Japanese Level 5, Activity #2: “Kotowaza” / “ことわざ” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will go over body part. After they will learn about Kotowaza.
Semantic Topics:
(These are keywords, or words to help someone find the activity. They can be in both languages)
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Bullet 1
- Bullet 2
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- Bullet 1
- Bullet 2
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can understand various Japanese proverbs.
- I can identify different parts of the body.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- Give each student a whiteboard, dry-erase marker, and eraser.
- Show a body-related kanji on the screen, and let the students try to draw which body part that kanji corresponds to on their whiteboard.
- この漢字の絵を描いてみましょう！
- At first, only show the kanji. If they have trouble, give the reading of the kanji or other hints.
Main Activity
- Present a kotowaza to the students and give them time to try to figure out its meaning.
- If the meaning is not obvious, give them hints without revealing the whole meaning of the kotowaza.
- If time permits, once all kotowaza have been solved by the students, provide scenarios within which they will use their new figures of speech.
Wrap-Up
- Ask the students what their favorite proverb (or word) was from the activity.
- あなたの一番好きなことわざ（または言葉）は何ですか？
End of activity:
Can-Do statement check-in… “Where are we?”
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with 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 understand various Japanese proverbs.
- I can identify different parts of the body.
