Japan Books: It Is Melted! Level 8

Description

Sakura is taking chocolate to her grandma’s house. However, on the way, due to the hot weather, the chocolate has melted. What will her grandma do to cheer Sakura up?

Level: 8
Script: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters

Sentence examples:

• She takes a bus, and then walks a little ways.
• “Sakura, wait for 1 hour.”
• “Today has been a hot day, so the chocolate has melted.”

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

• Plain form, including past tense and negative form (N5)
• Form V connect sentences (N5)
• To explain something; show emphasis
• Conjunctions – time order (N4)
• I wonder (N4)
• V command (N5)
• Form V + something regrettable happens (N4)
• Something happens unintentionally (N4)

Cultural note from the author:

Grandparents often play a special role in a child’s life. My grandma always saved me from all sorts of trouble during my childhood. I remember thinking how “magical” my grandma was. Sakura’s grandma in this book is similar. Readers will have fun discovering how she deals with the melted chocolate that Sakura brought for her.