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Unit One Lesson Plan

Title of the unit: School, Classmates and Teachers

Chinese I Grade 9, 10, 11, 12 90m a day

Content: There are 6 lessons in this unit. This unit concentrates on the pronunciation and

greeting. It is about introducing yourself to your classmates or others and at the same

time you also get the basic information about the others in the target language. It also

includes the daily conversation and related culture.

Goals:

Introduce China (full name, area, location, population, dialects etc.).

Introduce of the main content of the Chinese Phonetic Alphabets (Pin Yin).

Introduce a basic idea of the Chinese characters.

Provide the basic language and relevant communicative functions.

Be familiar with the basic classroom and daily Chinese.

Assessment:

Two ways evaluate the students’ works, one is formal way --- test, quiz; another is

informal way --- observation, responses. Through the two ways the instructor will

evaluate the students for the language communication skill, cooperative competence,

culture understanding from their works. The speaking and listening skills of the students

are shown from their responses. Doing pair and group works, the students are assessed

listening, speaking skills, communicative and cooperative competence in basic Chinese.

It helps the students reach their goals. At the end of the class, the students are asked to do

the presentation. The follow-up is the homework which we have the workbook to do.

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This rubric is used to assess students’ group project and their presentation.

Excellent Good Average Poor Self Evaluation

TeacherEvaluation

Content Covers topic completelyand thoroughly. Complete and very organizedinformation.

Appropriate content engages the reader.

Some essential information.Includes enoughelaboration to give viewersan understanding of the topic.

Little or noessential informationand few facts.

CooperativeGroup Work

Works very well with others.Everyone takes responsibilities.

Works well with others. Takes part in many decisions.

Works with others, buttakes part in few decisions and responsibilities with others.

Does not work well with others.Takes little or nodecisions and responsibilities with others.

Presentation Skill

Communicates ideas with enthusiasm, proper and clearvoice projection, appropriate language, and effective delivery.

Communicates ideas withproper voice projection,adequate preparation, and some enthusiasm.

Communicating ideas withunclear voice projection, not enough preparation for the work.

Difficulty communicating ideas, due to voice projection, incomplete work.

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The 1st Week

Welcome to Mandarin class!

My name is Hong Zhang. There it is on the chalkboard. I would like to be addressed as Zhang Laoshi (张老师), please. I am very excited and looking forward to sharing my native language and culture with you this year.

I am an experienced teacher with almost 20 years of teaching experience. I have taught in China, Japan, Canada and USA. I have taught both children and adults. All of us really enjoy the classes. I enjoy teaching and I am proud to be a teacher.

Students introduce to each other.

Before we start to discover our textbooks I would like to ask you two questions.

1. What are the advantages for learning and maintaining foreign languages?

Learning another language can stimulate and develop the right hemisphere of the

brain.

Learning another language can show greater creativity in complex problem

solving.

SL students obtain higher scores in both verbal and nonverbal intelligence testing.

SL students strengthen first language skills.

SL students have superior cross-culture skills and adapt better to varying cultural

contexts.

American society becomes increasingly diverse; now 4 out of 5 new jobs are

related with foreign trade.

2. What should we do if we want to achieve foreign language proficiency?

It takes time. We need to make effort (practice). Keep learning.

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School supplies

1 3-ring binders (for culture & writing --- I will provide writing paper)

wide-ruled notebook paper

pencils with erasers (no mechanical pencils)

highlighters

1 folder labeled clearly with your name (to be used as your portfolio)

blank index cards (no lines) for vocabulary words

Classroom rules

1. Abide by the rules and guidelines in the THS students handbook.

2. Respect others.

3. Be polite and helpful.

4. Be in class on time and prepared.

5. Electronic Devices are not allowed in class for any reason.

Consequences

1. Verbal warning.

2. Discussion after class with teacher.

3. Detention with teacher and parent contact.

4. Removal from class and office referral.

Participation

A large part of your success in Chinese is based on attentiveness and participation. Focused

attention and involved in any class activities.

Daily Preparation

You are responsible for being prepared for class everyday. When you arrive to class, take

out and have ready all necessary materials: Chinese textbook, workbook, notebook, pencil,

homework due and other assigned materials. NO other materials. Part of being prepared is

having taken care of all business before class, visiting the restroom and water fountain.

Homework

You are expected to give an honest effort at getting the assignment completed in time.

