Year 7 & 8 Japanese
Hiragana
L.I: Learn how to read the first of three Japanese writing systems, hiragana
Instructions
- Practise saying the syllables.
- Look at the hiragana chart to practise reading.
- Write in the Japanese for the objects
Game: Janken tug-of-war
- Group into teams
- Two teams face against each other
- One member each goes down the line of hiragana from opposite ends, reading each as they go.
- When they meet, they play Janken to see who goes out. The team with the player going out has the next member start reading from the beginning.
- When a player reaches the opposite side, they get a point for their team.

E, He, Ke, Tu, Ku, Ro, Ne, Nu