Lesson 10
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Starter (15 minutes)
Children will be taught how to play ‘karuta’. Explain that karuta is a game commonly played around New Year and involves trying to pick up picture cards that match opening lines read out aloud by a referee from ancient Japanese poems. In this case, children will be presented with picture cards representing 6 different winter/ New Year images (see worksheet). The picture cards should be spread out on the table in front of the children and as you/ the Japanese teacher reads out the word (having picked out a random word card from the pile), children have to be quick to try and find the corresponding picture card. The child with the most picture cards at the end of the game is the winner. You may need to go over the images depicted in the pictures first – see the Culture Notes for background information).