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Textbook discovery:

1. The name of the textbook is __________________________________________.

2. How many units are there in the textbook? __________________________.

3. The map of China is on page ________________________.

4. The glossary is on page __________________________.

5. Which unit talks about family? _______________________

On page ________________

6. Which unit talks about weather? _______________________

On page ________________

7. Where can you find the formula for the Chinese phonics? ___________________

8. Each unit opens with “Look and Say”. What does it tell us?

__________________________________________.

9. Each unit ends with a summary to help us review the key points of each unit. The

summary includes 2 parts. They are ___________________________________,

______________________________________.

10. Which unit talks about colors? _________________.

11. On Page 32 and 70, the authors talk about

______________________________________.

About China:

12. What is the full name of China? _______________________________________.

13. The area of China is around ___________________ million square kilometers.

14. The two major rivers in China are

______________________________________.

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15. China has a population of about ______________ billion.

16. The capital of China is ________________.

17. The official language of China is _________________. Hint: The answer is not

“Chinese”.

18. When did the Beijing Olympics start? _________________.

19. Did you watch the Olympics’ opening ceremony? _________.

20. What is the theme phrase of the opening ceremony?

__________________________________________________________________

.

21. What is the name of Beijing’s national stadium?

__________________________________________________________________

.

22. Write 1 thing that you really want to learn about China.

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Review last lesson.

Talk about the map of China. Handout: Map of China

Introduction of the language: The Chinese language is subdivided into 7 major dialects,

which are the Northern dialect, the Wu dialect, the Xiang dialect, Cantonese, the Min

dialect, the Gan dialect and the Hakka dialect. Northern dialect speakers exceed the

speakers of any other dialect. Chinese Mandarin originated from the Northern dialect, and

it is the common language throughout China.

One Chinese character is composed of three parts --- Vowel sound, consonant and a tone

mark. For example: ni hao

We have totally 47 Pin yin, 24 vowel sounds and 23 consonants (include 2 semi-vowel

sounds Y W).

I divide the 47 Pin Yin into 7 groups except Y W. Today we will learn two groups --- one

is vowel sounds; another is the consonants.

Main vowel sounds --- a o e i u ü 2 semi : y w

The 1st group of consonants --- b p m f d t n l

We have 4 tone marks ---

ma ma ma ma ba ba ba ba

Look at the table at the end of the textbook. Let students find the pinyin we

learned.

Take some time to practice the Pin Yin that we learned above.

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Homework:

Unit One Lesson 1 and 2

Everyone will choose their Chinese name based on the textbook P. 3.

Write the two key sentences on the board :

你好Ni hao. 我叫Wo jiao …

同学们好 tong xue men hao. 老师好 lao shi hao. 再见 Zai jian.

Pronouns: 我wo 我们wo men

你 ni 你们 ni men

Vocabulary: zhongguo 中国中文meiguo美国英文学生学校老师同学

Class activity: 2 groups --- 1 is inside circle, another is the outside circle. They will walk

while they are saying Pin yin. When teacher says stop, the students get their partners and

they will have the conversation.

Homework: Students’ workbook

At the beginning of the lesson, we will play a game with 3 stacks of cards --- 同学, 同学们, 老师, 再见. (Pair Work) They play different roles according to the cards they get.

Ask the volunteers to say their conversation in front of the class.

Practice Pin yin the two groups we learned last lesson.

Students write down all Pin yin. Quiz --- 10 Pin yin.

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ta ni ba ma lü fa du po mi tu

Competition: 2 Judges 2 groups, each group has 6 persons. Each group gets one

stack of cards. 3 of them will sort the cards and put them in order; the other 3 read clearly

and correctly. The group which does quickly and correctly is the winner.

The new Pin yin:

Double vowel sounds --- ai ei ui ao ou iu

The 2nd group of consonants --- g k h j q x


learned.


Review for the test.

The 2nd Week

Review last lesson’s Pin yin.

Using cards play the Pin yin game.

Quiz: hao gou hai kui pai jiu gei qiu jia xia


learned.


Card game: Two groups, 4 in each group. One is walker, another 3 sort the card. The fast

team will be the winner.

Lesson 3 我是王家明

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我wo

你 ni 是 shi

他 ta

她 ta

Pair work: Workbook: P. 2,3; No. 4,5,6 P. 5,6; No. 2,3,4,5

Video: Muzzy --- Scene 1 & 2

Homework: 5%

Workbook: P. 8,9,10 No. 3,4,5,6,7

Review Pin yin we have learned.

