Japanese Literature

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.

7.5.1: Describe the significance of Japan’s proximity to China and Korea and the intellectual, linguistic, religious, and philosophical influence of those countries on Japan.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Identify the impact of Japanese Literature.

2. Identify and Create a Tanka poem.

Common Core Literacy Standard

RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (3 min.) Daily Journals: Students will read two excerpts from "This Day in History" and answer the daily essential question using the information in the short passage.

Direct Instruction (10 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: Direct Teach/Annotate: Japan Literature: Teacher will read and clarify the impact and origins of Japanese Literature and the purpose of the Tanka Poem.

Guided Practice (5 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: TPS: Tanka Poem: Teacher will model a Tanka poem.

Independent Practice (25 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: QuickWrite: Tanka Poem: Students will create two Tanka Poems. Poems will be five lines containing 5,7,5,7,7 syllables per line. Poem must be about love or nature.

Homework.

EdPuzzle due by Friday at 5 p.m.

Closure (2 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Exit Question

3. Dismiss Class.