Storyline:

MAGIC CHINESE

TEXTBOOK (First Draft)

Lesson 1: Numbers

The story

The Magic Chinese journey starts when Melissa and her family go to a flea market and buy what they think is a compass.It is old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seem more like decorations than anything else.Beautiful designs are carved into the lid. Even though the compass doesnt seem to work very well, Melissa still loves it. What she doesnt realize is that the compass is going to change her life and that of her friends.

On the day after she buys the compass, Melissa, as always, gets together with her four good friends in Peters garage. Excitedly, Melissa shows everyone the compass. Peter immediately declares that he knows how to make it work,but Tom barges his way in, snatching the compass and wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials.Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.

They ask Peter at once what these words mean. Peter explains that they are times and dates in Chinese, but he doesnt know why they are there or how they have appeared. Melissa exclaims that it doesnt matter. She thinks that everything that has occurred so far is extremely exciting and just like what is told in fantasy stories. Maybe the compass will take them to a magical world! However, something strange happens.When Reggie pushes the upper left key, the compass screen promptly displays English on what looks like a computer screen. It seems to have turned into a translator.

I. (Narration)

Melissa is showing this curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. Tom barges in immediately and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appears as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.

II. (Dialogue)

Tom

Look! Whats this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is.

Peter

I know. I know. Thats Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. ,,,,,,,,.

Linda

What? (mimicking).yi, er, san, si, wu, ..

Wow! Thats really cool. I want to learn it.

Peter

Look! Heres todays date. .

Melissa

(Looking at the time machine) What about this?

Peter

Thats the time. .

Tom

Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen!

Time Machine (pronouncing :)

,,,,,,,,.

.

.

III. Vocabulary

zero

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

year

month/moon

date/sun

minute

morning, AM

afternoon, PM

hundred

sky, day(s)

to be, am, are, is

to have, there is, there are

oclock

minute

Four-word phrases

SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT

IV. Grammar Points, Sentence Patterns

1. To state a telephone number in Chinese just say each digit in order. Remember numbers are keys words in a sentence; you need to pronounce each number clearly and correctly.

415-833-9706 --

Now, ask some of your classmate to state their home phone numbers in Chinese, and write them down below:

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

2. How do you say year, month and date in Chinese?

In Chinese, the character (yue4) The moon stands for month; while (ri4) The sun stands for the day or date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written . In speaking, however, the word (hao4=number) replaces . Thus, is how you say September 18th.

From January to December, you can just go by the order of the numbers from the first month to the twelfth:

January ,

February , March,

April ,

May ,

June ,

July ,

August ,

September , October , November , December

Now, what are these dates? Give the English translation for each of the following:

For the year, you will say the four digit number just like you say the telephone numbers, and end the phrase with (nian2, the word for year). For example:

1990,

1865,

2002,

2008,

2012,

Now, to give information on year, month and date, simply use this order: from large to small (year+month+date):

For example; September 30th, 2008-

Please give the English translation for each of the following dates:

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

Now give the date of birth of some your family members or your friends:

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

3. What is todays date? ? is a question word, which literally means how many or how much. Whenever a question regarding a number is asked, is used.

() ?

?

?

4. Note the difference betweenand . The word is a generic measure word. So while means one month,means January. For example;

as opposed to

5. To state the time of the day:

Now, write down the following times in Chinese:

6:00 AM ___________________

8:30 PM ______________________

11:15 AM __________________

6:35 PM ______________________

2:36 PM ___________________

7:50 AM ______________________

6.Please note when counting the number of years, , does not take a measure word. Thus, a year is rather thanFor example: There are 365 days in a year is . (A year has 365 days.)

The word for week on the other hand, takes measure word as a counter. For example: There are 21 days in three weeks..(Three weeks has 21 days.)

Now, can you translate the following into English?

There are 366 days in the year 2008. (The year 2008 has 366 days.)

____________________________________________________

There are 29 days in February this year _______________________________

There are four weeks in a month._____________________________________

There are 52 weeks in a year. ________________________________________

Words to help.

VI. Class Activities

A. : One little, two little, three little Indians

(, ,, ?).

, , ; , , ; ,, .

B. Dot to Dot ( ,.)

C. ,?

D. : Radical/Writing:

person

The origin of

"person" as a radical is normally written at the left side of a character (the standing person : , , )

mouth

The origin of

is usually written on the left side of a character. ( )

Some of the following characters belong to radical person; some belongs to mouth. Copy them down on the space provided below.

to blow

eye

to enter

to bark

image

to see

handsome

all

beautiful

word

companion

to eat

uncle

bright

taste

to have

to sing

noisy

to drink

body

/ : _____________________________________

____________________________________

VII. Culture Notes

A. Chinese believe that some numbers are more auspicious than others. Six and Eight represent good fortune for Chinese, much as the number seven is considered a lucky number for Westerners. Westerners consider thirteen to be an unlucky number while for Chinese number 4 is considered unlucky. The pronunciation of number 4 is homophonic (that is it sounds the same) with the word for death, and is therefore often avoided.

B. 1-10.

Magic Chinese - Lesson 2

(Introduction)

After the previous experience, Peters garage becomes the fixed place where they amuse themselves with the compass. One day, Melissa unintentionally keys in her date of birth: Here! Look! Its my birthday. Tom grabs the compass and turns the outermost circle of the compass to the left. Peter nervously yells: Wait! Wait! Suddenly, the screen emits a blinding light that none of them can keep their eyes open. They are so surprised to find that Peters garage has vanished after they open their eyes. Instead, the surrounding looks like a middle school sports ground. The students around them are all Easterners look rather like Peter and Linda. With a confused look on their faces, they come up to ask who they are and where do they come from. Peter knows none of his friends understand Chinese language, so he begins to introduce himself. To his amazement, they all can speak the language fluently and none of them understand why.

Rei qi wa

: ! ?

Lingda zhe

: ! ?

Bi de zhi dao ge xue

: ! !

tangmu wa zhe tai wan le

: ! !

Xuesheng jia Yi shei zen me lai de

: ? ? ?

Xuesheng yi Hai zi

: ! ? ?

Bi de bi de tangmu li sha rei qi he lingda

: ! , ,

Li sha

: ?

Xuesheng yi tai bei shan xue

:

Bi de yi li sha

: ! ! !?

Rei qi zen me hui jia a

: ?

Even though they dont understand what has happened, but they do enjoying talking with the Taiwanese students. Except Reggie is quite nervous about this adventure and keeps thinking about how are they going to go home. Fortunately, Peter finally figures out the reverse process and all of them says goodbye to the students of ZhongShan Middle School in Taipei (), Taiwan ().

Da jia zai jian zai jian hui jia le

: ! ! !

In a blink of an eye, they are back in Peters garage save and sound! Now they realize what a treasure this compass is. They pledge to keep this secret among themselves.

. (VOCABULARY)

A.

B.

? ? ?

? ?

? ?

?

! ! ! ! ! !

C.

Besides the following examples, you can also practice with the terms youve learned in Pre-lesson I.

Zhe jia xue

a. ?

tai bei

he

b.

ying ying xue he hui jia

c. ? ?

Ying ying

?

Hui jia hui jia

?

d. ? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

: (GRAMMAR NOTES)

1. Asking questions using ?:

Change a straight sentence into a questions simply add at the end.

