Activities
1) check students use of Supli Conversation Service
2) do Unit 1 Quick Answer Quiz
3) do Critical Thinking and/or Writing as task based group activity
4) do Video Discussion Activities
- video: Waku Waku Japanese - Weather Vocabulary
- worksheet: English Weather Vocabulary Quiz
- video: 2050 Japan Weather Report
- worksheet: 2050 Japan Weather Report Discussion
- video: Weather Expressions
1) do Unit 7 Vocabulary Support, p. 29
2) Read Unit 7 The Secret of Happiness, p. 30
3) do Active Outline and Comprehension Questions, p. 31
Dec. 8 - The Secret of Happiness
Activities
1) check Vocabulary, p. 29
2) do Active Outline and Comprehension Questions in teams at white board
- listen to section of reading on CD
- decide answer in groups
- A, B or C person from the group goes to white board and writes answer in space provided for each group
- graded by class at conclusion of listen and answering questions
4) assign HW for Dec. 15 (see below)
Homework
1) Read Unit 8 Shopping on the Internet, p. 34
2) do Unit 8 Vocabulary Support, p. 33
3) do Active Outline and Comprehension Questions, p. 35
Dec. 15 - Internet Shopping
Activities
1) complete What Makes Me Happy - Speaking Notes
2) check HW from Dec. 8 (student led)
3) do Unit 8 Quick Answer Quiz in teams
4) do Active Outline and Comprehension Questions (as a quiz, copy from text)
4) do Unit 8 Critical Thinking and/or Writing in teams, put answers on white board
5) do Let's go shopping online!: Interview Worksheet
6) discuss and assign HW - hand out Speaking Notes, have each student choose a country
1) go to the website WhyChristmas?Com
- choose a country and read about its Christmas Traditions
- complete the Christmas Around the World Speaking Notes
- practice giving a short presentation using your Speaking Notes
Dec. 22 - Christmas: An International Tradition
Activities
1) give a presentation from your Christmas Around the World Speaking Notes
2) do video discussion activity: What is Christmas like in Japan?
- video: Christmas in Japan (5 Fun Facts)
- worksheet: Christmas in Japan Discussion Worksheet
- use one page of The Fir Tree with dialog removed
*Optional do video discussions
- video: A Very Short Documentary: The Christmas Hater
- video: 10 Unusual Facts About Christmas
- video: The World's Strangest Christmas Traditions
1) read Unit 15 Ghosts
2) do text exercises, pp. 61-64
- Vocabulary, Active Outline, Comprehension Questions, Critical Thinking, Writing
