Project Designs
Disaster Preparation Posters

This is the Semester 1 group work site. The class explored disaster preparation in Japan with a few videos and then reading the Katakana words from a government check list. Students identified words they could read, created a mini picture glossary, selected adjective for each item, wrote a brief essay, then illustrated their work in a poster.

Step 1: Discovery

Students annotate a Disaster Bag Checklist from the Yokohoma City Government office. They are paying attention to items written in Katakana - these are often loanwords (cognates). Students identify 10 words they can figure out and create a personal glossary.

Step 2: Application

Students use recently learned adjectives to describe each of their items in simple patterns.

Step 3: Discussion

Students ask each other what is in their disaster preparation bags and comment on if they have the same item or not.

Step 4: Writing

Students create adjective+noun pairs to use in a simple essay about what they will put in their disaster bag.

Step 5: Assessment

Students design a Disaster Preparation Poster the highlights 10 items they will put in their bag and their essay.

These posters are then displayed in their academic departments