Week 1
Lesson 1
Taste and Texture
We are learning several Japanese words to help us describe the taste and texture of different foods. In grammar we are learning how to chain adjectives in sentences using ～くて. At the end of the lesson we will practice our new words and grammar with a food adjective activity.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Fruits and Vegetables
We are learning how to say a variety of fruits and vegetables in Japanese. In grammar we are learning how to make longer lists of nouns using や. At the end of the lesson we will use a food sorting activity to practice the new words and grammar while reviewing some of the taste terms from lesson 1.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Ingredients
We are learning the Japanese names of several common ingredients (ex. flour, sugar, eggs, oil, etc.). We will also review food terms we have learned in older classes. In grammar we are learning how to make adjectives negative. At the end of the lesson we will bring things together by making listing some ingredients in common dishes.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Cooking Equipment and Tools
We are learning the Japanese names of common equipment/tools that we use when cooking. In grammar we will briefly review ～ために and use this in an activity guessing what cooking equipment we need to cook certain dishes. Our mini-project on sharing a recipe in Japanese will be introduced at the end of the lesson and relevant learning resources will be provided.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Measurements
We are learning the Japanese terms for measuring length, weight, volume, and temperature. In grammar we will cover how to read fractions and decimal points and talk a little about using the ～さ suffix at the end of certain adjectives. We will finish the lesson off with a measuring activity.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Cooking Verbs
We are learning and practicing how to use common Japanese cooking verbs. We will start to bring things from previous lessons together by seeing examples of cooking sentence patterns. Through looking at these sentence patterns we will practice the correct usage of particles. Towards the end will will also start to look at some sample Japanese recipes. 
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Reading and Writing Recipes
We are continuing to review words and sentence patterns from older lessons. We will spend more time looking at sample Japanese recipes as a warm-up before spending the rest of time in class rewriting our own chosen recipes in Japanese.
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Review
This lesson is the due date for submitting a recipe, but a bit of time at the beginning of class will be taken to answer last-minute questions. The remainder of class will be spent playing a food-themed version of 20 questions in Japanese. A bit of time will be spent beforehand to look at some useful sentence patterns/words to use in the game.