2015.10.23 Fri
In Class:
- First Journal for Term 2 (See attachment) - Tones Practice - See link to practice for quiz next week (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Character Practice on whiteboards. Practice writing these words in characters: language, country, ask, hello, how are you?, what's your last name?, what's your first name?, you, he, she, I, teacher, student. - Character Racing Game - Review Possessive de (的) - Review dou (both/all) - Fill out the 我 & 朋友 columns on the Chapter 1 I Can Statements, pink (See crate.) Keep this paper in your binder FOREVER! It is a great review tool. |
Deadlines:
Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Tue 10/27 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz Thu 10/29 in class--Pinyin & Tones Quiz |
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2015.10.21 Wed
In Class:
- New Seats - No Journal - Discuss Fall Break Challenge stories - Review for Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Around-the-World!) |
Deadlines:
Today 3PM--All late or any missing work due (If you did not turn in your packet, this is the final deadline. You will need to turn it in with a late coupon today before 3PM.) Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Tue 10/27 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) |
2015.10.14 Wed
In Class:
- Score Journals (If you were absent, my TA will score yours.) - De (See PowerPoint to learn) - Review age: Ni ji sui?/Wo # sui. OR Ni duo da?/Wo # sui. (The second question is sued if the person looks older than 10. - New characters--finish pg. 9.1 & 9.2 (英文的). 英 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%8B%B1 文 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E6%96%87 的 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%9A%84 - There are only about 100 last names in Chinese, meaning that everyone shares their last name with many others. - dou = both or all |
Deadlines:
Today in class--Journals were due Today at the end of class--Pink packets were due Wed 10/21 3PM--All late or any missing work due (If you did not turn in your packet, this is the final deadline. You will need to turn it in with a late coupon.) Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Tue 10/27 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) * Fall Break Challenge! Take advantage of your fall break travels. If you meet a native Chinese-speaker, have a conversation with that person, take a picture and email it to me. Be prepared to share about it when you get back. 有辦法! |
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2015.10.12 Mon
In Class:
- No Journal (See attachment to make sure you have all the entries for this term) - NewYorkRén means a person from New York or a New Yorker. - Pinyin/Tones Review (There will be a quiz Thu, 10/29) http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html - Age: Ni ji sui?/Wo # sui. - Watch Dialogue 1.2, pink worksheet. (If you are absent, come in during Flex Wed and borrow a green textbook on the shelves to make it up. pg. 28) - New characters: 哪http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%93%AA 國 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%9C%8B 人 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BA%BA 美 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%BE%8E 中 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%B8%AD |
HW:
- Page 7.1 (哪國人美中)and 8.2 (哪國人美中) Sentences. - We will finish 9.1 and 9.2 Sentences in class Wed, 10/14. Your packet will be due at the end of class on Wed. If you are not finished, you’ll need to use a late coupon to turn it in. Deadlines: Wed 10/14 in class--Journals due Wed 10/14 at the end of class--Pink packets due Wed 10/21 3PM--All late or any missing work due Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Tue 10/27 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) * Fall Break Challenge! Take advantage of your fall break travels. If you meet a native Chinese-speaker, have a conversation with that person, take a picture and email it to me. Be prepared to share about it when you get back. 有辦法! |
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2015.10.8 Thu
In Class:
- BINGO card due at the start bell (Turn into basket and write "absent" if you were gone today.) - Journal #12 (See attachment) - Review "Are you a teacher? Are you a student? And he? And she?" - BINGO Nationalities: Ni shi na guo ren?/Wo shi ______ ren. - New Characters: 是 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E6%98%AF 不 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%B8%8D 老 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%80%81 師 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%B8%AB 學 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%AD%B8 - In your pink packet, you should complete page 6.1 是不老師學 and 7.2是不老師學 Sentences today. (It's a little confusing with the numbers so please follow my directions here on the website.) |
HW:
- Pink packet, complete page 6.1 是不老師學 and 7.2是不老師學 Sentences. Deadlines: Wed 10/14 at the end of class--Pink packets due Wed 10/14 in class--Journals due Wed 10/21 3PM--All late or missing work due Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Fri 10/23 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) * Fall Break Challenge! Take advantage of your fall break travels. If you meet a native Chinese-speaker, have a conversation with that person, take a picture and email it to me. Be prepared to share about it when you get back. 有辦法! |
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2015.10.6 Tue
In Class:
