Japanese Teaching Topic -
DAILY ROUTINES & ACTIVITIES
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic DAILY ROUTINES and ACTIVITIES mainichi, seikatsu, nichijyou, まいにち、せいかつ、にちじょう.
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Assignment ideas
Daily routine assignment
Students create a short video about their day in Japanese. Assignment example video below to show students. NB: Photostory 3 is a free program from Microsoft. Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx 
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Assignment example: |
Boku no ichi nichi routine worksheet Students listen to the video 'Boku no ichi nichi' and then complete the worksheet.
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Photostory planning sheet
Students use this planning sheet to write a draft for their assignment prior to going onto Photostory3.
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Flashcards
Daily routine flashcards
Practice common daily routine verbs and expressions with these 17 flashcards.
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Games in class
Chatterbox
The four pictures on the outside represent せんせい、ともだち、かぞく ＆ ＿＿さん (students insert any name they like) The numbers represent time (o'clock) and the pictures under the numbers represent verbs たべます、のみます、します、みます、うたいます、あそびます。 Students make sentences such as: かぞく と いちじ に たべます。 OR ともだち は しちじ に あそびます。 Then discuss with students how we could add more to the sentence by inserting the food that would be eaten, or adding other people to the story. How to fold, see: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/497777/easy_paper_chatterbox/ |  
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Daily routine board game with flashcards
This daily routine board game goes with the flashcards above.
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Time game
Roll a dice. Ss say the time that they land on in Japanese. Then they say what they do at that time. Ie. Roku ji ni okimasu. ろくじにおきます。
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Games on line
Time of daily activities |  |
What shall we do? |  |
Where are you going today? |  |
Lesson plans
Daily activities (joining verbs with te) |  |
Watashi no ichi nichi Lesson plan |  |
Watashi no isshuu kan Lesson plan |  |
PowerPoints
Basic verb powerpoint |  |
Tests
Daily life |  |
Videos
Teaching Foreign Languages
Video #9 shows how to teach daily routines in an interesting and fun way. http://www.learner.org/resources/series185.html?pop=yes&pid=2009# |  |
Webquests
A Day in the life of a Japanese child
http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/libraries/elementary/japan/
Students create a book that will tell about the daily life of a Japanese child. Students research and create a book from the viewpoint of a Japanese elementary school student. Each page in the book will tell about the child’s daily life and about their favorite things.
Welcome
http://www.geocities.com/loriblanke/
Students are asked to imagine they are a Meeter Greeter at their school and need to assist new students who have moved to Japan adjust to their new Japanese life. Together with three other classmates students gather information about the living conditions, recreational activities and school atmosphere.
Websites
Daily life |  |
Ken's day |  |
School life |  |
Worksheets
Ichi nichi rap
Practice daily activities with this simple rap. Donated by Anna Y.
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What will you do?
Practice basic verbs describing daily activities. Donated by Anna Y.
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