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Japanese Daily Routine

Seventh graders describe a daily routine (いちにち, ichinichi) in Japanese — おきる (okiru, wake up), たべる (taberu, eat), いく (iku, go), かえる (kaeru, return), ねる (neru, sleep). They put a whole day’s actions in order.

Grade 7Daily Routine50 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…

  • ✓Describe a daily routine.
  • ✓Use action verbs.
  • ✓Order the day.
  • ✓Talk about your day.
Essential Question

From waking up to going to sleep, how do you describe your day in Japanese?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Daily Routine

Project this and have students put the Japanese daily-routine actions in order.

🕑 Put the daily routine in order — wake up to sleep!Try it
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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — A Day in Japanese

6 min

From waking to sleeping, how do you describe your day?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime waking up.
  • Ask the Japanese verb.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Daily Routine

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model okiru to neru.
  • Note the order.
  • Have students repeat.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Routine.
  • Put it in order.
  • Say each aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Shichi-ji ni okimasu” (I wake at 7).
  • Describe your morning.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name an action.
  • Say what you do first.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name 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).

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a routine.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand actions.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about the day.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Routine cards with romaji.
  • Show a day timeline.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with okiru & neru.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add times (shichi-ji).
  • Write your routine.
  • Compare with a partner.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕑Routine cards
  • 💻Order the Daily Routine
  • 🗓️A day timeline
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

いちにち (ichinichi)a dayおきる (okiru)to wake upたべる (taberu)to eatいく (iku)to goかえる (kaeru)to return homeねる (neru)to sleepべんきょう (benkyō)studyまいにち (mainichi)every day
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
How do you say “to wake up” in Japanese?
おきる (okiru).
QUESTION 2
What does ねる (neru) mean?
To sleep.
QUESTION 3
What comes first in a daily routine — okiru or neru?
Okiru (wake up).

Reflect: daily routine.

Have students describe two things they do each day in Japanese (like okiru, taberu). A printable Japanese routine sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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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.

🖨️ Japanese Daily RoutinePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: いく (iku), いちにち (ichinichi), おきる (okiru), かえる (kaeru), たべる (taberu), ねる (neru), べんきょう (benkyō), まいにち (mainichi)
  1. to sleep
  2. to eat
  3. to wake up
  4. to return home
  5. a day
  6. study
  7. every day
  8. to go

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “to wake up” in Japanese?
  2. What does ねる (neru) mean?
  3. What comes first in a daily routine — okiru or neru?
Answer key — Part A: 1) ねる (neru) · 2) たべる (taberu) · 3) おきる (okiru) · 4) かえる (kaeru) · 5) いちにち (ichinichi) · 6) べんきょう (benkyō) · 7) まいにち (mainichi) · 8) いく (iku)
Part B: 1) おきる (okiru). 2) To sleep. 3) Okiru (wake up).