Example: You are American. Are you American?

Ni shi meiguoren. Ni shi meiguoren ma?

He speaks Chinese. Does he speak Chinese?

Ta shuo Zhongwen. Ta shuo Zhongwen ma?

This is fun. Is this fun?

Zhe hao wan. Zhe hao wan ma?

2. Asking questions using ?, ?, and ?:

a. Do not add at the end of the questions.

b. Chinese questions follow the same pattern as the answer. All you have to do is

to take out the answer term and put in the questions term.

Examples: What is this? This is a Chinese book.

Zhe shi sheme? Zhe shi Zhongwen shu.

Who is this? This is my mother.

Zhe shi shei? Zhe shi wode mama.

Where is this? This is middle school.

Zhe shi nali? Zhe shi zhongxue.

What is Chinese language?

Zhongwen shi sheme?

Who speak English?

Shei shuo yingwen?

3. Asking questions using ?:

a. Do not add at the end of the questions.

b. Always use a verb or action word after to make a how to type of question.

Examples: How to say this? Zhe zenme shuo?

How to play this? Zhe zenme wan?

How to learn this? Zhe zenme xue?

How to ___verb___? Zenme ___verb___?

c. Learn how to say What is _____ in Chinese language?

How to say panda in Chinese? Panda zhongwen zenme shuo?

How to say France in Chinese? France zhongwen zenme shuo?

How to say Japan in Chinese? Japan zhongwen zenme shuo?

4. When to use and when not to use :

Think shi is an equal sign. When the two sides of shi are the same type of words you can use shi, otherwise, dont use it.

Example: This is good. This person is a good person.

Zhe hao. Zhe ren shi hao ren.

America is fun. Americans are fun people.

Meiguo haowan. Meiguoren shi haowande ren.

She is beautiful. She is a beauty.

Ta mei. Ta shi meiren.

. (EXPANSION)

a. Nationality, people and language

Faguo

Deguo

Riben

Xibanya

Moxige

Taiwanhua

b. Describing people

c. Describing location

? ?

nali

should we keep this one

. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)

Activity 1: Conversation circle.

Divide students into two groups with equal numbers. Have them standing in two concentric circles facing each other. The students will ask each other the following questions. Then move the outside circle clockwise to switch to a new partner. You may give them a card with questions printed on it to begin the activity. After a while you can remove all the cards and have them continue on the questioning without cards. This will help students to speak naturally.

1. ? ?

________________________

________________________

2. ? ?

________________________

______________________

3. ? ?

Ying diandian

Activity 2: Chinese Shulaibao! (Chinese wrap)

Explain the ancient art of . Demonstrate the - using CD and the pinyin transparency. Explain the meaning and lead students to say it slowly section by section. After several times, increase the speed but still keeps the tempo. Start to cover up some portion of the words while continuing the practice until the whole thing disappears. Then use the Chinese word transparency sheet to practice again. This is to help student internalize the learning. Using hand gestures at the same time can help students remember the meaning. Point out several new grammar points at the end to confirm their understanding.

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! ! !

, , !

, , !

, , !

Shuo zhongwen! Shuo zhongwen! Wo hui shuo zhongwen!

Ni ye shuo, wo ye shuo, renren shuo zhongwen!

Zuotian shuo, jintian shuo, mingtian haiyao shuo!

Tiantian shuo, tiantian xue, zhongwen shuo de hao!

Activity 3: Introducing a friend to class.

Let students find a partner in class. Interview each other with the questions listed on the cards. Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5. Have them memorize the answer for each question and introduce each other in front of the whole class. When they finish introducing each other praise them Shuo de hao! Reward each student a piece of fortune cookie or candy. Make them practice saying Xiexie.

1.? ?

sui

2.?

3.? ?

Xi huan

4.?

5.? (Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5)

. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)

Chinese name

Chinese name always have their family name before their own name. Family name usually composed of one single character, occasionally we can see two characters for family name, such as (Ouyang). The attached list shows you some common Chinese family name (Chart 1).

Unlike the first name in English, there is a book of name for parents to choose from, Chinese name is created by parents. The parents will choose either one or two characters that can describe their kids or expectations for their kids. Sometimes the first word is a chosen word according to the generation sequence from a set of characters determined by their ancestor. In this case, people can tell which generation this person is just from looking at his or her name. One can also tell whether they are siblings from the same family based on that chosen word. There are some examples of Chinese names for boys and girls (Chart 2). Can you tell which is more likely for girls? Of course, sometimes we cant tell the gender simply by looking at a name. A name like (ming, bright or smart) can be either a boy or a girl.

translated into Chinese.

When English name is translated into Chinese, the sound of each syllable is matched with a sound in Chinese character. The Chinese words are chosen in the way that doesnt carry any special meaning to avoid sounding funny. You can see some American names in Chart 2.

Do you like to create a Chinese name for yourself? Write down two or three key words that you would like to have in your characters, in English of course. Your teacher may be able to help you create an authentic Chinese name for you.

Chart 1.

Chart 2. ?

What is the family name? Can you tell a boys name from a girls name?

: Li guoqiang (country and strong) Lin mei

Wang baijun (hundred and handsom) Zhang hui ling (wisdom and delicate)

Chart 3.

Qiaozhi huashengdun niudun ai yin si tan

Lesson 3: Family

I. Narration

From the previous teleporting experience, the friends realized that the compass had special powers.

The following day they gathered in Toms garage again. When Tom picked up the compass and turned the outer dial to the right, the light reappeared. Everyone had become used to it, so they closed their eyes waiting for the rays of light to go out.Opening their eyes, they found that they had been transported to Melissas garage. Disappointed they hadnt been transported somewhere more exciting, they went into Melissas living room to talk about the compass. Since they hadnt told their families about the compass yet, Tom asked Melissa if her parents were at home. Melissa gestured at a photo on the wall and said that they were out today. Tom asked if it was an old photo, since he didnt recognize Melissas parents.

II. Dialogue

Melissa,

Melissa pointed at the people in the photo one by one.

III. Vocabulary

who

this is that is

brothers and sisters

all are

Mexican

know how to

to speak

Spain

of course

speak well

looks alike

truly

friend(s)

want

What

emphasize the action in between

joking

IV. Grammar Notes:

1. How to ask question in Chinese?

In Chinese, if you want to ask a question, you can simply add MA in the end of the sentence.

Or you can use a question word.

Or you can simply use positive + negative to make a choice-type question.

is negative, so is are you or are you not

can you or cant you?

look alike or not?

Important note:

The negative form for is

have or not have

2. To compliment someone when they do something very well

3. all---- can only be placed before a verb.

All of us are American. / We are all American.

We are all good friends.

We all can speak Chinese.

means all not; means not all

None of us are Chinese.

None of us can speak Chinese.

We are not all American.

Not all of us can speak English.

V. Expansion

41 Melissas picture)

39 Toms picture)

12 Peters picture)

35

Vocabulary for the Expansion :

VI. Tasks Performance

1. Warm up

Listen to the recording and write down the number for each person. The first one is an example. 1.An arrow with a box pointed at in the picture, like this

A photo of family, with grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters. With an arrow and a box for each person.

(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)

2. Role Play

Bring in a picture of your family, or find a picture of a family in a magazine, and talk about their relationship, age, nationality and what language they speak.

