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Japanese Hobbies

Sixth graders learn to talk about hobbies (しゅみ, shumi) in Japanese — listening to music (ongaku o kiku), playing sports (supōtsu o suru), drawing, and gaming. They can now share what they love to do.

Grade 6Hobbies50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Say your hobbies.
  • ✓Combine noun + verb.
  • ✓Say what you like.
  • ✓Share interests.
Essential Question

What do you love to do in your free time? Let’s learn to talk about hobbies in Japanese.

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Interactive Task
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Japanese Hobbies Check

Project each item and have students answer about Japanese hobby words.

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Free Time

6 min

What do you love to do? Let’s talk about hobbies in Japanese.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime playing a game.
  • Ask the Japanese word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Hobbies

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Japanese Hobbies Check.
  • Note ongaku, supōtsu.
  • Note noun + verb.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a hobby.
  • Say “___ ga suki desu.”
  • Name what you like.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Name it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Ongaku ga suki desu.”
  • Share your hobby.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Share.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a hobby.
  • Say what you like.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: share hobbies.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand hobby words.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare hobby phrases.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe interests.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Hobby cards with romaji.
  • Sentence frame: “___ ga suki desu.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with ongaku & supōtsu.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add e o kaku (to draw).
  • Make a hobby sentence.
  • Survey classmates.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎸Hobby cards
  • 💻Japanese Hobbies Check
  • 🗣️Sentence strips
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

しゅみ (shumi)hobbyおんがく (ongaku)musicきく (kiku)to listenスポーツ (supōtsu)sportsゲーム (gēmu)gameえ (e)drawing / pictureうた (uta)songすき (suki)to like
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does しゅみ (shumi) mean?
Hobby.
QUESTION 2
What does “ongaku o kiku” mean?
To listen to music.
QUESTION 3
What does “supōtsu o suru” mean?
To play sports.

Reflect: hobbies.

Have students say one hobby they like in Japanese (like “Ongaku ga suki desu”). A printable Japanese hobbies sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: うた (uta), え (e), おんがく (ongaku), きく (kiku), しゅみ (shumi), すき (suki), ゲーム (gēmu), スポーツ (supōtsu)
  1. hobby
  2. to listen
  3. game
  4. to like
  5. sports
  6. music
  7. drawing / picture
  8. song

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does しゅみ (shumi) mean?
  2. What does “ongaku o kiku” mean?
  3. What does “supōtsu o suru” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) しゅみ (shumi) · 2) きく (kiku) · 3) ゲーム (gēmu) · 4) すき (suki) · 5) スポーツ (supōtsu) · 6) おんがく (ongaku) · 7) え (e) · 8) うた (uta)
Part B: 1) Hobby. 2) To listen to music. 3) To play sports.