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CHRISTIAN FOCUS: “For what we are about to receive, the Lord make us truly thankful, for Christ’s sake, amen.” This unit aims to
encourage students to understand the importance for being thankful for the food that we receive, despite what that food may be. Students
will gain an understanding of Japanese family values relating to mealtime: the paramount and close family relationships and what it
means to serve others and what effect this has on the kingdom of God.
TERM THREE –2005
TOPIC 4
TABEMASHOO
DURATION 11 WEEKS
Year: 7
Term:
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DATE COMMENCED:
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DATE COMPLETED:
Key Ideas: Food items, requesting items, Japanese table manners, recognise
and describe a selection of Japanese foods, say what they will eat and drink,
give opinions of food and drink, ask someone else’s opinion, recognise and write
some katakana, read simple menus.
Topic Summary: This is a wonderful unit for lower ability students as it uses many borrowed words from English. For example, hamburger is ‘hambaagaa’, chocolate is
‘chokoreeto’ and so forth. The unit also gives the opportunity for Level 3 students to learn new and more complex grammatical patterns and to be able exchange opinions
and express ideas. Students will be introduced to the topic of food and will learn aspect of Japanese food and cooking and will also on completion of the topic be able to read
and order of f a Japanese menu.
Outcomes:
Knowledge and Skills
Assessment:
Outcomes
4.MBC.1 – Demonstrate awareness
of cultural diversity
Students learn about:
 Japanese food items
 Translating Western food items into Japanese
 Requesting for items
 Japanese table manners
 Say what they will eat and drink
 Describe food
 Ask questions about food
 Katakana
1) Quizzes – katakana
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
2) Culture Task – menu
4.MBC.1,
4.MBC.2
3) Topic Test
4.MBC.1,
4.UL.1, 4.UL.2,
4.UL.4
4.MBC.2 – Identify cultural
practices in Japanese-speaking
communities and relate these to
personal experiences
4.MLC.1 – Recognise the diversity
of language systems
4.MLC.2 – Identify ways in which
meaning is conveyed by the sounds
and symbols in Japanese
4.UL.1 – Recognise and respond to
Students learn to:
 Brainstorm as much as they can about their knowledge of Japanese food
and customs
 Ask someone what they will eat
 Ask someone what they will drink
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words, phrases and simple
sentences in Japanese
4.UL.2 – Identify and respond to
features of written Japanese
4.UL.3 – Use Japanese to interact
in everyday activities
4.UL.4 – Develop writing skills by
recognising and copying Japanese
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Explain what they will and will not eat and drink
Use a range of everyday expressions
Read simple menus
Discuss what they eat at particular meals
Initiate conversations
Give opinions of food items
Ask others there opinion of food items
Have an understanding of a range of Japanese foods.
Recognise and write some katakana
Understand the similarities and differences between Japanese and
Australian cuisine and the eating traditions of both countries
Culture Content
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Resources
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Similarities and differences between Western and Japanese
cuisine.
Japanese traditions in relation to food
Make Obentoos
Song - itadakimasu
Cooking of Japanese food
How to use chopsticks
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Japanese manners
Video on Japanese food
Technology – research task
Japanese menus
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Exploring Japan – teacher resource boook
Exploring Japan
Craft resources – cardboard, ice cream containers, foil, sticky tape, glue, pencils, textas,
different materials etc
Ohisama Clouds Part 2pg song 23
Japanese Cooking in the classroom
Game – bowl of nuts or noodles see who can transfer the most nuts or noodles into a
bowl in a given time. OR see who can eat the most Japanese food in a given time
Exploring Japan
Computer Lab – research task (Nations of the World Japan, pg 22)
Video Japanese cooking
Tsumiki Student book pg 95, Opening the minds and hearts of Jap students to culture pg
20, 107
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Excursion – Japanese Restaurant
Summer festival culture
Kitami or Oishii Japanese Restaurant
Ohisama Clouds Part 1 – pg 225
TABEMASHOO
COURSE
STRUCTURE
VOCAB/GRAMMAR
Christian
Focus
TEACHING STRATEGIES
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REG
RESOURCES
OUTCOMES
Christian focus introduced – This unit will introduce us to a variety of
foods that will be interesting to see and taste. It is important for us to
remember that God has made each one of us individually and
therefore have differing gifts and talents and also different likes and
dislikes. God wants us to respect each other and our differences and
to remember at all times to be thankful to Him for his great provision on
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us.
“For what we are about to receive, the Lord make us truly
thankful, for Christ’s sake, amen.”
What will you
eat?
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Game: Teacher shows a variety of flash cards and reads them out,
class is to write down what food they think is being mentioned.
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Present new vocab for food and drinks using picture flash cards,
introduce the words and emphasise katakana as borrowed words used
to translate western words.
