Manga Assignment

10年生(せい)の日本語のアサインメント







まんが



Create a comic strip in Japanese using hiragana, katakana and kanji. This strip must include at least 8 captions and a fairly comprehensive storyline. You may draw your comic strip, use cut out characters that you have photocopied or use pictures you have downloaded from the internet (Copyright is up to 10% copied for educational usage).



Try to include as much language from your studies as you can. For example, you might use names of family members, adjectives to describe people and things, talk about you weekend / holidays/ movies/ free time activities etc. Remember to use all known kanji. Some recently learnt grammar expressions you should include are:





て form から、reasonからconsequence


~たり~たりします


Potential Form: たべられます・できます






~たいです。










Object (が) ほしいです。　　　　　　　　　　　　がじょうず・へた


いります。


～たことがある


～ために。。。　　　　　　　　　　　　　がとくい・にがて



Use the above to create a humorous situation or story. Be imaginative!

You will be assessed on the following criteria:



 Presentation of your comic strip

 Relevance breadth and depth of content

 Accuracy of vocabulary, grammar and script

 Range and appropriateness of vocabulary and grammar



Due date:


28th May











Useful References

Obento Supreme；Kookoo Seikatsu Textbooks



How to draw manga

http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/tutorial.html



Rei's Anime and Manga Page

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/rei/Anime.html



Tezuka Osamu World – the “father of manga”

http://ja-f.tezuka.co.jp/index.html



Rina’s Collection of Japanese Pictures and Graphics

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/7797/japanesegraphics.html



Shonen Jump – popular manga magazine

http://www.shonenjump.com/