Japanese Pacing Guide

WAHS

Yearly Guide for all levels

Level I

Japanese for Young People: Lesson 1~Lesson 15

Level II

Japanese for Young People: Lesson 16 ~ Lesson 30

Level III

Japanese for Young People: Lesson 31~ Lesson 43

Level IV

Adventures in Japanese III

Quarterly Guide

Level I

Quarter I

· Greetings and Introductions

· Days, Months and Calendar

· Useful Classroom Expressions

· Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics

· Family Members

· Hiragana

· Katakana

· Kanji – Reading

Quarter II

· Weather and Seasons

· School Activities, Schedules, Subject and Supplies

· Emotions and Feelings

· Numbers and Time

· Like and Dislike

Quarter III

· Interests and Leisure Activities

· Daily Routine

· Invitation

· Shopping (Counter)

· Restaurant and Food

· Clothing and Colors

Quarter IV

· Transportation and Time Expressions

· Review

Level II~IV: Western Albemarle High School students will review and extend vocabulary and sentence structures through the following topics from Level I (Topics A) due to their class arrangement (All four levels combined). They will also learn from new topics from Topics B throughout the year.

Topics A (Review and Extension from Level I)

· Greetings and Introductions

· Extended Family Relationships

· Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics

· Review

· Useful Classroom Expressions

· Katakana – Reading & Writing

· Kanji – Review from previous year & Writing

· Weather and Seasons

· School Events, Schedules, Subject and Supplies

· Emotions and Feelings

· Numbers and Time

· Like and Dislike

· Interests and Leisure Activities

· Invitation

· Shopping (Counter)

· Restaurant and Food

· Clothing and Colors

· Transportation and Time Expressions

· Review

Topics B (new topics)

· Places, Cities, and Directions

· Indoor and Outdoor Leisure Activities

· Rooms of the House and Household Chores

· Childhood Experience

· School-related activities & environment

· School Rules

· School System

· Japanese house

· Hobby

· Favorite pastime

· Future Plan

· Japanese Food

· Giving and Receiving a Gift

· Health