Japan Books: Children’s Day Level 5

Description

Richy and his grandpa will show you how Japanese people celebrate Children’s Day in Japan.

Level: Main text – Level 5; Captions – Level 8
Script: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters with Furigana

Sentence examples:

• They wear samurai kimono.
• Well, let us celebrate Children’s Day.
• I want to be as strong as the samurai.

Main text: In alignment with the Australian curriculum (Years 7 to 8 band plan achievement standards)

• Use verbs to plan and offer suggestions.
• Read and write using high-frequency kanji for verbs.
• Build cohesion in texts and elaborate on the meanings using grammatical elements, such as conjunctions.

Captions: In alignment with the Senior Japanese syllabus and the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

• Plain form verbs, including past tense and negative forms
• stem V: purpose (N5)
• N: describing (N4)
• Connect sentences (N5)
• V: favors/giving/receiving (N4)
• V: conditional if/when (N4)
• V: even though (N4)
• Plain V + N: N that V (N3)
• Plain V: to wish (N4)
• In this way/just like this (N2)

Cultural note from the author:

Every year, children in Japan look forward to the 5th of May, which is Children’s Day. This day signifies good health and wishes for a good future for the children. It was originally held for boys only. However, in 1948, this day was registered as a national holiday and became a special day for both boys and girls. Therefore, the traditional celebrative ways that are introduced in this book mostly comprise boy-related themes. While some of the traditional practices have been simplified for the modern era, many families still practice these traditional methods.