Ninth graders learn a big difference between Japanese and English: Japanese puts the VERB at the END (Subject-Object-Verb). “Watashi wa sushi o tabemasu” literally reads “I sushi eat.” They build a full sentence in Japanese order.
Students will be able to…
In Japanese, the verb comes LAST! How is Japanese word order (SOV) different from English — and can you build a sentence?
Project this and have students build the Japanese sentence in order — verb at the end.
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In Japanese, the verb comes LAST — how is SOV different from English?
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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).
Compare word order.
Presentational: form sentences.
Connect to grammar.
Interpretive: parse SOV sentences.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students build one Japanese sentence with the verb at the end (SOV). A printable Japanese word-order sheet is in the World Languages library.
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