3. Radical/Writing

female

learnchinese.elanguageschool.net/images/=25E5...

640 x 280 - 12k

Image may be scaled down and subject to copyright.

strode, path

(The origin will be added later.)

Some of the following characters belong to the radical female; some belong to path. Copy them down on the space provided below.

towards

mother

he

back

aunt

to live

very

elderly lady

you

to speak

elder sister

from

father

to kick

country

be able to

she

nanny

to gain

younger sister

: _____________________________________

____________________________________

Writing: Use the list of the words to write sentences. The following is an example.

4. Games:

Distribute the Bingo Form to everyone. The pupils will each choose 10 words from the vocabulary list (either pinyin or characters). The teacher should put all of the vocabulary words onto separate cards and put them all into a bag/box. The teacher will pick one card at a time and read it out to the class. Anyone who has the word should circle it. The first one to complete all 10 words is the winner.

5. Arts and Crafts:

Draw your family tree. Dont forget to tell us their names and ages.

Culture Understanding:

A Chinese family is hierarchically organized. Traditionally, no two members of a Chinese family were equal in authority. The senior generation held greater authority than the junior generation, older people held greater authority than younger ones, and men held greater authority than women. Although men and women are far more equal nowadays, it is still true in many families that younger family members are taught to respect their elders. However, elders are also responsible for taking care of those younger than them.

For example, you have 4 siblings two brothers aged 20 and 16, two sisters aged 18 and 14 and yourself, 12 years old. You would address them according to their rank and not their first name. Thus, you would call them (big brother) (big sister) (second brother)and (second sister), but they can simply address you by your name.

Familial respect is a core value of Chinese culture that is represented by the concept of xio (colloquial: xioshn []), which is usually translated "filial piety. In the past, when wills clashed, it was expected (and legally enforced) that the will of a family superior should prevail over the will of a family subordinate. Traditional law held a child's insubordination to a parent was a capital offense, and a daughter-in-law's insubordination to her parents-in-law was grounds for divorce. Of course, much has changed over the years, and such hierarchy is no longer so strictly enforced. However, the ideas of filial piety are still upheld in many Chinese families and also in popular culture. Heroic sacrifice to support one's parents is a commonly recurring theme in Chinese literature.

Unit A-1

REVIEW: SUPPLEMENTARY

:

! (Peter)

? ? !

O O

:

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

5. ?

6. ?

1. Greetings

!

!

!

!

2. Saying good-bye

!

!

!

!

3. Introducing oneself

?

4. Inquiring others

?

()

?

()

5. Asking the age

?

?

?

6. Asking what grade someone is in

?

?

7. Greetings

!

!

!

!

8. Saying good-bye

!

!

!

!

9. Introducing oneself

?

10. Inquiring others

?

()

?

()

11. Asking the age

?

?

?

12. Asking what grade someone is in

?

?

Wo de peng you zai na li

?

Yi er san si wu liu qi,

One two three four five six seven,

Wo de pengyou zai nail? Where are my friends?

Zai na li, zai na li,

Where, where?

Zai Beijing, zai shanghai,

In Beijing, in shanghai.

Wo de pengyou zai zheli.

My friends are here.

7. Asking what language can someone speak?

()?

8. Asking where someone lives?

?

?

9. Asking where someone comes from?

?

10. Asking about someones family

?

?

11. Asking the day of the week

?

12. Asking the date?

??

13. Asking about someones birthday

?

?

14. Asking someones telephone number

?

(356) 987-2338

LESSON 4: Fruits & Colors

(I am thirsty)

I. Narration

A week had passed and they were back to Peters garage, keen to experiment more with the compass. Tom twisted the outer dial even further this time, and it emitted the blinding light once more. This time, when they opened their eyes, they knew they werent someplace near home. They were in a barren desert of grey and black sand and pebbles. It was very hot and dry, and there werent any plants not even cactus. Peter said that it looked like pictures of the Gobi Desert that he had seen when studying geography. He proposed that they look around maybe they were near the town of Tunhuang on the Silk Road! He pointed towards a range of hills that didnt look that far away, and they agreed to hike up to the top of it. It took longer than they expected, and several hours later they were exhausted and thirsty at the top of a barren hill.

II. Dialogue

Reggie pressed the yellow quadrant, and bananas appeared.

Then they pressed the green quadrant, a watermelon appeared in front of them. After they finished the watermelon, they felt much better. Tom looked at the blue panel and wondered:

III. Vocabulary

no fun

both tired and thirsty

What should I do!

look

sour / sweet

also

hungry

to give

like

eat

extremely

am thinking of; would like to

Grammar Notes:

1. What is a stative verb (SV)?

In Chinese, sometimes an adjective functions as a verb. For example, I am fine. Translated to Chinese will be This kind of adjective we call a Stative Verb (SV).

2. Want to describe you are both tired and thirsty.

se the sentence pattern: SV,SV

3. How about you want to emphasize that you like to do both A and B?

(Shall we introduce this sentence pattern in lesson 5?)

4. to give someone something

5. Measure Word (MW)

If you count something in Chinese, you need to use a certain measure word to go with a number, similar to English: a cup of flour, one spoon of sugar; or like a school of fish, a flock of birds

However in Chinese almost everything has its own measure word.

(an apple)

(a banana)

(a slice of watermelon)

(two watermelons)

Rule of counting 2 (just 2 not 12, not 22):

If just simply count the number from 1-10, you pronounce 2 (er4).

But if 2 goes with a measure word, then you have to use (liang 3)

122224 in teens and twenties you still pronounce 2) 200 is 2,000 is

6. to describe degree of something is extremely

7. is used to identify the color of an object.

or

If I want to say I like green apples, the sentence will be:

8. (Shall we add a grammar note about this word in this lesson?)

Lets review the sentence pattern of asking questions with choice type (introduced in Lesson 4).

V.

Use a picture of Panda to show black and white colors.

Picture of a Mexican piata to show ()

Match the picture with the correct description

Picture of a strawberry

Picture of grapes

Picture of an orange

use a picture of a green hat)

Florida.

Expansion

:

VI. Tasks Performance

3. Warm up

6 picture cards of fruits.

Apple/s

strawberries

Banana/s

watermelon

grapes

organes

Listen to the recording and write down the number under of each fruits. The first one is an example. 1.(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)

4. Role Play See the attached file for the Miss Milk is getting married play.

5. Radical/Writing:

/ water

The origin of

"water" is normally written with three dots as part of the character (three drops of water : )

grass

The origin of

usually is on the top of a character.

Some of the following characters belong to radical water, some belongs to grass. Copy them down on the space provided below.

to eat

berries

sour

thirsty

not

too

river

melon

happy

to give

sweet

west

sea

color/s

grass

flower/s

would like

tired

to drink

vegetable/s

/: _____________________________________

____________________________________

Writing: Use the list of the words to write the reasons you like/dislike/want/dont want certain fruits. The following is an example.

//

6. Games

Divide the class into groups of 4. Each group receives 6 fruit-picture cards with a number on each card. Everyone takes turn to throw the dice. If it is 1, the person takes the No. 1 fruit-picture card, pretending to eat, and say /The card then will be turned over face down. If someone throws the dice and gets 1 later, the person must say /

VII. Culture Understanding:

Color symbolism in Chinese Culture

Red: Happiness, marriage, prosperity

During the Chinese New Year, people put money in a red envelope to give to children and older people to symbolize prosperity for the coming new year. Most people will wear red clothes during this period, wishing to have a prosperous and happy year ahead of them.

