that students will need to have an inkan made very soon after arrival in Japan and that they must know how they want their name to appear on the inkan. This is our goal for the lesson.
Presentation: 15 minutes Sound System Explanation: 5 minutes; whole class Materials: PPT (2 slides) and Handouts (Katakana Charts) 1. 2. 3. 4.
Teacher quickly explains background concepts (PPT#1) Teacher points to each sound in the top line of the Katakana Chart, pronouncing it (PPT#2). Students repeat the sounds. Teacher moves down through each line, eliciting guesses and proper pronunciation from students. 5. Teacher points out the logic of the system, going through the whole chart. 6. Teacher calls out a few sounds. Students respond by locating the sound on their Katakana Charts. 7. Teacher explains Specific Translation Rules for sounding out names in Japanese (PPT#3).
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Work out your name: 10 minutes; individuals or partners, as needed Materials: PPT#1 and Worksheets (Katakana Charts, Printing Charts, Practice Pages) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Students talk with partners and break their names into Japanese sounds Students locate their name sounds using the Katakana Chart. Students write their names using the Katakana Chart and the Stroke Order Chart Students write their names on Practice Pages. Teacher circulates and answers questions and checks understanding.
Closing: 3 minutes Present: 3 minutes; whole class Materials: completed Practice Pages 1. Students show their written name on the Practice Page and sound it out for the class. 2. Teacher assigns Homework (practice writing and reading the Katakana Chart)
Assessment: Students will demonstrate that they understood the lesson by writing their names on a piece of paper and being able to sound it out for the class. In further lessons, they should be able to write their names on other worksheets and assignments as well as read Katakana to sound out simple words. This course has no formal summative assessment. Feedback will be given throughout the classes. Students can judge their own progress.
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Katakana Chart
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Stroke Order
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Practice Page
6 PPT Slides: #1
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#3
November 19, 2016
Lesson Plan: Write your name in Katakana Time: 20 minutes Materials:
Inkan PPT (Lesson Presentation Slides) with projector Worksheets: Katakana Chart, Stroke Order Chart, Practice Pages (attached)
Lesson Objectives:
Students will understand the sound system of Japanese, following the Katakana Chart. Students will be able to sound out their names using Japanese sounds. Students will be able to write their names using Katakana. Students will be able to read and pronounce their names to the class.
Audience: Students are a group of 14 professional teachers and administrators who are being sent to Japan for one year to establish a school for a Canadian university. They have six weeks of language lessons before they depart. They have never studied Japanese before. They are language teachers. They may have other languages already. They are eager and willing learners.
Bridge-In: 2 minutes Explanation of Lesson Objectives: 2 minutes; whole class Materials: Inkan 1. Teacher shows the “inkan” and explains its use in Japan for all official documents, contracts, and banking. Explain that students will need to have an inkan made very soon after arrival in Japan and that they must know how they want their name to appear on the inkan. This is our goal for the lesson.
Presentation: 15 minutes Sound System Explanation: 5 minutes; whole class Materials: PPT (2 slides) and Handouts (Katakana Charts) 1. 2. 3. 4.
Teacher quickly explains background concepts (PPT#1) Teacher points to each sound in the top line of the Katakana Chart, pronouncing it (PPT#2). Students repeat the sounds. Teacher moves down through each line, eliciting guesses and proper pronunciation from students. 5. Teacher points out the logic of the system, going through the whole chart. 6. Teacher calls out a few sounds. Students respond by locating the sound on their Katakana Charts. 7. Teacher explains Specific Translation Rules for sounding out names in Japanese (PPT#3).
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Work out your name: 10 minutes; individuals or partners, as needed Materials: PPT#1 and Worksheets (Katakana Charts, Printing Charts, Practice Pages) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Students talk with partners and break their names into Japanese sounds Students locate their name sounds using the Katakana Chart. Students write their names using the Katakana Chart and the Stroke Order Chart Students write their names on Practice Pages. Teacher circulates and answers questions and checks understanding.
Closing: 3 minutes Present: 3 minutes; whole class Materials: completed Practice Pages 1. Students show their written name on the Practice Page and sound it out for the class. 2. Teacher assigns Homework (practice writing and reading the Katakana Chart)
Assessment: Students will demonstrate that they understood the lesson by writing their names on a piece of paper and being able to sound it out for the class. In further lessons, they should be able to write their names on other worksheets and assignments as well as read Katakana to sound out simple words. This course has no formal summative assessment. Feedback will be given throughout the classes. Students can judge their own progress.
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Katakana Chart
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Stroke Order
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Practice Page
6 PPT Slides: #1
#2
#3
