Japanese/Practical Lessons

Lesson Plan

A Syllabus exists for this lesson plan.

Lesson Structure

Each lesson should have the following sections specified:

Lesson: Lesson name.
1. Function: One or more functions, appropriate to the stage of learning, chosen from the Syllabus.
2. Topic: A topic, appropriate to the stage of learning, chosen from the Syllabus.
3. Vocabulary: Number of new words covered in the lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.
4. Kanji: Number of new Kanji covered in the lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.
5. Grammar: One or more grammar topics covered in lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.

Stage I Lessons

Reading and Writing Hiragana

Lesson: Hiragana overview
1. Voiced Consonants
2. Long vowel sounds
3. Consonant doubling: small つ
4. small や、ゆ、よ
Lesson: Hiragana vowels
1. あいうえお
2. Long vowel sounds
Lesson: Hiragana k row
1. かきくけこ
2. Voiced Consonants
3. がぎぐげご
Lesson: Hiragana s row
1. さしすせそ
2. ざじずぜぞ
Lesson: Hiragana t row
1. たちつてと
2. だぢづでど
3. Consonant doubling: small つ
Lesson: Hiragana n row
1. なにぬねの
Lesson: Hiragana h row
1. はひふへほ
2. ばびぶべぼ
3. ぱぴぷぺぽ
Lesson: Hiragana m row
1. まみむめも
Lesson: Hiragana y row
1. や、ゆ、よ
2. small や、ゆ、よ
Lesson: Hiragana r row
1. らりるれろ
Lesson: Hiragana wa, wo, n
1. わをん
Lesson: Historical Hiragana
1. ゐゑ

Reading and Writing Katakana

Lesson: Katakana overview
1. Voiced Consonants
2. Long vowel sounds
3. Consonant doubling: small つ
4. small ヤユヨ
Lesson: Katakana vowels
1. アイウエオ
2. Long vowel sounds
3. small アイウエオ
Lesson: Katakana k row
1. カキクケコ
2. ガギグゲゴ
Lesson: Katakana s row
1. サシスセソ
2. ザジズゼゾ
Lesson: Katakana t row
1. タチツテト
2. ダヂヅデド
Lesson: Katakana n row
1. ナニヌネノ
Lesson: Katakana h row
1. ハヒフヘホ
2. バビブベボ
3. パピプペポ
Lesson: Katakana m row
1. マミムメモ
Lesson: Katakana y row
1. ヤユヨ
2. small ヤユヨ
Lesson: Katakana r row
1. ラリルレロ
Lesson: Katakana wa, wo, n
1. ワヲン
Lesson: Historical Katakana
1. ヰヱ
Lesson: Differences between Katakana and English

Dialogue Lessons

Lesson: Will you be my friend?
1. Topic: Friends
2. Function: Greet and respond to greetings
  1. "Good morning/afternoon/evening." (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
  2. "How are you?" (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
3. Function: Introduce and respond to introductions
  1. "Nice to meet you." (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
4. Vocabulary: 20 Words
5. Kanji: 10 Kanji
6. Grammar: (Goodstuff: grammar topic chosen from syllabus, need help here!)
  1. The declarative 「だ」
  2. The copula 「です」
    1. Negative Tense
  3. The question marker 「か」
  4. Introduction to particles
    1. Topic Particle 「は」
    2. Inclusive Topic Particle 「は」
Lesson: Hobbies
1. Topic: Hobbies
2. Function: Express like and dislike
  1. "What are your hobbies?"
  2. "What kind of [noun] do you like?"
3. Vocabulary: 25 Words
4. Kanji: 10 Kanji
5. Grammar: (Goodstuff: grammar topic chosen from syllabus, need help here!)
  1. Na-adjectives and i-adjectives
    1. Negative Tense
  2. Identifier Particle 「が」
Lesson: Sports
1. Topic: sport
2. Function: expressing action
3. Vocabulary: 20 Words
4. Kanji: 10 Kanji
  1. 音読み and 訓読み
  2. Stroke Orders
5. Grammar
  1. Ru-verbs（一段動詞）/u-verbs（五段動詞）/exception verbs
    1. Negative Verbs Tenses
    2. Polite conjugations （～ます）
  2. Object Particle 「を」
  3. Target Particle 「に」
  4. Directional Particle 「へ」
  5. Context Particle 「で」
  6. Specifying Time and Date
    1. Numbers and Counters
  7. Using 「から」 and 「まで」
Lesson: I'm a Cat Person
1. Topic: Pets and Animals
2. Function: Expressing Ownership
  1. "Whose cat is this?"
  2. "This is my cat"
3. Grammar
  1. The 「の」 particle
    1. Nominalizing subordinate clauses （のが／のは）
    2. Numbers and Counters
Lesson: Not Today
1. Topic: health
2. Function: obtain information, begin to provide information
  1. "What did you do yesterday?"
  2. "I didn't feel good last night."
3. Grammar
  1. Past tense conjugations
    1. Nouns/Adjectives
    2. Verbs