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Korean Seasons

Seventh graders explore the four seasons (사계절, sagyejeol) in Korean — 봄 (bom, spring), 여름 (yeoreum, summer), 가을 (gaeul, autumn), 겨울 (gyeoul, winter) — and the traditions of each, from spring cherry blossoms to autumn foliage (단풍, danpung).

Grade 7Seasons50 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…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Learn seasonal traditions.
  • ✓Explore sagyejeol.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

Korea has four clear seasons! What are they called, and what belongs to each?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Korean Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the four Korean seasons.

🌸 Explore the four seasons — tap eachTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Four Seasons

6 min

Korea has four clear seasons — what are they and their traditions?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show cherry blossoms.
  • Ask which season.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Seasons

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Seasons Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Note the traditions.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its tradition.
  • Say your favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Bom-eul joahaeyo” (I like spring).
  • Describe a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say a tradition.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

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

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore seasonal traditions.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.2

Explore cultural practices (danpung).

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to seasons & nature.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare seasons & customs.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season cards with romanization.
  • Show seasonal pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with bom & gyeoul.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Research a Korean festival.
  • Match foods to seasons.
  • Make a season poster.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌸Season cards
  • 💻The Korean Seasons Explorer
  • 🖼️Seasonal images
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

사계절 (sagyejeol)four seasons봄 (bom)spring여름 (yeoreum)summer가을 (gaeul)autumn겨울 (gyeoul)winter벙꽃 (beotkkot)cherry blossom단풍 (danpung)autumn foliage눈 (nun)snow
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 “spring” in Korean?
봄 (bom).
QUESTION 2
What is 단풍 (danpung)?
Autumn foliage — the red and gold leaves.
QUESTION 3
What does 사계절 (sagyejeol) mean?
The four seasons.

Reflect: seasons.

Have students name their favorite season in Korean and one tradition from it. A printable Korean seasons 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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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 가을 (gaeul), 겨울 (gyeoul), 눈 (nun), 단풍 (danpung), 벙꽃 (beotkkot), 봄 (bom), 사계절 (sagyejeol), 여름 (yeoreum)
  1. autumn
  2. cherry blossom
  3. autumn foliage
  4. summer
  5. spring
  6. four seasons
  7. snow
  8. winter

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “spring” in Korean?
  2. What is 단풍 (danpung)?
  3. What does 사계절 (sagyejeol) mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 가을 (gaeul) · 2) 벙꽃 (beotkkot) · 3) 단풍 (danpung) · 4) 여름 (yeoreum) · 5) 봄 (bom) · 6) 사계절 (sagyejeol) · 7) 눈 (nun) · 8) 겨울 (gyeoul)
Part B: 1) 봄 (bom). 2) Autumn foliage — the red and gold leaves. 3) The four seasons.