秋（あき）- Autumn

冬（ふゆ）- Winter

春（はる）- Spring

一月（いちがつ）- Janurary

二月（にがつ）- February

三月（さんがつ）- March

四月（しがつ）- April

五月（ごがつ）- May

六月（ろくがつ）- June

七月（しちがつ）- July

八月（はちがつ）- August

九月（くがつ）- September

十月（じゅうがつ）- October

十一月（じゅういちがつ）- November

十二月（じゅうにがつ）- December

Practice:

Write out each kanji 3 times in your exercise book

せつぶん - Setsubun; last day of winter

ひなまつり- Hinamatsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

おはなみ - Cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

こどものひ - Children's Day

つゆ - Rainy season

たなばた - Tanabata; Star festival

おぼん - Obon, Buddhist festival honouring ancestral spirits

おつきみ - Moon viewing

たいいくのひ - Health and Sports Day

しちごさん - Festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3

おおみそか - New Year's Eve

Practice:

ここからすきなまつりはなんですか？ - What is your favourite festival/event from this list?

(Answer by commenting under this tab with your name as the title. Use your knowledge of sharing likes and dislikes from last term and make sure to finish with the です form).

Practice:

Respond to these questions as a comment under this tab with your name as the title.

In your responses make sure to include kanji, vocab from the unit, and grammar structures from the above tabs and from what we've learnt in class.

ます form, e.g.

さくらをみます。

ピックニックをします。

カラオケをします。

おにぎりをたべます。

おちゃをのみます。

Asking and responding to when and where activities take place:

[time word]に[activity]を～ます。

いつ[activity]を～ますか？

いつですか？

Practice:

Fill in the blanks below in Japanese

1. えいがを＿＿＿。(watch)

2. サッカーを＿＿＿。(play/do)

3. ＿＿＿に＿＿＿を＿＿ます。(fill in to create your own sentence)