Japanese Teaching Topic - AGE
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic AGE, how old are you, nan sai desu ka, toshi なんさいですか、とし.
Games in class
Age groups
Teacher calls out an age for example san-sai, and students must form groups with the same number of members as the age ie in this case a group of three. Anyone not in a group, or not in an appropriate numbered group, is out. The last group remaining is the winner. EXTRA: After each round the teacher can ask the groups to go round counting, in ages, the number in the group. Ie in this case the students in the group would say issai, nisai, sansai. Created by I Foley |
Hachipachi
Students sit in a big circle on chairs, except one student. This student is the 'Oni'. All
students are given a karuta card with a word, script or image on it. The 'Oni' leaves teh
room. All the seated students put their heads down. The teacher goes around randomly selecting 4 students by tapping them on thei heads. Students sit up and don't let on if they were tapped on their head. The oni comes back in and randomly asks students a set question eg. Nan sai desu ka. Students respond with the information on their card. If the student was one of the ones tapped on the head by the teacher they must respond with 'Hachipachi'. All students must get out of their chair and move somewhere else (more than 1 chair away). The oni must also try to get a chair. The one student who misses out on a chair becomes the new oni. Remaining students pass their karuta card around the circle in a clockwise order. Game continues.
Created by ChalmerSensei http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:jankenpon
Karuta created by I Foley
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Nansai mingle
Studentss mingle around the class trying to find their "twin". Tape the cards to students back, and allowing them to ask yes/no questions only to other students to find out their own age and birth month, once they find their own information, they can find their partner. Then they come to the teacher and tell their age and birth month.
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Games on line
How old are you? game |
PowerPoints
Age
PowerPoint introducing the basics of saying your age in Japanese. Donated by M Miller.
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Nan sai desu ka 1
PowerPoint introducing ages from 1 to 13. PowerPoint introduces the question and answer for nan sai desu ka. Slides can be printed as flashcards. Also, includes karuta set. Created by I Foley
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Nan sai desu ka 2
Ss guess how old the famous people are. Donated by R Irvine
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Numbers and ages
PowerPoint introducing basic counting and how to say ages. Practise saying the ages of celebrities. Created by I Foley
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Songs
Nan sai desu ka rap
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Videos
How old are you lesson plan |
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Worksheets
Age worksheet
Ss read about various people and their ages and then write sentences of their own. Donated by M Miller
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Birthdays worksheet
Students write down how old they are in Japanese and what month they were born in, then add the correct number of candles onto the cake. Both boy and girl sheets available. Donated by J Templeton
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How old are you?
Exercises translating sentences related to age. ie. Juusai desu. Donated by A Jung
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Interview - ages in Japanese
Ss interview other Ss in the class asking their name and age in Japanese. Donated by A Hall.
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Nan sai desu ka?
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