Japanese Teaching Topic - HOUSING
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic HOUSING, ie, uchi, kagu, furniture, いえ、うち、マンション、かぐ etc.
Booklets
Booklet - Japanese homes
Booklet (19 pages) on Japanese homes including comparing your house to a Japanese one; facts about Japanese homes such as the Genkan, Washitsu, Sleeping arrangements, toilets, bathing, heating and cooling and Japanese gardens; greetings used in homes; gap fill exercises and word searches. Donated by E Maitland
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Booklet - Nihon no ie
Introduces rooms and furniture vocabulary and cultural notes about Japanese homes. Donated by: M Liu
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Flashcards
Household items
Flashcards for learning about common items around the house including: fridge, bed, sofa, table, vase, chair, bag, lamp, drawers, bookshelf, tv, picture and phone.
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Japanese house flashcards |
Games in class
Dominoes - housing vocabulary
Cut the dominoes into 16 squares (each containing four smaller triangles). The Ss need to match up the Japanese and English words. When complete, the dominoes create a big square. Donated by Megumi
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Games online
Objects around the house |
Where's the dog? game |
Lesson Plans
Housing Unit Plan |
Japanese architecture
Lesson plan on learning about Japanese architecture, including using photos and the movie Spirited Away to aid discussions. http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/japanese_architecture_for_elementary_school_students |
Powerpoints
Describing my room
PowerPoint showing how to use ga arimasu/wa arimasen when describing a bedroom. Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.
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Describing my room - vocabulary PowerPoint introducing the basic vocabulary or items in a bedroom. Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.
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Housing in Japan
PowerPoint introducing the basic types of Japanese accommodation includes explanations and pictures. Donated by M Miller.
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Housing in Japan 2
PowerPoint introducing the basic types of Japanaese accommodation includes explanations and pictures. Donated by R Louie
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Housing in Japan 3
Powerpoint describing various areas of the Japanese home. Created by I Foley Resource created through funding by Brisbane School of Distance Education.
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Japanese houses PowerPoint introducing the features of Japanese homes. Donated by K Hodgson.
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Reading - Watashi no uchi
Students read about various houses in Japanese. The text is in hiragana only and includes prepositions and rooms vocabulary. These texts can be used a s a model for students to then write their own description of their house. Donated by K Hee-Kyung
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Rooms and furniture
PowerPoint introducing various rooms and furniture. Donated by C Lee
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Videos
Baths in Japan
A powerpoint that explains baths and bathing in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDN5wSH7y4Q&feature=youtu.be |
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Micro housing
Short video on micro housing in Japan.
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Totoro movie worksheet Ss watch the Totoro movie and answer questions. Ss look at old Japanese houses including sliding paper doors, removing shoes when entering a house, futon mats, living rooms without chairs etc. Ss compare their house with the Japanese style house. Donated by K Morita
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Websites
Homestay |
Housing |
Japanese house explorer |
Real estate |
Virtual culture - housing |
Worksheets
Cultural notes |
Describing things at home Arimasu
Ss practise describing objects at home using arimasu. Donated by M Kondo
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Dono heya desu ka?
Students read the descriptions of the various rooms in a house, translate the descriptions and state which room it is in English. (Based on Mirai Stage 2.) Donated by T Gibson.
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Floor plans - houses and apartments
Various Japanese houses and apartment floor plans, ideal for use when discussing house design, rooms in a house, differences between Australian and Japanese housing etc. Donated by K Hodgson
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Japanese house explorer
Using the Japanese house explorer website Ss research and complete questions about Japanese housing. Donated by M Miller
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Japanese houses online task
Students use the internet to find out information about Japanese houses. Donated by D Pearcy
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The block house design task
Ss are given 3 weeks to design a house for the tv show "The Japanese Block". Ss describe the house and present it to the class in Japanese. Donated by C Bradford
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Quiz - Nihon ni kurashiteiru
Various exercises practising vocabulary and kanji related to housing. Donated by L Bourne.
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Reading - Japanese vs Australian houses
Letter about the differences between Japanese and Australian houses and a postcard advertisement for a kotatsu. Includes new vocabulary section and comprehension questions. Donated by W Blakeley
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Reading - Welcome to my house
Ss read a description of a house in Japanese and the running of the household. Donated by: M Blackmore
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Word search - housing
Find the Japanese (romaji) and English housing words in the word search. Donated by M Miller
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