Unit 2

DISCOVERING

Discovering my strengths & interests as a language user & beyond

Unit 2 Discovering

Unit 2 explores student strengths and interests in the areas of being a language user, as an individual, and in their future career as they currently see it

Include videos that encourage ethnographic observations to discover new information about the cultural artifact

Students will create a collage of their strengths and skills. Consider doing it in the style of the cultural artifact

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Downloadable Template

Unit 2 Discovering Template

KCAI Sample & Adaption Suggestions

Possible selves Lesson 2 Updated

EXPLORE:

Cultural Artifact: Shichifukujin The Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Kanji Micro-skills: Four characters from the song 福よ来い：福Fortune 来 to come 今 now 日 day
Linguistic Awareness: Four Character Idioms
Linguistic Skill: Students develop online dictionary (Jisho.org) skills to look up kanji characters based on their parts (radicals)

Language Substitution: Activate your students to think about their own strengths and interests. What talismans or cultural artifacts do you know of that are related to the one you used in Unit 1? Are there other songs, stories, or artifacts that can be used to highlight one's abilities?

CREATE:

Discovery: Students explore different expressions of the Shichifukujin and the Kumate (bear hand) rake that is a collection of different talismans.
Apply: Students create a collage in the Kumate style about their 7 strengths and interests based on a three step discovery writing exercise in English.

Language Substitution: Any number of strengths and interests are acceptable, but a number related to the artifact they studied is ideal.

REFLECT:

Students reflect in English about strengths and interests as a learner and user of the Japanese language and as a student preparing to be a professional artist.

Language Substitution: If your students have a variety of career paths, you can change this to "preparing to enter the workforce"