Starter+Sensei+Unit

Overview  Oshiemasho Wiki (http://oshiemasho.wikispaces.com) on top of script) students writing meaning of each line in English - thinking of the actions. Greeting song: おはよう、こんにちは さようなら、じゃ、また こんばんは、おやすみなさい いただきます、ごちそうさまでした.  Disco Warm Up: たって、すわって、れい てをあげて、てをおろして はくしゅ、もっと  Introductions: こんにちは. とみながせんせい　です.  Name game: おなまえはなんですか. わたし・ぼく　は　－－です. || Calico, pens Class lists on A5 in katakana for each student Proforma for greetings at beginning of lesson Class rules on laminated sheet Oshiemasho wiki || Assemble map of Japan puzzle Name Animal in roomaji Animal in script Guess of Year || Names of zodiac animals - romaji and becoming familiar recognising the words in hiragana へ、より あけましておめでとうございます. <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">わたし・ぼく　は　－－どしです. (Name) <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig;">は　ーーどしです. <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">かんじ、かたかな、ひらがな <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig;">こんにちは. わたし・ぼく　は 　 name <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig;">です. わたし・ぼく　は　－－どしです. さようなら. || Station instructions 2 Zodiac puzzles Zodiac Information Sheet laminated - 4 copies (from Chinese restaurant placemat) 2 Map of Japan puzzles Large World Map - from library? Hiragana Charts - 1 each student Photocopy alphabet detective sheets - 1 each student Laminated card with 'watashi wa --doshi desu' Listening activity on ipods Need 5 star belkin and 5 sets of earphones || Photocopy hiragana mini flashcard sets on cardboard || <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">きちんとして <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">ノートをだして <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">かいて <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">はさみをつかって、 <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">しずかに <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">のりをつかって <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">はって <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">ぺん、えんぴつ、いろえんぴつ <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">はやく、はやく <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">せんせいをみて、きいて <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">てをあげて、もういちど <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">はい、いいえ、ありがとう <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig;">かんじ numbers to 16 || Kanji number flashcards Triptico order game Triptico order game Kanji numbers worksheet Sensei rap - jumbled order (from 'raps' page) || Erin Ga Chousen [] || Classroom item vocab <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">本、じしょ、けしごむ、えんぴつ、えんぴつけずり、ペン、マーカー、ホッチキス、じょうぎ、ふでばこ、のり、つくえ、まど、とけい、いす、ノート || Classroom item words - laminated Info gap activity - "-o kudasai" Whole brain teaching activities || Upload movies to student workspaces ||  || Ipods || Week 1 || Students view up to 6 mini lessons and peer assess - ticking off on checklist, the vocab that was used. ||  || Peer assessment sheet || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">
 * Week || Activity || Language || Resources ||
 * 2 || *** Starting the class - greeting song - verse one
 * Hand out greeting song worksheet - (with roomaji
 * Self Introductions - Name game - pikachu. As students ask ' <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 14.6667px;">お名前は何ですか ’ and answer ' <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 14.6667px;">わたし・ぼくはーです . ’
 * hand out calico strips and names written on coloured card - (to be glued into front of books). Students write their name in bubble writing - pencil first, then pen - on their calico hachimaki)
 * Class rules and expectations
 * Disco Warm-Up - ganbarimasho wiki if time.
 * Signing name game - students go around room, asking 'onamaewanandesuka'. When partner answers, they sign their name on A4 class list sheet.
 * Key vocab recognition game (triptico) || <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">みなさん　－せんせい
 * 3 || Become a Japan Expert Stations
 * New Year in Japan 1 - zodiac - large laminated zodiac puzzles.
 * New Year in Japan 2 - read through New Year info, and make card (use katakana names of class from week 1).
 * New Year in Japan 3 - Zodiac research - A3 laminated info sheet - write own year info and draw picture of animal. Write sentence pattern in books (from laminated card).If time, think of someone else you know, who is born in a different year, and write their name and the zodiac animal. Students write in Japanese the zodiac year that they were born. Eg. わたしはーどしです.
 * Where is Japan? Find Japan on large poster of world. How many main islands? What is the capital of Japan? Estimate the population of Japan.
 * Learn about Japanese writing - glue in hiragana and katakana sheets into back of books. Alphabet detective
 * Listening activity - using ipods and 5 star belkin. Students listen to up to 6 short conversations, and record details of 'doshi' in retrieval chart.
 * 4 || *** Hiragana in 48 minutes. Introduce first 23, line game, introduce last 23, hiragana baseball game.
 * Make individual mini flashcard sets by cutting out hiragana characters from cardboard. Staple ziplock bags into books for minicards to live in. ||   || Hiragana flashcards
 * 5 || *** Introduce sensei rap as whole class
 * Hiragana revision - 3 stations - ipods, triptico sequencing of rap, writing romaji on back of hiragana mini cards
 * Introduce kanji numbers with flashcards - students learn to say their age
 * flashcards of kanji numbers - ask students to come up and arrange in correct order.
 * Worksheet with kanji numbers - write kanji and hiragana
 * Hand out sensei rap - jumbled order. Students number each line correctly in kanji, cut and paste into correct order. || <span style="font-family: TAsakai_Lig; font-size: 18.6667px;">たって、すわって、
 * 6 || Classroom Safari and follow up activities
 * 7 || Begin preparing mini lessons individually ||  || Mini Lesson template ||
 * 8 || Continue to prepare mini lessons ||  ||   ||
 * 9 || In groups of three, students record their lessons using the ipods- A. camera'man' B. sensei, C. seito ||  || Ipods ||
 * 10 || Edit videos in imovie
 * Term 2