2016.1.11 Mon SUB
In class:
- Finish light gold chapter 7 sentence scramble - Score Term 2 journals on gold grading sheet - Review gold “Zhongwen ke shang de huodong” or Chinese Class activities. There will be a quiz Fri, Jan 15. - Review Cram School Sucks (Pass off Wed, Jan 20) = Read Red Scarf Girl |
Deadlines:
Chapter 7 character packet due: Wed, Jan 13th Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Fri, Jan 15th Chorus Memorized: Fri, Jan 22nd |
2016.1.7 Thu SUB
In class:
- Go over journal list for Term 2 - 1/2 sheet white worksheet: Which is easiest? Favorite tone? (See attachment) - Review gold “Zhongwen ke shang de huodong” or Chinese Class activities. There will be a quiz Fri, Jan 15. - Review Cram School Sucks (Pass off Wed, Jan 20) - Finish pink Chapter 7 packet - Complete light cold Chapter 7 Sentence scramble. After you put the character in the correct order, write the correct pinyin/tones. |
Deadlines:
Journals: Mon, Jan 11th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class (staple & turn in early if you want) Chapter 7 character packet due: Wed, Jan 13th Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Fri, Jan 15th Chorus Memorized: Wed, Jan 20th |
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2016.1.5 Tue
In class:
- Last journal for term 2 (See attachment) - Chinese New Year song. A2 finish learning chorus #1. A4 Finish learning chorus #2. (See YouTube clip and lyrics to help you practice.) - Review gold worksheet (zhongwen ke shang de huodong) and actions. Quiz coming soon. - Review pingchang (often), jiu (as early as), cai (as late as). Ex: Renmin pingchang 2 sui xuexi shuohua keshi wo 1 sui jiu xuexi shuohua le. - Jiu worksheet (yellow, see crate). Fill in the blanks with an age that would be considered early for each activity. |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. - Start learning your part of the chorus for Cram School Sucks - you'll have to have it memorized (and pass it off to me) around January 20th! Deadlines: Journals: Mon, Jan 11th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class (staple & turn in early if you want) Chapter 7 character packet due: Wed, Jan 13th Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Wed, Jan 13th (or possibly Friday) |
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2015.12.18 Fri
In class:
- No Journal: See crate to figure out the three Christmas songs (pink, blue, green papers) - Christmas songs in Chinese - Cram School Sucks - start learning chorus (See crate for white lyrics sheet in pinyin or attached file and YouTube clip. A2 learn the 1st chorus. A4 learn the 2nd chorus. Both learn the final chorus.) - Page 2 in Ch 7 character packet: 考 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%80%83 試 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%A9%A6 錯 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E9%8C%AF - 15 minutes of Mulan |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. - Start learning your part of the chorus for Cram School Sucks - you'll have to have it memorized (and pass it off to me) by the middle of January! Deadlines: Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class (staple & turn in early if you want) Chapter 7 character packet due: Mon, Jan 11th Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Wed, Jan 13th |
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2015.12.16 Wed
In class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Learning Chinese Vocab (See gold sheet in crate. See a friend or see me during Flex so you know which vocab words we're skipping and which ones to learn. Also, we learned actions to help you remember the vocab. We will have a quiz on these in January.) - Review Verb Object Verb de - New Chapter 7 character packet (pink, see crate): 得 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%BE%97 真 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%9C%9F 快 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%BF%AB 慢 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E6%85%A2 - Review colors - Decide on a song for Chinese New Year performance |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. Deadlines: Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class Chapter 7 character packet due: Mon, Jan 11th Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Wed, Jan 13th |
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2015.12.14 Mon
In class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Translate Song into pinyin/tones (See crate for pink paper) - Listen to song - New vocab: - jiao(1): to teach - how to respond to compliments: nali, nali, bu shi bu shi - classifiers: yi zhang zhi, yi zhi bi - Re-watch DVD 7.1 - Watch DVD 7.2 (If you missed this, come use the green textbook to answer the questions on the pink worksheet.) |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. Deadlines: Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Wed, Jan 13th |
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2015.12.10 Thu