Golden Yellow, purple: Royal, noble

During the imperial period, it was forbidden for common people to use these colors.

White: death, mourning

Chinese people wear red clothes when attending a wedding and white clothes when attending a funeral. A bride will wear red on her wedding day.

Gold: Strength, wealth

Black: evil influences

LESSON 5:

Chinese New Year

(1-22-08)

. (Narration)

Melissa is amazed at all these red decorations in Peters house. It creates such a warm and happy atmosphere for this cold California winter. Its almost at the end of January now. What is going on in Peters house? Among the decorations there are 12 unique beanny babies. They are so adorable! Linda really likes that little golden dragon. None of them have seen the dragon beanny baby before. Its so cool!

. (Dialogue)

Long ke ai

: ! ! ! ?

ni xiao ju

: !

Wa shu hu tu long she hou ji zhu

: !

dongwu

Xiao dongwu

: ?

: ! ! ?

Dangran defang

: !

: ?

: !

: ?

Dui dui

: ! ! ?

: ?

: ! ?

Ha ha guanxi

: ! !

wa

: ! !

. (VOCABULARY)

A.

B.

ju dongwu

xiao shu hu tu long she hou ji

dangran

? ?

guanxi

! !

C.

dongwu

a. ?

Lao nai lao zi

shan zi shan gong mu

nan nan nu nu

b. Celebrate something using :

jie shengdanjie gan en jie

: (GRAMMAR NOTES)

a. How to express present, future or past?

Follow the STPVO (subject, time, place, verb or action, object) pattern for general sentence structure. Simply specify the time when things happened. Examples:

I give you toy today.

Ill give you toy tomorrow.

I gave you toy yesterday.

I call you today.

I call you tomorrow.

I called you yesterday.

Ill call you everyday.

b. How to say mailing something to someone, or someone mailed something to you?

I mail something to someone. __ __

I mail toy to you. __ __

He mailed toy to me yesterday.

c. How to use and :

Both mean all. Use in front of nouns, such as people, animals and objects. But, is used in front of verbs (action words) or adjectives (words describing something).

Example: Part 1.

Part 2.

Can you create meaningful sentences by combining the part 1 and 2 together?

Example: All the fruits are sweet.

How do you say the following sentences in Chinese?

1. All the countries all have tasty fruits.

______________ ____

2. All the classmates are nice.

3. All the places are fun.

d. How to use to show preference:

1. can be used in front of adjective word.

Example:

2. can be used in front of verb.

Example: ___________ ___________

___________ ___________

_________ ___________

___________ _____________

e. How to say about to using ____ :

Example:

. (EXPANSION)

Vocabulary associated with Chinese New Year.

New years greeting

eat new year cake

say greeting that bring good luck to others

! Happy New Year!

!! Congratulation! Congratulation!

! Wishing you a prosperous new year!

. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)

1. New Year Wishing Tree ()

This is a custom of Hong Kong. During Chinese New Year, people will decorate a huge tree branch with silk flowers and red ribbons. People will come to see this tree and write down their new year wishes on paper, seal it in a red envelop, then throw the red envelop on to the tree. If it is caught on the branches, it means your wish will come true.

Find a huge tree branch and plant it in a pot. Everyone help to decorate the tree with small paper flowers (plum blossom) and red ribbons. Write a New Year wish on paper and seal it in the red envelope provided by your teacher. Throw it on to the tree. If it will not stay on the tree after third trial, use a red thread and tie it to the tree. Have fun!

2. Chinese New Year Card ()

Step. 1. Your teacher will show you some samples of Chinese New Year cards and ask you ? How do you answer?

Step 2. You are going to make a card for one of the classmate or for your teacher.

Using color construction paper and paper cutting template to cut different sizes of to be used to decorate the front side of your card. Your teacher will demonstrate this process. Glue theseupside down on the front side of a clean red construction paper folded in half. Write the New Year greetings learned in this lesson on inside of the card. You may decorate your cards with glitters, drawings, stickers or other paper cuttings of your choice. When the card is done, write the name of the person who is going to receive the card and sign your name at the bottom.

Step 3. Present your final product to the person in front of the whole class. Presenter: _________, ! ?

Receiver: ! !

If you like to say more than these two lines, or something different than these,

youre welcomed to do so. Dont forget to show courtesy and appreciation!

Step 4. Hang the cards from ceiling as a New Year decoration.

String a thread through the card and hang it from the ceiling. Look how much

festival spirit it brings to the classroom.

3. Happy New Year Song ()

This is a happy New Year song adapted from the traditional New Year Song.

, !

, !

! ! !

! ! !

(Repeat the song three times. Replace with , and during the second and third time.)

4. Radical Recognizing

Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical was originated from a bundle of silk called (m). The other one originated from the meaning of walk, (cho). But, notice the written form is different than.

this

give

red

near

green

silk

road, way

still

red

far

paper

tired

pass

tied up

run away

Words with radical (m): ___________________________________________

Words with radical (cho): _________________________________________

. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)

Chinese New Year has been celebrated in China for several thousand years. It follows the traditional lunar calendar and usually arrives somewhere in late January or early February on the western calendar. Chinese New Year has been called Spring Festival traditionally, since spring season is not far after the New Year. This is the most important holiday in China. There are many customs need to be followed, however, different area may have somewhat different traditions. Here are some common ones that all Chinese people.

1. Preparation of Chinese New Year starts about a week before the New Years Eve. House cleaning (), preparation of New Year food (, ), decoration of house (, , , ) and buying new cloth () for the family make everyone very busy.

2. During the New Years Eve, the whole family will have a big reunion dinner similar to the dinner of Thanksgiving or Christmas Holidays in the West. This is the best meal in a year. The traffic in China before the New Years Eve is the busiest of the whole year since everyone wants to go home for this reunion dinner. A whole fish will be served at the end of the dinner and no one will actually touch it. This fish dish will be saved for the next day, the first day in the New Year, to symbolize the beginning of a prosperous new year. Fish () and the word for extra () have the same sound Yu. With the help of extra from the previous year, you probably will have a better new year than without it, isnt? After the dinner, the whole family will stay awake () by playing games, fireworks and watching the special New Year programs on TV. As soon as the first second of New Year arrives, youll hear the loud sound of firecrackers all over the place!

3. The first morning of New Year is an important time to do New Year greetings () to your elders and friends. Everyone will dress in new cloth to indicate a new beginning. Youll be served with sweets () and New Year cake (). These are wishing you a sweeter better year than last year. Kids will get money () in a red envelope () from parents and grandparents. You have to say lucky words () like the ones youve learned in this lesson. One definitely needs to avoid saying anything that sound like si, po, or sui since these sounds are for death, or breaking things. These customs of wishing for luck and avoiding bad luck bring everyone the spirit of a new energized beginning!

4. These days, besides doing New Year greetings inside individual family, people usually have a group greeting at work place to be more efficient. A party time will follow with lots of sweets, door prizes () and singing (K) or other entertainment programs. The two famous traditional entertainments are lion dance () and dragon dance (). Some people will go travel in the next few days. The whole celebration of Chinese New Year last about two weeks in China! In the China Towns overall the world, people can also see the Chinese New Year traditions.

