Japanese Teaching Topic -
STORIES and FOLKTALES
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic stories and folktales mukashibanashi, 昔話、むかしばなし
See also the 'Reading' page for more ideas.
Booklets
Japanese folktales booklet
Students are introduced to various Japanese folktales including Momotaro, Kachikachiyama, Tanabata, Grandfather cherry blossom, and Kintaro. Students research other folktales and study the characters and plot. Students learn the positive and negative form of adjectives and how to join two adjective using the te form. Students learn how write sentences in Japanese to describe the characters in the folktales. (22 pages) Donated by P White
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Games and in class activities
Story maps
Ss read the text. For each main point the Ss draw a box and a picture. Use arrows to connect the boxes. Ss then describe each picture with words by answering questions such as What do you see? Where is this? What is happening? The Ss then Make sentences and retell the story of the text in their own words.
Ss read the text. For each main point the Ss draw a box and a picture. Use arrows to connect the boxes. Ss then describe each picture with words by answering questions such as What do you see? Where is this? What is happening? The Ss then Make sentences and retell the story of the text in their own words.
PowerPoints
Japanese mytical creatures
PowerPoint introducing some of the Japanese mythical creatures. Created by I Foley
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Japanese puppetry - bunraku
PowerPoint introducing students to Japanese puppetry (bunraku). The PowerPoint explains the origins of the old art form it includes example Youtube videos and finishes with the story of the Mouse’s Wedding. The students then design a stage backdrop that could be used for the Mouse’s Wedding. Donated by R Martin
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Websites
Kids web Japan - Folk Legends
Japanese folk legends with sounds and pictures including: Nezumi no Yomeiri, Spooky Japan, Kintaro, Sannen Netaro, Tanabata, Shitakiri Suzume, Sanmai no Ofuda, Tengu no Kakuremino, Bunbuku Chagama, Warashibe Choja, Tsuru no Ongaeshi, Kachikachi-yama, Issun Boshi, Kasajizou, Saru Kani Kassen, Hanasaka Jiisan, Kaguya Hime, Urashima-taro, and Momotaro. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/index.html |
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Mukashibanashi no Janru
100s of Japanese stories read by Japanese native speakers. http://hukumusume.com/douwa/betu/ |
Worksheets
Kasajizoo
Read the story of Kasajizoo and then answer questions about the story.
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Momotaro
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