- Journal #11 (See attachment) - Review nations (See your blue sheet or the attachment from last class.) - New characters: 您 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E6%82%A8 先 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%85%88 生 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%94%9F 太 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%A4%AA - I handed out 4 new pink character pages. See crate and a BanZhang to figure out what order to add them into your packet because it's a bit confusing. - 10 minutes to work on 6.1 (您先生太) and 6.2 Sentences. - Learn nationalities phrase: Ni shi na guo ren? [You are which country person?] / Wo shi _______ ren. [I am ______ person.] - BINGO card, white. (See crate.) Draw a symbols of each of the 13 nations on your BINGO card. (Like a maple leaf to represent Canada.) You’ll have to draw most symbols twice but you can’t draw them more than twice. Make sure your name is on your card. BINGO card must be completed by the bell next class. |
HW:
- Finish 2 pages in pink packet: 6.1 (您先生太) and 6.2 Sentences. - BINGO card: Draw a symbols of each of the 13 nations on your BINGO card. (Like a maple leaf to represent Canada.) You’ll have to draw most symbols (11) twice but you can’t draw them more than twice. Make sure your name is on your card. BINGO card must be completed by the bell next class when I will give you completion points. - Deadlines: Mon 10/12 in class--Pink packets due Wed 10/14 in class--Journals due Wed 10/14 3PM--Late work due Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Fri 10/23 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) * Pink Packet order, in case you missed it: 6.1 nin, xian, sheng, tai *6.2 Sentences 6.1 shi, bu, lao, shi, xue *7.2 sentences 7.1 na, guo, ren, mei, zhong *8.2 Sentences *9.1/9.2 Ying, wen, de/Sentences * means it's new |
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2015.10.2 Fri
In Class:
- Journal #11 (See attachment) - Practice hearing/writing down phone numbers in Chinese - Learn nations, blue (See crate or attachment) - New characters: 叫 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%8F%AB 什 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BB%80 麼 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E9%BA%BC 名 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%90%8D 字 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%AD%97 |
HW:
- Page 5, front/back, pink character packet - Review 10 min/day! - Review ideas: - pinyin/tones - nationalities - characters - notes - #s - Day 1 Vocab list - Classroom Expressions "I Can" sheet, blue Deadlines: Mon 10/12 in class--Pink packets due Wed 10/14 in class--Journals due Wed 10/14 3PM--Late work due Fri 10/23 in class--Late coupons/Hall Passes due Fri 10/23 in class--Chapter 1 Character Quiz (Counts on Term 2) |
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2015.9.30 Wed
In Class:
- Journal #10 (See attachment) - Classroom Expressions "I Can" sheet, blue (See crate.) In the 我 column, mark the skills you can do. Keep this sheet in your binder. - Di ji sheng? [What tone?] - DVD 1.1, pink worksheet (See crate) (Come to Flex Wed, 10/7 to make-up) - Pinyin/Tones practice (See YouTube clip to help with spelling and this website to review: http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html - Review #s - Review greetings & titles - New Characters: 他: http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BB%96 她: http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%A5%B9 |
HW:
- Page 4, front/back, pink character packet - Packet due Mon, 10/12 (Please don't go ahead!) - Review 10 min/night! Ideas for review: - Characters - #s - Greetings & Titles - Pinyin & Tones |
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2015.9.28 Mon
In Class:
- Journal #9 (See attachment) - Review characters: 你好嗎也很呢我 - Learn Qing Wen (Please, can I ask something?) - New characters: 請 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%AB%8B 問 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%95%8F 貴 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%B2%B4 姓 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%A7%93 - ZhongQiuJie: Mid Autumn Festival. See YouTube clip. |
HW:
- Page 3, front/back, pink character packet - Make sure you know all of the 11 characters we've learned in Chinese & English! - Practice pinyin & tones (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Review your notes |
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2015.9.16 Wed - SUB
2015.9.14 Mon
In Class:
- Journal #8 (See attachment) - Qili - Review greetings, titles. (See attached PowerPoints to review.) Watch funny lady on DVD and practiced making people feel comfortable as we great them: xing, title greeting. [Tan Laoshi, Zao an.] - Review Pinyin/Spelling. (See YouTube clip & Website: http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Learn Ni ne? 你呢? [And you?] & ye 也 [also]. - Learn Characters: 呢 ( http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%91%A2) 很 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%BE%88) 也 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%B9%9F) See each link to review the correct stroke order. Complete the front/back of page 2 in your pink character packet. This packet will be due Fri, Oct 2nd but don't go ahead or you will get confused. Just do 1 page a day as we do them in class. |
HW:
- Page 2, front/back, pink character packet - Practice pinyin & tones (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Review your notes |
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2015.9.10 Thu
In Class:
