SAMURAI RÉSUMÉ PROJECT DAY 1 BELL RINGER Get out a sheet of paper, head it, and title it “Japanese Language Lessons.” Shortly after the bell that begins

SAMURAI RÉSUMÉ PROJECTDAY 1 BELL RINGER

• Get out a sheet of paper, head it, and title it “Japanese Language Lessons.”

• Shortly after the bell that begins this class,an audio file will begin to play.

• DO NOT COPY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.• Take notes on what you hear, focusing on the Japanese

words for hello and goodbye.

•こんにちは

•さようなら

•じゃあまた

•こんにちは

•さようなら

•じゃあまた

• I do not expect you to write these down or memorize them.

• All I want you to do is write down what you hear. Spelling is not important. Saying it correctly is your focus.

Put your Japanese Language paper away.Now let’s talk about some samurai...

Samurai Résumé Project

Samurai Kids 1: White Crane Text © 2008 Sandy Fussell Illustrations © 2008 Rhian Nest James Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, London SE11 5HJ with edits by Mr. Deutsch, Mount Dora Middle School; Mrs. Deutsch, Monteverde Academy © 2011.

Today we will define

what a “SAMURAI” is using economic concepts such as

scarcity and labor

by creating valid hypotheses.

This is how we’ll measure what we

learn.

This is a step we will take to defining SAMURAI.

We need to figure out what

these mean.

OBJECTIVE


Samurai Kids 1: White Crane Text © 2008 Sandy Fussell Illustrations © 2008 Rhian Nest James Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, London SE11 5HJ with edits by Mr. Deutsch, Mount Dora Middle School; Mrs. Deutsch, Monteverde Academy © 2011-2012.

AGENDA 1. IS (What is a samurai?)

a) Movies (How does a samurai act?)

b) Real Life (Who can be a samurai?)

2. DOES (What does a samurai do?)

a) Literature

b) Crafts

c) Weapons

d) Music

3. Kanji (Why does sun + origin = JAPAN)

Directions• Get out a blank sheet of paper,

head it, and title it “what a samurai is.” Make sure you underline ‘is’.

• On your paper, finish these sentences:

A samurai is _______.

When I think of a samurai, I think of ___________________________.• Use any descriptive words or ideas

you’d like to fill in the blanks.

Pre-Movie Notes• Samurai were first hired by nobles as

private armies to protect their estates and their peasants.

• If their noble died, the samurai were called ronin, or samurai without a master. These samurai wandered Japan looking for odd jobs or a new noble.

• As the age of the samurai ended (mostly because of guns), all government officials needed to be samurai, even accountants, because adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing takes honor!







a) Literature

b) Crafts

c) Weapons

d) Music


Movie Note Taking

• Before we begin the first film clip, I want you to make a prediction about what you think you will see. Think about how samurai are a scarcity and how samurai are part of the labor force.

• While the clip is playing, write down something that happens that proves or disproves your prediction.

• We will watch three clips. Make one prediction right before the clip begins. You should write down the prediction on your paper.

Seven Samurai (1954)

How did your predictions go?

How many samurai did you see?

How could you tell who was a samurai?

Did they act how you expected?

Did they all act the same?

Any other comments?

Samurai Champloo (2004)

How did your predictions go?How many samurai did you see?


Any other comments?

Tasogare Seibei (2002) aka Twilight Samurai

How did your predictions go?

How many samurai did you see?


Did they act how you expected?

Did they all act the same?

Any other comments?







a) Literature

b) Crafts

c) Weapons

d) Music


Real Life Note Taking

• What was one thing that every samurai in the movie clips had in common?

• In real life, not all samurai were men.

• Write down the underlined names in the following slides and write at least one fact about each real life samurai.

Musashi (Warrior Monk) is thought to be the greatest swordsman in the history

of samurai.

He once won a swordfight with the oar of a boat as

his weapon.

He only bathed once a year.

Takeko (Bamboo Girl) was famous for her ability with the

naginata (a long staff with a curved blade at the end).

Hanagaku

(White Flower)

was the daughter of a samurai family well known for her

archery skills.

A samurai passes on his title to all of his children, male

and female.

When Tomoe Gozen was told to retreat because

“it would be a disgrace to be accompanied by a woman” in battle, she ignored orders, rode towards

the strongest enemy warrior, and cut his head off.

Yoshiie (Good House) was so strong that he earned the

nickname “First Son of the God of War” (Hachiman).