Lesson 6- BODY PARTS & CLOTHES

(Body Parts and Items of Clothing)

(Narration)

Stanley Market Linda

Everybody really enjoys themselves in the HK zoo.The pandas are the best part of the trip. But the weather in Hong Kong is much hotter than what they are used to back home in California. Melissa decides that they should find some more suitable clothes, so they all rush to Stanley Market and shop for clothes and shoes.Although Linda has originally come from Hong Kong, she has never been there before, so she feels very curious about her birthplace.

Everybody wants to know if the compass can take them to see a real panda in China. So when Peter enters the word panda, everyone closed their eyes to wait for the blinding flashing light to pass. As they open their eyes, sure enough there are 2 lovable pandas right in front of them.

(Dialogues) . ,. ,

Linda: ! .!!

Melissa: ,,

:, .

:, ,

:? ?

zh-

:?

:,.!!

After watching the pandas for a while they began to notice the hot weather. Tom is the first to complaint about the heat.

: ! . . ?

f^

: Stanley Market(). .

x* sh1n

:!T-.

l0angx0e

:.

ch2ng

du3nk*

:,.

ku4idi3n

:,!

(Key words)

, ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , T- , , , , ,

/

, ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

(Sentence patterns)

1. , , Both mean to wear, but there is a distinction: is used in wearing clothing such as shirts, pants, socks, shoes, etc. while is used in wearing accessories such as eye glasses, earrings, hat, rings, etc. For instance, ,. (Wearing clothes, wearing a hat.) As for English use of the word wear as in She wears her hair short. or She wears nice perfume. neither or applies, since Chinese do not consider hair or perfume as something that you can put on.

Activity 1: Combine different types of clothing and accessories with color terms learned from Lesson 4 Fruits.

Show a picture of a family of 4, mom, dad, brother and sister, wearing different types of clothing. Let students practice saying sentences such as:

Activity 2: DRESS UP (This can be a whole class activity or with groups of 3 or 4 students.)

First, draw a large person on the white board, wearing no specific type of clothing. Have students decide if this is a boy or a girl. Then, ask students to draw cards on which are pictures of clothing or accessories with and pinyin. Have them say out loud Ta chuan bai chang ku or ta dai lu shou tao. then draw the appropriate article of clothing on that large person. Have another student add an extra item on the picture, or change clothing as the game continues. There is going to be miss matches that will be funny. Since cards have picture and pinyin, you can add more items as you see fit.

2. ,

Measure words or counters for clothing mainly consist of three words- For upper body wear, use , such as . For Lower body wear, use , such as ,.

For footwear, use , such as .

Activity 1: (Shopping)

First, teach students to say mai dongxi.

Teacher asks individual students: Ni yao mai shenme? Let them draw a card to answer the question.

Student answers: Wo yao mai yi tiao qun zi. or maybe Wo yao mai wu shuang pixie. Their answers depend on the cards theyve drawn. But they can choose the quantity of the item.

Make sure they have the right measure words.

Teacher responds in different ways to students: Hao! (Fine!) or Mei you le! (All sold out) or Ni de qian gou ma? (Do you have enough money?) or Wo bu yao mai gei ni.(I am not selling it to you).

Additional items could be etc.

3. [ + place word ] means to go some place.

The use is similar to English, such as (to go to the market),(to go to school); but it is equally common that +place word (to some place go) is used. The two uses are interchangeable. Therefore, =; =

Activity 1: ? ? ?

Give student a white board or a piece of paper. Ask them to draw a place and write down the pinyin for this place. Teacher may want to provide a list of places with pinyin or have students brainstorm different places to generate a list on the board. Words they have learned so far: Also remind students they can modify these places, such as dongwuyuan to Xianggang de dongwuyuan.

When they are read, ask them to tell the class where they are going, the teacher then draws a card from activity terms theyve learned before to add to that sentence.

For example: Wo yao qu Xianggang de dongwuyuan kan pengyou!

4. [ Verb+ ] Verb followed by particle implies a slight request. When Verb+ follows , or , usually means Let me/us +Verb. For example: . (Lets go eat.) When Verb+ follows or , or is often without a subject; it means (You) go ahead and do. For example: . (All of you please come in.)

Activity 1: ________?

Pair up students. Let them design a little skit by using the Activity cards. Each group should pick three cards then one student says Lets ______? The other needs to create a response. They need to negotiate a little to come to a conclusion.

For example: A: Women qu chifan ba?

B: Wo buyao chifan.

A: Women qu daqiu ba?

B: Wo ye buyao daqiu

A: Women qu kandianshi ba?

B: Hao!

5. ,,(,,)

Repetition of the same word, usually an adjective or a stative verb, indicates a slight lessening of the force of the word.

(

(

(

(

(Expansion)

,,,, ,,,,,T-,,,,

, ,

, , , , ,

,, , , , , , , , , , , ,

, , , ,

(Performance Tasks)

1. :,

Tou lian mei yan er bi zui,

er bi zui, er bi zui,

Tou lian mei yan er bi zui,

Xiong yao pigu!

Shoubi shouzhi, da xiao tui,

Da xiao tui, da xiao tui,

Shoubi shouzhi, da xiao tui,

Jiaogen jiaozhijia!

(Melody: London Bridge Falling Down.

There is action to go with the words so students can directly connect the sound with body parts. )

1.:

Give each student a white board. With their eyes closed, have them draw a facial feature which you specify. ,,,,When you are done with an entire face, have the student open there eyes to admire each others Picasso-like pictures. It is a fun game. You may do this game with the entire body. You may also have the students take turns to give the ___ command.

2.,

First teach students to say,?

___________!

Have students brainstorm a list on board about what they see among students, it could be the color of clothes, eyes, hairs, accessories, shoes, etc. Then arrange students chairs into a large circle. Teacher moves to the middle of the circle, and says ! All students reply ?

Teacher then answers___________! Students fitting the description need to stand up and exchange seats. At the same time, the teacher needs to take a students seat too. There will always be one student left standing and he or she may continue to play the game by requesting!

3.A B

First teach students to say

______

Brain storm a list of animals students have learned before on the board. Then ask each student to pick one animal and write it large on a piece of paper. They should not duplicate animals. Arrange the seats so they all are facing the center, tape the paper in front of their seat so everybody can see. Give each student a little cup with 10 tokens. One person starts by saying Wo de niu chi ni de tu. The person who has tu continues by saying Wo de tu chi ni de ____. If a students animal got called but he or she is unable to continue the chaim he will lose a token to the other person. By the end of the game, students can use tokens to exchange M&M candies.

: ,

Radical/Writing:

eye

The origin of pictograph

Picture here

/ hand

The origin of/ , pictograph

usually is on the left of a character.

Picture here

Some of the following characters belong to the radical eye, some belongs to hand. Copy them down on the space provided below.

eye

to pull

snow

eyebrow

to hit

to look

sleepy

to rub

journey

blind

to worship

heel

skill

to pick

law

to supervise

to toss

to stare

to carry

broad, wide

: _____________________________________

/ ____________________________________

: (Culture Notes)

1. Panda is called in Chinese, literally, the big bear cat. It is one of the endangered species in the world. Found mostly in South-western China, especially in the province of . Much has been done to preserve them in their natural habitat.

