Topic: Japanese school hot lunch 2-3
Week(s)
Learning
Scenario: created by
Atsuko Ando,
Students will view and understand
きゅう食 (school hot lunch) part of
日本の小学校power point slide show. (1.2) Students will discuss
(E/J) similarities and differences in hot lunch between Japanese schools and
American schools while viewing. Students will learn new and reviewed
vocabulary. (2.1)(2.2)(1.2)
A pair of students will log on to
a Japanese school lunch site showing various lunch menu
through the teacher’s web site. (1.2)(2.1) A pair of students will choose the
menu that looks most tasty/bad/healthy and contains how much the menu contains
protein/calcium/fat/ carbohydrate each and write their answers on a worksheet.
(3.1)(3.2)(4.1)(1.2)(1.3) Each student asks ten
classmates what looks most tasty/bad/healthy. (1.2)(1.3)
Students will log on to sites
to show both American food pyramid and a Japanese chart equivalent to it and
discuss (J / E) differences and similarities. (3.1)(3.2)(4.2)(1.1) A group of students who like the same menu will categorize
items in the menu into American food pyramid and present the result to the rest
of the class. (3.1)(1.3)
A whole class will make survey
questions about American school lunch in English and Japanese. (e.g. What was the most tasty hot lunch for you? What was the least tasty hot lunch for you? W
hat do you think is the healthiest hot lunch? (1.3) Students will conduct this
survey in our school and find out best 5, worst 5 and healthiest 5. , and ask
our sister school to conduct the same survey and return the results with
digital pictures of each menu via e-mail.(1.3)(3.1)(5.1)(1.2) Students will
make a poster comparing the results of both our school and Japanese school to
share with the rest of the students in our school.(1.3)(4.2)(5.1)
Students will make a poster of his/her
dream hot lunch menu that contains all the nutrients and make an oral presentation to describe what contains
which and to persuade other classmates
and teacher to think how healthy and tasty your dream hot lunch menu is.
(1.3)((3,1)
As optional fun homework,
a teacher will give a list of sites that shows more Japanese hot lunch so that
students enjoy themselves at home. (5.2)