TOPIC/UNIT: Knowing the script & Greetings and Expressions
This document has been produced by the Languages staff at Cranbrook School with funds provided by the Australian
Government through the School Languages Program.
DESIRED RESULTS
Outcomes:
3.UL.3
4.UL.1
4.UL.2
4.UL.4
Demonstrates developing writing skills by recognising and copying Japanese.
Interacts with others by sharing key points of information in Japanese
Demonstrates understanding of the main ideas and supporting details in spoken texts and responds appropriately
Demonstrates understanding of the main ideas and supporting details in spoken texts and responds appropriately
4.MLC.1 Explores the divers ways in which meaning is conveyed by comparing and describing structures and features of Japanese
4.MLC.2 Demonstrates understanding of the importance of appropriate use of language in diverse contexts
4.MBC.1 Demonstrates understanding of the interdependence of language and culture
4.MBC.2 Demonstrates knowledge of key features of the culture of Japanese speaking communities
Targeted Intelligent Behaviours
Striving for accuracy and precision
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Understanding(s):
 Three different types of the Japanese scripts
 Addressing people in Japanese and how it
demonstrates your relationship with the other
Essential Question(s):
 What do teenagers in Australia like?
 What do teenagers in Japan like?
 How do you greet people in Japanese?
Students learn about:
 The ways in which Japanese people greet each other
 Teenage culture in Australia and Japan
 The differences between polite and casual language
and how to address different people
 The Japanese writing system
 The origins of Hiragana and Katakana
Students learn to:
 Identify aspects of teenage culture in Australia and
Japan
 Find Australia and Japan on a map
 Recognise three different types of Japanese scripts
 Read and write 14 Kanji characters
 Greet people in Japanese
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING
Performance Task(s):
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Other Evidence:
Term 1 Hiragana Recognition test
Speaking Test
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Homework
Vocabulary quizzes
Self assessment
Teacher’s feedback
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
1. Teacher introduces numbers 1 – 10 and its Kanji characters
2. Students
- learn the character stroke order
- mimic pronunciation of the sounds and memorise the mnemonics
- practice Kanji characters for numbers 1- 10
- listen to the teacher and correctly identify the number
- fill in the missing number sequence
- Kanji maths
Powerpoint
Tsumiki p45,46, 51
Number bingo
Hai 1 workbook p18 ex I
Nihongo photocopiable puzzle p5
Tsumiki WB p50
Obento 1 WB p21, 22
Hai 1 WB p17 ex f,g,h,
3. Teacher introduces and explains the Japanese writing system
4. Students
- learn about Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana and their purpose
- identify three different types of scripts in a sample advertisement
5. Teacher introduces all 46 Hiragana syllables
6. Students
- Learn the 5 basic vowel sounds
- Memorise the mnemonics through Hiragana in 48 minutes
- Complete filling out the Hiragana chart
- Practise writing in Hiragana Workbook
- Listen and identify the syllables they hear
- Learn the stroke orders
- Watch Gun Gun Pera Pera
- Complete Hiragana recognition step test
7. Students
- research about geography of Japan, and label 4 main islands and
major cities of Japan
- complete Extension Task listed in Teacher Companion p4
8. Teacher introduces Kanji for 日本人語
9. Students
- Practice writing Kanji
iiTomo student book p5-7
Kimono 1 WB p12
Obento 1 WB p3
Hai 1 WB p2 ex d,e,f
iiTomo AB p6
Hiragana in 48 minutes
Various Youtube Hiragana songs
Hiragana booklet
Gun Gun Pera Pera episode 1
iiTomo SB p4
iiTomo AB p4,5
iiTomo AB p7
Teacher produced Kanji sheet
10. Students
- List five items important to them and compare with that of a
Japanese teenager
- Class discussion on questions asked about Japanese & Australian
Teenagers
- Make a small poster by drawing themselves with a five speech
bubble
- Differentiate the word 女の子、男の子
- Create an electronic collage of Japanese culture by completing Skill
Builder questions listed in Teacher Companion p 3.
iiTomo SB p2,3
iiTomo AB p1,2,13
11. Teacher introduces basic greetings and expressions
おはよう・おはようございます・こんにちは・こんばんは・おやすみな
さい・さようなら・またあした・すみません・ありがとう・どうぞ・
はじめまして・どうぞよろしく・せんせい・～くん、～さん
12. Students
- Mimic the pronunciation of the sounds
- Match the illustration with its correct greeting
- Complete quiz
- Class discussion
13. Students
- learn about common Japanese boys’ and girls’ names
- practice how to introduce themselves using correct manner
RESOURCES
Kimono 1 WB p1,2
Ima 1 WB p46
Hai 1 WB p1 ex a,b,c
Hai 1 WB p11 ex k
iiTomo AB p11,12, 14
Teacher produced worksheets
iiTomo 1 p8
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iiTomo 1 Chapter 1 Student and Activity book
iiTomo audio CDs
iiTomo 1 Teachers Companion
Pearson Places worksheets
Gun Gun Pera Pera
Hiragana in 48 minutes
Teacher produced Hiragana booklet
Teacher produced Term 1 booklet
TEACHER EVALUATION