Watashi to Mizu

OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to relate the concept of water to some known language. They will also learn some new expressions related to the topic of water.

LANGUAGE

Percentages, verbal phrases for activities related to water.

ACTIVITY 1

1.	Using Tasksheet 1, ask the class in groups to guess the percentage of water in humans.Each group reports back, and the closest to the answer wins. Answer: 70%
2.	Students then annotate and colour in the picture on the worksheet.

Teacher Talk:

	生(い)きものには､水(みず)がたくさんはいっています。 There is a lot of water in living things.
	だいこんは、何(なん)パーセント水(みず)ですか。 What percentage of water does a radish have?
	あなたのからだは、何(なん)パーセント水(みず)でしょう。 What percentage does your body have, do you think?
	せんをひいて、パーセントをかいてください。 Draw a line and indicate the percentage.
	そして色(いろ)をぬって。 And colour in (the section).

Tasksheet 1

Tasksheet 1 (PDF:186kb)

ACTIVITY 2

1.	Students in pairs or groups think of 10 activities related to using water and write them on Tasksheet 2 (What can you do with water?). As well as the obvious uses, students try to think of some interesting uses.
2.	Using Tasksheet 3, students check their comprehension by matching the number to the activity. They can also check which activities are the same as the ones they thought of, and which are different. Each group decides which of their ideas is interesting or original, and an award can be given for the 'most interesting water activity' from among these.

Tasksheet 2

Tasksheet 3

Tasksheet 2 (PDF:439kb)

Teacher Talk:

	水(みず)で何(なに)をしますか。 What do you do with/in water?
	たとえば、およぎます。 For example, swim.
	グループでかんがえてください。 Think of some things in your group.
	そして、おもしろいことをかんがえてみてください。 And try to think of some interesting things.
	「おもしろ賞(しょう)」をあげます。 I'll give a prize for 'Most interesting idea'.
	4ページを見(み)て。これをかんがえましたか。 Look at page 4. Did you think of these?
	このグループのいちばんおもしろいアイディアは？ What is this group's most interesting idea?

EXTENSION

Additional Tasksheet 4 for advanced students - 「まいにちのみず」.
Students can discuss similarities and differences between Australia and Japan.

Tasksheet 4

Tasksheet 4 (PDF:141kb)