Japanese Teaching Topic - FOOD
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic FOOD, tabemono, たべもの.
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Board games
Tabemono sugoroku
Practice the names fruits and vegetables, and Japanese favourites with this board game. http://kotoba.littlestar.jp/sugoroku-tabemono.html |  |
Cooking
Let's make onigiri
Basic instructions on how to make onigiri. 
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Teaching cooking
Give Ss a picture of the food they will make. Ss write down any of the ingredients they think are needed to make the dish. Ss then write down any tools needed. Ss then write down any verbs to describe the steps. Give Ss the recipe cut up. Ss put the recipe back together.
Flashcards
Food flashcards |  |
Games in class
Fruit Basket A Suzuki
Ss sit in a circle with one Ss in the middle. The Ss in the middle says a statement that reviews a target structure. Eg. 「バナナが好きです。」 Ss with the same opinion then they must stand and swap chairs. The last person standing becomes the new person in the middle. (To make this more challenging the Ss can’t take a seat that is next to them they must move at least two seats away.)
Games on line
Cooking |  |
Fruit shopping game |  |
Fruit and vegetable match up game
Fruits and vegetables in romaji and kana. Includes audio. http://www.digitaldialects.com/Japanese.htm |  |
Interactive stories |  |
Ordering food |  |
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Vending machines game Learn about Japanese vending machines then ask three friends what they would like to eat or drink. Identify those foods or drinks in a vending machine. Use coins to buy the items. Several levels of games: select one: |  |
Youda Sushi Chef
Start your own restaurant and serve customers different types of sushi. http://www.candystand.com/play/youda-sushi-chef |  |
Lesson plans
Food I like Lesson plan |  |
Hamburger shop Lesson plan |  |
PowerPoints
Food and Suki PowerPoint Powerpoint introducing basic food and drinks in Japanese. Also, introducing the sentence pattern suki. Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education. 
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Skits and plays
In a restaurant Skit
A skit where students practice talking about what they ate and foods they like. http://jpplays.jpf-sydney.org/skits/7.htm |  |
Likes and dislikes skit
Practice talking about food likes and dislikes with this skit. http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/wwroleplay/6/6_1.htm |  |
Videos
Ensuring the future of food
How has the Japanese diet changed? Spoken in Japanese subtitled in English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3ykR2GHCc&feature=relmfu |
How to eat sushi |
How to use chopsticks |
Natto
What is natto? A short video about Natto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97xH8TDdIU&feature=player_embedded |
Takoyaki
Short dialogue about Takoyaki, how it is made and the ingredients. (Ideal for beginners) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2-Hl1hgd0&feature=channel |
Webquests
Invite Japanese exchange students to the party
http://www.columbia.edu/~mf2249/webquest/webquest.html
Students chose appropriate dishes and recipes for a party for their Japanese classmates who are feeling homesick. Students will make a menu, present their recipes to their class and create a webpage with all of the dishes.
Websites
www.mcdonalds.co.jp
Download a McDonalds Japan menu.
Mos burger (モスバーガー)
http://www.mos.co.jp/menu/
Famous Japanese fast food restaurant
Online grocery store
Grocery store in Melbourne, website in English and Japanese. http://www.ichibajunction.com.au/ |  |
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Virtual food tour |  |
Worksheets
Compare daily meals
Ss compare their daily meals with those eaten in Japan. Donated by M Miller
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Drink Pirate
A game where students practice the various forms of the verb nomimasu. (Nomimasu, nomimasen, nomimashita, nomimasendeshita.) Donated by Anna Y.
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Drink verb poster
A poster showing common words that can be used with the verb nomimasu. Donated by Anna Y.
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Eat Pirate
A game where students practice the various forms of the verb tabemasu. (Tabemasu, tabemasen, tabemashita, tabemasendeshita.) Donated by Anna Y.
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Eat verb poster
A poster showing common words that can be used with the verb tabemasu. Donated by Anna Y.
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Eating habits |  |
Fast food dialogue
Practice ordering fast food in Japanese.
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Food pyramid
Compare the Japanese food pyramid with the Australian food pyramid. Donated by M Miller.
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Food snap
Give each pair of ss a set of snap cards. Yell out the Japanese word for each. Ss snap the card. The Ss who snaps the card first gets to keep the card. Donated by M Miller.
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Gohan de genki
Pdf on healthy eating in Japan. http://happyfu-fu.com/oyabaka/printsheet/sgs_gg_a2oc.pdf |  |
Meal posters
Discuss various meals with ss using these posters of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Donated by M Miller.
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Tabemasu or nomimasu
Match the verb tabemasu and nomimasu to pictures then write sentences in hiragana.
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Survey like and dislikes
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