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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity - Japanese Mochi

Mochi reading for ESL students that traces the Japanese treat from the Heian period and the mochitsuki pounding tradition to its worldwide popularity today.
Grades
Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Language Development, ESL, Vocabulary, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Creative Writing, Formal Writing
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Writing Prompts, Worksheets
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets on "Japanese Mochi"

This ESL EFL (English Second or Foreign Language) Teaching Resource on "Japanese Mochi" (3 PDF Slides; Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity) can be ideal to train Language skills in English. Suitable participants for this ESL EFL TESOL Reading + Writing Activity are Foreign Students at middle and High School (7th-12th Grade; teens). Newcomers or any ESL Learner is also more than suitable for this ESL EFL (English as a Second or Foreign Language) Activity on "Japanese Mochi" (Japanese treat; origins, background and history + traditional and modern preparation + variations and ice cream mochi + popularity in Japan and around the World). This Teaching Educational Resource Product can also be ideal for ESL EFL Centers worldwide or any English second language tutor.

This ESL EFL TESOL Teaching Resource on "Japanese Mochi" (Worksheet; 3 PDF Printable slides) can be ideal for Intermediate English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL) Learners.

Within this English Second or Foreign Language (ESL EFL) Reading Comprehension + Essay Writing Activity Worksheet on "Japanese Mochi" (Japanese treat; origins, background and history + traditional and modern preparation + variations and ice cream mochi + popularity in Japan and around the World), ESL EFL TESOL teachers can find the following activities:

  • 1 text on "Japanese Mochi" (Japanese treat; origins, background and history + traditional and modern preparation + variations and ice cream mochi + popularity in Japan and around the World)

  • 15 Questions (with related space where students can answer)

  • 3 essay prompts for a writing activity (writing an essay on whether you have ever tried Japanese and whether you liked them or not + writing an essay on another food whose preparation has changed over time; describing it and comparing it to mochi in Japan + pretending to prepare your own personalized mochi and to describe it)

This ESL, EFL (English Second or Foreign Language) Teaching Resource Reading + Writing Activity on "Japanese Mochi" (Japanese treat; origins, background and history + traditional and modern preparation + variations and ice cream mochi + popularity in Japan and around the World) is great for Intermediate English as a second or foreign language learners (ESL- EFL). This English Second Language Worksheet on "Japanese Mochi" (Japanese treat; origins, background and history + traditional and modern preparation + variations and ice cream mochi + popularity in Japan and around the World) aims to train and Reading Comprehension + Writing Skills.

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Learning objectives

  • Explain how mochi and its preparation have changed from the Heian period to today
  • Give synonyms for target vocabulary from the passage
  • Write a descriptive or opinion piece about a food tradition

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary — writing synonyms for words called out in the passage
  • Close reading — deciding whether statements are true or false and explaining why
  • Descriptive writing — answering a prompt about mochi or another food

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