Teenage life in Japan and Australia
| Grade | Work Samples |
|---|---|
| End of Stage 5 (end of Year 10) | |
| Grade A | Kendall Drew |
| Grade B | Shane Mackenzie Marley Jessie Flynn |
| Grade C | Bobby |
Description of activity
Students create a PowerPoint presentation of about 10 slides in which they present a typical weekday and weekend for a teenager in Japan and for a teenager in Australia. Students include daily routine, hobbies and pop culture and make comparisons between teenage life in Japan and Australia. Students are to write in Japanese.
Context
Students have been learning about hobbies, school and daily routine. They know how to express time, periods of time, likes/dislikes, superlatives, and associated vocabulary.
Areas for Assessment
Outcomes
A student:
5.UL.3 uses Japanese by incorporating diverse structures and features to express own ideas
5.UL.4 experiments with linguistic patterns and structures in Japanese to convey information and to express own ideas
5MLC.2 uses linguistic resources to support the study and production of texts in Japanese
5.MBC.1 explores the interdependence of language and culture in a range of texts and contexts
5.MBC.2 identifies and explains aspects of the culture of Japanese-speaking communities in texts
Criteria for assessing learning
(These criteria would normally be communicated to students with the activity.)
Students will be assessed on their ability to:
- present an interesting and creative PowerPoint of about 10 slides about teenage life in Japan and Australia
- make a comparison between teenage life in Japan and Australia
- convey information and express own ideas by selecting and incorporating particular linguistic structures and make linguistic choices to enhance intended meaning
- demonstrate effective communication in clear and cohesive text by applying grammatical rules and conventions consistently
- apply knowledge of the conventions of the writing system by:
- writing hiragana accurately
- using katakana for words borrowed from other languages
- writing kanji in the appropriate context.