Lesson 7: Summary of Goals
| Vocabulary | Various adjectives |
|---|---|
| Dialogue | Extensive review And more |
| Other | Fairy tale titles |
6 class hours are recommended for Hi, friends! 2 Lesson 7 by MEXT. Here's the official MEXT lesson plans pdf download.
Grammar for this lesson includes previously studied grammar from both Hi, friends! 1 and Hi, friends! 2 as well as various new grammar.
New vocabulary includes adjectives used to help tell the story, for example: strong; brave; dangerous; proud.
Lesson 7 Class 1
| Vocabulary | Various adjectives |
|---|---|
| Dialogue | Extensive review And more |
| Other | Fairy tale titles |
| Grey = future lessons, bold = current lesson, normal = previous lessons | |
Goals
- Review Lesson 1 - Do you have "a"?
- Think/talk about different stories from different cultures.
Activities
To review Lesson 1:
- Hidden stationary game
Students ask "Do you have a ~?" to guess what their partner is hiding behind their back.
Talking about different stories:
- Let's Play (Hi, friends! 2 Lesson 7, page 26-27)
Students find the fairy tales and folk stories hidden in the picture.
See if they know the title.
You may want to ask students if they know where the story comes from. Most of the stories are quite old so true origins are obscure.
Title Origin Cinderella France Suho's White Horse Mongolia Hanasaku Jii-San Japan The Mitten (or the glove) Russia (or Ukrain) Little Red Riding Hood Europe The Enormous (Big) Turnip Russia The Bamboo Cutter Japan Peach Taro (or Peach Boy) Japan Snow White Germany Hansel and Gretel Germany Kintaro (or Golden Boy) Japan San Nen Touge ? The Crane's Favor (Wish) Japan Kasa Jizou Japan Urashima Tarou Japan The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue Japan - Let's Listen (Hi, friends! 2 Lesson 7, page 28 - 36)
Listen to the Momotaro story. Ask students what English words or phrases they heard.
Lesson 7 Class 2 ~ 6
| Vocabulary | Various adjectives |
|---|---|
| Dialogue | Extensive review And more |
| Other | Fairy tale titles |
| Grey = future lessons, bold = current lesson, normal = previous lessons | |
Goals
- Create and present a play.
Activities
Options for creating and presenting a play:
- Groups choose any fairy tale they want.
Let groups decide what story they want to present and let them present it how they want.
This works well when you have many classes left for practice and you have the chance to present the stories in front of 1st and/or 2nd graders. - Groups divide a single fairy tale between them.
The class (or the teacher) decides on a single story and the class divides the story between them, each group presenting a portion. - Groups present a customized portion of a Momotaro
For example, where Momotaro meets his gang, (Hi, friends! 2, page 32-33), students in groups change the characters and the gift and the goal.
"Hello Momotaro Spiderman. What's this? It's kibidango money. Let's go to Onigashima the Zoo."
This method works well in big school with large class sizes and busy teachers. Students can get very creative and have a lot of laughs.
The first two options above will take a lot of monitoring and guidance from the ALT and HRT. If you can make a worksheet to help students plan action and dialogue, it'll help a lot. The third option is the easiest to implement and because it has the most structured dialogue it's easier for all students to do more speaking.