Choice Homework

Choice homework will be collected at the end of each week and must add up to a total of 3 points. Listed below are some possible assignments and their corresponding point value.

1 Point


  • If you have Facebook, change the language to Japanese and play on Facebook for 30 minutes.

  • If you have a cell phone, change your cell phone language to Japanese for an entire day.

  • Explore the Japanese-language section of a bookstore or the Japanese Ebooks/Kindle section of amazon.com. Look at 5 books and find two you would like to own.

  • Explore the iTunes Japan store and find one album or 3 songs you would like to own.

  • Using post-it notes, post-it 5 items in your house that you don’t know the word for and leave it there for a week, then report to me from memory what all the items were.

  • On Spotify, find a Japanese artist you like and either 1) listen to their top 5 songs or 2) listen to an album. Report what you listened to and what you thought.

  • Create a wishlist of 5 items on Amazon Japan. Email me the wishlist.

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2 Points



  • Compile a list of 15 Japanese words involving your favorite hobby or a job you'd like to have.

  • Search a hashtag for one of your vocabulary words (#もも, #おもしろい, etc.) on Twitter or Instagram and read 10 entries. Report what you find.


  • Watch a video in Japanese on Youtube. It can be about the language such as a new grammar point, or about a cultural aspect. Write up what you learned.

  • Explore Google Trends (google.com/ trends) for the U.S. and Japan and compare what you find.


  • Watch an episode of an anime and write up a list of 10 new words you learned and their meanings.

  • NEW! Go to https://www.google.co.jp/maps and search Marysville or Columbus and the nearby area. Make a list of 15 street names or businesses, or facilities that you can read and recognize.

  • NEW! Go to https://www.google.co.jp/maps and find the map of Japan. Explore the country and prefectures and cities. Make a list of 5 places with kanji you recognize and 5 places you want visit.
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3 Points

  • Watch an episode of きょうの料理 (りょうり) on youtube and summarize what was made and its ingredients.

  • Watch JPMCHD Best Japanese TV Ads of 2015 playlist on youtube and report what 3 advertisements were trying to sell, and why you thought that. Also what was the most advertised item or product/ theme? (What Japanese words were used?)

  • Watch an episode of an anime and write up a summary of what happened in 8 sentences all in Japanese.

  • Visit a Japanese store (Tensuke Market) and buy a snack/drink (not from the U.S.). In your report, compare it to a U.S. product.
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  • Visit a Japanese restaurant such as Akai Hana, Kihachi, Tensuke Express, Belle’s Bread, Basho, Yoshi’s. Asian cafes or restaurants not mentioned don’t count. Look at the Japanese menus and order 2 things you’ve never tried before. Write up what they were called in Japanese and how they were. Also include 5 menu items and their descriptions all in Japanese.
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  • Write a 6-8 sentence story in Japanese. Can be fictitious or based on true events.

  • Go to iyasensei.com and pick a photo from the albums. Describe the photo in Japanese in 6-8 sentences.