TOPIC/UNIT: Japanese Extension Extract 1
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DESIRED RESULTS
Syllabus Outcomes:
1.1 discuss attitudes, opinions and ideas in Japanese
1.2 formulates and justifies a written or spoken argument in Japanese
2.1 evaluate and responds to text personally, creatively and critically
2.2 analyses how meaning is conveyed
2.3 analyses the social, political, cultural and/or literary contexts of text that is in Japanese
Targeted Intelligent Behaviours
Striving for accuracy and precision
Understanding(s):
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Coping with change
The place of traditions in
modern society
Relationships
Discrimination against
minorities
Students learn about:
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Pressures on the individual
Maintaining traditions
Relationships
Discrimination against
minorities in Japan
Funeral Rites in different
cultures
Traditional modern housing
Urban/rural society
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Essential Question(s):
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How do individuals cope with change?
What can be done to maintain traditions?
How does one achieve self-fulfilment?
Students learn to:
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Enhance their understanding of a range of issues as reflected in
contemporary Japanese texts
Extend their ability to use and appreciate Japanese as a medium for
communication, and creative thought and expression
Present and discuss opinions, ideas and points of view in Japanese
Evaluate, analyse and respond to text that is in Japanese and that reflects
the culture of Japanese-speaking communities
Explore the relationship between the issues and the prescribed text
Create original text in response to aspects of the prescribed text
Identify meaning and how it is conveyed in the prescribed text
Evaluate linguistic and cultural features of the prescribed text
Analyse the socio-cultural context of the prescribed text
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Performance Task(s):
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No assessment tasks this term
Other Evidence:
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Homework
Vocabulary quizzes
Self-assessment
Teacher’s feedback
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
Prescribed issues & Topics:
Coping with change
The place of Traditions in Modern society
Connectedness
Teacher produced worksheets
Smart Board activities
Quizlet
Extract 1 Sections 1-4
DEC Extension support materials
JTAN support Materials
General Information set - Braining storming and mind mapping in ‘Strategies for
preparing students to present opinions and argue a case.
Newspaper articles, TV/Radio segments etc
General information set – class discussions
Booklet p.8 Activity 2
Students use the Lotus Diagram to brainstorm ‘coping with change’ and its related
topic areas. (Prescribed issues ‘coping with change’, ‘The place of traditions in
modern society’ and ‘Connectedness’).
Booklet p.11
Newspaper articles
Booklet p 12, Activity 3
Students discuss current issues in class in English.
Background Research for film.
Students watch the whole film.
Teacher discusses the location of the film.
Students research:
Where is Daigo’s hometown?
Map
Description of the area
Character Analysis:
Students complete character synopsis
worksheet and discuss
Story plot
Students complete character synopsis
worksheet and discuss
Speaking (monologue)
Teacher discusses expectations of the monologue component of the course as well as
ways to develop monologue skills.
Students complete monologue preparation activity as a class activity in English.
Students prepare individual speaking monologue answers in English and submit to
teacher.
Booklet p.13-15
EXTRACT 1
Students prepare the relevant section of the prescribed extract 1 instructed by the
teacher each lesson by looking up Kanji and vocabulary from the booklet and writing
them on one copy of the scripts/extract for the following lesson (Extract 1, Section I
and Section II, Section III, Section IV)
Students complete corresponding exercises in the booklet.
Okuribito- Japanese script
(Extension Support materials)
JTAN support Materials
Extract 1 Section I and Section II
In class:
Vocabulary: Extract 1
Watch the extract on DVD (9:45-23:00)
Section 1: DEC Booklet pp36-37
Teacher deconstruct the script by sentence analysing, vocabulary, kanji, grammar and
meaning
Section 2: DEC Booklet pp37-38
1. students check their answers with the whole class
2. Students complete vocabulary test for the section
Coping with change (Prescribed issue)
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Section 3: DEC Booklet p 38
Section 4: DEC Booklet p 39
Student discussion of issue
Teacher discusses Extract 1 issues
Daigo losing his job
Daigo having to sell his cello (loss of his dream/ or his fathers’
dream)
Daigo and Mika moving back to his hometown
Losing his mother
Disbanding of the orchestra- loss of sense of belonging
Mika giving up her job
Coping with change (article)
Booklet p.57
Students read 新しい家族 then complete questions to examine the nuclear family.
Analyse the reasons behind nuclear family
Writing 400ji (article)
Students complete writing task 作文 on the topic 「家族というのは、何です
か。」 ‘What is family?’
Booklet p.58
Place of traditions in Modern Society (Prescribed issue)
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Teacher discusses key points
Urban vs rural lifestyle
Food (live octopus)
Lifetime employment
Family roles and traditional lifestyle
‘The place of traditions in modern society’
Reading 「京都のおばあちゃん」(Narrative)
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interpret the comment, ‘So sad…’ made by the old lady
Analysing the changes in Japanese society highlighted in the text
Discuss the changes in modern society highlighted in the lady’s story
Complete set questions.
Connectedness (Prescribed issue)
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Teacher discusses Extract 1 issues
Daigo and Mika living away from their families
Move to hometown but no family
Daigo not being totally honest about the coast of the cello
Mika agreeing straight away to move to the countryside
Putting the octopus in the river where it will die anyway – lack of
Booklet p.65-66
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connectedness with nature
No sounds of nature- lack of attachment to nature
Daigo sells cello and loses his dream but is not too upset
Connectedness
Booklet p.67- 68
Teacher introduces the topic ‘connectedness’ (article)
Reading 「若者の問題」
Complete the set questions
Listening to several spoken texts related to the prescribed issues and answering
questions (conversation)
Course support material AIS/DET
CD-ROM listening
Teacher explains how to effectively ‘brain storm and mind map’, ‘present a point of
view’, develop knowledge of specialist vocabulary’ and ‘develop skills for
monologues and short essays’ through the use of various exercise, profomas and
mind maps
Booklet p7-16
Students participate in the exercise for developing the skills necessary to prepare
monologues and write short essays and the ability to present and support a point
of view
Students complete all stimulus statement/questions for the prescribed issue ‘Coping
with change’
(repeat for all sections in Extract 3 section 1 & 2)
Assessment:
No performance tasks this term
RESOURCES
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Support Materials HSC 2014-2018 Japanese Extension NSW DET/AIS
JTAN resource materials
Francois Reeves Smith presentation- DEC workshop
AIS workshop materials
TEACHER EVALUATION