Japanese Level 4, Activity #6: “Verbs and Actions” / “動詞とアクション” (Online)
Description:
In this activity, students will practice talking about different verbs and action words.
Semantic Topics:
Verbs, cooking, without, action, 動詞, 料理, なし, アクション
- 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.
- COMP 1.2: Identify patterns and explain discrepancies the sounds and the writing system in the target language.
- COMP 1.3: Compare and analyze idiomatic expressions in the target language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can express the performance of two actions simultaneously using 〜ながら.
- I can express the idea of without doing~ using 〜ないで.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
Open the Google Slideshow and review the Can-Do Statements for today’s activity.
Show the slideshow to students, and have them answer each question
Each slide has two activities
Have students connect these two activities with the following phrase: 〜ながら
Watching TV and cooking = テレビを見ながら料理をする。
- 「スライドには二つの行動が描いてある。「〜ながら」を使って、その行動を説明してください。」
Main Activity
Next, students will practice using 〜ないで
Each slide has two pictures, one with a red X on it
The X is there to prompt the students to use 〜ないで for that side.
Ex. The first picture indicates 宿題をする and has an X on it. The other picture indicates 学校に行く。
例：宿題をしないで、学校に行く。
- 「赤いばつがある側に「〜ないで」を使って、スライドにあることを説明してください。」
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following questions to finish the activity:
What do you do while studying?
- 「勉強をしながら何をする？」
Do you do something while eating?
- 「食べながら何かする？」
Do you go to school while working a part-time job?
- 「学校に行きながらバイトをしている？」
Are you good at doing two things at the same time?
- 「２つのことを同時にすることが得意？」
Please make your own sentence using ～ないで。
- 「「ないで」を使って文を作ってください。」
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 express the performance of two actions simultaneously using 〜ながら.
- I can express the idea of without doing~ using 〜ないで.