2. ,, ,,

Traditionally Chinese do not consider being thin as attractive; having a little padding is considered well nourished and healthy. From the composition of the character , one can guess that being thin was considered an unhealthy sign. (It is written with the illness radical ). Nevertheless, today many modern Chinese have adopted western standards of beauty. Chinese, especially women, also admire fair skin, for it is an indication one does not need to work outside.

LESSON 6 (Lin Yingzhu Laoshi)

(Body Parts and Items of Clothing)

(Narration)

Stanley Market Linda

Everybody really enjoys themselves in the HK zoo.The pandas are the best part of the trip. But the weather in Hong Kong is much hotter than what they are used to back home in California. Melissa decides that they should find some more suitable clothes, so they all rush to Stanley Market and shop for clothes and shoes.Although Linda has originally come from Hong Kong, she has never been there before, so she feels very curious about her birthplace.

Everybody wants to know if the compass can take them to see a real panda in China. So when Peter enters the word panda, everyone closed their eyes to wait for the blinding flashing light to pass. As they open their eyes, sure enough there are 2 lovable pandas right in front of them.

(Dialogues)

Linda: ! .!!

Melissa: ,,

:, .

:, ,

:? ?

:?

:,.!!

After watching the pandas for a while they began to notice the hot weather. Tom is the first to complaint about the heat.

: ! . . ?

: Stanley Market(). .

:!T-.()

:.

:,.

:,!

(Key words)

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

, T- , , , , , ()

(Sentence patterns)

1. , ,

2. ,

3. + place word,

4. Verb+ (slight request)

5. ,,(,,)

(Expansion)

: ,,,, ,,,,,T-,,,,

: , ,

: , , , , ,

: ,, , , , , , , , , , , ,

: , , , ,

(Performance Tasks)

1. :, 2. :

3. ,

4. A B

: ,

: (Culture Notes)

1. 2. ,

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Lesson 7 Food

2-10-08

I. Narration

As soon as they return to America, they can't wait to have a meal of hamburgers, fries and a coke. They also eat ice cream and drink fizzy drinks.

II. Dialogue

A few days later when they all meet, Melissa suggests everybody should go back to Asia because she misses the hustle and bustle of night markets. This time, the compass take them to in Singapore, and they are especially curious about the Chinese food that they havent seen before.

III. Vocabulary

no fun

starving to death

store

(verb) go to (do something) fast

hamburger

French fries

coke

and also

pizza

have everything

very famous

only want

ice cream

store

sea food

fish

soup

(lit.) good to drink, tasty

beef

fried noodles

rice

vegetable

looks like

roast duck

fried drumsticks

cake

candy

putting

tummy

big enough

IV. Grammar Notes:

1. Use adj. + to exaggerate a feeling in Chinese

I am so darned tired.

I am way too thirsty.

I am starving to death.

2.1 Use (verb) to urge people to go and do something right away

Lets go and eat something right away, I am starving to death.

2.2 Use verb to urge people to do something right away

Lets go now!

Eat now!

Say it now!/ Tell us now!

2.3 If you want to ask someone speed up their action, you should use the sentence pattern Verb+ (faster)

Please eat faster!

Please walk faster!

Speak faster!

3. If you want more than one thing, you can use the sentence pattern A, B C

4. Sentence pattern: Verb+ ----- ( )

(looks like; sounds like; tastes like)

V. Expansion

()

Appetizer

Egg Roll (5) 5.25

Fried Pot Sticker (8) 5.50

Soup

Hot & Sour Soup (Serves for 4) 5.50

Egg Flower Soup (chicken broth) 5.25

Seafood

LobsterSeasonal Price

Steamed Fish 5.25

Stir Fried Prawns is Sichuan Style 9.50

Salted & Pepper Prawns 9.50

Salted & Pepper Squid 7.95

Pork-Beef-Chicken

Mongolian Beef7.95

Beef with Ginger & Onion 7.95

Stir Fried Sparerib 8.25

Honey & Garlic Pork Chop 7.95

Kung Pao Chicken 7.95

Cashew Nut Chicken 8.25

General Tsuos Chicken 8.25

Congee-vermicelli-noodle-rice

Fish Congee4.25

BBQ Pork Noodle Soup 4.25

Beef Chao Fun 6.50

Salted & Pepper Prawns 6.50

Mixed vegetable Fried Rice 6.25

Flavor of the food

(mei2wei4dao4): no flavor

(dan4): plain

(xian2): salty

(tian2): sweet

(suan1): sour

(la4): spicy

(tai4you2): too greasy

Role-play: 3 people as a group, one plays a waiter/waitress, the others will be the customers.

Step 1: The 2 customers create a conversation about what to order.

Step 2: Order food from the waiter/waitress. (Use the above menu)

Step 3: Critique about the food and compliment or complain to the waiter/waitress.

Step 4: Ask for bill and pay for it.

Rubric:

Category/ Scores

1 point

2 points

3 points

Score

Clarity of speech

There were many words I did not understand.

I understood a lot of the words.

I understood all the words.

Clarity of Content

I didnt understand what was going on.

I understood a lot of what happened.

I understood everything.

Creative

There were few new ideas and strategies.

There were some new ideas and strategies.

There were lots of new things.

Interesting

My mind wandered.

I was interested in what was happening.

I was very interested.

Informative

Little information was presented.

I learned some new information.

I learned a lot.

Presentation

The presenter was very nervous and unprepared.

The presenter was nervous but prepared.

Professional.

Total Score:___________________

Test your memory: ( Listening and Speaking)

One student says: ... (My favorite: food or drink)

The next student has to repeat the one before and add his/her own favorite food or drink. As more students participate, the sentence builds up and the team with the most number of players remaining wins the game.

VI. Tasks Performance

7. Warm up

Now listen as some Chinese people tell you of their food/drink likes and dislikes: tick the appropriate box and write in English the food or drink mentioned.

(The following section will not be in the textbook but the Teachers handbook/recording.)

Item 1

I dont like pizza.

Item 2

I love fried rice.

Item 3

I love coke.

Item 4

I like ice cream.

Item 5

I dont like vegetables.

Item 6

I dont like hamburgers.

No

like

dislike

Food/drink

1

2

3

4

5

6

2.

Tell your classmates what foods you want to order in his/her restaurant using the sentence pattern shown below and then inserting the Mandarin for the foods indicated.

EQ \* jc0 \* "Font:" \* hps24 \o(\s\up 17(w),)

EQ \* jc0 \* "Font:" \* hps24 \o(\s\up 17(yo),)EQ \* jc0 \* "Font:" \* hps24 \o(\s\up 17(hi),)

EQ \* jc0 \* "Font:" \* hps24 \o(\s\up 17(yo),)

hamburger

coke

Ice cream

soup

pizza

Fried noodles

French fries

Beef noodles

cake

Roast duck

Fried drumsticks

3. Radical/Writing:

food

fire

or

This character symbolizes fire as it consumes a few logs, and the flame sparkles from the logs.

Some of the following characters use the food radical, some use the fire radical. Copy them down in the spaces provided below.

hot

castle

drinks

to deep fry

cookies/cakes

to stir fry

noisy

to copy

smoke

full

meals

to return

rice

to pan fry

to cut

annoyed

hungry

vegetables

dumplings

to roast

: _____________________________________

____________________________________

Writing: Design a menu for a Chinese restaurant. Try to provide as many Chinese foods as possible.

