Over the past few weeks we have looked at a few things we do daily here in Australia and compared them with how the Japanese do them. These topics include, sleeping, going to school and bathing.
Imagine that you have a friend who is about to visit Japan for a week and as a part of their time in Japan they will stay with a Japanese family. Write them an email to give them a heads up on some of the things we have learnt about sleep, going to school and bathing in Japan so that they’re not too shocked or do anything embarrassing on their trip.
Please note: you don’t need to mention everything we’ve looked at. For example, I doubt that their Japanese host mother would dress them up while they’re asleep and take photos of them!
Type your email and save as “Japan Trip Daily Routines Email”. You’ll have this lesson to work on it and then homework time until the due date for printing which will be your first Japanese lesson in Week 7.
Here’s two suggestions on how you might start for those who find it hard to get started…
Hey mate, so cool to hear that you’re about to head over to Japan. We’ve been learning about a few things in our Japanese lessons that I think you should know before you head over so that you don’t embarrass yourself. Take for example something as simple as sleep. In your host family you might not have a bed instead you’ll…
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Hey, I heard you’re going to Japan! How cool! Did you know there’s a few things they do differently than us over there? Say for example how we usually just have a shower most days. Well in Japan you’ll be having a bath everyday. But their bathrooms are pretty cool because…
Give as many details as you can about the topics you choose to mention. Go back to the information on the weebly by clicking on the buttons below to refresh your memory of the details about each topic. If you were away for one of the topics this will also give you the information you need.