I added a participant wiki for everyone to edit if anyone wants to track their progress.
I will start with chapter 5 today or the coming days, aiming for 2 weeks to finish the chapter (after that re-evaluate)
Checklist for myself:
Chapter 5
Week 1
Do Introduction pages
Listen to the main text audio only
Read main text without looking anything up
Read through vocabulary, highlight unknown words in the list
Read main text again, highlight unknown words/kanji and look them up
Listen to the dialogues audio only
Read / shadow dialogues and vocabulary, highlight unknown words
Answer the reading understanding questions
Work through grammar section, 2 pages or ~5 grammar items each batch
Cross-lookup grammar in A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar and Bunpro
Highlight grammar structures in main text/dialogues
Do the grammar exercises per batch
Do the kanji writing sheets (just tracing and memorizing)
Week 2
Do the application grammar exercises
Read / shadow the dialogue practice dialogues
Do the kanji PDF from the website
Do the extra grammar PDF from the website
Do the expansion grammar exercises
Do the pairwork exercises
Do video and LPO questions
Read the extra cultural note
Review by re-reading all the texts and focusing on grammar
Review some exercises online on Seth Clydesdale’s Tobira page
Chapter Complete
