# Japanese/Practical Lessons
## Lesson Plan

A Syllabus exists for this lesson plan.

### Lesson Structure

Each lesson should have the following sections specified:
* Lesson: Lesson name.
** Function: One or more functions, appropriate to the stage of learning, chosen from the Syllabus.
** Topic: A topic, appropriate to the stage of learning, chosen from the Syllabus.
** Vocabulary: Number of new words covered in the lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.
** Kanji: Number of new Kanji covered in the lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.
** Grammar: One or more grammar topics covered in lesson, chosen from the Syllabus.

### Stage I Lessons
#### Reading and Writing Hiragana

* Lesson: Hiragana overview
** Voiced Consonants
** Long vowel sounds
** Consonant doubling: small つ
** small や、ゆ、よ
* Lesson: Hiragana vowels
** あいうえお
** Long vowel sounds
* Lesson: Hiragana k row
** かきくけこ
** Voiced Consonants
** がぎぐげご
* Lesson: Hiragana s row
** さしすせそ
** ざじずぜぞ
* Lesson: Hiragana t row
** たちつてと
** だぢづでど
** Consonant doubling: small つ
* Lesson: Hiragana n row
** なにぬねの
* Lesson: Hiragana h row
** はひふへほ
** ばびぶべぼ
** ぱぴぷぺぽ
* Lesson: Hiragana m row
** まみむめも
* Lesson: Hiragana y row
** や、ゆ、よ
** small や、ゆ、よ
* Lesson: Hiragana r row
** らりるれろ
* Lesson: Hiragana wa, wo, n
** わをん
* Lesson: Historical Hiragana
** ゐゑ

#### Reading and Writing Katakana

* Lesson: Katakana overview
** Voiced Consonants
** Long vowel sounds
** Consonant doubling: small つ
** small ヤユヨ
* Lesson: Katakana vowels
** アイウエオ
** Long vowel sounds
** small アイウエオ
* Lesson: Katakana k row
** カキクケコ
** ガギグゲゴ
* Lesson: Katakana s row
** サシスセソ
** ザジズゼゾ
* Lesson: Katakana t row
** タチツテト
** ダヂヅデド
* Lesson: Katakana n row
** ナニヌネノ
* Lesson: Katakana h row
** ハヒフヘホ
** バビブベボ
** パピプペポ
* Lesson: Katakana m row
** マミムメモ
* Lesson: Katakana y row
** ヤユヨ
** small ヤユヨ
* Lesson: Katakana r row
** ラリルレロ
* Lesson: Katakana wa, wo, n
** ワヲン
* Lesson: Historical Katakana
** ヰヱ
* Lesson: Differences between Katakana and English

#### Dialogue Lessons

* Lesson: Will you be my friend?
** Topic: Friends
** Function: Greet and respond to greetings
*** "Good morning/afternoon/evening." (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
*** "How are you?" (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
** Function: Introduce and respond to introductions
*** "Nice to meet you." (Goodstuff: Unnecessary?)
** Vocabulary: 20 Words
** Kanji: 10 Kanji
** Grammar: (Goodstuff: grammar topic chosen from syllabus, need help here!)
*** The declarative 「だ」
*** The copula 「です」
**** Negative Tense
*** The question marker 「か」
*** Introduction to particles
**** Topic Particle 「は」
**** Inclusive Topic Particle 「は」
* Lesson: Hobbies
** Topic: Hobbies
** Function: Express like and dislike
*** "What are your hobbies?"
*** "What kind of [noun] do you like?"
** Vocabulary: 25 Words
** Kanji: 10 Kanji
** Grammar: (Goodstuff: grammar topic chosen from syllabus, need help here!)
*** Na-adjectives and i-adjectives
**** Negative Tense
*** Identifier Particle 「が」
* Lesson: Sports
** Topic: sport
** Function: expressing action
** Vocabulary: 20 Words
** Kanji: 10 Kanji
*** 音読み and 訓読み
*** Stroke Orders
** Grammar
*** Ru-verbs（一段動詞）/u-verbs（五段動詞）/exception verbs
**** Negative Verbs Tenses
**** Polite conjugations （～ます）
*** Object Particle 「を」
*** Target Particle 「に」
*** Directional Particle 「へ」
*** Context Particle 「で」
*** Specifying Time and Date
**** Numbers and Counters
*** Using 「から」 and 「まで」
* Lesson: I'm a Cat Person
** Topic: Pets and Animals
** Function: Expressing Ownership
*** "Whose cat is this?"
*** "This is my cat"
** Grammar
*** The 「の」 particle
**** Nominalizing subordinate clauses （のが／のは）
**** Numbers and Counters
* Lesson: Not Today
** Topic: health
** Function: obtain information, begin to provide information
*** "What did you do yesterday?"
*** "I didn't feel good last night."
** Grammar
*** Past tense conjugations
**** Nouns/Adjectives
**** Verbs