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Name: Tanaka Sakura (Sakura-san) Age: 25 years old Occupation: office worker Hobbies: travelling & watching movies Level: Intermediate NOTE: START AND END THE CLASS ON TIME (15-minute class) I. Warm-up Below are sample questions to lead your student to the article topic: Do you like holidays or festivals? Why do you like them? People in every country love their children. They have celebrations during their birthdays or name days. In Japan, there are national festivals to celebrate their children at the same time. These festivals are called Girls’ Day and Boy’s Day. Today, we are going to talk about Girl’s Day. Girls’ Day is also called the Doll Festival. The Japanese celebrate it on March 3 (the third of the month). On this day, the girls’ parents prepare a table in the best room of their house. They put a red cloth on the table then they put steps on top of the red cloth. They arrange a set of fifteen dolls on the steps. Each doll has its own place on the step. The dolls represent the royal family in ancient Japan --- emperors, empresses, ministers, and famous musicians. The emperor and empress are on the top step. These are not dolls for children to play with. They are expensive. An inexpensive set of dolls can cost $200. The most popular set costs about $700. The prices can go up to thousands of dollars. Many grandparents buy a set of dolls for their first granddaughter. When they have more granddaughters, they buy other things to put on the table, such as small pieces of furniture. Some families buy one or two pieces of furniture or dolls each year to add to their collection. In the festival, many girls wear the traditional kimono. They have parties with their friends and eat
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Name: Tanaka Sakura (Sakura-san) Age: 25 years old Occupation: office worker Hobbies: travelling & watching movies Level: Intermediate
NOTE: START AND END THE CLASS ON TIME (15-minute class)I. Warm-upBelow are sample questions to lead your student to the article topic:
Do you like holidays or festivals? Why do you like them?
People in every country love their children. They have celebrations during their birthdays or name days. In Japan, there are national festivals to celebrate their children at the same time. These festivals are called Girls’ Day and Boy’s Day. Today, we are going to talk about Girl’s Day.
Girls’ Day is also called the Doll Festival. The Japanese celebrate it on March 3 (the third of the month). On this day, the girls’ parents prepare a table in the best room of their house. They put a red cloth on the table then they put steps on top of the red cloth. They arrange a set of fifteen dolls on the steps. Each doll has its own place on the step. The dolls represent the royal family in ancient Japan --- emperors, empresses, ministers, and famous musicians. The emperor and empress are on the top step.
These are not dolls for children to play with. They are expensive. An inexpensive set of dolls can cost $200. The most popular set costs about $700. The prices can go up to thousands of dollars. Many grandparents buy a set of dolls for their first granddaughter.
When they have more granddaughters, they buy other things to put on the table, such as small pieces of furniture. Some families buy one or two pieces of furniture or dolls each year to add to their collection.
In the festival, many girls wear the traditional kimono. They have parties with their friends and eat rice cakes and drink a special rice wine. The wine has no alcohol in it, so children can drink it. After the party, the family has a traditional dinner for the girls in the family.IV. Vocabulary Review
Please make sure that the student understands all the words in the article. When teaching new words to the student, make sure to send him/her notes using your Skype chat
box. Kindly follow this format when sending notes through Skype:o Word:o Meaning:o Sample sentence:
Make sure to use correct capitalization and punctuation marks. When sending sample images to the student, make sure to send a LINK instead of a file.
V. Discussion
Make sure to correct student’s errors. Also, when correcting the student, make sure to send him/her notes using the Skype chat box. Kindly follow this format when sending notes through Skype:
o Answer of MS:o Suggested answer:
Comprehension check questions:o What is another word for Girls’ Day?o When do they celebrate?o What do the dolls represent?o What is your favorite festival?
Encourage the student to answer in complete sentences. You may give corrections. Make sure to send him/her notes using the Skype chat box. Kindly follow this format when sending notes through Skype:
o Student’s sentence:o Correction:
VI. Wrapping-up & Feedback
Make sure to review the words/expressions that were discussed during the lesson. Give a brief feedback on the student’s performance during the class. Make sure to use the sandwich
method.o Student’s strengths:o Student’s areas for improvement:o Tips and suggestions on how the student can improve:
