Step 1: Creating Thematic FocusWhat makes a good product a good

product?What are the typical characteristics

of Japanese products?What products appeal to people in

both countries?What are effective strategies that

promote new products in both countries?

Step 2: Choose Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives

Step 3: Performance Tasks

4. Creating Instructional Plan: Setting the Stage

Input Activities with Flashcards Slot MachineSlap GameTic Tac ToeCharade

Input Activity with Quizlet

Interpretive Reading Practice

Guided Practice ActivitiesPancho Comancho1. Form groups of 4-5.2. Assign a vocabulary to each student (by giving

them a flashcard). Students hold the cards facing the other members.

3. Set a timer. (45 sec. to one minute)4. Teacher says “Pamcho Comancho is going to

buy a banana.”5. Student with banana card says “No, Pancho

Comancho is NOT going to buy a banana. He is going to buy a ______.” and pick another student’s item.

6. Proceed in this fashion until the time expires.

Guided Practice ActivitiesInner Circle-Outer Circle

Interpersonal Speaking Practice using CLEAR

Interpersonal Writing Practice

Interpretive and PresentationalRead and RunProcedures

◦ Students form groups of 3 or 4 and designate one person to be the writer.

◦ Other group members take turns running up to read and memorize the posted text and report back to the group.

◦ The group members collaborate to help the writer re-create the text.

◦ After some time, teacher hands over the reading materials and makes corrections on any errors.

◦ At this point, teacher may ask questions to assess students’ comprehensions.

*Students must know that they are encouraged to memorize as much as they can. This could be a single sentence or a word in some cases.

Interpretive and PresentationalRead and Write AroundProcedures

◦ Students sit in circle. (4 to 6 students)◦ As teacher prompts, students start writing a

diary/journal/story/memo/blog, etc.◦ After 90 seconds, students pass around their

stories to the person next to them. They read the stories and continue it by adding more and so on.

◦ Share the stories with class.*Students must comprehend what the previous

person wrote and keep the tone of the original writer.

Edmodo: All activities in one location

Online ResourcesEdmodo: www.edmodo.comQuizlet: quizlet.comCLEAR: http://clear.msu.edu/Jing:

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Glogster: http://www.glogster.com/