No. tjf_food1a01
Eating Habits in Our Daily Lives
Activity 1: Yu’s Eating Habits
Date: Country: Author(copyright): Themes:
2001/10 Japan The Japan Forum Food
A Day in the Life
Overview:
Students examine and use the information from the pictures to answer questions about Yu’s eating habits.

From the Deai photo sheets:

MY-D02 MY-D11 MY-D17 MY-P09

Worksheets and other materials:
Worksheet #1-1, 1-2, 1-3

Display pictures of Yu eating various foods. Students use information from the pictures and answer questions from Yu’s perspective. If the answer is not apparent, encourage students to make intelligent guesses.


あなたは『ゆう』です。『ゆう』になってしつもんにこたえてください。写真を見てもわからないことは、そうぞうして答えてください。
Pretend to be the person in the photos and answer the questions as led by the teacher. When you answer questions, use information included in the photos. If the information you are looking for is not included in the photos, try to imagine the situation and provide your own answer.

Q1. あさごはんに、何を食べますか。
Q2. どこで食べますか。
Q3. 何時ぐらいに食べますか。


Students complete Worksheet #1-1, 1-2, 1-3 as homework.

(1) For questions 2 and 3, let students guess the answer first, and then give them the correct answer from the captions on each photo sheet.

(2) Worksheet #1 can be used as a warm-up, rather than as homework.

(3) Variation:
- Have students pretend to be a documentary film maker visiting Yu’s home and answer the questions.
- Students answer the questions as Yu’s mother encourage them to make appropriate “mother” comments.

Students form pairs and role play conversations between the following people.
a. Yu and her mother
b. Yu and her father
c. Yu and her friend

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