After this lesson, students will be able to 

Week 1: 

1. Learn the Kanji for Capital, Child, Small, To Meet, Company, Father and Mother
-They will learn the combination of different Kanji can make words like (east and capital make tokyo) and (small and school make elementary school)

Week 2:

1. Learn the Kanji for High, School, Every, Word, Sentence, To return, and To Entern
-They will learn the combination of different Kanji can make words like (Every and day make every day) and (Japan and Language makes the Japanese Language).

Week 3: 

1. Learn about the short forms of verbs (for the past 6 classes we have learned how to make the polite ways of verbs, but now we will learn the informal or short form of verbs)
-Learn about the informal Godan verbs
-Learn about the informal Ichidan verbs

Week 4:

1. Learn the reason why Japanese use the informal (short form) of a Japanese verb and how to form the specifics
    -In represented or quoted speech
    -In casual conversations, as a form of intimacy
    -In Making Negative Requests
    -In expressing ideas like "I like doing... or I am good at...
2. Request someone not to do something
    -Please do not take pictures

Week 5: 
1. Describe how you like or dislike doing something (I like studying Japanese, I hate cleaning my room)
2. Learn the meaning of ga and where it goes in a sentence (it is used to put focus on the noun and not the object, verses wa that puts focus on the direct object and not the noun).

I received my undergraduate degree in the Japanese language, culture, and history. I also earned my Master's degree in K-12 education. I studied abroad at Nihon University in Tokyo as well as worked as an English teacher in Niigata, Japan. I was able to see what I learned firsthand.