Japanese Level 5, Activity #13: “Story-Telling” / “話芸” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Each student will draw a representation of a scene from a story after hearing it.
Semantic Topics:
Fairytale, story, listening comprehension, おとぎ話, 物語, リスニング理解
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.
- 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 3.1 – Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
- COMP 2.3 – Compare and contrast authentic materials from the target culture with the learner’s culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can compare and contrast Japanese and Western folktales.
- I can fully comprehend a story told to me in Japanese.
- I can recreate and summarize specific elements of a Japanese story.
Materials Needed:
- Google Presentation
- Whiteboards
- Markers
- Erasers
Warm-Up
- Show the students the basic procedure of the activity using a well-known Western fairytale: Cinderella.
西洋のおとぎ話としてよく知られている『シンデレラ』を使って基本的なアクティビティの手順を生徒に見せます。
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- Move from the slide with シンデレラ to the next slide
- This picture represents the first fifth of the Cinderella story
- Tell the students the first fifth of the Cinderella story
- Move to the next slide and tell the next fifth
- Progress until you have told all five fifths of the story to your students.
- Move from the slide with シンデレラ to the next slide
Main Activity
- Replicate the process from the warmup with the Japanese story Momotaro.
- Show the students the video of Momotaro.
- Take the time to explain the story after you show the video. That would help the students if they don’t know the story well.
- Take five white boards and write a number, 1-5, at the top.
- Make sure that one board has 1, one has 2, one has 3, etc.
- Give each student one of these boards.
- The number on the student’s board will determine what section of the story they have to recreate
- The students can use the boards to take notes or write a small script for themselves.
- When the students are finished, have them recreate Momotaro!
- Start with student #1. Once #1 tells their section, have #2 start. Proceed until each student has shared their section.
- Even if the order is wrong or the story is recreated inaccurately, keep going! Part of the fun is seeing what people come up with.
Wrap-Up
- Instructions in English
Instructions in the target language. - Instructions in English
Instructions in the target language.
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 compare and contrast Japanese and Western folktales.
- I can fully comprehend a story told to me in Japanese,
- I can recreate and summarize specific elements of a Japanese story.