- Journal #7 (See attachment) - Qili - Review: Qili, Titles, #s, ma - Quick review quiz (You can make this up as soon as I reopen Flex.) - How are you? Greetings: Ni hao ma?/Ni zenmeyang? (How's it going?)/Chibaolema? (Have you eaten?) - Review Stroke Order - Learn Characters: 你,(http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BD%A0 ) 好 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%A5%BD), 嗎 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%97%8E),我 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E6%88%91). See each link to review the correct stroke order. Complete the front/back of page 1 in your pink character packet. (See crate if you were absent.) This packet will be due Fri, Oct 2nd but don't go ahead or you will get confused. Just do 1 page a day as we do them in class. |
HW:
- Page 1, front/back, pink character packet - Practice pinyin & tones (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Review your notes |
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2015.9.8 Tue
In Class:
- Journal #6 (See attachment) - Qili - Review Stroke Order (See PowerPoint or packet from last time) - Review tones (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Mafia: Review the phrases: Are you a teacher?/Are you a student? (Ni shi laoshi ma?/Ni shi xuesheng ma?) |
HW:
- Extended deadline for recording by 3:30 today (Tuesday) because of some technical difficulties. If it is not emailed to me by 3:30 today, you will need to use a late coupon. - Practice tones (http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) |
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2015.9.3 Thu
In Class:
- Journal #5 (See attachment) - Qili - Review Greetings, Titles by playing King of the Court. (See PowerPoints from last time to review.) - Stroke Order, white packet. Learn the importance of stroke order: 1) muscle memory 2) so you don't look like you're a kindergartner forever! (See attachment or crate for PowerPoint slides.) "" |
HW:
- Record your voice reading this passage: "Tā jiào Gāo Xiǎoyīn, zài xuéxiào de túshūguǎn gōngzuò. Tā qǐng Cài Jíngpíng hē chá, Cài Jíngpíng hē le liǎng bēi. Gāo Xiǎoyīn bù hē chá, zhǐ hē le yì bēi shuǐ." - When you finish, email me the audio clip: [email protected] - Include your first/last name and class period in the email title. - This is just a pre-quiz so don't do any preparation as you read the passage. - The audio recording needs to be emailed to me before you start class on Tue, 9/8. - If you don't have access to a recording device, you can borrow a friend's phone, find an audio recording from online or borrow a recording device from Mr. Baugh (Room #117). |
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2015.9.1 Tue
In Class:
- Journal #4 (See attachment) - Qili! - Pinyin & Tones Practice (See YouTube clip and use this website to practice: http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html) - Greetings (See PowerPoint) - Ma = Question. Shi = Is, Am, Was, Were, Are. Bu Shi = Not is, am, was, were, are. - Titles (See PowerPoint) |
HW:
- Review your notes! - Review pinyin/tones: http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html |
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2015.8.28 Fri
In Class:
- Journal #3 (See attachment) - Qili! - Review "Classroom Expressions" sheet from the first day. - Pinyin/Tones Review (Use this website to practice: http://pinyinpractice.com/tones.htm or listen to the pinyin song--see YouTube clip.) - Numbers 1-20. (See attachment. Learn these well!) - DVD 1.1 |
HW:
- Count #1-20 3x's in Chinese. (See attachment or crate if you lost your sheet. Learn these well! You will be so happy you did.) - Review pinyin and tones (See http://pinyinpractice.com/tones.htm or listen to the pinyin song--see YouTube clip.) |
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2015.8.26 Wed
In Class:
- Due: Disclosure - Journal #2 (See attachment). Make sure you write the date and the title before the entry. - BanZhang Elections. Make sure you turn in your speech if you were absent today. - Pinyin/Tones Pre-quiz. (Come into Flex on Wed or Fri to make up the Pre-quiz.) - Chinese names. Go to http://www.mandarintools.com/ Click on "Get a Chinese Name" to get your own Chinese name. You can save your name in a google doc. |
HW:
- Review pinyin and tones (See YouTube) |
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2015.8.24 Mon
In Class:
- Due: Teach 2 people (gold) - Journal #1 (See attachment) - Book Slave training! ;) - Disclosure, green (See attachment or crate) - Receive Late coupons/Hall passes - Advice from last year - BanZhang speeches (Write your own speech on your own paper. See attachment to get ideas for your speech. It should be written in "Chinglish"--if you know it in Chinese, use Chinese. If not, use English.) |
HW:
- Get disclosure signed - 10 minutes of review! |
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2015.8.20 Thu
In class:
- Intro letter, green (See attachment or Chinese 1 crate) - Day 1 Classroom Expressions, white (Get a friend to help you complete this or come into Flex Wed or Fri!) - Importance of Tones (See YouTube clip) - Introduction to BanZhang [Class President]. I will help you write speeches for our election on Monday. (See YouTube clip--We will not do the talent portion like these students did. Watch how the boy sabotages the election.) |
HW:
- Bring a 1-inch, 3-ring binder (You can use this binder for Chinese 2 next year, too!) - Bring an in-class journal (Composition or spiral-bound notebook) - Teach 2 people HW, white [Teach 2 non-Chinese speakers how to tell their last name in Chinese] (See attachment or crate) |
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