Akiko Harada
FLAN 613
June 17, 2009
Technology Lesson Plan: Annual Events and Holidays (Japanese)
Unit: Verb and days of the month
Topic: Annual Events and Holidays
Student Level: Beginning
ACTFL National Standards:
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Communication standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain
information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Gain Knowledge and understanding of other cultures standard 2.1: Students demonstrate
an understanding or the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture
studied
Technology Standards:
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NETS-T standard II-A: Educational technology leaders design developmentally appropriate
learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support
the diverse needs of learners.
NETS-T standard II-B: Apply current research on teaching and learning with technology
when planning learning environments and experiences.
Learning Setting
The instructions will take place in a normal classroom and a computer lab. No special
accommodations will be required.
Required materials
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Poster of annual events and holidays with months
Power point presentation
- Slide 1: Topic: Annual Events and Holidays
- Slide 2: Months
- Slide 3: Calendar, Days of a Month
- Slide 4: Thanksgiving Day (with custom animation)
-Slide 5: Verb conjugation (with custom animation)
-Slide 6: Valentine’s Day (with custom animation and Youtube video)
-Slide 7: Project- Making Japanese annual events & holidays calendar
-Slide 8: Typing Japanese Font
Short animation : ”Valentine’s Day in Japan” downloaded from Youtube
Overhead projector and screen for power point
Handout 1: Days of a Month & Days of the week
Handout 2-1 & 2-2: Role Play direction and worksheet
Handout 3: Making Annul Events & Holiday Calendar- direction and list of websites.
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Scramble puzzle: Days of the month scramble
MS Publisher on the computers
Computer Lab
Free interactive website: Usagi-Chan’s Genki Resource Page ,
co-developed by Andrea Shea and Professor Masuyama at Sacrament State University,
homepage: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/index.html
Vocabulary quiz: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/vocab_main.html
I. Lesson Approach Section
Enabling Objectives:
With verbs and days of the month that are introduced in class, students will be able to describe
annual events and holidays in the US and Japan. Students search information using website and
create a calendar of annual events and holidays in Japan using MS Publisher. Completed calendar
will be posted on the course website. Objectives include:
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Say, read, and write days and months in Japanese correctly
Identify proper verbs to describe activities on annual events and holidays
Identify the type of verbs and conjugation of present tense
Collect information in English and describe them in Japanese
Use computer to write Japanese sentences
Introduction/Motivation:
I will display a poster of annual events and holidays. I will explain that in this unit, they will learn
how to say days and months in Japanese with more verb conjugation practice of present tense. I will tell
that they will also learn about annual events and holidays in Japan. I will also tell that by the end of this
unit, they will be able to describe activities on calendar and write Japanese sentences using computer.
Materials, technology hardware and software to be used for the introduction
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A poster of annual events and holidays
Power Point slide-1: Topic
Rationale for using the materials/technology selected:
Students understand better by seeing pictures than reading written explanation about foreign activities.
Pictures represent culture of Japan and will draw interests.
II. Lesson Development Section
Learning Activity 1: (Knowledge Base)
I will show slide 2: Months from PowerPoint presentation, then slide 3: days of a month to introduce
vocabulary. Students practice by repeating after me. I will distribute Handout 1(Days of a Month & Days
of the week) and students practice vocabulary as a pair work. Then I will introduce days and month in
sentences, such as “Today is May 12th,” “what is today’s date?” I will show Power Point slide 4: and
introduce sentences such as, “What is the date of Thanksgiving this year?’ ”What date of the week is it?”,
“What do you do on Thanksgiving?” and discuss about activities.
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Materials, technology hardware and software
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Power point slide-2: months, 3: days of the month, 4: Thanksgiving Day
Verb flash cards
Rationale for using the materials/technology selected
Using the power point to show new vocabulary is effective to draw students’ attention to one place as I
explain and let them repeat the words. The handout is used when students do their pair work facing with
their partners to see vocabulary as they practice.
Summary/Transition to learning Activity 2
I will show slide-5 to review and practice verb conjugations. I will use verb flash cards for the drill of
verb conjugation.
Learning Activity 2: (Guided Applications)
I will distribute Handout-2 and explain the role-play, which is the next activity. In the role play, one
student acts as a Japanese international student asking about annual events and holidays in the US and
another student acts as an American student answering questions. I will do a demonstration with one of
the students. During role play, each student completes the chart on the handout. Students also use
Handout-1 to check vocabulary.
Materials, technology hardware and software
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Handout-2: direction of activity
Rationale for using the materials/technology selected
Handout is useful when students work as a pair/group because they take those when they move in the
classroom during the activity.
Summary/Transition to Learning Activity 3
I will show slide-6 to discuss about the difference of activity on Valentine Day in the US and Japan. I
will show short video about Valentine’s Day in Japan. I will tell that students are going to find out about
Japanese annual events and holidays.
Learning Activity 3: (Independent Applications)
I will show slide-7 to explain about the next activity, which is to make a calendar of annual events and
holidays in Japan. Students work as a pair. Each pair is assigned to one or two month depending on the
number of students in class. Students use computer for collecting information on Internet and then they
make a calendar page using MS Publisher. Each page must include sentences that describe the date of the
annual event/holiday and activities, pictures/photos, list of new vocabulary. Verbs must be labeled with
verb group. I will show slide-8 to explain how to convert alphabets into Japanese fonts. I will also
distribute Handout-3.
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Materials, technology hardware and software to be used in Learning Activity 3
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Power point-Slide 7: Project- Making Japanese annual events & holidays calendar
Power point-Slide 8: Typing Japanese Font
Handout-3: Japanese font system and list of useful websites
Online dictionary
- Popjisyo http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx
- Rikai.com http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja
Research
- Google http://www.google.com/
- Kids web-Japan http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/index.html
- Web-Japan Japan fact sheet http://web-japan.org/factsheet/index.html
- JP Net http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/holidays/Events.shtml
Computer: one computer for every two students
Rationale for using the materials/technology selected
Power point slides provide information of activity. The handout helps students to follow directions and
see the list of suggested websites. Using computer to write sentences in Japanese by converting alphabets
into Japanese fonts is helpful so that students can communicate with other Japanese speakers (native/non
native) through Internet in the future.
At this stage the object of the lesson will be achieved.
Assessment
Students take on-line quiz on vocabulary in the lesson. Each word is given in English and students must
type correct word in Japanese. Students also do word scramble puzzle of months and days.
Materials, technology hardware and software to be used for the Assessment:
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Free Interactive website:
http://aitweb.csus.edu/fl/japn/genki_vocab_fc3.php?lesson=4&vocab_type=defn&Submit=
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Word scramble puzzle of months and days
Lesson Summary/Closure:
I will tell that their annual events and holiday calendar will be posted on the course website and will be
shown in next class, too.
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