Dance Dance AmyChan Cultural Study

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Dance! Dance! Amy-Chan Cultural Study
Grade 6 Time allotment 2 days
Danielle Cofane
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The Goal

• To understand the Japanese culture of Amy-Chan.
  Create a list of questions to ask the class, then
  try to answer questions posed by peers.
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Objective

• I will read Dance Dance Amy-Chan to the class.
  After I have read them the book they will receive
  a copy on their own to take home and read. They
  will then compile a list of 5 questions to ask
  the class about the Japanese culture.

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Materials

• The book Dance Dance Amy-Chan

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Time Allotment

• Two days    

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Procedure

• Have the students sit in a circle around the
  teacher and listen to the story. After the story
  is read allow the children time to sit at their
  desks and write down questions they have about
  the Japanese culture. After the students have all
  created a list of five questions they will be
  asked to present their questions to the class.
  Each student will pick a question they think is
  most interesting. They will be asked to go home
  and try to answer their question. The next day
  the students will tell the class the answers they
  found to the questions they chose.

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Anticipatory Set

• I will play Japanese music when the students
  arrive and have pictures of traditional dress in
  the classroom.  

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Modeling

• I will ask the students a question about Japanese
  culture and see if they can answer it. After the
  students have thought about the answer for a
  minute or two I will provide a detailed answer to
  the question.
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Monitoring and Adjusting

• I will collect the students questions to make
  sure that they have completed the assignment. I
  will also collect the answers they found to the
  question they choose.
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Guided Instruction

• When questions are asked in class I will have a
  book on Japanese culture there for reference.

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Independent Practice

• The students will be asked to research answers to
  the question they chose. They will do this at
  home as homework.

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Closure

• The students will be asked to write a short essay
  on what they learned about Japanese culture and
  what they found interesting. They will hand this
  in for a grade.