APIEMount Fuji: Japan's Tallest Mountain
Nature and the countryside
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Mount Fuji: Japan's Tallest Mountain
Read about Mount Fuji. Learn four facts. Practice your reading.
Majestic view of Mount Fuji in spring with cherry blossoms, photorealistic style, high resolution📋 How to Use This Lesson
👩🏫 Teacher Note
Set a timer for 8 minutes. Students read the text silently. Review the new words together. Then, students answer the 8 questions.
🎒 Student Note
Step 1: Read the text.
Step 2: Look at the Word Box.
Step 3: Answer questions 1 to 8.
Mount Fuji: Japan's Tallest Mountain
Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. It is 3,776 metres high. Many people visit this famous mountain every year. In summer, people walk up the mountain to see the sunrise. The mountain is very beautiful and special. For hundreds of years, many artists have made wonderful pictures of Mount Fuji.
📖 Word Box (Vocabulary for A1)
| Word | Meaning in simple English | Example |
|---|---|---|
| highest | taller than all others | It is the highest mountain. |
| metres high | a word for how tall something is | The tree is 10 metres high. |
| walk up | to go up on foot | We walk up the hill. |
| artists | people who paint or draw | Artists paint the mountain. |
Comprehension Check (8 Questions)
Answer the questions below. Use the text to help you.
Mount Fuji is located in Japan.
Mount Fuji is 2,776 m high.
Which mountain is the highest in Japan?
In what season do people go up the mountain?
Who has made wonderful pictures of Mount Fuji?
Complete the sentence:
Mount Fuji is 3,776 ____ (word...) high.
Complete the sentence:
In summer, many people ____ (word...) up the mountain.
Complete the sentence:
Many people go up Mount Fuji in summer to see the ____ (word...).
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