In this activity, students will practice talking about travel and where they would like to visit. Students will pretend to be another person and respond to questions about travel as if they were that person.
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Students will introduce themselves and get to know one another by asking and answering questions about personal preferences.
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Students will work within a budget to find pieces of furniture to decorate their dorm room.
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Students will have a “Meet and Greet” party where they will pretend to be the person on their card, such as Heidi Klum. They will introduce themselves and greet other people, taking into account the times of the day and their feelings review the different greetings.
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Each student is given Person card with information that matches other cards held by classmates. They need to ask each other questions about who they are in German so they are able to find a match. If they think they have found their match, they compare emojis to confirm. This activity can be expanded by having students describe themselves or describe each other at the beginning or end of the activity.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn new vocabulary words and describe what each of the words mean. Students will also answer questions based on the vocabulary words.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to review the chapters and materials they have gone over throughout the semester.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to review the chapters and materials they have gone over throughout the semester.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn about how trash is separated in Japan. Students will also separate trash into different categories.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to plan a party/event for a birthday, anniversary, or graduation. Students will also compare and contrast birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations in Japan and in the U.S.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to create sentences using vocabulary words from Nakama 2 Chapter 9. Students will also practice guessing words through context clues and descriptions.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to practice transitive and intransitive verbs. Students will also play a Mad Lib-like game.
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Students will learn to describe people and items using learned descriptive vocabulary. Students will practice guessing items and people based on the descriptions provided.
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Students will learn about and get the opportunity to practice the Japanese days of the week through two different activities. First, they will be asked to place the days of the week in order (for both the United States and Japanese speaking countries' calendars). Then, they will be asked to respond to what day of the week they do a certain activity. Students will also get additional practice with different school subjects through two interactive games.
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The students will be exposed to and asked to read katakana words for real Japanese food products. The students will then play bingo to practice simple vocabulary.
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Students will listen to a Japanese scary story, comparing the story to scary stories from their own culture. They will then play a game where students must be skilled with conversational Japanese to win. They will end by discussing aspects of Halloween, such as their favorite scary movies.
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The students will have a selection of different games to practice katakana with. Start with bingo to practice the basic characters and prepare the students for more difficult games. Then, choose either the matching game or the hangman game to practice entire katakana words with the students. If time permits, you can transition into whichever game you have not already played.
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In this activity, students will practice using basic travel vocabulary like ‘to take’ and ‘to go on vacation’, constructing sentences with a wide variety of possible nouns. They will then transition into an open discussion about travel and holidays in general, with questions provided to guide the discussion. They will wrap up the discussion by sharing things or people that they are thankful for.
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Students will be shown pictures of humorous captions written by native Japanese speakers. The students will then be given a random picture that they will caption themselves in Japanese, with one judge giving points to the most creative or humorous captions they read. At the end of the activity, the students will reflect on the differences between their humor and the humor in the Japanese captions.
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In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn about similarities and differences between graduations in the U.S. and Japan. Students will also practice their speaking skills through questions about their future.
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