Preparation for study of Japanese events and festivals. Suitable for introducing the topic in preparation for an essay or class discussion. Includes a passage about some main events (New year, summer festivals, snow festival, children's day) with brief description of typical activities followed by questions prompting students to research their chosen festival in detail and learn some key vocabulary. The language and kanji are suitable for A level students, but could be adapted with more furigana for a challenge at the end of GCSE (I've attached the word version so it can be modified to suit students' knowledge). I have a GCSE version which I will upload separately.

Preparation for study of Japanese events and festivals. Suitable for introducing the topic in preparation for an essay or class discussion. Includes a passage about some main events (New year, summer festivals, snow festival, children’s day) with brief description of typical activities followed by questions prompting students to research their chosen festival in detail and learn some key vocabulary. The language and kanji are suitable for GCSE level students.

A booklet taking students through basic phrases and vocabulary. I use this in class in the last few lessons or sometimes give to more independent students to complete over a holiday period. I’ve also used it to assess learning with new students if they’re not absolute beginners. Developed for upper primary but would also be good consolidation for secondary. Numbers Tones Greetings Name Age This is a … Family Colours Dates

Worksheet pack introducing phrases and structuring production of a description of a holiday using the wordbank provided and question prompts. Suitable for KS3 upwards and GCSE preparation.

This is a pack of worksheets to prepare students for the A Level essays on Ekuni Kaori’s book “Duke”. It includes: A vocab list to help with reading the book Prompt questions for an initial book review in English A list of True/False sentences about the book in Japanese Vocabulary for analysing literature in Japanese A listing of Japanese book reviews and blogs about “Duke” in Japanese A list of all the past paper questions about this book An example first question to tackle