Shonai Facts
An aquarium that is famous for its collection of jellyfish
What is Kamo Aquarium?
This town is famous for its Bear Festival
What is Oguni Machi?
The name of Yamagata's Shinkansen
What is Tsubasa?
An online quiz game that uses music, timers, pictures, and a scoring system to engage learners in the classroom
What is Kahoot?
~had been plus the present participle
is the way in which you form this tense
What is the Past Perfect Tense?
This river is 224km long and empties into the Sea of Japan at Sakata Port. It is also known as the “Mother River” of Yamagata
What is the Mogami River?
Yonezawa’s Uesugi Festival is named after this man
Who is Uesugi Kenshin?
The Japanese name of Zao’s Snow Monsters
What are Juhyou?
Conducting meetings and establishing a purpose and goal with the JTE
What is Lesson Planning? (打合せ)
Geese, Papayas, Moose
These three words all have this in common
What is their plurality?
Japan’s only UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy
What is Tsuruoka?
The Hamada Hirosuke Memorial Museum can be found in this town
What is Takahata?
The only Tohoku ramen shop recognized in the Yokohama Ramen Museum
What is Ryushanghai?
A classic warm up game that challenges students to answer questions in order to choose a direction to sit or stand
What is Criss-Cross?
A verb form that also functions as a noun
What is a Gerund?
These are the three mountains of the Dewa Sanzan
What are Haguro-san, Gassan and Yudono-san?
This is the lake in which the Underwater Forest in Iide can be found
What is Lake Shirakawa?
She is the governor of Yamagata Prefecture
Who is Yoshimura Mieko?
The ALT's role often includes modeling this for students during lessons
What is Pronunciation?
Murder, School, Kindle and Pride are all examples of this
What are Collective Nouns?
The number of stone steps to the top of Mt. Haguro
What is 2,446 steps?
These are the 2 mascots of Nanyo City
Who are Nan chan and You chan / Beva and Vege?
This is the number of stops within Yamagata prefecture for the Yamagata Shinkansen
What is 10? (Shinjo, Ooishida, Murayama, Sakurambo Higashine, Tendo, Yamagata, Kaminoyama Onsen, Akayu, Takahata, Yonezawa)
A teaching technique that encourages students to respond using gestures and movement
What is Total Physical Response? (TPR)
The process of repeating only vowel sounds occurring in any part of a word
What is Assonance?