Visiting a Japanese home
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Description of activity
Students participate in a role-play activity in which an exchange student in Japan visits the home of a friend of the host family. They write the script of the dialogue between the exchange student and the friend of the host family. A worksheet is provided.
Context
Students have been learning about exchanging gifts, being a polite visitor and using appropriate expressions for the situation.
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:
- use the protocols of visiting a Japanese family and exchanging gifts
- convey information and express own ideas by selecting and incorporating particular linguistic structures appropriate for a polite visitor and making 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.