Japanese Level 2, Activity #7: “Auction” / “オークション” (Face-to-Face)
Students will be introduced to Japanese currency via pictures and asked to say how much each is in Japanese. Then students will take part in an auction. Each student will receive at least one item that they will need to describe to the group. The rest of the group will then bid on the item using the fake money they have.
Auction, items, money, yen, shopping, cost, buy, sell, オークション、アイテム, お金, 円, 買い物, コスト, 購入, 販売
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1 – Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- COMM 2.1 – Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs.
- I can describe a variety of objects.
- I can purchase and sell an object.
Materials Needed:
- Google Slideshow
- Funny Money (In bag with game supplies) PRINTED
- Students should receive a total of: ５yellow, 5 grey,５blue, ４purple,５green, ５pink,２orange for a total of 52800円。
- Auction Cards
- Instructions
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Warm-Up:
Students will be having an auction! First, review how to say each form of Japanese currency.
- 「今日はオークションがあります!まず、通貨の復習をします。」
Have students read the instructions on the slideshow for 2 minutes and have them ask any questions they may have.
- 「それはオークションの説明書です。説明書を読んで、2分でオークションを始めます。質問があったら、聞いてください。」
Main Activity:
Give each student the same amount of money (they will be in plastic bags, counted already).
- 「これからお金を渡します！」
They will also get an equal amount of items to auction off (try and make sure there is an equal distribution of expensive and cheaper items)
- 「これは今日のオークションのアイテムです。」
Students will go in a circle one at a time to try and sell one of their items. They will begin with a description of their item that will try and get the other students to want to buy it.
- 「これから、グループでオークションをします。自分が持っているアイテムを一つ選んで、それから皆に説明してください。売るために、いいポイントについて話してください。」
The other students will yell out prices they are willing to pay for an item until the amount gets too high and there is only one person left willing to bid that high.
他の学生は、金額が高くなりすぎて、その高さで入札する意思のある人が1人だけになるまで、アイテムに支払う意思のある価格を叫びます。
- 「アイテムが好きなら、手を上げてお金を競ってください。最後の人はアイテムを買います。」
The person who wins the bid will hand their money to the person selling and the person selling will give them the item.
- 「勝った人は、お金を払ってください。」
Then the next student will get the chance to sell an item. This will keep going until all items have been sold or time runs out.
その後で、次の学生はアイテムを販売する機会を得ます。これは、すべてのアイテムが販売されるか、時間がなくなるまで続きます。
Make sure you have enough time at the end to give the students a chance to put the things in the original bags with the same quantities.
最後に、生徒が同じ量の元のバッグに物を入れる機会を与えるのに十分な時間を確保してください。
*** If you have a lab with two students, make sure you also play! ***
*** 2人の学生がいるラボがある場合は、必ずプレイしてください。 ***
***Give yourself a few extra minutes at the end to make sure all the money gets back in the bag. Don’t try to do this yourself, ask the students to follow the key on the bag!
***最後に数分余分に時間を取って、すべてのお金がバッグに戻ってくることを確認してください。自分でこれをやろうとしないでください。バッグの鍵に従うように生徒に依頼してください。
Wrap-Up:
Ask the students which item was the best and why.
- 「アイテムの中で、何が一番いいと思いますか。」
End of activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and understand how much something costs.
- I can describe a variety of objects.
- I can purchase and sell an object.
