Japanese Teaching Topic - CLOTHING AND FASHION
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic CLOTHING AND FASHION ようふく.
Arts and craft
Incredible art - Kimonos
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/Meryl-Japan.htm
Create kimonos as art projects: including a paper weave kimono, scratch art kimono or a clay kimono.
Flashcards
Clothing flashcards
Thirteen flashcards to describe clothing in Japanese.
| Clothing flashcards |
Japanese clothing flashcards
http://flashcards.jpf-sydney.org/
Download as PDFs.
To access this:
Go to Kotoba card 44> Index (Topic J to O) and scroll down.
Wear verbs flashcards
Teach the different verbs for 'to wear' in Japanese.
| wear verbs flashcards |
Games
Clothes and colours
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/3fad136b-23a9-6d3f-17e0-b133dc859e9c/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen and dress the girl in the correct coloured clothes.
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Clothes names
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/0ada120a-0a16-5c73-68ab-6f4a59634f42/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Learn the names of clothes then listen and dress the girl accordingly.
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Clothes and weather
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/cbb99a30-45a7-3a89-ac65-4a7a973270c1/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Listen to the weather conditions in each scene and note what each child needs to remember to take with them. Listen to the weather descriptions and match the correct weather and object icons to build each scene.
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Clothing quiz
http://www.quia.com/rr/38536.html
A short quiz about clothing and colours.
Describing clothes quiz
http://www.quia.com/pop/34060.html
A short quiz where students have to select the correct verb according to the clothes they are wearing.
Dress ups
http://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/items/f66a06bc-2359-95e8-145c-f54698011749/1/ViewIMS.jsp?backto=close
Read and listen to descriptions of clothes and dress the various characters in different situations.
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Dressing game
Have two sets of clothes eg. ぼうし、ティシャツ、ズボン、etc. Put the clothes in two bags at the back of the class. Divide the class into two groups. Select one student from each team to go to the front of the class. Say a piece of clothing in Japanese ie. ぼうし. Both students run to their bag of clothes and the first person to put it on gets a point for their team. The team with the most points wins. (For an extra challenge or extra points get the fastest student to make a sentence with the word ie. ぼうしをかぶっています。)
Millionaire clothes and colours
Play this game (using PPT) to review clothes, colours, adjectives and the verbs for 'to wear' in Japanese.
Donated by M Miller.
| Millionaire clothes colours |
Listening activities
Clothes and colours LISTENING
Listen to the descriptions of the clothes in Japanese then translate them into English.
| Clothes and colours |
Who is wearing what? LISTENING
Listen to the description of various people's clothing. Then match each name to the appropriate picture.
| Who is wearing what? |
Listening Test
Clothes in Japanese listening test (to go with listening files above).
| Listening test |
| Test transcript |
PowerPoints
Clothing PowerPoint
A PowerPoint where students can describe what celebrities are wearing. Students also discover some of the fashions in Japan.
This PowerPoint was a large file and therefore has been split into 4 parts. Download each part then cut and paste it back together again!
| Clothes PPT1 |
| Clothes PPT2 |
| Clothes PPT3 |
| Clothes PPT4 |
Videos
Nani o kite imasu ka?
Short video describing what celebrities are wearing in Japanese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlokH8B8p68
Webquests
Let's try on Japan
http://www.rblewis.net/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/tryonjapan/tryonjapan.html
Students research the Kimono and then create a brochure on Kimonos and design their own kimono.
Websites
http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html
Create your own Simpsons avitar and then describe what he/she is wearing.
Japanese fashion
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/fashion/fashion.html
Pictures of different types of fashion in japan with short English explanations.
Worksheets
Clothes crossword
Find the clothes in the crossword.
| Clothes crossword |
Clothes in Japanese label activity
Label the clothes in romaji.
| Clothes in Japanese |
Clothes in Japanese writing
Write the clothes words in hiragana and katakana.
| Clothes writing |
Clothing description cards
Students select a picture, cut it out and then describe what their person is wearing in Japanese.
From www.eslprintables.com
| Girls |
| Boys |
Colour the clothes
Students read the colours of the clothes and colour them accordingly.
| Colour the clothes |
Department store brochure
http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/joozu/downloads/clothes.pdf
Read the brochure and answer questions about the colours and prices of clothing.
Disappearing clothes (bingo game)
Students draw a face in 10 circles. The teacher then describe someone’s clothes and their colours (one from the left column and one from the bottom row) ie. akai kutsu o haiteimasu. あかいくつをはいています。The students check if he/she has drawn a face in the circle corresponding, if so then it is crossed out. (Similar to bingo). The first person to cross off all of their 10 faces and yells ‘Disappearing clothes’ wins!
| Disappearing clothes |
Fashion magazine example
Read the description of each person's clothes. Then Ss cut a picture of a famous person from a magazine and write a description.
| magazine example |
| magazine blank |
Guess who
In pairs (or as a group) students select a person and describe what he/she is wearing. The other students guess the person being described.
(Derived from www.eslprintables.com)
| Guess who |
Hebi to Hashigo CLOTHES
Play snakes and ladders. When students land on a piece of clothing they say the name in Japanese. When they land on a person they describe what they are wearing in Japanese. When they land on a question they try and answer it correctly.
| Hebi to hashigo |
He is wearing
Describe what Chris Brown is wearing. Practice the differences between kabute かぶて, kite きて, shite して and haite はいて imasu います.
| He is wearing |
She is wearing
Describe what Beyonce is wearing. Practice the differences between kabute かぶて, kite きて, shite して and haite はいて imasu います.
| She is wearing |
To wear
A worksheet that explains the four verbs for 'to wear' in Japanese.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/pdf/ppp052.pdf