Nani o tabemasu ka
_____ o tabemasu
 Grammar 1- Write down and explain grammar
Nani o tabemasu ka
Sushi o tabemasu
nani o tabemasu ka
____ o kudasai
Nani o tabemasu ka
Sushi o kudasai
4.UL.2
Food
Flashcards
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
Tsumiki
Student book –
Pg 94
4.UL.2
Use flashcards and say nani o tabemasu ka
Students respond with ___ o tabemasu
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Stick in Japanese food sheet with explanations of dishes
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Work Sheet – Nani o tabemasu ka, ____ o kudasai (put roomaji on
katakana)
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Summer festival – culture – Explain the meaning of the festival, sing
songs, calligraphy on lanterns and happi coats to wear for our cooking
day
Why do Japanese people celebrate festivals religiously in Japan? What
impact does this have on us as Christians in ministering to Japanese
people. How can we encourage others to walk with the Lord?
Katakana
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Worksheet – How healthy are you?
Katakana practice a-ko (katakana booklet) – test next lesson
4.UL.1, 4.UL.2
Teacher
created
resource
Tsumikii
Workbook
Pg80
Clouds Part 1,
pg 225
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
4.MLC.1,
4.MLC.2
Teacher
created
resource
4.UL.2, 4.UL.3,
4.UL.4
Katakana
booklet
4.UL.4
Nations of the
World Japan
Pg 22
4.MBC.1,
4.MBC.2
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Katakana
sa-to
Nani o nomimasu ka
____ o nomimasu
____ o kudasai
Internet research task – students find out what certain foods are and
research a Japanese recipe they find interesting. Students will also
need to keep an eye out for recipes to put on their menu
Flashcards revision game – grab, stand up sit down
Game students have to remember what everyone else is having and
then add their item on as well. Eg/ ben san wa sushi o tabemasu,
watashi wa udon o tabemasu.
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Katakana practice sa-to (test next lesson)
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Grammar 2 –
nani o nomimasu ka
juusu o nomimasu
4.UL.2
Katakana
booklet
4.UL.4
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
Obentoo 1
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
juusu o kudasai
Nani ga suki desu ka
____ ga suki desu
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Obentoo worksheet activites
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Grammar 3 –
nani ga suki desu ka
piza ga suki desu
What will you
drink?
What do you
like?
Katakana
na-mo
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Itadakimasu
Goochisoosama
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obentoo worksheet activities
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Katakana na-mo (test next lesson)
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Video on Japanese food
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Describing words – explain how to use
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Worksheet using describing words
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Katakana ha-yo (test next lesson)
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Culture – similarities and differences in Japanese and Western food
and traditions.
Despite our differences we are all Children of God.
Worksheets
Chopstick competition
Make obentoo boxes for food lesson
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
Obentoo 1
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
Katakana
booklet
Japanese
cooking video
Teacher
created
resource
Katakana
booklet
4.UL.4
4.UL.1
4.UL.2
4.UL.2, 4.UL.4
4.UL.4
Exploring
Japan
4.MBC.1,
4.MBC.2
Exlporing
4.MBC.1,
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Japan
Ohisama
Clouds, songs
4.MBC.1,
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Evaluation (Program, Strategies, Resources)
Registration:
Teacher:
Class:
Were the outcomes of this unit achieved?
Yes/No
If no, provide reasons…………………………………………………………………..
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Date Commenced:………………. Date Completed:………………
Please tick when completed:
Was this a successful unit?
Yes/No
Suggestions for improvement………………………………………………………….
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Student:
Were the students satisfied with the unit?
Yes/No
Suggestions for improvement………………………………………………………….
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COMMENTS
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ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING
Assessment and reporting is designed to measure and communicate student’s progress towards achievement of the
outcomes stated in the NSW Board of Studies Syllabus, consistent with the standards and the philosophy of the school.
Schedule of Assessment Tasks Term 3/4
OUTCOME
4.MBC.1,
4.MBC.2,
4.UL.2,
4.UL.4
4.UL.2,
4.UL.4
4.UL.1
ASSESSMENT TYPE
WEIGHT
DATE
Culture – Based on the
unit being study and the
information learnt,
design a Japanese
menu that could be used
in a Japanese
restaurant, researching
what the dishes are on
the menu and how much
each food item costs.
Katakana Quiz – Quiz
on the entire katakana
alphabet
/10 Week
Topic Test – Listening
/10 Week 3 Term 4
Book Work –
Presentation, effort,
worksheets and tasks
uptdate
/5 Week 4 Term 4
ED
D
C
M
ME
/10 Week
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This document has been produced by the Languages Staff at Medowie Christian School with funds provided by the Australian Government through the School Languages Program.
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