Grammar: 两 or 二?
Students will learn about the 2 number 2s in Chinese. When do you use 二 or 两 ?
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High School
Hello China Video #15 – Ancient Art
Students will learn about ancient rock paintings to tell stories in China.
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Hello China: Video #14 (Chinese Painting) 国画
Students will learn the differences between western and Chinese painting.
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Hello China: Video #13 (Chinese Opera 京剧）
Students will learn about Chinese Opera and identify a Chinese musical instrument and design their own Opera mask.
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Hello China: Video #12 (Printing 印刷）
Students will learn about the invention of the printing press and write 印刷.
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Hello China: Video #11 – Paper
Students will learn to write the Chinese word for paper - 纸 and then demonstrate their understanding of the Chinese invention of paper.
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Hello China #10 Video – Gunpowder 火药
Students will learn about another Chinese invention - gunpowder.
They will learn to write 火药 and illustrate what the first gunpowder weapon looked like.
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Hello China #9 – The Compass
Students will learn about the Chinese invention - the compass 指南针.
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Integrated Chinese: Book 1 – Chapter 2 – 有／没有
Students will use 有and 没有 to create their own sentences about their family.
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Integrated Chinese: Chapter 2 – Family 家庭
Students will look at 4 photos of families and write a description of each one. Pinyin or characters may be used.
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Integrated Chinese: Book 1 – Is/is not (是／不是）
Students will use 是 and 不是 to create their own sentences. Examples: I am an American, I am not Japanese etc.,
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Integrated Chinese: Book 1, Chapter 1: Greetings
Students will demonstrate their understanding of basic greetings: 你好，早上好，你叫什么名字？，我叫，你贵姓？They will translate Chinese characters into English and write pinyin to match characters. Great for assessment!
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Set of Posters: Classroom Phrases
Download and print these classroom phrases that are commonly used in the language classroom. Each poster includes characters, English and pinyin.
Phrases include: Open the book, Class is over, Do you understand? Hello, Goodbye. Say it again, Corre... Read More...
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Food and Drink Assessment
The Bloom's Taxonomy Tasks are selected to show the lower thinking skills to higher order thinking skills:
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
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High School – Lesson Plan: Week 1
Use this Lesson Plan for the first week of High School Chinese.
The Learning Outcomes for Week 1 include:
Why learn Chinese?
The map of China
Numbers 1-10
Expectations
Grading
Lesson Plan - Week 1
Map of China Activity
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AP: What Opportunities Do Teenagers Have These Days?
Students will be able to share their volunteering experience and what they learned from it.
This 6 page lesson plan includes objectives, activities, vocabulary and presentation.
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Podcast: Selfies Rap
Advanced or High School students will listen and respond to a rap about taking selfies.
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Booking A Hotel Room 订旅馆
Students will learn to make a booking for a single room with a TV and telephone.
They will then create their own role-play.
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Chinese Apps For The Classroom
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Presentation: The Flipped Chinese Classroom
The Flipped Classroom is a new way of delivering content to students. The classroom is flipped where students are assigned videos to watch at home, and then in the classroom the content is reviewed and applied in meaningful contexts.
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Video: What’s your career?
Students will learn how to describe the careers of family members and express what career they want to pursue.
Vocabulary List
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