Japanese thematic unit plans

This comprehensive resource enables teachers to concentrate on teaching, as the planning has been largely done for them! This resource consists of 117 pages. The language used in these materials is all in script - hiragana and limited kanji. No 'romaji' - romanisation of words is used.Students of Japanese will learn how to• Count people• Ask and answer questions about how many people are in their family• Make and read statements about family size• State the names of family members. ( Whilst it i

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4th - 8th

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Japanese: In my schoolbag!

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This is a complete teaching kit featuring a 'story' book in picture and written formats two original songs new group game hands on activities flashcards, playing cards, student workbook pages teaching sequence suggestion Australian curriculum alignment details and more! Vocabulary includes のりノートけしゴムはさみふでばこえんぴつものさし本かばん中 Grammar Ｑ／Ａ　だれのはさみですか。わたしのです。ＴＯＭくんのです。Ｑ／Ａ　なにが　かばんの中にありますか。　のりがかばんのなかにあります。えんぴつをください。どうぞ。ありがとう。

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Not Grade Specific

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Japanese: This is a House!

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This resource comprises materials for a complete unit of work. It is aimed at young students of Japanese. The learning objectives for this unit are:Students canjoin in choral reading of a ‘story’join in whole-class singingname 7 external house features (えんとつ、やね、まど、ドア、小みち、門、にわ ) and the word for ‘house’ itself　家read and write the key vocabulary wordsmake statements using the pattern これはXXです。read statements demonstrating comprehensionask and answer questions using the p

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Workbooks, Thematic Unit Plans, Flash Cards

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1st - 4th

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Japanese: Daily Routines Unit

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This resource provides a wide variety of materials to enable teachers to confidently teach a unit based on describing daily routines. As I teach at the Primary School level I have created the unit for my Year 6 classes. However, depending on learner experience and knowledge the materials could be used at higher levels. I have adopted a different approach from previous units. I have utilised aspects of ‘The Language Gym’, by Gianfranco Conti and Steve Smith, together with techniques used in ‘Teac

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Grades:

6th - 9th

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Japanese Country Study Japan History And Culture Japan Study Unit Packet

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My New Learning

Social Studies Geography Pack to study Japan and its culture, history, SAMURAI, NINJA, GEISHA, ORIGAMI, SAKURA (cherry blossom), Japanese tea, language, Japanese ancient toys and clothes, Japanese emigration to Brazil, customs, their contribution to the world, and the facts with all the main information gathered.Great for Cultural / Social Studies Centers, doing it as a special workgroup, a Japan Exhibition/ Exposition, or an introduction to this topic! - it can be done individually, in pairs, o

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Geography, Japanese, Social Studies - History

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Japanese: On Your Holidays. YASUMI NI

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With this comprehensive resource, planning time will be greatly reduced, allowing teachers to focus on their teaching and student learning.Students will learn how to ask and answer the following 2 questions about their holidays. どこに行きましたか。どうでしたか。The 10 selected place names are 海、海外、川、山、町、えいが、プール、友達の家、こうえん、キャンプThe 8 selected 'opinions' are　たのしかった、おもしろかった、さむかった、あつかった、よかった、つまらなかった、天気はよかった、天気はわるかったThe resource is separated into different files to help prevent it from becoming unwieldy and includesa

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Workbooks, Thematic Unit Plans, Songs

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4th - 7th

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Japanese: (Tokyo Games) NOW PARIS GAMES

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Resource TypeA comprehensive PDF document incorporating all materials needed to teach a complete unit based on the 'Games'. A significant update has been made since the 2020 Games.AimThis unit of work aims to capitalize on the interest generated by the 2024 Paris Games and is an updated version of the 2020 Tokyo Games Resource. Students will learn the vocabulary and grammatical structures to enable them to be interviewed as a Games participant– real or imaginary! Alternately, students may be re

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Workbooks, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

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4th - 8th

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JAPANESE: 'There is a cat' - a unit for young beginners.