4. Games

a. Bingo: Choose 8 of the vocabulary you have just learned in this lesson and enter them in 8 of the spaces. Use the rules of Bingo to play it.

b. Battleship: Choose 6 spaces (a-i) to fill in the vocabulary (in any order). Follow the rules of Battleship game.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

VII. Cultural Understanding:

In China, people have the tradition of giving red-dyed eggs as gifts to announce the arrival of a new baby.

After a baby is born, a new father will present red-dyed eggs to friends and family - an odd number of eggs if the baby is a boy, an even number of eggs for a girl.

Lesson 8: Weather

. (Narration)

Its a breeze sunny Sunday afternoon. Tom is a little board sitting at home by the window watching the red leaves falling in the wind. He wonders what the others are doing. School has been so busy. They cant find time to play that magic compass for quite a while. Suddenly, the phone rings. Tom? Do you have time to come over? How about getting the others to my house? I have things to show you! How wonderful! Soon they all squeeze into Peters room.

. (Dialogue)

: ! ?

: ! !

: ?

: !

:

: ?

: !

: ! !

: !

: !

: ! ! !

: !

: !

: !

. (VOCABULARY)

D.

E.

!

!

C.

1. ?

Read the paragraph down below and match it with a picture in the box. Write a, b, c, or d in the space provided in each box.

? ______

? ______

? ______

? ______

(Notes: Draw a picture in each box to match with the season. This gives clues to students make it easier to understand the short paragraph down below.)

a. ! !

b.

c. (nio)(co)(tio)!

d. (hung)(sh y)!

: (GRAMMAR NOTES)

a. How to say But? Is there any difference between and ?

You can use either one for but in sentences.

Example: I called you yesterday, but you are not there.

Mother wants me to go home, but I still want to play.

She wants to buy fruits, but she doesnt have money.

My house is big, but not very new.

b. How to use to ask permission?

People + + action + ?

Example: Mom, can I eat the cake?

?

Brother, can I play your toy?

?

Xiao Mei, may I go to your house?

?

Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?

cso?

c. The pattern of verb :

in Chinese means a very short time. When adding a verb or action word

in front of is to ask someone to do such an act.

Example: Wait a moment! Take a look!

! !

Have a taste! Try it on!

! !

Lets talk about . Play a little bit.

. .

Come over! Go. for a short while!

! .

d. How to use ______ to show extreme conditions:

Adding action words or words that describing something in front of.

Example: Extremely delicious! Extremely dark!

! !

Excellent! Extremely fun!

! !

Extremely pretty! Extremely fast!

! ! !

Extremely wealthy! Extremely cold!

! !

e. How to talk use :

When talking about two actions, one precedes the other, use in front of

the first action, then add before the second action.

Example: Eat lunch first then go home.

Learn Chinese first then go to China.

Well buy new cloth first then buy birthday cake.

Give me candy first, then Ill give you money.

. (EXPANSION)

!

1. ?

()

2. ?

(

)

3. (xng q)?

or

4. ?

(

or

5. (sh)?

6. (zhng)?

7. (Weather Forecast):

Can you draw a picture to show each weather condition. Dont forget to draw something to indicate the time in your picture.

a. (zo)(yn) !

b. (li)(shn dan)!

c. !

d. (wn)(ling)!

e. (wn)(d)? (ha)(d)! ! !

Vocabulary in Weather Forecast

(y bo) forecast

(yn) cloudy

cool

(li) thunder storm

(shn dan) lightening

thundering

(wn) evening

stars

(ling) moon

(wn) temperature

(d)? How many degrees?

(ha) Fahrenheit degree

(d) two degree

. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)

1. Conversation Cycle ()

Divide students into two groups with equal numbers. Have them standing in two concentric circles facing each other. The students will ask each other the following questions. Then move the outside circle clockwise to switch to a new partner. You may give them a card with questions printed on it to begin the activity. After a while you can remove all the cards and have them continue on the questioning without cards. This will help students to speak naturally. Students in the inner circle can ask the top three questions. Students in the outer circle ask the bottom three questions. Students can also add one question of their own.

a. ?

b. ?

c. ?

d. ?

e. ?

f. ?

2. Role Play Weatherman ()

(Students can compete for three awards: the most professional presentation; the funniest presentation; the most originality. Grading rubric should be introduced to students before starting the project.)

Step 1. Prepare a weather map.

Each student draws a map of a country about the size of 3 feet by 4 feet. Investigate the possible weather pattern of the country. Mark the map with special local weather. Write the month and date on the map. They can also draw things related to their weather to decorate the map.

Step 2. Write a script for weather forecast on an index card. Practice oral presentation based on the script. They need to say the name of the country, the date, the season and the local weather. They may also add extra information related to the weather report to make it more interesting. Have students practice timing themselves. The total presentation should not be longer than 2 minutes.

Step 3. Set up an area for videotaping. Using his or her own map as background, each student present the weather forecast.

3. Four Season Rhyme ( )

! !

! !

!

!

!

(l)! - !

5. Radical Recognizing

Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical is rain, (y). The other one is sun, (r).

rain

morning,

early

bright

frost

warm

star

snow

thunder

time

electricity

fog

yes, am,

is, are

yesterday

cloud

evening

Words with radical (y): __________________________________________

Words with radical (r): ___________________________________________

. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)

The YinYan sign () is well known to the western world. It is two interlocked curved shapes within a circle, one white, one black, with a spot of the contrasting color within the head of each. Most people relate it to a sign of peace. Do you know where it is from and what does it really mean?

This is an ancient sign from China. More than two thousand five hundred years ago, a very wise man, everybody called him Laozi (), started the philosophy of Daoism in China. By observing nature, he found that opposite forces are working harmoniously with each other to maintain a balanced world. For example, night and day always alternate so our Earth has milder climate good enough to have life.

The dark side of the yinyan sign, in Chinese is , represents the passive nature, characterized as feminine, negative, soft or darkness of night. The white side in Chinese is , represents the active nature, characterized as masculine, positive, hard or the brightness of day. These opposite nature in Chinese are called (very extreme). Their interaction is believed to maintain equilibrium and harmony in the universe. It is a good reminder for us to keep a balanced life.

The little white dot in the black part of Yinyan sign reminds us never to lose hope, because there is always a spot of light somewhere in the darkness. The little black dot in the white area also reminds us to be alert. Whenever we think our world is so perfect, something may go wrong. So keeps a balanced view will help us to have a better life. So you may say Yinyan is an art of balance!

(Note: Can someone help me find a good YinYan sign picture?)

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LESSON 9 HOBBIES

Hobbies and Favorite pastimes

(Narration)

Longing to see more of Asia, Melissa suggests that they should all make a trip to Singapore.Peter keys in the word Singapore on the compass. Lo and behold, there they are! On the street of ! There they meet a group of local students.

(That time in Singapore they met a crowd of students from Taipei.) They very quickly begin chatting, and talk about why they like or dislike certain activities.

(Dialogues)

guang

: ?

: , ,.

: ??

langqiu

: , .

: , .

,,, (Walking over to join the conversation):

?

: .

yundong

: ,.

: ,.

: .

ka la

: OK?

: ! ,!

