LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:,

1 Purpose introduce the letters used in . To introduce the letters that have lot of kind, different . To introduce kanji that have interesting origin. To introduce Japanese and vertical writing.

2 Date and students of class Oct ― Dec,2005 Many various students.

3 Lesson plan 1st:To introduce the letters used in Japan. To study hiragana and katakana. To try writing own name in hiragana and katakana. 2nd:To study about kanji. Trying the quiz. To study Japanese newspaper.

4 Lesson plan in classroom.(1st) Plan Activty Attention, prepare, and etc ● To ask about Japanese. ・Answer. ・ will tell something 1 about answer.

●To introduce letters using in Japan. ・Material. ・listening. ・give students the material

●How to make hiragana and katakana. ・listening. ・happily. ・writing example.

●To introduce goju ‐ on ‐ 2 zu. ・Many things. ・pronunce. ・pronunce big voice. ・pronunciation. ・happily. ★Let’s try(1) ・pronounce

★Let’s try(2) ・writing. ・help students writing. ・To try writing self name on hiragana and Katakana.

★Extra try ・To try writing favorite thing. ●announce of the next 3 and homework. ・collect Japanese .

6 Necessary Explaining material, goju ‐ on ‐ zu, name card, homework sheets

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005 LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)

LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)2

1 Purpose To introduce the letters using in Japan. To introduce the letters that have a lot of kind, different alfabet. To introduce kanji that have interesting origin. To introduce Japanese newspaper and vertical writing.

2 Date and students of class Oct ― Dec,2005 Many various students.

3 Lesson plan 1st:To introduce the letters using in Japan. To study hiragana and katakana. To try writing self name on hiragana and katakana. 2nd:To study about kanji. Trying the quiz. To study Japanese newspaper.

4 Lesson plan in classroom.(2st) Plan Activty Attention, Prepare, and etc ●Review of the last time ・Answer. 1 ・Hiragana and Katakana.

●To introduce kanji. ・Material. ・Listening.

●To explain the hieroglyph in kanji. ・Show the example ・watching and listening. ・happily.

★Let’s try(3) ・Connect Kanji with ・Draw the line, answer. 2 illust. And listening. ・To explain.

●To introduce Japanese newspaper. ・content. ・watching and listening. ・About vertical writing.

★Let’s try(4) ・The words:kanji,hiragana ・Find the words on ・seek and answer. and katakana. your newspaper. ★Extra try 3 ・Homework:Japanese ・announcement homework. ・To write that words

6 Necessary Explaining material, goju ‐ on ‐ zu,

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005 LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)

JAPANESE WRITINGS【 Hiragana, Katakana, kanji 】

Have you ever seen the Japanese writing used in Japan? Japanese writing consists of “Hiragana”, “Katakana” and “Kanji”.

The is a member of the Altaic family of languages, and it has many words in common with Korean and Chinese. However, its syntax is quite different from that of Chinese.

Japanese is written using in combination with two “Hiragana” and “Katakana”.

The Chinese characters, “Kanji”, all have meanings, while “Hiragana” and “Katakana” represent sounds only.

☆Hiragana, Katakana(ひらがな、カタカナ)

The hiragana sound was developed from the writing of whole Kanji.

The katakana sound syllabary was developed from parts of Kanji

☆Go – Ju – On – Zu(五十音図)

This is the list of Hiragana and Katakana.

ん わ ら や ま は な た さ か あ ン ワ ラ ヤ マ ハ ナ タ サ カ ア n wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a り み ひ に ち し き い リ ミ ヒ ニ チ シ キ イ ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i る ゆ む ふ ぬ つ す く う ル ユ ム フ ヌ ツ ス ク ウ ru yu mu fu nu tsu su ku u れ め へ ね て せ け え レ メ ヘ ネ テ セ ケ エ re me he ne te se ke e を ろ よ も ほ の と そ こ お ヲ ロ ヨ モ ホ ノ ト ソ コ オ wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005 LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)

ぴゃ びゃ じゃ ぎゃ りゃ ひゃ みゃ にゃ ちゃ しゃ きゃ ぱ ば だ ざ が ピャ ビャ ジャ ギャ リャ ヒャ ミャ ニャ チャ シャ キャ パ バ ダ ザ ガ pya bya ja gya rya hya mya nya cha sha kya pa ba da za ぴ び じ ぎ ピ ビ ジ ギ pi bi zi ぴゅ びゅ じゅ ぎゅ りゅ ひゅ みゅ にゅ ちゅ しゅ きゅ ぷ ぶ ず ぐ ピュ ビュ ジュ ギュ リュ ヒュ ミュ ニュ チュ シュ キュ プ ブ ズ グ pyu byu ju gyu hyu myu nyu shu kyu bu zu gu ぺ べ で ぜ げ ペ ベ デ ゼ ゲ pe be de ze ぴょ びょ じょ ぎょ りょ ひょ みょ にょ ちょ しょ きょ ぽ ぼ ど ぞ ご ピョ ビョ ジョ ギョ リョ ヒョ ミョ ニョ チョ ショ キョ ポ ボ ド ゾ ゴ pyo byo jo gyo ryo hyo myo nyo cho sho kyo po bo do zo go

★Let’s try!! Try to pronounce “ Go – Ju – On”

★Let’s try !! Try to write your name on Hiragana and Katakana !!

Your name Hiragana Katakana

★Extra try !! Try to write your favorite thing!!

Your favorite thing Hiragana Katakana

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005 LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)

JAPANESE WRITINGS【 Hiragana, Katakana, kanji 】

☆Kanji(漢字) Kanji are symbols representing objects or ideas. There are tens of thousands. Most Japanese students must learn about 2000 by the time they graduate. That is about 200 every year. Let’s see if you can remember any by the end of this class. Ⅰ bet you can. You sure look smart.

How kanji are combined to make words.

How some simple kanji representing objects developed. Does this “ “ look like a sun? Well, it used to look like a sun and gradually it changed over time. Here’s how it used to look.

★Let’s try !! Which illustration did you connect ?

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005 LESSON PLAN(Japanese letters:Hiragana,Katakana、Kanji)

☆Japanese newspaper(vertical writing) Japanese language is usually vertical writing. It has laterally writing.

This is Japanese newspaper. It has local news page, sports page, TV page, etc as American newspaper.

★Let’s try!! Try to find these Japanese words in your newspaper!!

★Extra try!! I’ll tell you your favorite word in “Hiragana” or “Katakana” or “Kanji”! Please request !

Created by: Shuuhei Okisu, Japanese Teacher Delegation – Ohio Group 2005