Japanese Level 4, Activity #12, “Celebrations” / ” (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Short 2-3 sentence description of what students will do in the activity. (Try to cover the warm-up and wrap-up)
Semantic Topics:
(These are keywords, or words to help someone find the activity. They can be in both languages)
Products:
Practices:
Perspectives:
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 interact with others on how to celebrate a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, or graduation.
Materials Needed:
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Warm-Up
- Talk about how people in Japan celebrate their birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations
Instructions in the target language. - Instructions in English
Instructions in the target language.
Main Activity
- Students will work individually or in pairs to plan event for a birthday, anniversary, or graduation.
Instructions in the target language. - They will choose a place as well as whose party it’s for.
Instructions in the target language. - From the cards provided, students will need to pick gifts and food for the event.
Instructions in the target language. - Once they plan out their events, they will present to the rest of the group what they have come up with.
Instructions in the target language.
Wrap-Up
- How do you celebrate your birthday?
誕生日はどうやって祝いますか？ - How do you celebrate your wedding anniversary (do you want to celebrate it)?
結婚記念日はどうやって祝いますか（祝いたいですか)？ - What do you do (what do you want to do) when you graduate?
卒業する時に何をしますか（何をしたいですか）？
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 interact to share ideas with others on how to celebrate a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, or graduation.
