１１月１９／２３日のアクティビティー

There are 3 activities today. If you don’t finish within the class period, finish them at home.

1. Read your group members' compositions and make comments. (20 minutes)

• Make a group of 3.
• Read your group members' compositions.
• Think how you can improve their compositions and give them feedback (not only about the language but also about the content).

2. Read comments on your blog (especially for your katakana analysis entry) and comment them back if necessary. (10 minutes)

• Read all the comments for your katakana analysis entry. If you feel that those comments need to be responded, comment them back.
• If you have time, read the comments for all your other entries. Again, if you feel that those comments need to be responded, comment them back.

3. Make a literary work by using katakana. (25 minutes)

(1) Read the post about “What makes a good literary work”. (2 minutes)

• Scroll down the screen and read the post about “What makes a good literary work”.

(2) By using katakana words/expressions, create your own literary work and post it on your own blog. (23 minutes)

So far, we have searched and categorized various usages of katakana. And 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 Senryuu, 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 Senryuu, read the blog entry about Senryuu and review the rules. You have to write at least 3 Senryuu works.
• Leave your own comment for the same blog entry (the one you published your literary work) and explain why you have used the particular katakana words in your literary work as well as their effects.
  

Katakana Literary Work Evaluation Criteria

1. Creativity
Original, interesting, creative, good imagery, meaningful, funny,

2. Informativeness
Well thought-out, understandable, thought provoking, expressing your interests, plot, subject

3. Aesthetic factors
Well drawn (manga), beautiful,

4. Consideration to others
Easy to read, short, foot notes(translation), links&pictures(illustrations),

5. Language
Good vocabulary use, good grammar, no spelling errors, proper use of katakana,

6. Others
Follow guidelines, flow well, complete,

川柳（せんりゅう）と俳句（はいく）

（しゃしんはwikipediaより)

みなさんは川柳（せんりゅう）をしっていますか？川柳（せんりゅう）は日本の短い（みじかい：short）詩（し：poet）です。

It consists of 3 lines with 17 (5-7-5) or more/fewer morae. The below is the example from Wikipedia.

どろぼうを

とらえてみれば

わがこなり

The robber,

when I catch,

my own son

The subject of senryu is based on human nature, and it's usually satirical/ironic.
There are people who make senryu in English. Click here and here.

Senryu is similar to haiku. However, haiku usually have seasonal expressions which senryu don't have to have.