Week 3&4

Lesson 1

Learning Intention:

We are learning to make comparisons between school life in Australia and Japan.

Success Criteria: I will be successful when ..

I can identify a similarity and difference between school life in Japan and Australia.

I can explain why and how this reflects the behaviour and thinking of the people in each of these countries.

Resources: Number flashcards.

Greetings in Japanese, Mark roll etc. (10 min)

Onamae wa nan desu ka? ____ desu. + gestures (10 min)

Japanese Schools ( 30 min)

Focus Question - What do you think schools in Japan are like? What do you think might be the same or different to our school?

Students clean classrooms

School Lunch in Japan

Discuss the similarities/differences between Japan and Australia

Focus: Respect – how do student’s show respect towards their teachers? Body language/gestures/language (Sensei/gozaimasu) (10 min)

What would you do if you were late to class? In Japan (please excuse me for being late - bow- apologise to class and teacher for interrupting)

Number revision (20 min) – revise numbers introduce ‘ji’ and ‘han’ Densha game – row game.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to speak about ourselves in Japanese.

Success Criteria: I will be successful when I can do these things in Japanese ..

I can share my name.

I can talk about my likes and dislikes.

Resources: ga suki/ga suki ja nai poster. Find a partner game sheet.

Greetings in Japanese, mark roll, rules. Give out Japanese books - doozo - arigatou (10 min)
Learning Wall - number revision (2 min)

Japanese numbers - mnemonics/number rap (5 min)

Onamae wa: Onamae wa nan desu ka ____desu. + gestures (5 min)

New focus language: Introduce – ga suki desu – ga suki janai desu including gestures. (10 min)

Up and moving game – suki/janai - use language on game-sheet (10 min)

Find a partner game – focus language (15 min)

Early finish - decorate front page of Japanese Book.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to use Japanese to talk about ourselves.

Success Criteria: I will be successful when I can do these things in Japanese ..

I can share my name.

I can talk about my likes and dislikes.

Resources:

Greetings in Japanese, Mark roll etc. (10 min)

Give out books - learning wall - Revise language (10 min)

Language Focus - Onamae wa (10 min)

Japanese numbers (mnemonics) (5 min)

Japanese number rap (5 min)

Learning Wall - look at together

Introduce ‘at school’ flashcards. (10 min)

Noughts and Crosses – numbers- (20 min)