Japanese Teaching Topic - CELEBRITIES

Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic CELEBRITIES, stars, famous people, describing famous people,  pop stars, ゆうめいなひと etc.

Flashcards

Famous jobs Flashcards describing famous jobs such as: actor, actress, model, singer, band member, comedian, politician, and athlete. famous_jobs_flashcards.docx File Size: 4558 kb File Type: docx Download File

PowerPoints

Famous celebrities - PowerPoint Listening exercise - Show students pictures of famous Japanese.  Students listen to the teacher describe each celebrity.  Students write down name, date of birth, job and likes. famous_people_Ppt.pptx File Size: 3361 kb File Type: pptx Download File

Websites

List of Japanese celebrities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_celebrities
List of Japanese celebrities including comedians, idols, models, musicians, singers, talent, actors, actresses, tv and radio personalities.

Famous Japanese
http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/
List of famous Japanese including musicians, politicians, sport figures, tv and movie personalities, cultural leaders and writers.

Modern stars
http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/tv_star.shtml
Famous directors, actors and actresses, tv stars, comedians, musicians, sports start, designers and politicians.

Worksheets

Assignment Favourite celebrity Students create a magazine article describing their favourite celebrity.  See example poster - Hikaru Utada below. favourite_celebrity_assign.doc File Size: 34 kb File Type: doc Download File

Biography Japanese pop star http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/joozu/downloads/tomoko.pdf Read a biography and complete questions

Famous Japanese Read a profile about two famous Japanese. Watanabe Ken and Hamasaki Ayumi. Famouse japanese File Size: 141 kb File Type: doc Download File

Famous Japanese reading questions Comprehension questions for the reading worksheet on Ken Watanabe and Ayumi Hamasaki. Famous person reading qs File Size: 28 kb File Type: doc Download File

Famous people descriptions Learn basic famous jobs and adjectives.  Describe famous people.  (Introduction of ~kute and ~de.) famous_people_wksht_pg1.docx File Size: 4582 kb File Type: docx Download File famous_people_pg2to4.docx File Size: 2529 kb File Type: docx Download File

Magazine profile - Suzuki Anju Magazine profile introducing a famous person to readers. Magazine profile File Size: 92 kb File Type: doc Download File

Onmyouza Students read about a Japanese heavy metal band. Then watch them perform in the you-tube video below. onmyouza.docx File Size: 175 kb File Type: docx Download File

Poster - Hikaru Utada Students read and answer questions about a famous Japanese Hikaru Utada.  They then create their own poster about someone famous. hikaru_utada.docx File Size: 2083 kb File Type: docx Download File

Ulfuls Reading Introduce students to Japanese music.  Students read about the Ulfuls rockband then watch a short video of them performing. the_ulfuls.docx File Size: 238 kb File Type: docx Download File