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This Zip-file includes* a PowerPoint song chart with two songs and audio backing tracks* A PowerPoint SHOW ( a file version that allows animations to work whilst maintaining font selection and image copyright rules). The SHOW is divided into 5 sections. It includes a variety of activities.* a PDF document that includes pages for a student activity booklet, flashcards, playing cards, Play-Doh mats, and a detailed suggested teaching sequence that includes game ideas.The content is listed below. It

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Flash Cards

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K - 2nd

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Holidays in Japan Mega Bundle l Presentation Activities Crafts

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Teodora Notira

Imagine you want to engage your students and teach them about Japan's holidays and festivals. In that case, this mega bundle is the perfect resource for you! It contains all you need to teach your students about Japan's main holidays and festivals. The no prep bundle includes reading passages, crafts, and digital presentations that explain the traditions and customs of Japanese people, as well as the meaning behind each celebration. Teachers and parents can use this bundle in a classroom or at h

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Holidays/Seasonal, Japanese

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6th - 9th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

White Belt 2 of 4 [Momotaro - The Peach Boy]

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Workbooks, Thematic Unit Plans

Through the White Belt 2 of 4 course [Momotaro], students will learn about the famous Japanese story “Momotaro”, the Momotaro song, animal words and their sounds, sequencing and learn about the festivals that occur during Term Two.The tracing of hiragana words is a focus, along with oral communication and recall.*Can be implemented over a Term or a Semester - designed for Kindy/Prep/Reception to Year 1 level of Japanese.**$20 for have it all done for you! WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? [Purchase to you

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Japanese, Reading

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PreK - K

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Japanese: Where is the cat?

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This comprehensive resource will greatly reduce planning time, allowing teachers to focus on their teaching and student learning.Students will learn how to state the location of a cat using these 5 prepositions: 上、下、前、後ろ、中。This question is used.ねこはどこにいますか。ROMAJI is not used. The resource is separated into different files to help prevent it from becoming unwieldy and includesa PowerPoint SHOW (file type .ppsx) presentation of 65 slides for direct classroom instruction. The Show includes 2 stories

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PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans, Flash Cards

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1st - 4th

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Tanabata Star Festival Activities

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Teodora Notira

Celebrate Tanabata with this special booklet designed especially for Japanese learning students and young children. These summer activities feature lots of worksheets (word search words tracing, match the words, mazes), as well as a craft and bingo boards. Students learn about Tanabata, also known as Star Festival. This is a Japanese festival celebrated on July 7th and is one of Japan's five traditional seasonal festivals.Includes:Tanabata story - Japanese (beginners level) and English (B&W)

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Japanese, Summer, World Language

Grades:

3rd - 6th, Adult Education

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: Tanabata Bundle: Star Festival Presentation Activities

Aqua Belt Unit 3 of 4 [Mascot Maker]

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Aqua Belt Unit 3 of 4 [Mascot Maker] is a creative unit, based on the culturally significant characters "Yurukyara-".Students;◎Revise animals and their calls + new Chinese zodiac animals◎Learn about ゆるキャラー◎Identify particles, kanji and hiragana and katakana within a sentence◎Revise body parts and colours◎Use their knowledge of self-introductions to apply to describe their own Yurukyara in Japanese◎Grow in confidence in reading and writing Japanese◎Grow in confidence in understanding and producin

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5th

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Yellow Belt Unit 3 of 4 Student/Teacher Course Book [Reuse, Reduce, Recycle]

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Yellow Belt Unit 3 of 4 [RRR ~ Reuse, Reduce, Recycle] is an environments/habitats unit. Students;◎Compare Australian and Japanese native animals/environments◎Compare how we recycle in Australia, compared to Japan◎Revise White Belt Unit 3 of 4 animals◎Learn new animal vocabulary◎Learn some environments vocabulary and extend to kanji◎Revise/learn some children's songs◎Improve reading, writing, listening and speaking skills◎Introduced to "Shinrinyoku" and use their Japanese to reflect◎Explore Japa

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1st

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White Belt Unit 3 of 4 [Welcome to the Funny Farm!]

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Through the White Belt 3 of 4 course [Welcome to the Funny Farm], students will learn many animal/animal call vocabularies in Japanese, explain what pet/s they have and about the festivals of Japan that occur in Term Three. Many new songs are introduced.*Can be implemented over a Term or a Semester - designed for Kindy/Prep/Reception to Year 1 level of Japanese.**$20 for have it all done for you! WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? [Purchase to yourself and claim on tax or approach your school to purchase t

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Workbooks, Thematic Unit Plans

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PreK - K

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Pink Belt Unit 4 of 4 [Profiled!] DDJ

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Pink Belt Unit 4 of 4 [Profiled!] is a 'Who dunnit?' unit, where students learn to describe the features and clothing of the robber.Students, as the witness to the crime, write down the culprit's descriptions, then verbalise it to the police officers [small group of peers]. The police officers listen and draw a description. At the end, each officer shows their 'profile' to the witness ~ who has drawn the most accurate description?!HEAPS OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE CLASS!Students;◎Revise seasons◎Discuss

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4th

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Yellow Belt Unit 4 of 4 [Festival Fun!]

