Japanese Teaching Topic - ANIMALS

Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic ANIMALS どうぶつ.

Board games

Animals and plants sugoroku
Name the animal and plants board game.
http://kotoba.littlestar.jp/sugoroku-ikimono.html
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Flashcards

Animal flashcards
http://flashcards.jpf-sydney.net/
Free animal flashcards.

To access this:
Go to Kotoba cards 100> Index (Topic A-I)


Games in class

Find your other half
Create animal cards.  Cut the cards in half.  Ie. the head of a cow and then the bottom of a cow.  Ss need to know the Japanese for animals, numbers, body parts, features, verbs associated with animals (fly, swim, walk etc).  Give each Ss an animal card in random order.  Ss mingle around the class finding their other half.  Make sure Ss don't show their partners their card.  Ss must ask their partner questions ie. Tobimasu ka? とびますか？ke wa chairo desu ka? けはちゃいろですか。Etc.  When they find their animal they can sit down together.

Games on line

Animal listening games
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/5e432a65-6330-d58d-9a43-fd7fd5abbdb5/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Three different listening games: Japanese horoscopes, animal descriptions and see animals around the zoo.
Restricted to The Learning Place members only.
Access information here.

Animal match up game
Animals in romaji.  Includes audio.
http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm

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Farmyard animals
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/f14396f6-4364-74a6-8cc4-37b4c8ca8c14/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Explore the animals in the farmyard using a torch and a microphone. Notice the farmer uses the phrase 「．．．がみえる。」 to describe what he can see and 「．．．がないている。」 to describe what he can hear. Listen to the farmer and select the microphone or torch then click on the correct animal to match the farmer's description.
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Lesson plans

Describing pets (with adjectives)
Listening, reading, writing and speaking activities, as well as grammar worksheets and ICTs on describing pets.
Go to M5 My family 4 (Petto)
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/exercises/list.php

Melbourne museum resources
A unit on wild animals やせいのどうぶつ and their level of endangerment includes worksheets, PowerPoints, flashcards, etc.  Various ability levels, for years 5 to 10.
http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/education/education-kits/resource-for-students-of-japanese/
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PowerPoints


Animal body parts PPT
PowerPoint introducing body parts vocabulary related to animals.

Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.


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Describing body parts PPT
PowerPoint showing how to describe an animal's body parts.

Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.  

describing_body_parts.ppt
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Pets PPT
PowerPoint introducing basic pets in Japanese.

Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.   

pets_vocab_ppt.ppt
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Skits and plays

Missing pet
Roleplay where students describe their missing pet.
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/wwroleplay/4/4_1.htm
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Usagisan no okurimono
A skit where students practice the names of  animals.
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/se1_skits/skit2/2_1.htm
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Songs

Elephant song
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/bigbook/songs/elephant03.swf
Watch, listen and sing a song about an elephant.

Bear song
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/bigbook/songs/musicalBear05.swf
Watch, listen and sing a song about a bear.


Videos

Animal sounds in Japanese
Learn basic japanese sounds for a cat, dog and pig.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=r8f6iHyoL5o

Animals in Japanese
Japanese words for dog, cat, horse, cow and fish.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hOo3YQmLvH8

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Websites

Animal activities
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/bigbook/handbook/2/2.htm
Various activities related to animals.

Animal matching quiz
http://www.manythings.org/fq/m/2998.html
Match the English animal with the Japanese (in Romaji).

Animal matching quiz
http://iteslj.org/v/j/ck-animals.html
Select the correct English word for the animal in Japanese (in Romaji).

Birds of passage
http://info.ccw.vic.edu.au/lote/lang/main.htm
Read, listen and learn about birds and then complete activities online and in-class.
To access this:
Go to Japanese>Mawari no sekai>No. 3

Pets
http://info.ccw.vic.edu.au/lote/lang/main.htm
Read, listen and learn about pets and then complete activities online and in-class.
To access this:
Go to Japanese>Watashi no koto>No.2


Worksheets

Doubutsu
Match the animal with the Japanese word.

Doubutsu
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Endangered animal gap fill
Students read the information about the endangered animals in Japanese and then complete the missing information. 7 diferent animals to read about.
Donated by Anna Y.
endangered_animals.doc
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Herbivore vs Carnivore
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/bigbook/handbook/3/3.htm
Download flashcards and then students decide which animals are herbivores or carnivores.

Kangaroo policeman
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/languages/japanese/assets/pdf/articles/bc_kangaroo.pdf
Read about a kangaroo that is a policeman.  (Year 12 HSC text.)

Save the koala reading
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/languages/japanese/assets/pdf/articles/bc_koalas.pdf
Read about saving the koalas and then answer questions.  (Year 12 HSC text.)

Reading about zoo animals worksheet
http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/joozu/downloads/animals.pdf
Read about animals at the zoo and answer questions.

Sea creatures worksheet and activities
http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/traveljp/5/5_1.htm
Learn the names of sea creatures and describe what they look like.

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