Sora Sept 2022 Syllabus

This course is designed for highly motivated students who are ready to progress to Level 2 Japanese after completing the level 1 series. It runs from Sept 7th, 2022, to July 20th, 2023. It is composed of six six-week long cycles. 

Course at a Glance: 
This course will help students to continue to master their reading, writing, listening, and speaking in Japanese. Each week (consisting of two classes), students will learn approximately: 5-15 words, and 1-2 grammar points, and up to 4 kanji. Note that for the first three weeks, students will be learning the Katakana alphabet instead of Kanji, and that at the end of Cycle 6, there will be two weeks of no new vocabulary as we review cycles 1-6 vocab. Each month there will be a Cultural Focus. Classes may incorporate a mixture of activities, games, discussion, or multimedia (such as slides, videos or audio). Each lesson (and homework) will incorporate vocabulary or grammar from previous lesson(s) so that material is constantly reinforced. Students will be assessed through homework, quizzes, tests and projects. Homework given will not exceed 60 minutes per week. Japanese 2 will also have much more participation than Japanese 1 as students are expected to become more comfortable speaking Japanese.

**NOTE**
- This course is a PRIVATE course designed for a specific high school and thus is not open for public enrollment. If you wish to take Japanese 2 with me, please see my public course listing here:
https://outschool.com/classes/beginner-level-japanese-for-high-school-students-part-2-of-4-DK9x7VAw#us6xID8JLe

- This course is designed for students who can already read the Hiragana alphabet. 
-This course will respond to the unique needs of the students and, therefore, the pace of the course may vary greatly depending on the students. 
- The 'Culture Focus' (see schedule below) is decided month-to-month and is dictated by the students' interests, current events etc. Culture Focus example: How Japanese students, not janitors, clean their schools. ‘What do you think of this tradition?’



PLAN for weeks 1-6 

WEEK 1 
MAJOR REVIEW of Japanese 1 Grammar and Vocab 
Introduce Second Alphabet: KATAKANA: First 15 characters

WEEK 2
[Start of Chapter 3]
VOCAB: Verbs: go, return, listen, drink, speak, read, get up/wake up, eat, sleep, see, study, do, come
GRAMMAR: Introduction to Japanese Verbs: る and う, dictionary form, and Present and Negative form
KATAKANA: Next 15 characters
Project Topic Given

WEEK 3
VOCAB: home/house, breakfast, lunch, dinner, magazine, sports, TV, tennis, date, ice cream, hamburger, alcohol/sake
GRAMMAR: Particles を, で、に、へ
KATAKANA: Last 16 characters

WEEK 4
VOCAB: tomorrow, today, morning, tonight, every day, every night, weekend, Saturday, Sunday, when 
GRAMMAR: Time References; Adv usage
KATAKANA Review and rule with ”ー”

WEEK 5
Review Day
Cultural Focus
Test

WEEK 6
Projects 

PLAN for weeks 7-12

WEEK 7
VOCAB: often, usually, not much, sometimes, not at all, how about….? But, At about….
GRAMMER: 1) Invitation, 〜ませんか 2) Adverb Usage

WEEK 8
[Finish up Chapter 3]
VOCAB: early, good、 ちょう、べつに、ぜったいに, ありえない
GRAMMAR: 1) Word Order: 1) Deeper look at は; 3) how ‘come and go’ are used differently in Japanese
READING/Listening: Dialogue 3
Project Topic Given
KANJI: 人　 

WEEK 9
[Start Chapter 4]
VOCAB: dog, cat, person, child, chair, desk, picture, bread, (term) paper, flower, rice
GRAMMAR: ”There is”, ”there are” : ある and いる
KANJI：日、本

WEEK 10
VOCAB: temple, park, supermarket, bus stop, hospital, hotel, bookstore, town
GRAMMAR: Describing where things are (up, down, left right etc.)
KANJI:　上、下, 中

WEEK 11
Review 
Cultural Focus
Test

WEEK 12
Projects


PLAN for weeks 13-18

WEEK 13
VOCAB: meet, buy, write, take pictures, wait, understand (*special particle)
GRAMMAR: Past Tense of Verbs

WEEK 14
VOCAB: Days of the week (Mon-Sun)
GRAMMAR: 1) Deeper look at particle も and 2) new adverb introduction: たくさん
Project Topic Given
KANJI: 月、火

WEEK 15
VOCAB: about (approx. measurement), I’m sorry, and then, so, why, alone, hello (on telephone)
GRAMMAR: number of hours (ex: I studied 'for 5 hours')
KANJI: 半 and Days of the week：曜、水, 木、

WEEK 16
VOCAB: Days of the week
GRAMMAR：Particleと
Reading/Listening: Chapter 4
KANJI: Days of the week: 金、土

WEEK 17
Review
Cultural Focus
Test

WEEK 18
Projects


PLAN for weeks 19-24

WEEK 19
[Start Chat 5]
VOCAB: New, old (things), hot (weather), cold (weather), busy (people), quiet, lively, free (not busy)
GRAMMAR: Two types of adj: いandな, present tense
KANJI: 食、飲、私

WEEK 20
VOCAB: Healthy, beautiful, good looking, easy, large, small, hot (things), difficult, swim, cheap
do/perform
GRAMMAR: Past tense of adj
KANJI: 行、見、今、川,
Project Topic Given

WEEK 21
VOCAB:  ask, ride, go out, very, food, drink, weather, sea, room
GRAMMAR: Noun modification with adjectives 2) Japanese counter introduction 〜まい
KANJI: 女、元、気

WEEK 22
VOCAB: homework, extremely, birthday, Size Large, souvenir, travel, surfing, holiday、together
GRAMMAR: 1) Like/Dislike  and comparing using はすきですが、はすきじゃないです
２）Let’s
KANJI: 山、天、田、男

WEEK 23
Review
Listening/ Reading: Chapter 5
Cultural Focus
Test

WEEK 24
Projects


PLAN for weeks 25-30 

WEEK 25
[Start Chapter 6]
VOCAB: open, close, teach, forget, get off, borrow, shower, turn on
GRAMMAR: て form with る verbs
KANJI: 先、生

WEEK 26
VOCAB: play hurry return (a thing), turn off, die, 
GRAMMAR: て form with う verbs
Project Topic Given
KANJI: 右、左

WEEK 27
VOCAB: sit down, stand up, help, use, enter, carry, rest, right away, slowly/leisurely 
GRAMMAR: Giving commands 〜てください
KANJI:口、出

WEEK 28
VOCAB: this week, next week, next year, night, call, to call
GRAMMAR: Describing Two Activities
KANJI: 北、南

WEEK 29
Review
Cultural focus
Test

WEEK 30
Projects


PLAN for weeks 31-36

WEEK 31
VOCAB: textbook, page, next, money baggage, computer, shower, train, later
GRAMMAR: Asking permission
KANJI:東、西

WEEK 32
VOCAB: smoke, bring (person, bring (thing), tough
GRAMMAR: “you must not do….”
Project Topic Given
KANJI:大、学

WEEK 33
VOCAB: Vocab Review Cycles 1-6
GRAMMAR: Because (から)
KANJI:外、国

WEEK 34
VOCAB: Review Cycles 1-6
GRAMMAR:　Offering Assistance （〜ましょうか）
READING/LISTENING Chapter 6 Dialogue
KANJI:分

WEEK 35
Test Review
Cultural Focus
Test

WEEK 36
Project