Seventh graders learn Japanese adjectives (けいようし, keiyōshi) to describe the world — おいしい (oishii, delicious), たのしい (tanoshii, fun), ふるい (furui, old). They sort positive, nice descriptions from negative ones.
Students will be able to…
How do you describe things in Japanese — delicious, fun, new, old? Let’s learn adjectives.
Project this and sort each adjective into Positive (nice) or Negative (not nice).
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How do you describe things in Japanese? Let’s learn adjectives.
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).
Interpretive: understand adjectives.
Presentational: describe things.
Compare adjectives.
Interpersonal: describe & react.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students describe two things in Japanese using adjectives (like oishii, tanoshii). A printable Japanese adjectives sheet is in the World Languages library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.