Going to Japan!

Country: Japan

 

Time Allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
5 minutes	Review: Ask students questions about Australia—Where is it located? How many people live there? What kinds of animals do they have there? What kinds of landforms? Review your vocabulary words, especially new ones. Tell students to get out their travel journals; today we are going to Japan!
10—15 minutes	Present new material: Show the “Japan” PowerPoint presentation. Highlight the new words, and their translations. Have students copy the new information into their travel journals.	·         Japan PPT ·         Travel journals
20—25 minutes	Project: Today students will create their own paper lanterns and fans, in the Japanese style using paintings of cherry blossoms. See this “How-To” for instructions.	·         Japanese art instructions ·         Colored paper (white/black) ·         Paint (black/pink) ·         Glue ·         Stapler and staples ·         String ·         Beads

 

Week 5: Australia

Country: Australia

Kangaroo Art Example

 

Time Allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
10 minutes	Present new material: Review the vocabulary with the students; have them match the vocabulary with its Ukrainian equivalent. Show the students the PowerPoint presentation about their new country—Australia!	·       Australia PowerPoint
10—15 minutes	Review and Practice: Create a chart on the board, like the table that each student has in his/her travel journal. Using the cards with facts written on them, have the students fill in the chart before transferring it into their travel journals.   Table of Travel Journal Information     *If there is time, trace a map of Australia on the board and show students where the capital and famous cities are; introduce new landform words, too, like plateau, plains, mountains and beaches.   Reviewing geography and landforms	·         Places of Interest and Facts Cards ·         Board, chalk
20—25 minutes	Kangaroo Art: Start by having each student draw the shape of a kangaroo on brown construction paper; you may need to guide them through this on the board.   Students will then cut out their kangaroo and glue it onto a sheet of white paper.     Using cotton swabs, the students then recreate the style of cave-painting using lines and dots in patterns to elaborate their kangaroo.       Students may also want to add circles, swirls, cacti or other embellishments to create their art. The sky is the limit!	·         Paint (yellow, brown, orange) ·         Cotton swabs ·         Colored paper (brown and white) ·         Glue