Grade Level: Elementary third graders.

1. At the end of this activity, students will be able to become aware of Japanese culture.
2. At the end of this activity, students will be aware of sexual bias.
3. At the end of this activity, students will demonstrate their ability to take notes and produce a written paper.

Prerequisites: Narrative writing skills.

Special conditions and limitations: None.

Instructional strategy: In this activity, teacher will provide many different kinds of strategies to help students become competent and confident learners.

• Teacher will read a children book about Japan, and then read A Carp for Kimiko to talk about one of the Japanese national holidays called Children's Day.
• Teacher will use overheard projector to show an origami instruction.

Materials and instruments:

• Books: Children of Other Lands: Japan and A Carp for Kimiko.
• Japanese children's products or pictures for the holiday such as samurai dolls and carps.

• Transparency paper for a carp instruction.
• Origami paper.
• Worksheets (see attachment) to practice process writing.
• Construction paper and crayon or color pencils.

Teacher will ask students about what they know Japan, and then show the location of Japan in a map and talk about Japan by reading the book above (Japanese school and children).

1. Teacher will read a book Children of Other Lands: Japan.
2. Teacher will read a book A Carp for Kimiko, and discuss the problem.
3. Teachers will ask whether students agree or disagree with her ideas and ask why.
4. Teacher will use overhead to show the origami instruction (see attachment in the slide show).
5. Teacher will ask students to work with her while teacher demonstrates the instruction.
6. Teacher will ask students to take notes while they work.
7. Teacher will talk slowly and make sure if the students follow him or her (students have two assignments: making a carp kite and taking notes.
8. Teacher will ask the students to organize their notes that leads to process writing by using special organization paper. Teacher also will encourage students draw pictures so that they can understand it easily.
9. Teacher will ask the students to make more kites to repeat their own family (in this point teachers need to be careful using words such as mother and father because some children may not have either one. Teacher encourages the students to make a family that they want.
10. Teacher will provide construction paper to display carp kites on construction paper.

Closure: Teacher will encourage the students to share their artwork and talk about their opinions about Children's Day.

Assessment: There are several ways the instructor can assess the students' understanding.

1. Grading the worksheets (organized list).
2. Listening to students' presentation.
3. Observing their work, if their instructions are clear to follow.
4. Interviewing selected students.