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Teaching ideas for
TANABATA (July 7)


Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic TANABATA star festival たなばた.

Art and craft

Canon paper craft
Free downloadable crafts for 'Tanabata'
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/event/festival/japan/tanabata.html

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Tanabata fukinagashi
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/900/912_4.htm
Make a tanabata fukinagashi from paddle pop sticks and crepe paper (as seen right).



Tanabata paper crafts
http://www.tanabata.info/tanab.html
Make a variety of traditional tanabata crafts including tanzaku, fukinagashi, kamigoromo, senbazuru, kuzukago, kinchaku, kuzudama, watsunagi, marubana

Games and activities in class

Tanabata story scramble
Ss read the story of Tanabata together with the Tt.  Then the Ss are given a scrambled version of the story.  Ss need to reconstruct the story.
Donated by A Nish
tanabata_story_scramble.docx
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File Type: docx
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PowerPoints

Tanabata Festival
PowerPoint introducing the Tanabata festival story and song.  Students learn how to make and write a wishing card (tanzaku) and make various tanabata decorations.   
Donated by B Brenen
tanabata_ppt.pptx
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Tanabata PowerPoint
PowerPoint introducing the story of tanabata, traditions, tanzaku writing, and the tanabata song.
Donated by S Rowland
tanabata_ppt2.pptx
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Songs

Tanabata song
Lyrics for the traditional tanabata song (Click on 'Tanabata' to listen to the MP3.)
http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/holidays/Jul/song-tanabata.shtml

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Videos

Tanabata festival
A short 'news' like video describing in English the origins of the Tanabata festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MHo5gQFeY&feature=related
Tanabata Story
The Tanabata story told in Japanese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHrqHEyKN4&feature=related
Tanabata Story
Anime version of the Tanabata story.  No words. 
Idea: Students watch the video and retell the story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhR50uAMlOU&feature=related

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Websites

Kids web Japan: Tanabata
Information about Tanabata, including the Tanabata song.
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk/tanabata/
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Tanabata story
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/stonemancabins/tanabata.html?mtbrand=AOL_US
Information about the origins and customs of the Tanabata festival.


Short story about Tanabata
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/03-Tanabata-Script-WJEC.pdf
Tanabata characters and short story

Find a word and write a tanzaku
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/07-KS2-Tanabata-WJEC.pdf
Tanabata find-a-word and write a wish for a tanzaku strip

Blank tanzaku strip
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/download/09-Tanzaku-WJEC.pdf
Download a blank tanzaku (make a wish) strip and write tanabata wishes.

Worksheets

Tanabata
Worksheet introducing the basics of the tanabata festival and writing tanzaku wish strips with expression such as 'hoshii', 'naritai', 'ikitai' and 'aitai'.
Donated by D Weatherley.
tanabata.pdf
File Size: 288 kb
File Type: pdf
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Tanabata Nurie and Cloze
After watching/reading the story of Tanabata, students complete the cloze excercise and colour in the Tanabata picture.
Donated by K English
tanabata_nurie_cloze.pdf
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Tanzaku wish strips
Copy and give to Ss to create their own wish for the Tanabata festival.
Donated by D Weatherley
tanzaku_wish_strips.pdf
File Size: 168 kb
File Type: pdf
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