HS Japanese

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals to define likes and dislikes ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate the Japanese characters, phrases, & images ● Use Total Physical Response to review Japanese characters and vocabulary. ● Group students to allow opportunity for them to practice Japanese. ● Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Ask and answer simple questions to learn about likes and dislikes ● Give short oral descriptions of self and others speaking of likes and dislikes using proper verb conjugation for a variety of verbs ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in Japanese aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Have students ask questions and/or give TPR commands for the class. ● Students ask questions about the topics covered in a lesson ● Have students provide extended responses/more details. ● Have students recognize and read the characters in Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. ● Provide visual support, word bank, and sentence frames for students.

Extension