JAPAN

Japanese Haiku
Literature
Tanka
Japanese Folktale

Chamber Theater

Japanese Drama
Haiku A Japanese poem
with 17 syllables in 3
lines.

It follows the pattern

5-7-5
 Example:

5 A beautiful Day

7 Always drives the pain away

5 That’s all I will say

 Tanka is one of It’s a 5-line poem
the oldest and that follows the
most popular syllable count
forms of poetry. 5/7/5/7/7

Tanka
TANKA CAN BE
TRANSLATED AS
SHORT SONG
SHORT POEM OR
SHORT VERSE
Example 5 Hazy autumn moon

7 The sound of chestnuts

dropping
5 From an empty sky

7 I gather your belongings

7 Into boxes for the poor

 LINE 1 AND 2 TALK
ABOUT NATURE
WHILE LINE 4 AND 5
TALK ABOUT
EMOTION OR
SOMETHING
PERSONAL
 WHILE THE
NUMBER 3 IS THE
PIVOTAL IMAGE. IT
CONNECTS THE
FIRST TWO LINE
AND THE LAST TWO
LINES
 THE FIRST THREE
LINES OF TANKA IS
CALLED “UPPER
PHRASE”
THE NEXT TWO
LINE IS CALLED
“LOWER PHRASE”
 TRADITIONALLY,
TANKA ARE
WRITTEN TO SHOW
GREAT LOVE OR
GRATITUDE. THEY
MAY ALSO BE
WRITTEN FOR SELF-
EXPRESSION.
THINK ON
YOUR FEET
This cold winter night
The snow clings to the tree boughs
In the pale moonlight
The kisses of your soft lips
Warm this aching heart of mine

What is the pivotal image in the poem?

WHAT DO YOU
CALL A JAPANESE
POETRY THAT
FOLLOWS THE 5-7-
5 FORMAT?

THINK ON YOUR FEET

HOW MANY LINES ARE
THERE IN TANKA?

WHAT FORMAT DOES

TANKA FOLLOW?
THINK ON YOUR FEET
WHAT IS A JAPANESE
POEM THAT HAS 31
SYLLABLES?

Think on your feet

 CREATE A POEM
FOLLOWING THE
FORMAT OF HAIKU.
THE THEME IS UP TO
APPLY WHAT YOU YOU. YOU HAVE 30
LEARNED. MINUTES TO SUBMIT
YOUR WORK. WRITE
YOUR POEM IN A ONE
WHOLE SHEET OF
PAPER.

You will be graded
according to the following:
5 POINTS FOR THE CORRECT
FORMAT
5 POINTS FOR
COHESIVENESS AND
CLEARNESS OF YOUR POEM
5 POINTS FOR CLEANNESS
OF YOUR WORK.
FOR A TOTAL OF 15 POINTS
NAME YOUR WORK AS
ACTIVITY 1 FOR 2ND
GRADING
Objective 9/02/2019
At the end of the lesson you should be able to:

• Define folktale.
• Give the meaning of words using Synonyms and
Antonyms.
• Identify the values and traditions of the Japanese
people.
Folktale
• A folktale is an old story that's been told again and again,
often for generations. Passed down by the 'folk' who told
them.
• Tales that people tell each other out loud, rather
than stories in written form.
IN 20 MINUTES READ THE
JAPANESE FOLKTALE “THE AGED
MOTHER”, TAKE NOTE OF THE
IMPORTANT EVENTS. WE’LL
DISCUSS THE STORY AFTER THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
THINK ON YOUR FEET
UNLOCKING OF
VOCABULARIES
The following words were used in the story. Try
to define the words using context clues.
• DESPOTIC

• MANDATE

• SUMMIT
• SHRIVELED
• The despotic President ruled the country with absolute power and cruelty.
• He mandated everyone to follow every law that he made.

• Everyone was very happy when they reach the highest summit of the
mountain.

• Her shriveled hand was full of wrinkles, she lost all of her beauty because of old
age.
 In a one whole
sheet of paper, Activity 2.2
provide the You will be scored using the
synonyms and following
antonyms of the
words that we 1. Correct Synonyms and
defined using Antonyms (total of 2 points)
context clue. Follow 2. Correct meaning of the word
the given format using Context Clue (1 point)
Name your paper
and label it as
3. Correct format 2 points.
activity 2.2 For a total of 5 points
 Example

Synonyms

Synonyms
DESPOTIC Antonyms

Antonyms

Meaning of the word

using context clues
Identify the values and traditions of the
Japanese people that you can infer from
the reading selection “The Story of the
Aged Mother”. Cite the supporting detail
or details in the story to prove your claim.
NAME YOUR WORK AS ACTIVITY 2.3
You will be Correct format 2 points
scored
using the Citation of Japanese Tradition/
following Value 4 points

rubrics.
Cited Supporting Details 4 points

For a total of 10 points.

 The Story of The Aged Mother
Japanese Tradition Supporting Details in the
Story
1.

2.

3.

4.

5
READ THE
SPIDER’S THREAD
FOLK TALE
FOLK COMES ORIGINALLY
FROM THE GERMAN
LANGUAGE “VOLK” WHICH
MEANS PEOPLE.
FOLK TALES ARE PART OF AN ORAL
TRADITION, WHICH MEANS THEY
ORIGINATED IN THE ERA BEFORE
LITERACY AND ARE PASSED DOWN
VERBALLY FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION.
FOLK TALES WERE
MADE UP TO EXPLAIN
WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AND TO
TEACH A LESSON OR
TO GIVE A MORAL.
DIFFERENT
Trickster
KINDS OF Fables
Tales
FOLKTALES

Pourqoui Fairytales
Stories
 Trickster Tales
• One character, usually the protagonist, is a clever trickster that causes problems to the other
characters.
• a story featuring a magical protagonist (often an anthropomorphized animal)
THERE ARE SEVERAL
ELEMENTS THAT A
TRICKSTER TALE
MUST HAVE:
• A CLEVER ANIMAL OR PERSON WHO PLAYS A
TRICK ON OTHER CHARACTERS.
• ONE OF THE CHARACTERS HAS A PROBLEM
TO SOLVE.

• THE TRICKSTER HAS ONE OR TWO MAIN

CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS GREEDINESS OR
BOASTFULNESS.

• THE LANGUAGE SOUNDS AS IF SOMEONE

WERE TELLING THE TALE OUT LOUD. • THE
PLOT MOVES FAST AND THE ENDING COMES
QUICKLY.

• THERE IS A MORAL OR LESSON TO LEARN.

 Came from the Latin
FABLES word “fibula” which
means “a story”
The Ant & the Dove

A Dove saw an Ant fall into a brook. The Ant struggled in vain
to reach the bank, and in pity, the Dove dropped a blade of
straw close beside it. Clinging to the straw like a shipwrecked
sailor to a broken spar, the Ant floated safely to shore.
Soon after, the Ant saw a man getting ready to kill the Dove
with a stone. But just as he cast the stone, the Ant stung him
in the heel, so that the pain made him miss his aim, and the
startled Dove flew to safety in a distant wood.
 Stories that teach
lessons or has a
moral.
Fables
The main characters of
a fable are often
animals with human
characteristics.

The moral is never

stated but need to be
inferred by the reader.
 "pourquoi"
means "why" in
Pourquoi French.

Story
Explains the
origin of
something.
a fictional narrative
that explains why
something is the
way it is.