Support for Japanese Stage 4
This Stage 4 scope and sequence and 10-week unit have been designed to support the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022).
Syllabus
Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022)External link © NSW Education Standards Authority for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.
The scope and sequence is for the 100-hour mandatory course, and includes suggested summative assessment tasks.
The 10-week unit introduces students to festivals and seasonal events in Japan. It includes related resources, mini tasks (progress checkpoints) and the summative assessment task.
You will also find a detailed sample scope and sequence for Stages 4 and 5, which includes suggested grammar, vocabulary and structures. This document aims to provide an overview of learning across Stages 4 and 5, preparing students for the Stage 6 Continuers course.
Timeframes, formative and summative assessment tasks, teaching and learning activities and reflection and feedback opportunities should be adjusted to suit your context, including the specific strengths and needs of students.
Related resources
As indicated, resources can be for teachers or students. Remember to remove the answer section from student-facing resources, before sharing with students.
Weeks 1 to 4
- Let’s go to a festival (student-facing) (DOCX 3.4 MB)
- Japanese seasons and calendar (student-facing) (DOCX 7 MB)
- Activities at a festival – sentence builder scaffold (student-facing) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Japanese festival posters (student-facing) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Japanese festivals and seasonal events (teacher) (PPTX 11.31 MB)
- Jeopardy question game (teacher) (PPTX 4.11 MB)
- Ni particle with to go (teacher) (PPTX 4.53 MB)
- Sort the words and make sentences (student-facing) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Bingo card (student-facing) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Seasons infographics (student-facing) (PDF 6.9 MB)
Weeks 5 to 7
- Where… ? – interacting activity (student-facing) (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Activities at a festival (student-facing) (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Japanese seasons and calendar (student-facing) (DOCX 7 MB)
- Practising the particles ni and de (student-facing) (DOCX 6.9 MB)
- Japanese festivals and seasonal events (teacher) (PPTX 11.31 MB)
- Suggesting activities (student-facing) (DOCX 6.5 MB)