In class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Review hobby verbs (chapter 4) - Review Verb Object Verb de pattern (Ta chi fan chi de hen kuai.) Play boggle-style game in teams. - Verb Object Verb de packet (see crate for white packet). Write a sentence or question to describe each picture using the Verb Object Verb de pattern. You may need to come into Flex or ask a pengyou to get some help on this. You can use the thermometer and the adjectives from last time to help. |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. Deadlines: Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Mon, Jan 11th |
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2015.12.8 Tue
In class:
- Journal (See attachment) - See Dates quizzes - Thermometers (See crate for materials and attached picture for end result. Feel free to come in to Flex to borrow scissors, colored pencils or glue sticks.) - Know how to say: quite tall, a little tall, really tall, super tall, tallest (gao = tall) - Know these adjectives fast/slow - kuai/man tall/short - gao/ai hard/easy - nan/rongyi interesting/boring - you yisi/meiyouyisi, wuliao pretty/cute/handsome/ugly - piaoliang/keai/shuai/chou early/late - zao/wan cool - ku tired - lei hungry - duzi e - Review Chapter 4 Hobbies |
HW:
- Please keep reviewing 10 min/day! It will make a world of difference. Deadlines: Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class Ch 6-7 Character Quiz: Mon, Jan 11th |
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2015.12.4 Fri
In class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Day, Week, Month, Year Quiz (Come to Flex Tue next week to make it up) - Yiqian and Yihou review (See crate for yellow worksheet) - Review Chapter 6 I Can's - make sure you can do all of these - DVD 7.1 (See crate for pink worksheet and use green textbook to complete answers. Don't do 7.2 yet.) - Get Thermometer paper and start translating into English (see crate for white paper.) |
Deadlines:
Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class |
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2015.12.2 Wed
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Receive your pen pal letter back! - Review day, week, month, year (Chinese to English & English to Chinese, with correct pinyin & tones) - Learn yiqian & yihou (See attachment for examples and crate for blue worksheet. Complete the worksheet in Chinglish--the yiqian & yihou should be in Chinese but the rest can be in English. Focus on learning the grammar.) - yiqian= but before that - yihou = but after that - Review: - kong: free time - bang(zhu): help - ba: softens command, suggestion, hesitant - lianxi: practice - yao: want, activity in the future - Chapter 6 I Can Statements (white paper in crate) Make sure you can do all of these! |
Deadlines:
Day, Week, Month Year Quiz: Fri, Dec 4th (Chinese to English & English to Chinese--write characters or pinyin/tones). See attachment to review. Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class |
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2015.11.30 Mon
In Class:
- New Seats! - Journal (See attachment) - Around-the-World Day, Week, Month, Year - Learn Verb Obj Verb de (Wo paobu, pao de hen kuai.) - New characters: 得 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%BE%97 跟 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%B7%9F 見 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%A6%8B 面 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E9%9D%A2 回 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%9B%9E - pingchang - usually, cai - finally - When did you first...? (Blue worksheet, see crate) |
HW:
- When did you first learn to...? (Blue worksheet) due at the bell on Wed, Dec 2 Deadlines: White Character Packet: Wed, Dec 2nd in class Day, Week, Month Year Quiz: Fri, Dec 4th Late Work: Fri, Dec 18th by 3PM Journals: Thu, Jan 7th in class Un-used coupons & passes: Mon, Jan 11th in class |
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2015.11.23 Mon
In Class:
- No journal. - Swap pen pal letters. (See crate for pen pal letter. 1. Write your name on the bottom of the page. 2. Circle any errors in their letter. 3. Respond--in characters--to any questions they asked. - Review Dialogue 6.1 (put in order) - Review Day, Week, Month, Year (War game!) - Review characters. - Review gen = with |
HW:
- Wed, 12/2 white character packet due - Fri, 12/4 day, week, month, year quiz (Chinese to English & English to Chinese) - Have a great Thanksgiving Break! |
2015.11.19 Thu
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - 6.2 Characters: 行 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%A1%8C 等 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%AD%89 幫 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%B9%AB 說 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%AA%AA 但 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BD%86 - Review Week & Month on Green Sheet (Game) - Lab 302 -- Pen Pal assignment (See attachment) |
HW:
- Pen Pal letter due Monday at the start bell. Print and bring to me. - Review green sheet for upcoming quiz |
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2015.11.17 Tue
