【Click Nippon News】Summer holidays and O-Bon festival

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Click Nippon News
July 7, 2016

【1】Summer holidays are just around the corner!
もうすぐ夏休みですね！

【2】Suggested class activities
学習活動のヒント

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【1】Summer holidays are just around the corner!
When is your summer vacation? How long is it? In Japan, it is usually from the end of July to the end of August.
Many special festivals and events are held all over Japan including O-Bon, which is one of the biggest traditional events in the festival calendar. It is usually in mid August. Many companies close in O-Bon period and people take this opportunity to visit their home town or go on a trip.
This issue introduces two articles: one is about how a high school student spent her summer holiday, and another is about the O-Bon festival.

The timely articles from 《1/365》↓↓

☆Summer holidays full of memories by Natsu

https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/365/event/cat/post-51.php

Natsu had fulfilling summer holidays. She reported about her memorable experiences.

☆A cow and a horse of Bon season by GAGA

https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/365/event/obon-festival/a-cow-and-a-horse-of-bon-season.php

What is O-Bon? What do people do at O-Bon time? Let's find out from GAGA's report.

【2】Suggested class activities

☆Summer holidays full of memories by Natsu

a)What did Natsu do in her summer holidays? Give three of her highlights.

b)What did Natsu do in the middle of July?

c)Why did Natsu visit Shimane?

d)What did Natsu do in Shimane?

e)What was she impressed by?

f)What did Natsu have to face straight after the summer holidays? How did she feel about it?

g)Group work: What kind of person do you think Natsu is? Share your idea in your group and make a mind map of her personalities.

h)Presentation: What did you do in your last holidays? Choose three highlights and write them in Japanese. Use photos or illustrations to present your holidays to the class.

☆A cow and a horse of Bon season by GAGA

a)Answer GAGA's question: What do you think this photo is?

b)What information about O-Bon can you find in this article? Share it in your group.

c)Which vegetables did GAGA use for O-Bon decoration? List them all in your language and in Japanese.

d)What is "shoryo uma" (spiritual horse)?

e)Explain the reason they make "shoryo uma".

f)What kind of wishes do people express through "shoryo uma"?

g)What kind of feelings or emotions did GAGA put into making "shoryo uma"?

h)Discussion: Do you have similar festival or event to O-Bon festival in your culture? If you do, explain what people do. What kind of values or emotions do people express through doing so?

Related Sites
"Deai" Teacher Support Information/MiniEncyclopedia/Annual Events/O-bon

https://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/teacher/mini_en/html/obon.html

About O-Bon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2286.html

【1】もうすぐ夏休みですね！
あなたの国では夏休みはいつですか。どのくらいありますか。日本ではたいてい7月末から8月末まで、一か月くらいです。
この時期、たくさんのお祭りやイベントがあり、お盆もその一つです。お盆というのは、とても大切な伝統的イベントで、たいてい8月のなかばにあります。この時期、多くの会社などは休みになり、たくさんの人が帰省したり旅行したりします。
今回は、高校生の夏休みのレポートと、お盆に関するレポートを紹介します。

☆実りの多い夏休みby なつ

https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/365/event/summervacation/post-51.php

なつさんは、とても実りの多い夏休みを過ごしました。どんな風に過ごしたか、思い出がいっぱいの夏休みをレポートしています。

☆お盆の牛さんとお馬さん by がが

https://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/365/event/obon/post-49.php

お盆とは何でしょう？お盆に人々はどんなことをするのでしょう？ががさんのレポートをよんで、その答えをさがしてみましょう。

【2】学習活動のヒント

☆実りの多い夏休みby なつ

a)なつさんが夏休みに何をしましたか。ハイライトを3つ、あげてください。

b)7月半ばに何をしましたか。

c)どうして島根に行ったのでしょうか。

d)島根では、何をしましたか。