For Elementary Schools

<Communication Skills For 2nd Graders>

10/29/97@Nakamura

1st Term
@A single word

April May June July
1st week 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

1..Asking. ^ Reporting. (including describing and narrating)

2.Asking. (When?) ^ Reporting.
1.Size (big, small) –Animals (insect, cow, pig, horse) 1.Point of time (spring, summer, fall, winter)
2. V (high, low) –Plants (plant, flower, tree, grass) 2.@@@V@@ (yesterday, today, tomorrow)
3. V (thick, thin) –Pets (cat, dog, bird, fish) 3.@@@V@@ (names of the day of the week)
4.Length (long, short) 4.Date of birth (cardinal numerals used to indicate years)
5.Pressure (heavy, light) 5.@@@V@@@ (month, names of the month)
6.Temperature (hot, cold) 6.@@@V@@@ (day, cardinal numerals up to 31)

2nd Term
@A single word

September October November December
13th week 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th

3.Asking. (Who?) ^ Reporting.

4.Asking. (Where?) ^ Reporting.

5.Asking. (Which?) ^ Reporting.
1.Arrangement (first, last) 1.Location (here, there) 1.Rightness (right, wrong)^Disjunction (or)
2.Family (mother, father, sister, etc.) 2.Schoolhouse (gym, library, playground) 2.Price (expensive, cheap)
3.Character (kind, nice, bad) 3.Region (mountain, river, etc.) 3.Quality (good, better, bad)
4.Friendship (friend) 4.Shopping (shop, supermarket, etc.) 4.Facility (easy, difficult)
5.Normality (normal, strange)
6.Successfulness (success, fail)
–To greet people. (Good morning. / Good afternoon.) / When taking leave. (See you.)

3rd Term
@A single word

January February March
27th week 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th

6.Sports (baseball, sumo ,soccer, team, play, game,
swim, ball, win, lose, field, sport, watch, etc.)

7.Denying something. (No. Never. Nothing. Nobody.)
1.Inquiring about interest. (Interesting.) 1.Ailments (dead, alive)
2.Inquiring about approval. (All right?) 2.Visibility (see, dark, light)
3.Expressing satisfaction. (All right.) 3.Occurrence(happen) ^ Possibility(impossible)
4.Expressing agreement. (Sure.) 4.Frequency (always, sometimes)
5.Expressing approval. (Fine.)

Units composed of language functions.
Units composed of specific notions.

Fonts are used as GothicLanguage functions
 @@@@@@@@@@@ NormalGeneral notions
@ @@@@@@@ @@@@ItalicSpecific notions

–Marked materials have to be learned through the terms or the unit.

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