He was the ideal of a cultured samurai. He could fight and

write haiku poetry equally well.

He is best known for a poetry battle he lost while chasing an

enemy on horseback.


• Get out your “Japanese Language Lessons” paper.• One minute after this class begins, an audio file will begin


words for yes, no, thank you, you’re welcome, and.

•はい•いいえ•ありがとうございます•どういたしまして•そして

• I do not expect you to write these down or memorize them.

• All I want you to do is write down what you hear. Spelling is not important. Saying it correctly is your focus.


•はい•いいえ•ありがとうございます•どういたしまして•そして







a) Literature

b) Crafts

c) Weapons

d) Music





what a “SAMURAI” does using economic concepts

such as supply and demand

by using centers to gather information.


learn.

This is a step we will take to defining SAMURAI.

We need to figure out what

this means.

OBJECTIVE


head it, and title it

“what a samurai does.”

Make sure you underline ‘does’.

• Fold your paper like a hot dog and then fold it like a hamburger. This will make eight boxes in all (four on the front and four on the back).

LITERATUREWhat a samurai DOES.

Label the first box on your paper HAIKU. You may use the space in the box for notes, but leave three lines empty for

your own poem.

LITERATUREThe 'Genji Monogatari'

("Story of Genji") is the great novel of classical Japanese literature, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Japanese literature.

It was written by a lady of the Heian court, whose name has come down to us as the Lady Murasaki Shikibu. She wrote it in the late Heian period, shortly after the year 1000.

It was common for women (and women only) to write diaries and stories in Chinese characters at this time. Their efforts were instrumental in developing spoken Japanese into its own written language.

LITERATURE

It is wrongly considered the world’s first novel.

It is not a novel because it does not have a plot. Most of the stories, though sequential, are more or less independent. It does have a unifying theme; the book’s goal seems to be following Genji and his descendants.

It was not first monogatari, there were many others before it that were a clear influence. However, since this ‘novel’ became popular so quickly in Japan, earlier works are outshined by this classic.

LITERATUREGenji spends much of his time writing poems to women he is attracted to, but who have little interest in him; most of them know that nothing positive would come of an affair with him, and so resist the impulse as much as possible, although they often had similar feelings toward Genji.

His numerous affairs often involved women from outside the court, behavior which was scandalous for a person of his position, so his affairs are usually conducted in complete secrecy, which he took considerable trouble to maintain.

LITERATURE

• A simple and common form of Japanese poetry is known as HAIKU. In America, we sometimes learn of this poetry type just based on the number of syllables it has. There is so much more that it important in haiku, though:

• KIRU - The point of this short poem is to juxtapose two images or ideas that wouldn't normally seem related.

• ON - These poems use a 5 syllable, 7 syllable, 5 syllable format where each section is its own phrase. Although we use the 5,7,5 in English, we generally ignore that second part.

• KIGO - Most importantly, you must have a seasonal reference. You can just use the name of one of the seasons or you can mention something specific about the season.

Mr. Deutsch’s Haiku

Tears fall like Spring rains (five syllables, season reference)

Students suffer and complain (seven syllables)

Until June arrives (five syllables)

CRAFTSWhat a samurai DOES.

Label the next three boxes on your paper CHADOU, IKEBANA, and SHOUDOU. As the videos and notes that

appear on the screen, make sure you write what the words mean and take some notes on what is happening, too.

CRAFTS - CHADOU

CRAFTS - CHADOUChadou is called tea ceremony.

Every motion of the ceremony has meaning. The

motions are the same every time someone performs the

ceremony.

Performing the tea ceremony shows a noble that you

understand tradition and following directions.

The tea ceremony takes about 45 minutes. During that time,

the tea master and all guest must sit on their ankles. Would

you like to give that a try?

CRAFTS - IKEBANA

CRAFTS - IKEBANA

Ikebana is the art of flower arranging.

In Japan, flowers are considered tobe a language. If you send thewrong flower, you could start a

war.

Some samurai would send flowersto the nobles with secret

messages.

The noble would think that thesamurai is a nice guy.

The wife would know to meet thesamurai for a secret date that

night.

CRAFTS - SHOUDOU

CRAFTS - SHOUDOUShoudou is also known as

Japanese calligraphy.

When you write in Japanese, you don’t just trace the lines. Every

kanji has a specific stroke order.

