After this lesson, students will be able to 

Week 1:
1. Learn the Kanji for (North, South, East and West)
2. Learn the Kanji for (Mouth, Exit, Left and Right)
3. Learn the combination of these Kanji (Ex. North and mouth mean Northern exit) (East and North combined to make a prefecture name in Japanese)

Week 2: 
1. Learn the Kanji for (minute, ahead, birth, big)
2. Learn the kanji for (learning, outside and country)
3. Learn that combination of these Kanji (Ex. ahead and birth mean teacher)(big, learn, birth means college student)

Week 3:
1. The present continuous te-iru
-Ex. I am eating, I am sleeping
2. How that differs from the regular present tense

Week 4: 
1. Describing physical features of something
-The cat has cute ears
-Learn two different forms, one natural and the other not natural, but grammatically correct
2. Te form of Adjectives and Nouns

Week 5:
1. Learn the te form for going and doing something
-Ex. to go and eat, to go and sleep
2. Learn the counter for people
-Japanese has a specific counter for people, so we will how to say 1 person, 2 people, 3 people

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.