In this activity, students will have the opportunity to create their own stories based on health-related vocabulary words. Students will also briefly learn about the difference in health systems in the U.S. and Japan.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn about similarities and differences between graduations in the U.S. and Japan. Students will also practice their speaking skills through questions about their future.

The students will be exposed to and asked to read katakana words for real Japanese food products. The students will then play bingo to practice simple vocabulary.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn new vocabulary words and describe what each of the words mean. Students will also answer questions based on the vocabulary words.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to express what they could do simultaneously. Students will also be able to express the idea of without doing.

In this activity, students will practice using 怎么 and 怎么这么 to create “how” questions to describe how to do something and to create emphasis when asking how something could be a certain way. Students will use cards to help them build sentences.

In this activity, students will practice using basic travel vocabulary like ‘to take’ and ‘to go on vacation’, constructing sentences with a wide variety of possible nouns. They will then transition into an open discussion about travel and holidays in general, with questions provided to guide the discussion. They will wrap up the discussion by sharing things or people that they are thankful for.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to plan a trip to a place in Japan based on the information they are provided. Students will determine where they are going, and suggest travel locations. Students will also be able to identify and describe travel activities.

Students will be exposed to a variety of large events recently hosted in Japan through videos and pictures. They will then describe large events they have been to in their lives, inside and outside of their current place of residence. They will finally compare and contrast the American and Japanese events while discussing Japanese events that they may hope to attend in the future.

Students will learn about navigating and paying for the train system in Japan. They will then practice their travel vocab with a game that pushes their vocab and requires them to talk about that vocab creatively.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn about the Japanese postal system. They will also be able to practice their listening skills.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to practice learning vocabulary words related to traveling and what they mean.Students will learn about transportation systems and vocabulary related to transportation through a game.

Students will warm-up with practice regarding familiar fairy-tales. They will then read or watch a Japanese folk-tale and discuss the story together. They will finish with some questions that analyze the message of the story and compare the story to folk-tales from their home culture.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to create their own limited edition products. Students will also talk about what they want to do for spring break and summer break.

Students will become more familiar with calendar days and days of the week. First, the students will put together a calendar using the days of the week and various calendar days, specifically the irregular days. Then the students will be asked to discuss what kind of activities they do on the different days of the week.

The students will be exposed to a few home remedies from Japan. They will then be shown medicine and will be asked to cure various symptoms of sickness using medicine or home remedies. The activity will finish with a comparison of Japan’s medicine to medicine from the students’ home cultures.

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn about medicine in Japan. Students will also determine what medicine to give to people based on their symptoms.

The students will warm up with a review of holiday-related vocabulary. They will then be asked open-ended questions regarding holidays and traditions and answer them in pairs or small groups

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to practice Japanese counters. Students will also be able to express limited degrees. Students will learn to describe characteristics.

Students will practice using descriptive language via a Head’s Up game. Each student will then assume the role of a popular Halloween character and push their ability to question and answer by playing 20 questions.