Quiz: Nihao ba ba gui mai mei ge guo ji bei

New Pin yin:

Double vowel sounds: an en in un ün


learned.


A role play: 4 in a group, everyone takes a role ( 3 students, 1 teacher ), they will create a

conversation. Each group will present in front of the class.

Lesson 4 谢谢Key point: 什么你叫什么名字?

这是什么? (T puts 6 items in a paper bag for practicing this point.)

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那是什么? 是不是Homework: 5%

Workbook: P. 12,13 No. 2,3,4,5


New Pin yin:

The 3rd group of consonants: z c s zh ch sh r


learned.


Lesson 5 他们是学生?

学生老师校长xüesheng laoshi xiaozhang

Play a game “Who am I?” for reviewing everyone’s name. Every student gets a name on

their back. He/She will guess who he/she is. Focus on the pattern:

我是 ….. 吗?

Homework: 5%

Workbook: P. 15,16 No. 2, 3, 4, 5

Review last lesson: Pin yin and grammar point.


learned.

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Lesson 6 他们是我的朋友Sing a song: 找朋友 zhao peng you

找朋友zhao peng you

找, 找, 找朋友,

zhao, zhao, zhao peng you,

找到一个好朋友.

zhao dao yi ge hao peng you

行个礼来握握手,

xing ge li lai wo wo shou.

你是我的好朋友.

ni shi wo de hao peng you.

再见zai jian

According to the text they work in pairs to make up their own conversation.

Homework: 5%

Workbook: P. 19, 20 No. 2,3,4,5

Review all Pinyin

Look at “Unit Summary”

Week 3


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New Pin yin:

Double vowel sounds: ie, üe, er

The last group of the Pinyin --- triple sounds ---- ang eng ing ong

Play a game: group work --- sort cards


learned.


Quiz for Pinyin:

tai pao tou kou kao jiao qiao liao xiu xi

Learn to count the numbers from 1 to 10.

A game: According to lesson 4 to practice: 谢谢, 不客气.

Learn to sing a number song:

好朋友一个, 两个, 三个好朋友,

四个, 五个, 六个好朋友,

七个, 八个, 九个好朋友.

十个好朋友.

The Introduction of Chinese characters (1):

Chinese character is not an alphabet language; it is a language of ideographs. It means

Chinese characters are derived from many different signs, symbols and pictures.

Do an exercise on P. 2,3 “Beginner’s Chinese Script.

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learned.


Review the grammar points:

Yes of No question: …… 吗? Eg.,

这是书吗? 是 or 不是什么 can be put at the beginning of the sentence, at the end of the sentence and in the

middle of the sentence, eg.,

什么是 TSH?

这是什么?

你叫什么名字?

Play a game: Secrete bag (Practice …..ma? and What question)

The Introduction of Chinese characters (2): photocopy (P.26 汉字字母教程 1)

We have individual characters and we have compound characters, eg.,

Individual characters: 人儿女母父Compound characters ---- they are made of two or more building blocks. The compound

characters can often be divided into two groups. One could be called characters in the

idea-idea structure, and the other group could be called characters in the idea-sound

structure.

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Idea-idea structure --- can be separated into two parts, only shows the meaning, having no

relationship with the sound. For example: 好 has tow building blocks: 女子.

Together they mean that it is good for women to have children. 孙 has two building

blocks: 子小. Together they mean that a grandson is younger (smaller) than a son.

Idea-sound structure --- can be separated into two parts also. One part shows meaning,

another part shows sound. For esample:

和 has two building blocks 口 and 禾 . 口 means mouth, 禾 shows the sound.

The compound characters usually consist of three basic structures:

One is left-right, such as, 好, 你.

One is top-bottom, such as, 是, 学.

One is in-out, such as, 国囚.

Do exercise: individual characters, compound characters

口回品人从众木林森

Review last lesson and Pinyin according to the chart at the back of the book.

Play a game: sort Pinyin cards

Quiz: zhang hong tang lang neng teng deng tang long ning ting

Strokes of Chinese characters:

点横竖撇捺横勾 P.19 and 24 textbook

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Learn to write:

学生老师校长朋友Culture day

Introduction of the Chinese character

Video: Homeland of Dragon ----- Lesson 8 the Chinese Language

Chinese folk songs --- Song zuying’s solo performance in Gold Hall in Austria.

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