Weekly Journal
Name:
Use this form to keep track of your progress. Be sure to note the specific knowledge and skills that you acquired. Record what you need
to review and practice following a quiz as well. I accept, and rather welcome your own Journal format.
In Class
Out of Class Activities
Write down what you learned in
class; word meaning, Japanese
expressions, or cultural aspect.
Here you write the activities you have
done outside the classroom.
If you come up with any
questions but you could not ask
them in class, write it down.
Your feedback/comments from
the lecture can be written here.
It is ideal to write every day
after the lecture/in-class activities.
Example:
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Talk with someone in Japanese
(with who, how long, topic, etc.)
Homework
Practice on Textbook,
Quiz
Watch an anime
Read manga
etc.
Also, it is nice if you review/preview
the lecture by reading the
textbook/lecture notes, etc.
If you take a practice quiz or other
quizzes, write which quiz you try and
the score(s).
Do not forget to write the title of
anime/manga.
Concepts/Skills You’ve Learned and to Review
*Specify which ones you need to review for the next week.
You want to show off what you learned this week.
Also, write your reflections here.
Haven’t you gain any new information that you want to
tell your friend/classmates about Japan/Japanese?
Were you able to achieve the goal of this week/Lesson?
Now, what do you want to learn? What do you want to be
able to do?
If you learn some words while you are watching an
anime, write it down. In other words, write anything you did
related involving learning the Japanese language.
Weekly Journal
Name:
In Class
WK 1
Out of Class Activities
Concepts/Skills You’ve Learned and to Review
*Specify which ones you need to review for the next week.
Introduction
WK 2
Goals: You want to be able to
WK 3
Lesson 1
WK 4
Conclude Lesson 1
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Memorize Katakana – read words written in
Katakana and at least write your own name
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Memorize Hiragana – read and write words in
Hiragana
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Memorize numbers and numbering system 0 to 100
Goals:
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Wednesday:
Lesson Test Questions
Area:_______
Thursday: Presentation
WK 5
WK 6
Lesson 2
Introduce yourself
Ask and tell people names, majors, time, etc.
Weekly Journal
Name:
In Class
WK 7
Conclude Lesson 2
Out of Class Activities
Concepts/Skills You’ve Learned and to Review
*Specify which ones you need to review for the next week.
Goals:
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WK 8
Ask and answer how much things cost
Do shopping
Order food in a restaurant
Lesson 3
WK 9
WK 10 Conclude Lesson 3
Goals:
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Talk about daily activities
Extend, accept, and refuse invitations
WK 11 Lesson 4
WK 12 Conclude Lesson 4
Goals:
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Ask and describe where things/people are
Talk about things that happened in the past
Talk about habitual actions in the past
WK 13 Lesson 5
WK 14
WK 15 Conclude Lesson 5
Goals:
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Talk about travel
Describe people and things
Make offers and invitations
Weekly Journal
Name:
In Class
Concepts/Skills You’ve Learned and to Review
*Specify which ones you need to review for the next week.
Out of Class Activities
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WK 16 Conclude JAPN 1A
Talk about likes and dislikes
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Orally engage in basic, everyday exchanges.
2. Construct simple sentences applying correct usage of
basic grammatical structures to express ideas.
3. Recognize simple, everyday customs of the Japanese
culture.
Rubric (25 points)
Excellent
Great
Good
Fair
Okay
Disappointed
5
4
3
2
1
0
10
8
6
4
2
0
5
4
3
2
1
0
5
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0
Contents (In-class)
Indicating careful preview/review
of lecture and lecture notes.
Contents (Outside)
Specified the activities that the
student did during the week.
Achievement
Indicating excitement/joy of
learning the language. Clearly
showing some progress.
Organization/Engagement
The journal entry is well
organized, and there are no
grammatical errors.
Submitted in time.
(Due: every Monday morning)