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Review Day/Year (From green sheet) - Learn and practice terms for Week/Month (See a pengyou or come into Flex to get these terms). - 6.1 White Character Packet: 電 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E9%9B%BB 話 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%A9%B1 問 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%95%8F 題 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E9%A1%8C 要 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%A6%81 |
HW:
- Review 10 min/night - Review your green chart for upcoming quiz (both English to Chinese & Chinese to English) - Chapter 6 white character packet due 11/30 at the start of class. (Just finish front and back of 6.1 today.) |
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2015.11.13 Fri
In Class:
- No journal - Yiqi worksheet, green. (See crate. Read the examples and write 3 of your own on the back. Remember to use SyiqiTPVO. T and P are optional. - Newspapers, yellow. (See crate for newspapers and worksheet. Find 30 words--only 2 can be #s--and give a brief summary of 1 article.) - Review your the days and years from your green Day, Week, Month, Year chart. - Write 14 sentences or questions on the white character grid. (See crate.) You may use your flash cards and white character packet but you may not use the colored character packets. If you copy sentences from the character packet you will not receive any points for that sentence. |
HW:
- Review! |
2015.11.11 Wed
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Capture the Kong (Come to Flex Thu, Nov 19th to make-up) - DVD 6.2 (Find the white paper in the crate and use the dialogue in the green textbook to make up.) - Day, Week, Month, Year (Green worksheet in crate. Copy Chinese from a neighbor--just for Day and Year--or come see me during Flex.) |
HW:
- Review green Day/Year worksheet - Keep reviewing characters chapters 1-5 |
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2015.11.9 Mon
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Capture the Kong Prep - Gei practice activity (See attachment for examples & explanations & crate for green worksheet. Find another Chinese 2 pengyou to play the activity with before turning it into the basket.) |
HW:
- Bring cell phone Wed - Review 10 min/night |
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2015.11.5 Thu
In Class:
- No journal - Skits in small groups (Come to Flex Wed or Fri with 1-2 other Chinese 2 students to make up) - Caller/Callee Phone Activity (Come to Flex Wed or Fri with 1 other Chinese 2 student to make up) - See Chapter 5 Character quizzes |
HW:
- Bring cell phone Mon & Wed - Review 10 min/night |
2015.11.3 Tue
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Chapter 5 Character Quiz (Come to Flex Wed or Fri to make-up) - 2-Child Policy Discussion (See attachment or white paper in crate and watch attached YouTube clips to make-up.) - Phone Conversation Matching (See attachment or crate for green worksheet. Draw the letters next to the number. Don't draw lines!) - Prepare "can I get your phone number?" skits in small groups--be ready to perform your 30-second skit next class. (A4, we'll start this next time) |
HW:
- Bring cell phone Thu & Mon - Review 10 min/night |
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2015.10.30 Fri
In Class:
- Journal (See attachment) - Watch DVD 5.2 Narrative - Chapter 5 Around-the-World |
HW:
- Chapter 5 Character Quiz Tue, 11/3 (Study gold or white packet. Or the links to all the characters on are my website.) - Please bring your cell phone to class for the next couple of weeks as we are starting the phone unit. |
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2015.10.28 Wed
In Class:
- Receive Term 2 Late Coupons/Hall Passes - Journal (See attachment) - Pg 6 in gold packet: 玩 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%8E%A9 兒 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%85%92 了 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BA%86 回 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%9B%9E - Phone Numbers. Ask 5 people in class for their phone number: Ni de dianhua hao ma shi shenme? (See crate for green worksheet.) We'll do the skits next class. - DVD 6.1 If you're absent, see the crate for the yellow worksheet and use dialogue 6.1 in the green textbook to answer the questions. |
HW:
- Gold Packet due Fri, 10/30 - Chapter 5 Character Quiz Tue, 11/3 - Please bring your cell phone to class for the next couple of weeks as we are starting the phone unit. |
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2015.10.26 Mon
In Class:
- No journal. See crate or attachment for green worksheet on Term 2 goals. See YouTube clip to answer Part 2 questions. - Review pinyin & tones: http://www.archchinese.com/mandarin_chinese_tone_drill.html - Page 5 characters: 對 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%B0%8D 不 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%B8%8D 起 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E8%B5%B7 給 http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%B5%A6 - Review Colors |
HW:
- Gold Packet due Fri, 10/30 - Chapter 5 Character Quiz Tue, 11/3 |
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