This is a production class for Japanese first year junior high school students. The presentation begins with a listening exercise. The students will watch a video and try to pick up the grammar that is repeated many times. After students discuss what it is they think they heard they are shown the grammar point and watch the video again. Next students discuss what the grammar point's meaning is and if they have encountered it before if so in what context. Students will then have the grammar explained. Students will then use the grammar. Using pictures, students will ask their ask their friends questions using the grammar. After all students have guessed the teacher will ask the students and reveal the answers to the students. Students Comprehension and understanding will then be challenged before moving on to the next "expansion" part. In expansion students will draw their own mystery pictures and use their grammar knowledge to interact with their partners while taking memos. Finally students will cool down with a writing activity [There is a lesson plan available. If you would like a lesson plan please contact me by my Linkedin page and ask for "What lesson plan (2015)"]

1. Book 1 Unit 4 [2015 version]
What is this?

2. HOOK
Play the video on the next slide.
Do you know what the character is saying?

3. What is the character saying?

4. MODELING
Show the grammar point and watch the video again.
What is the character saying? How many times?

5. “What’s this~?”

6. What is the Character saying?
How many times does he say it?

7. DISCUSSION
What do you understand?
Have you heard this grammar before? Where?

8. What is the meaning of
“What’s this?”
Have you heard this
grammar before?

9. EXPLINATION
What does the `s mean?
How do you use the grammar in a sentence?

10. What’s this?

11. is
‘s

12. USE
Get up, talk with your friends and use the
grammar!

13. Look at the following
pictures.
Ask your friend “What’s
this?”
See if you are correct!

14. Question #1: What’s this?

15. Question #2: What’s this?

16. Question #3: What’s this?

17. Answer #1
It’s Jibanya
from [Yokai
Watch].

18. Answer #1
It’s Toriko
from [Toriko].

19. Answer #3
It’s Shoyu
Hinata from
[Hikyu].

20. QUESTION / EXPANSION
Do you understand? Ask questions.
Listen to the teacher.

21. On your worksheet draw a mystery
picture.
Walk around and show your picture.
Look at other student’s pictures.
Try to guess what they drew.
*Take memos*

22. COOL DOWN
Take some time to write about what your
friends talked about.