NIHON

Introduction

Task

You will be working in  groups of three to create the 'Nihon ball'. 

To build the ball you will work on 12 different tasks, here you can find the list:

  1. A CROSSWORD with 15 meaningful words learnt during the lessons
  2. VENN DIAGRAM to show how Japanese  and Italian  schools differ and what they have in common
  3. JUNKO: our Japanese teacher ( a text of 50/80 words)
  4. SYMBOLS of Japan  ( drawings)
  5. A MAP of Japan with the 4 main islands and the most important cities
  6. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE in which you write about the experience of having a Japanese teacher in class 
  7. A HAIKU entitled: Peace 
  8. The  10 most important things to know about Japan 
  9. An ACROSTIC with the word Japan
  10. SUSHI ROLL: what it is and how you make it
  11. A SUMMARY of the tragedy occured in Japan in 1945
  12. A SLOGAN against nuclear power

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

Process

1. use this tool to create your own crossword:

 https://www.education.com/worksheet-generator/reading/crossword-puzzle/

2. watch the video to understand what a Venn diagram is and make your own:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkV_uRErIqk

3. write about Junko: describe her physical appearance, personality, what she does, what she likes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdKDemKF30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGVtGfoXvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YQX7gGkQs

4. draw at least 8 symbols and write the words in English:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t1qeirudnc5mp75/set-of-japanese-symbols-vecto…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7gi346cycq8xa0/symbols.png?dl=0

5. be ready to talk about the geographical aspects of Japan:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvqszu1gssgomf7/japan-map.gif?dl=0

7. watch the video to understand what a Haiku is and write your own poem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkiTLxIQhdw

8. to remind you what we learnt about Japan:

https://www.tsunagujapan.com/20-things-you-do-not-know-about-japan/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a23tdvz1id94661/Japan.docx?dl=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=hj1VfnJdRNw

9. write an acrostic using the word Japan

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qka5d4ont1193sm/example-acrostic-3.png?dl=0

 

10. watch the video, write the recipe of sushi rolls ( ingredients and tools to use):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUSI8ElgRc

11. watch the video, read  the text and write a summary of what happened in 1945 ( no more than 100 words)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mg8tmv7q41l0znl/Atomic%20bombings%20of%20Hiroshima%20and%20Nagasaki.docx?dl=0

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuxhPq40Lgg

12. Read  and listen to the poem by Nazim Hickmet and listen to the song by the Byrds  and write your message

https://audiopoetry.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/i-come-and-stand-at-every-door/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYxwQCqHkRw

 

Evaluation

Completeness               6

Correctness                   2

Visual design                 2

   
   
   
   

 

total score   10         

Conclusion

At the end of this path you should know something more about Japan, about its culture, about its people and above all  its history. We really have to thank Junko for her friendliness and for her availability to talk about her, about her experience and about the tragedy which occured in her country.

I really hope you are aware of the great  opportunity you had to meet such a person!

Your teacher Daniela