Grade 3 Unit 1 Stuff

This worksheet is also for the New Horizon Grade 3 text book. The grammer is similar to what appears on the scavenger hunt activity sheet; passive forms of verbs. The idea behind the worksheet is that students explain the use of various Japanese cultural artifacts (Stuff). At the meeting the other day (4/27) Kimura sensei pointed out that some of the kids in the class might not know the names and use of some of the stuff on the sheet so it might not be a bad idea to have the JTE go over the sheet with the kids first to make sure they know what everything is.

A possible variation on this activity is to present the students with a similar worksheet that shows various artifacts specific to the ALT's cultural background. (Your stuff.) Then, before explaining what the stuff is you could have the students speculate about the posssible uses of the stuff. This part of the activity might have to be done in Japanese. Or, the students could be given a multiple choice question. Or, the ALT could give a brief description and the students a one word anwer. Like this:

ALT: This is used to play hockey.
STDS: Puck!

And so on.