ymi_cloth1a03b What Are We Wearing? Activity 3: Describing the clothes someone wears Date: Country: Author(copyright): Themes: 2003/1 Canada Yazawa Michiko Clothing and Fashion Overview: Students learn verbs used to express "wearing" clothes for the upper and lower halves of the body. In pairs, the students describe their partner's clothes. Presumed class profile Level of Japanese-language Japanese 2- Grades and Ages Grade 11-12, Age 16-18, Secondary Optimal number of students 20-30 Text book used n/a Required language skills Students are expected to know and be able to use basic Japanese grammatical structures, such as nominal, adjectival, and verbal predicates. Students are expected to be at least in their second semester of Japanese language learning. Preferably students have already been introduced to the "V te imasu" pattern and its functions as an expression of progressive, and habitual action and of state description. Others n/a Points to be studied Language objectives Function Structure Vocabulary words/phrases To describe what someone is wearing Nをきて／はいて／して／つけて／かぶって／かけています Clothing nouns: ブラウス、シャツ、セーター、Tシャツ、スカート、ズボン、ジーンズ、たんパン、ベスト、ブレザー、ジャージ、リボン、ネクタイ、マフラー、めがね、かばん、くつした、くつ、サンダル、など Verbs: きる、はく、かぶる、かける、など Adjectives: かっこいい、ださい、など Colours (optional): 赤い、青い、白い、みどりの、くろい、ちゃいろの、など Cultural objectives Target Process Aim n/a n/a n/a Activity type Activity type Mode Oral/written Who Narrative and description Interpretive, Presentational Oral Pair, Whole Class Materials From the Deai photo sheets From the Deai text booklet Other materials n/a n/a Game: Nani o kiteimasuka? / Game: Watashino fashion 1 / Game: Watashino fashion 2 Duration Duration 30 minutes