For any particular piece of paper, the calligrapher has but one

chance to create with the brush.

This leads to a strong belief that practice is the only way to

become good at something.

It is also a reminder that in many things in life, you only get one

chance.

WEAPONSWhat a samurai DOES.

Look the first three boxes on the back of your paper. You will not be labeling them yet. As I read a description of a

typical samurai weapon, I want you to draw the weapon in a box. Make sure you write down the art of using the weapon and the name of the weapon when we finish.

YUMIThe art of using this weapon is called KYUUDOU.

This weapon is traditionally made from laminating bamboo, wood, and leather to make an exceptionally tall, asymmetric shape.

Asymmetric can mean something that looks unbalanced or something with two very different sides.

This strange shape allows the weapon to be used from the back of a horse without any difficulty in changing sides.

The art of shooting from horseback is known as YABUSAME.

The string of this weapon is pulled back with an arrow nocked.

When the arrow is fired, it can go from goalpost to goalpost on a football field (over 300 feet).

YUMIWEAPONS - ????

- ????The art of using this weapon is called KENDOU.

This weapon is made of hard, high carbon steel and tough, low carbon steel folded and welded together into a curved blade

more than 2 feet long.

Of all the weapons of the samurai, this one is the most iconic.

Iconic can mean the very first thing you think of about a certain person or place.

A DAISHO was a pair of blades: the one I just told you about and a similar, smaller blade called a wakazashi.

DAISHO literally means big and little.

Anyone walking around with a DAISHO around their waist was considered a samurai.

KATANAWEAPONS - ????

- ????The art of using this weapon is called SOUJUTSU.

This weapon has a straight blade that could be as short as a few inches to as long as three feet.

The straight blade was mounted on a shaft that allowed the wielder to attack someone on horseback without difficulty.

Wield can mean to hold or use a weapon.

This weapon is best used to hold off cavalry since it is easy to stab someone sitting up high with such a tall weapon.

Samurai did not use this weapon at first because they thought it was for commoners.

When Mongols invaded Japan in the 1200s, samurai lost many battles because they couldn’t get close to use their daisho.

Some were more than 16 feet long.

YARIWEAPONS - ????

MUSICWhat a samurai DOES.

Look at the last box on your paper. Copy the above t-chart on to your paper. As you listen to music, write the name of

the instrument next to the instrument it sounds most like.

Japanese Instrument Sounds like

DrumFluteGuitarHarp

KOTO

SHAKUHACHI

SHAMISEN

TAIKO

SHAMISEN and TAIKO

SHAKUHACHI and KOTO


• Get out your “Japanese Language Lessons” paper.• One minute after this class begins, an audio file will begin


phrases for nice to meet you, I’m (your name here), pleased to meet you.

•はじめまして

•わたしは ____ です

•よろしくおねがいします

• I do not expect you to write these down or memorize what you heard yet.

• If you took notes, great!• Tomorrow, we will hear this

audio again, but we will also watch the video associated with it.







4. Résumé (What is a résumé?)

a) Rubric Creation (How we get an A)

b) Résumé Layout

c) Résumé Writing

5. Interview (Time to get a job!)




what a “résumé” is using economic concepts such as

supply and demand and labor

by constructing a fictitious samurai persona.


learn.

This is a step we will take to defining a résumé.

We’ve already talked

about what these mean.

OBJECTIVE


head it, and title it “Kanji”.• On the back of your paper, please

write the following nine things:• 1st Kanji• 1st Kanji meaning• 1st Kanji pronunciation• 2nd Kanji• 2nd Kanji meaning• 2nd Kanji pronunciation• Name (KANJI together)• Name meaning (creative name)• Name pronunciation (together)

KANJI

• Every kanji (Chinese character) has one or two meanings.

日 means day or sun.

本 means book or origin.

KANJI

• When multiple kanji are put together, you get to be creative in defining your new ‘word’ or new ‘phrase’.

日本 means Japan.

Any guesses why?

Sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don’t.

Put these together to make phrases.

Easy-ish Ones

靴 + 下 =shoes + under = ?

学 + 長 =school + chief = ?

王 + 国 =king + country = ?

Hard Ones

秘 + 密 =conceal + careful = ?

傭 + 兵 =employ + soldier = ?

麒 + 麟 =giraffe + giraffe = ?

