Family forms (7 min.)
- The students will discuss a question on the board in groups of five: "What forms of family exist in your culture?" "What forms of family do you think exist in Japan?"
- A facilitator in each group will present their ideas to the class.
- The teacher will tell the class that they will discover the answers through learning about Deai families today. (Do not conclude anything at this point.)

Deai friends (13 min.)
- The teacher will introduce each of the Deai friends orally, holding their Deai photo sheets. (MY-P01, OK-P01, SM-P01, TS-P01, YK-P01, YT-P01, YY-P01). Tell their profiles including their ages, grades, and places of residence in Japan. Make sure that the students can pronounce the Deai friends' names properly. The students will fill out Worksheet #1 as they listen to the introductions. The teacher will show where they live by using a wall map or CD-ROM 2. [Map or CD-ROM2, Worksheet #1]
- Check answers.

Vocabulary (15 min.)
- Introduction of family terms.
The teacher shows some families from Deai and introduces each member in Japanese. Situations: The family is going to host you in Japan in spring break. (MY-P05, OK-P07, SM-P08, TS-P07, YK-P05, YT-P09, YT-P11, YY-P07)
- Drill the family terms with the pictures.
- Review how to ask and answer ages with the Deai family.
- Information gap using a Deai family.
Each student will get a different set of information about a Deai family. They need to gather information about all other families from their classmates by asking questions. [Worksheet #2]

Guessing game (15 min.)
- In groups of five, the students will have a couple of panels of Deai families. A group member holds a panel and others guess whose family it is. The Deai friend's face needs to be covered with a sticky note.
(MY-P06, P07, P08 / OK-P08, P09 / SM-P09 / TS-P08, P09, P10 / YK-P06, P07, / YT-P10, P11 / YY-P08, P09, P10)

Panel Holder	これは だれの おかあさん ですか。
Others	ええと、〜さんの おかあさん ですか。
Panel Holder	(Looking at the description behind the panel,) はい、そうです。 or いいえ、ちがいます。
Others	じゃあ、〜さんの おかあさん ですか。etc.

- Pass a panel to another group and do the same.

Family structure (continued) (10 min.)
- The students will share what they have discovered about family structures in Japan through Deai families.
- Read an article about Japanese families and deepen insight into how families in Japan have changed and what problems exist with regard to modern Japanese families. [Article]
- Discuss whether similar issues and transition exist in the U.S. or not.

Answer to Worksheet #1-1:

1.	とし	16さい	こうこう2ねんせい
2.	とし	17さい	こうこう3ねんせい
3.	とし	16さい	こうこう1ねんせい
4.	とし	17さい	こうこう3ねんせい
5.	とし	18さい	こうこう3ねんせい
6.	とし	18さい	こうこう3ねんせい
7.	とし	18さい	こうこう3ねんせい