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Yellow Belt Unit 4 of 4 [Festival Fun!] is a unit revolving around Japanese festivals/celebrations.Students;◎Revise numbers◎Reinforce their understanding of months and seasons◎Learn months and seasons vocabulary in Japanese◎Learn about various festivals/celebrations that occur in Japan [starting from January, ending the booklet with December for Christmas activities/songs]◎Learn cultural practices. Students also compare Australian/Japanese festivals◎Use the hiragana chart to write the hiragana s

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1st

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Holidays/Seasonal, Japanese, Summer

Tanabata Bundle: Star Festival Presentation Activities

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Teodora Notira

This Tanabata bundle includes everything you need to celebrate the Star Festival! Celebrated on July 7, Tanabata is a summer holiday that commemorates the love story between two star-crossed lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi.This no prep resource includes:presentation about Tanabata (powerpoint+google slides)2 printable pages with reading passages about Tanabata10 different activities in for Japanese learning beginners studentsStudents will learn about:History&Originis of TanabataThe story of 2

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7th - 10th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Yellow Belt 2 of 4 [My Convenie]

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Yellow Belt Unit 2 of 4 [My Convenie] is a shopping unit. Transportation for 'How to get there' is an extension of the unit.Students;◎Revise weather◎Revise days of the week, extending to kanji◎Learn basic foods [lunchbox friendly]◎Begin to identifiy the difference between hiragana and katakana script and pronunciation◎Revise numbers. Extend beyond 10. Practise kanji◎Participate in shopping role-plays using vocabulary/sentence patterns/manners/money◎Discuss cultural phrases◎Modes of transport◎Exp

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1st

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White Belt Unit 4 of 4 [Food Frenzie]

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Workbooks, Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

White Belt 4 of 4 [Food Frenzie], is based on the book “The Hungry Caterpillar”. What kid [and adult] doesn’t love this famous story by Eric Carl?! Students will be engaged in Japanese learning the days of the week, colours and a variety of foods. Cultural expressions are also a focus of the unit. Japanese festivals that occur during Term Four are a cultural point.*Can be implemented over a Term or a Semester - designed for Kindy/Prep/Reception to Year 1 level of Japanese.**$20 for have it all d

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Japanese, Literature

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PreK - 1st

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World Music (Japan) Unit Plan

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JustAnotherPassionateTeacher

A 5-week unit plan on Japan's Music and Culture (including songs, Taiko Drumming and folk dance). Within the slides contain an exclusive video of my personal friend from Japan talking about the culture and music of his own experience as a child (Culture bearer as coined by Campbell).Content:Slides (with culture bearer video)Word Document (refer to below for more details)Content of doc1)Geological position of the place2)Types of food eaten3)Video of culture bearer4)Musical information5)Language (

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Instrumental Music, Japanese, Music

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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PowerPoint Presentations, Thematic Unit Plans

Pink Belt Unit 1 of 4 [Cracking Characters] DDJ

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Pink Belt Unit 1 of 4 [Cracking Characters] is a hiragana and sight word based unit.Students;◎Learn to read the first half of the chart◎Learn 10 sight words [A and K line based]◎Explore Japanese festivals that occur in Term 1**Remember Hiragana Tip Belt Grading resources also available https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/DDJ-Pink-Belt-Hiragana-Tip-CERTIFICATE-C-4033276This unit can be implemented over a Term or a Semester - designed for Year 4 level of Japanese. [Dan-Dan Japanese Pink Be

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4th

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Peach Belt Unit 2 of 4 [Show You Care, be Aware!]

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Peach Belt Unit 2 of 4 [Show You Care, Be Aware!] is a health and fitness unit. Students;◎Compare Japanese martial arts and Western sports/hobbies◎Identify hiragana and katakana words◎Make sentences about the sports they play/don't play◎Add information about self to their growing self-introduction◎Grown in confidence in reading and writing Japanese◎Grown in confidence in understanding and producing Japanese◎Discuss why the Japanese, in general, live long healthy lives [foods, onsen, ganbanyoku e

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Grades:

3rd

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