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.
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Assignments and Projects
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Assignment Favourite celebrity
Students create a magazine article describing their favourite celebrity. See example poster - Hikaru Utada below. Created by I Foley 
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Flashcards
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Famous jobs
Flashcards describing famous jobs such as: actor, actress, model, singer, band member, comedian, politician, and athlete. Created by I Foley
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PowerPoints
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Famous celebrities Listening exercise
Show students pictures of famous Japanese. Students listen to the teacher describe each celebrity. (Description included in notes of PPT slides.) Students write down name, date of birth, job and likes. Created by I Foley 
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Famous people profiles
Three famous people profiles includes information on the celebrities' name, sex, age, place of birth, job. Donated by S. Kubota
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Talking about famous people
PowerPoint teaching basic introductions and introducing others, counting to 99 and ages, talking about famous people occupations and practise activities relating to famous people their names, ages and occupations. Created by I Foley
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Videos
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Magazine profile - Suzuki Anju
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Onmyouza (heavy metal band)
Students read about a Japanese heavy metal band. Then watch them perform in the you-tube video below. Watch the video clip after reading about them in the worksheet. Discuss with students their favourite musician/band. Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5blNVX7Nus Created by I Foley
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Poster - Hikaru Utada Students read and answer questions about a famous Japanese Hikaru Utada. They then create their own poster about someone famous. Watch a short Youtube video of Hikaru Utada's song from Akira. Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWoJLdXJt0E Created by I Foley
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Za Ulfuls - GatsuDase Reading
Introduce students to Japanese music. Students read about the Ulfuls rockband then watch a short video of them performing. Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSHiPHaCqCw Created by I Foley
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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
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Biography Japanese pop star |
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Famous Japanese
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Famous people descriptions
Learn basic famous jobs and adjectives. Describe famous people. (Introduction of ~kute and ~de.) Created by I Foley
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Famous people zodiacs
Discuss the origins of and beliefs associated with the asian animal zodiac and the vocabulary of the animals involved. Using the celebrity photo page in conjunction with an animal zodiac calendar and an animal chart practise the language of juunishi as well as revise word order, numbers, particles, hiragana etc. EXTRA: Other uses for the celebrity photo page include talking about people's ages, their nationality, their occupation, to describe their personality and appearance, to say what they are good at, whether you like them or not, etc. Donated by H Pitcher
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