Naming Time (DO NOT WRITE ON THE PACKETS)

• Go to the back of your ‘Kanji’ paper.• Now that you understand how Japanese names work, take

the next ten minutes to pick out a name.• There are over two hundred characters for you to choose

from. You just need two or three from the packet, but your name can be as long as you want it to be.

• You may work in groups of up to three.

• To have a complete paper, you must: – Have at least two kanji written down.– Have the meanings of each character written down.– Have the pronunciation of each character written down.– Have the meaning of the name you created written down

(remember, you get to be creative!)








b) Résumé Layout

c) Résumé Writing


Directions• Using the rest of the back of

your Kanji paper, we will have a discussion about what a

résumé is.

• Please listen closely because this is where you decide how I

grade your work.

IMAGINATION TIME!Pretend you have your own business.

Why did you throw it away? Was there something you saw that would make you throw it away? Was

something missing?

Put yourself into this scenario and write a single sentence on the back of your kanji paper that explains

what would make YOU throw away a résumé.

Your secretary walks in and he hands you a résumé to look at.

You look over the résumé without reading it and throw it in the trash can.

Stand up please.• YOU are the one deciding how your

résumé will be graded.• I’ll ask why you threw the résumé away.

• The answer that comes up the most is very important to this class. That

portion will be worth double points.

• The answer that comes up the least (or not at all) is clearly not important to this classroom’s students. That portion will

be worth half points.

You will get two grades for the

Samurai Resume Project

Résumé Grade• You will be graded on

– Appearance (of résumé)– Handwriting– Information (all the parts)– Layout (all parts in order)– Spelling (and grammar)

• You have already told me what needs to be doubled and what needs to be halved.

Interview Grade• You will be graded on

– Answering Questions– Diction (how you speak)– Eye Contact– Posture (sitting)– Speaking Japanese

• Before you interview, I will show you exactly what you have to do for a perfect score.


• Get out your “Japanese Language Lessons” paper.• One minute after this class begins, an video will begin

• You may copy what you see. (Hiroko has written down the proper spellings)

• Take notes on what you hear, focusing on the Japanese phrases for nice to meet you, I’m (your name here),

pleased to meet you.

• Your Japanese language lessons are over.

• You have learned enough to introduce yourself in Japanese formally.

• To start your interview, you will need to be able to introduce yourself.

• During the interview, you will get extra points for using Japanese from these language lessons.

• To end the interview, you will need to say a formal thank you.

Put your Japanese Language paper away.Now let’s talk about your résumé...








b) Résumé Layout

c) Résumé Writing




Students will create a résumé for their fictitious samurai

personas by combining their notes on what a samurai IS

and DOES with what a résumé IS.


learn.

This is a step we will take to creating a résumé.

OBJECTIVE

Directions•Get out a blank

sheet of paper for the rough draft of your

résumé.

You will get two grades for the

Samurai Resume Project

Résumé Grade• You will be graded on

– Appearance (of résumé)– Handwriting– Information (all the parts)– Layout (all parts in order)– Spelling (and grammar)

• You have already told me what needs to be doubled and what needs to be halved.

Interview Grade• You will be graded on

– Answering Questions– Diction (how you speak)– Eye Contact– Posture (sitting)– Speaking Japanese

• Before you interview, I will show you exactly what you have to do for a perfect score.

Lady of the Apron

Famous Lady

Elegant Lady

Lady of the Sun

Selective Lady

Lady of the Oats

Lady of the Wilds

Several nobles need bodyguards. Here is the list of open positions for

you to apply to:

Elder Lord of Lifting

Younger Lord of Lifting

Lady of the Prairie

Lord of Learning

Lady of Merchants

Lady of the Enclosure

Lady of the Horn

Lady of the Sand

NOW HIRING

SAMURAI!

What I need to see in your résumé• DO NOT HEAD YOUR PAPER OR TITLE IT.

• Your Kanji name• The pronunciation of your name• The meaning of your name• Position applied for (in a complete+ sentence)• Purpose (a complete sentence telling me why you

want the job)• Weapon training (tell me the weapons you can use

and who taught you to use them).• Other skills (tell me one or two of the other things from

the “What a samurai does” paper).• Experience (optional)

Ideas on how to set up your résuméMy name is 土It means earth.The pronunciation is ‘do’.

I am applying for the position of bodyguard for the (Lady/Lord) _________.My purpose for applying to this job is because ____________, ____________, and ____________.

I learned to fight with a _______. I studied with ___ for ___ years.I can also use a ______.

