Activity 1 : Interview Bingo (1.1)

Theme: daily life
The students interview each other to find out the people to whom the statements in a worksheet apply and write their names. They can go across, down, and diagonal to get "bingo"

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Activity 2 : Scavenge Hunt (1.1)

Theme: daily life
The students walk around the classroom and interview people until they find people who are described in a worksheet.

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Activity 3 : Verb Chart

Theme: no theme
It is used every time new verbs are introduced.

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Activity 4 : Reading

Theme: Japanese culture (1.2/1.3/2.1/2.2/4.2)

The students learn how Japanese people use a bathroom and what the Japanese bathroom looks like comparing it with a bathroom in the US.
They also review the sentence structures and vocabulary they have learned through reading activities.

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Activity 5 : Reading/ Writing

Theme: Japanese culture (1.2/1.3)

The students read Momotaroo, a Japanese folk tale, and answer to the questions. The pictures can be used while they are reading or when the teacher checks the studentsユ reading comprehension. As a writing activity, the students use the first 2 pictures and write their own version of Momotaroo.

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Activity 6 : Role Play

Theme: School life (1.1)
This is used as a communicative activity of the のです／んですsentence pattern. The students work with their partners and do a presentation in a class.

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Activity 7 : Interview

Theme: Daily life (1.1)
The students ask his/her classmates about their experiences listed in an interview sheet and write down their answers on an interview sheet. This is used as a communicative activity of た　ことがある

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Activity 8 : Picky Customer

Theme : Shopping (1.1)
This is a communicative activity of the たら sentence structure. The instruction is given in a worksheet.

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Activity 9: Clothing

Theme: Clothing (1.2)

After introducing the vocabulary of clothes in Japanese, the students listen to the Japanese sentences which describes what each person is wearing. Then they have to figure out which sentence describes which person. The teacher can show the pictures of people using OHP.

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Activity 10 : Ta-form song

Theme: none (3.1)

This song originates in the てform song. The teach can divide a class into small groups and have them sing this song and decide which group is the best.

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