No. ymi_cloth1a03
Unit I: What Are We Wearing?
Activity 3 Describing the clothes someone wears
Date: Country: Author(copyright): Themes:
2003/1 Canada Yazawa Michiko 矢澤理子
Alberta Learning (Ministry of Learning, Alberta)
Clothing and Fashion
Overview:
Students learn verbs used to express "wearing" clothes for the upper and lower halves of the body. In pairs, the students describe their partner's clothes.

Worksheets and other materials:
Game: Nani o kiteimasuka? --- View Shockwave Flash File 341KB
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To begin the game, press the black start button that appears in the upper right of the screen after you select either Yu’s or Takayuki’s icon. When you click the mouse on an article of clothing, the name for it appears in Japanese. Clicking on the name brings up the appropriate verb beside it. You cannot hear the pronunciation of the words in this game.

Game: Watashi no fashion 1 --- Download Shockwave Flash File 83KB
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A sentence will appear in the upper left of the screen. Drag and drop the appropriate clothing items onto the figure of the girl or boy to dress them as the sentence describes. A barking dog will appear when you have dressed the figure correctly, and you will move on to the next figure. There are a total of four figures.

Game: Watashi no fashion 2 --- Download Shockwave Flash File 27KB
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Drag and drop each article of clothing onto the appropriate verb. When you give a correct answer, the clothing will disappear into the verb bubble. When all the clothing is gone, wait for a moment and you can see a person wearing them.


Ask 2-3 students to be volunteer models. The teacher puts a red piece of tape on the front of each volunteer at the waistline to make a distinction between the upper and lower halves of the body. The teacher demonstrates describing their clothes.

シャツを着ています、ズボンをはいています、など
The teacher should be sure to describe the students' clothes by contrasting those on the upper half of the body with those on the lower half. Let the students point out that the teacher uses different verbs for clothes on the upper and lower halves of the body. For practice, and to check the students' understanding, have 2 or 3 students state what clothes they are wearing on the upper and lower halves of their own bodies.

Using Deai, the students practice describing the clothes someone wears.
Use game: Nani o kiteimasuka?

Draw a human body on the whiteboard and mark its waist line in red.
Using pictures of clothing items, match the related clothes with the correct part of the body, and visually "clothe" the body on the board.
Use game: Watashi no fashion 1

You can also download pictures of clothing items at http://japanesecentral.com/Siryoo/pictureclips/clothes/index.html

Introduce items like watches, glasses, and hats/caps with their related verbs.
Use game: Watashi no fashion 2

とけいをしています、めがねをかけています、ぼうしをかぶっています
Have the students get in pairs and prepare a description of their partner's clothes. The teacher checks around and helps the students by providing necessary vocabulary.

Within each pair, students should take turns describing what the other partner is wearing. Suggest to the students that they perform a mock fashion show. In the fashion show, direct the students to pay attention to the way they walk and turn.

次は〇〇さん/くんです。赤いシャツを着ています。黒いズボンをはいています。これはアメリカのズボンです。(有名なタレント名)みたいです。かっこいいですね/ださいですね。

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