We have 3 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.
1. Form a group of 3-4 and discuss what makes a good literary work (e.g., haiku, senryu, story, manga, poem, etc). (10 minutes)After you have created your own literary work, your teacher as well as your classmates will evaluate your work mutually. Based on today’s discussion, we will create an evaluation criteria that will be used at the end of the semester.
- In a group of 3-4, discuss some of the characteristics that would make a good literary work (e.g., haiku, senryu, story, manga, poem, etc)..
- Share what you have discussed by posting comments on this blog entry. Include all the group members’ names or initials.
(1) Read other people’s comments on “what makes a good literary work”. (2 minutes)
- Scroll down to the comment section of this entry and read other people’s comments on “what makes a good literary work”.
(2) By using katakana words/expressions, create your own literary work and post it on your own blog. (18 minutes)
So far, we have searched and categorized various usages of katakana. We have also analyzed the purposes and effects of each katakana word/expression. By making the most of what we have learned through our katakana project, create literary work using various usages of katakana, instead of using just a single usage of katakana (e.g. loanword only).
- Choose the type of your literary work among haiku, senryu, manga, story, poem, etc. If you want to do 2 different types of literary works, you may create another one.
- If you choose to write senryu, read the previous blog entry about haiku, and senryu and review the rules. You have to write at least 3 senryu works.
- Leave your own comment for the same blog entry (the one where you published your literary work) and explain why you have used the particular katakana words in your literary work as well as their effects.
- Revise your analysis and post it on your blog. For the title, write "Katakana Analysis (final)."
- Do not delete your Katakana analysis (draft). Write a new entry.
- The final analysis will be graded by the instructor.
- Did you clearly state the source(s) for your data (e.g., newspaper "Asayomi shinbun," women's magazine "Kitty")?
- Did you gather enough information from varied sources to support your conclusion?
- Were you able to exchange your opinion with people who know Japanese (i.e., advanced level Japanese learners, Japanese people)?