Japanese Level 3, Activity #3: “Childhood” / “子供の時” (Online)
Description:
In this activity, students will practice talking about their childhood- toys they played with, activities they did. In the main activity, students will recall a story from their childhood and retell the story to the group. They will also discuss this story with their peers.
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Japanese on a variety of topics.
- Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the Japanese language and their own.
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.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can tell a story about my life using complete, connected sentences.
- I can understand and ask questions about my peers’ childhood experiences.
- I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up:
Pull up the slide featuring images of various toys. Have the students ask each other questions about their childhood toys, using the images as inspiration or subject matter. Here are some example questions to ask about:
When you were a child, what kind of toys did you play with?
- 子供の時にどのおもちゃに遊んでいましたか？
Which toy was your favorite?
- どちらのおもちゃが一番好きでしたか？
What was your least favorite?
好きじゃなかったおもちゃがありますか？
Would you prefer to play outside or at home? Why?
- 外と内とどちで遊ぶの方が好きですか？どうして？
Main Activity:
Storytime!
Instruct the students to think of a story from their childhood that they can tell in Japanese.
- 子供の時の面白い話を考える。
Let them know that you will send them into breakout rooms as pairs. They will tell each other their stories and then remember one detail from their partner’s story.
- ブレークアウトルームで話を教えてください。
Send them to breakout rooms for five minutes. (If there is an odd student out, pair with them for the activity.)
Return to the main room and have the students share with the group the one detail they remembered from their partner’s story.
- ストーリータイム！
- ブレクアウトルームでパートナーと子供の時の面白い話を伝えてください。
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 tell a story about my life using complete, connected sentences.
- I can understand and ask questions about my peers’ childhood experiences.
- I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