I can _______ (other skills). Optional

Make sure your résumé fills the page and don’t think that what I’ve put here is enough information.

RUBRIC 1 2 3 4 Extra Credit

Appearance Paper is ripped in any way

Paper has major folds or major erasure marks

Paper has minor folds or minor erasure marks

Résumé presented on

unfolded, unripped paper

Résumé presented in a folder or on an unlined paper

HandwritingHandwriting is messy with no

discernible effort to make it neat.

Handwriting is messy but deliberate;

student tried to be neat

Handwriting is perfectly

readable, but carelessly

written

Handwriting is perfectly readable

Handwriting is perfect. Letters are presented identically on

page

Information Missing 5 or more things

Missing 3 or 4 things

Missing 1 or 2 things

kanji, name, pronunciation, job, purpose,

weapon training, and other skill

Student offers additional

information not requested

LayoutMore than half page of blank

space

Words form a clump with no

spacing between sentences

Parts out of order slightly

All in order with little white

space.

Student design of space in the

layout is masterful.

Spelling and

Grammar

Major spelling errors + major grammatical

errors

Major spelling errors OR major

grammatical errors

Minor spelling errors OR minor

grammatical errors

No spelling or grammatical

errors on English words

All Japanese words spelled

and used correctly

Résumé rubric


• Get all of your papers ready.• One minute after this class begins, this slide will ask you to

present your résumés for consideration.• When you are ready to interview, gently place your résumé

on the top of the pile of papers in the bin on my desk.• Anyone who does not interview today will be penalized one

point from their final score.

Now accepting résumés

RUBRIC 1 2 3 4 Extra Credit

Answering Questions

Has difficulty answering questions

Answers some questions correctly

Answers all questions with medium delay

Answers all questions

completely with little delay

Answers all questions in complete+ sentences.

DictionAnswers are difficult for

interviewer to understand

Interviewer must ask for answers to be repeated

Interviewer must ask for words to

be repeated

Clear, understandable

voice

Perfect speaking grammar

Eye Contact

Eyes never leave the paper

Student reads most of answer

from paper

Student refers to paper in the

middle of answering

Student refers to paper once

before answering

Student never refers to resume

Posture Student cannot sit still or sit up

Student has many moments

of fidgeting

Student fidgets once during

interview

Student remains still during the

interview

Student remains rigidly still while

being interviewed

JapaneseStudent does not use any Japanese

Student forgets introduction or

messes up formal thank you

Student makes a mistake only

on the introduction

Introduction and formal thank you

are performed without error

Japanese language is

sprinkled into the normal interview.

ERROR END OF FILE

You have reached the end of the current year’s SAMURAI RÉSUMÉ PROJECT.

Slides after this slide are leftover slides from previous years.

NOW HIRING SAMURAI!

There are now openings for the position of bodyguard for the nobles of this school.

We need:

a commander for the Lord of the Paths army

a commander for the Lady of Hunting army

and

a commander for the Lady of the Sands army.

We also need many more samurai for each army. Anyone who does not get a commander position will be considered for the army.

inn 舎 shaseki green 緑 midori earth 土 do

preserve 囲 i chief 長 chou hunt 狩 ka

general (army) 将 shou learn 学 gaku path 道 dou

protect 守 mamo sea 海 umi sand 砂 sa

TEAM TRANSFORMERS TEAM B TEACHERS TEAM A SENSEI-TACHI

Beloved Lady

Lady General

Lady Guardian

Lady of Effort

Lady of the Dry Lands

Lady of the Fort

Lady of the Preserve

Several nobles need bodyguards. Here is the list of open positions

for you to apply to:

Lady of the Revival

Lady of the Sand

Lady of the Sea

Lord of Learning

Lord of the Path

Lord of Wagers

Selective LadyNOW

HIRING SAMURAI!

Lady of the Apron

Lord of the Caves

Elegant Lady

Lord of the Path

Selective Lady

Lady of the Bears

Lady Shepherd

Several nobles need bodyguards. Here is the list of open positions

for you to apply to:

Lady Guardian

Lady of the New

Lord of Wealth

Lord of Learning

Lady of Merchants

Lady of Effort

Lady of the SandNOW

HIRING SAMURAI!

Documents

SAMURAI RÉSUMÉ PROJECT DAY 1 BELL RINGER Get out a sheet of paper, head it, and title it “Japanese Language Lessons.” Shortly after the bell that begins