Japanese Level 5, Activity #10: “Japanese Folk Tales” / “日本昔話” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will warm-up with practice regarding familiar fairy-tales. They will then read or watch a Japanese folk-tale and discuss the story together. They will finish with some questions that analyze the message of the story and compare the story to folk-tales from their home culture.
Semantic Topics:
Folk-tale, story, compare and contrast, group discussion, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, 民話, 物語, 比較とコントラスト, グループディスカッション, 読解力, リスニング理解
- 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 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of Japanese culture 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 2.3 – Compare and contrast authentic materials from the target culture with the learner’s culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can read and comprehend an authentic Japanese story.
- I can compare and contrast a Japanese story with a story from my home culture.
Materials Needed:
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- 日本のむかし話（本）
Warm-Up
- Fairytale EmojiUsing either the link provided in the slideshow or in the above materials section, open the Kahoot game.Have the students play through the entire Kahoot, with each question quizzing them on their recognition of common fairy-tales in the U.S through emojis.今から絵文字が出てきます。どのおとぎ話か当ててください。
- They will have 10 seconds to answer each question.
１０秒で答えてください。
Main Activity
- Students will be analyzing the Japanese folk tale: Urashimatarou.
今日は日本昔話の浦島太郎について話します。
Give the students two options: watch the anime of the story or read the story in a book. Once they decide whether to read or watch, give them the necessary time to read or watch the story. Afterwards, have them discuss in a group what the story was about.
２つオプションがあります。
- =アニメを見るか本を読むか決めてください。
見終わったら（読み終わったら）皆さんでどんな話だったか話してください。
Wrap-Up
- どういう話でしたか？どんなメッセージが込められていますか？アメリカに似たような話はありますか？
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 read and comprehend an authentic Japanese story.
- I can compare and contrast a Japanese story with a story from my home culture.
