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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.

Assignments and Projects

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

Famous jobs
Flashcards describing famous jobs such as: actor, actress, model, singer, band member, comedian, politician, and athlete.
Created by I Foley
famous_jobs_flashcards.docx
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PowerPoints

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
famous_people_Ppt.pptx
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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
three_famous_people_profiles
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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
introductions_ages_occupations_famous_people.ppt
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Videos

Magazine profile - Suzuki Anju
Magazine profile introducing a famous person to readers. Watch the short youtube video to support the magazine profile reading.
Youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XN6HVcRPiw
Created by I Foley

Magazine profile
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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


onmyouza.docx
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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


hikaru_utada.docx
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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
the_ulfuls.docx
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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

Biography Japanese pop star
http://www.curriculumpress.edu.au/joozu/downloads/tomoko.pdf
Read a biography and complete questions

Famous Japanese
Students read a profile about two famous Japanese people - Watanabe Ken and Hamasaki Ayumi. Includes comprehension questions for each celebrity.
Created by I Foley

reading_famous_people_2.doc
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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
famous_people_reading.docx
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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
famous people zodiac
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