(Key words)

often

street

finish

ball

ice

to play basketball

to play soccer

even (more so)

to swim

to play

activity

only

to love

to go on the internet

to play video games

to exercise

to read a book

to listen to music

to sing a song

OKkaraoke

to come

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, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

(Sentence patterns)

ch2ngch2ng y#ush0hou

1. VS.

ch2ngch2ng

y#ush0hou

means usually while means sometimes.

Activity: . (Pyramid drill)

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Using the above example, ask students to make the similar pyramid with the activity terms they drawn from the activity cards. Or roll a dice to get an activity terms from a sheet of activity handouts. Have students write down their pyramid on a poster paper with a drawing to describe the content. They can change the terms of people and places. But they need to have or in their sentences. Put up the posters in the room and have each group explain and read one others pyramid to the whole class.

2. Verb + + object + ( or Verb + + object + )

Suffix following an action verb indicates finish doing the action For example: means finish doing homework. means finish taking a bath, means finish playing ball.

Group Activity: (_______?)

Divide students into groups of four. One member is or . The others are kids.

MOM: ?

KIDS: (Or )

Give each group a stack of activity cards and a die (note: singular form for dice). One member of the group is responsible to draw cards and ask questions. The other rolls a die to give an answer. If an odd number is rolled, give a negative answer. If the whole family gets their homework done (that is gives an answer to all of the activity cards), the teacher rewards the group with a prize, such as a good score or a sticker. (This activity needs to have honest kids! Or the teacher needs to monitor the whole class as they carry out the exercise.)

3. // place word + verb

(Talk about first, then discuss what the difference is between all three,

, and )

To come/go to a place followed by a verb usually indicates purpose.

---I eat at the dinner room

. I come here to play ball.

I go to the dining room to eat.

Activity: ? ? (Oral activity)

Divide students seats into four sections. Give each location a specific name; for example: school, dinning room, teachers house, and zoo. Make sure they all know how to say those place names.

Using activity cards, students need to select a location, either his/her own, or another sections area and say sentences, such as , , . Ask students to judge whether the answer is correct or possible. Reward the whole class if they can help each other to correct mistakes.

It is better to ask students to write down their sentences on white boards and discuss from there. This activity can also be adapted to paper pencil type of worksheets.

4. is an adverb to mean even more so

For example:1., ,

2.

Compare with (: )

1., ,

----?------

2.

----?-------

3. .

---? .

Activity: Worksheet ?

(Or have students make a poster with the following ideas. They may choose their own people, activity, or adverb, such as A, B, C, D)

Example:

A picture of an older brother eating a big bowl of something.

Student writes a statement:

A picture of a younger brother eating the same size bowl of something.

A picture of an older sister eating an even larger bowl of the same thing.

Question? ?

5. + verb ---indicates verb in progression

For example: ,

(First ask students in class? ? ? Students will say . Make a point to ask them to say Then use activity cards to do the following activity.)

Activity:

(While the teacher acts out an activity, the students take turns to say it out loud,

___________. Ask students to use an activity sheet and allow them to help each other out. The teacher needs to practice with the students a routine motion to indicate activity terms before hand. This activity also can be reversed so students do something and the teacher says it out loud. Have a student be the scorekeeper to record a completely correct response (), ok response (), and wrong response (). Reward the whole class when they improve their response ratio.

(Expansion)

, , , ,,

(Make an activity sheet that associates pinyin with all different kinds of activity appropriate to the students age. You may also make this sheet into individual activity cards. Since this is the last lesson of this book, this activity list should include all the terms from previous lessons.)

(Performance Tasks)

1. (Memory Game) ,,,. .

. (,.)

, ,.,

,

3. Instruct the students in playing a modified version of duck, duck, goose, goose. Have all students stand in a circle. Teacher, in the middle of the circle, says .

All students say: ?"

Teacher says: and leads the action of reading a book.

All students follow the action and say. Teacher walks around the circle while students keep saying the same term over and over again. Teacher stops in front of a student and takes the students position in the circle, giving the student another activity card. This student will lead the new saying, such as and carry out that action till he finds another student to replace him.)

3. ,,, (STPVO practice)

:Tom Michael Jackson .

Rachel Michael Jordan.

Radical/Writing:

/ roof

The origin of : pictograph of a rooftop

It is usually on the top of a character

( : )

(picture)

foot

The origin of

It is usually is on the left hand side of a character. (: )

(picture)

Some of the following characters belong to radical roof, some belongs to foot. Copy them down on the space provided below.

peace

robe

to run

all

to contain

hero

to trip, to fall

to kick

home

to give

heel

residence

ocean

road

distance

room

to jump

rich, wealth

prison

monument

: _____________________________________

____________________________________

: (Culture Notes) ?

1. In China most elementary school students love to play ping pong. It is a sport which does not require much space, and the equipment is not expensive. It is so popular in China that President Nixons first approach to warming relations with the Peoples Republic of China was called ping pong diplomacy.

2. Gngf or so called Kungfu, literally means a refined skill. It often refers to a Chinese martial arts discipline that has become popular throughout the world. Traditionally, Chinese martial arts are called wsh (). It started out as a weaponless self-defense discipline. It later on developed into many schools and became more popular as an exercise to strengthen the body and mind. Thats why it also encourages the development of certain inner virtues such as courage, loyalty, respect, perseverance, and humility. The Shao Lin school of martial arts is well known in the world as the premier school of martial arts.

3. OK(karaoke) (This is popular entertainment for families and parties. It originated in Japan. The word kara means empty, and oke is short for orchestra. In this form of entertainment amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and speakers, The songs are usually from well known popular music. Lyrics from the songs are often displayed on a tv or video screen. Singing may not be professional but it is great fun and no one laughs at others. They simply laugh together!

4. Basketball is also a popular sport in China, and has increased in popularity because of , Yomng, a famed professional basketball player, was born on September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China. He started his training and playing career when he was nine years old. He is currently playing center position for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the height of 76, Yo is also currently the tallest player in the NBA.

(Narration)

Longing to see more of Asia, Melissa suggests that they should all make a trip to Singapore.Peter keys in the word Singapore on the compass. Lo and behold, there they are! On the street of ! There they meet a group of local students.

(That time in Singapore they met a crowd of students from Taipei.) They very quickly begin chatting, and talk about why they like or dislike certain activities.

(Dialogues)

: ?

: , ,.

: ??

: , .

: , .

,,, (Walking over to join the conversation): ?

: .

: ,.

: ,.

: .

: OK?

: ! ,!

(Key words)

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , OK, , , ()

(Sentence patterns)

1. VS.

2. Verb + + object

3. place word + verb

4.

5. + verb

(Performance Tasks)

1. (Memory Game)

2. ,,

:Tom Michael Jackson .

: (Culture Notes)

1.

2. OK

3. (?)

Reggie noticed that the compass was flashing, and he shouted to get everyones attention.

The four quadrants of the compass had changed into different flashing colors. Reggie suggested touching the red quadrant, but as he touched it he let out a shout of surprise:

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(V. O. ) + V. +

( )

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Lesson One: Numbers

If "shangxue" is not in the dialogue, I don't think it should be used here.

I don't think this is a common sentence to use, we won't ask ourselves that "Am I a good perosn?"

If you don't add hen in this sentence, it sounds more that shi is more beautiful.

I don't quite understand the meaning of "tianren"

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