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CHINESE I (SECONDARY)

ESSENTIAL UNIT 7 (E07)

(Date and Time) (September 2013)

Unit Statement: In this unit the students will learn how to use Chinese words to tell time and describe the days of the week as well as converse about daily routines.

Essential Outcomes: (must be assessed for mastery)

1. The Student Will recognize the following characters: 上课/have classes, 下课/after school, 宿舍/dorm, 网球/tennis, 电脑房/computer lab, 国际/international, 每/every, 起床/get up, 开始/start, 以后/after, 电视/television, 睡觉/sleep, 祝/wish, 见/see or meet, 电影院/cinema, 午饭/lunch

2. TSW follow the rules for writing the following Chinese characters: 现/now, 点钟/o’clock, 分/minute, 差/to, 刻/quarter, 半/half, 今/today, 明/tomorrow, 昨天/yesterday, 星期/week, 早/morning, 晚/evening or late, 午/noon,吃/eat, 打 /play or beat, 回/return, 作业/homework. (Interpersonal and Presentational writing)

3. TSW recignize all unit vocabulary words (Interpretive Listening and Reading)

4. TSW tell time on a clock as well as the date, month, year and day of the week. (Interpersonal listening and Interpretive reading)

5. TSW tell time on a clock and know different ways to tell the same time of clock in Chinese. (Interpersonal listening and Interpretive reading)

6. TSW read, recite and write a summary of his/her class schedule. (Interpretive reading and Presentational writing)

7. TSW self-select and read level-appropriate literature independently for at least 30minuts per week. (Interpretive reading)

Introduced /Practiced Outcomes: (see Course Outcomes)

1. The Student Will make a timeline of family members’ birthdays. (Presentational writing)

2. TSW make appointments in Chinese using the phone or in person. (Interpersonal)

3. TSW construct a graph to illustrate major school events during school year. (Presentational writing)

1. HUANYING - An Invitation to Chinese: Textbook 1, Volume 1, Workbook 1. Cheng & Tsui 2. Chinese Readers: Green Level: What time is it?, Time Difference, One day in our lives, Primary Mandarin 3. Chinese Readers: Purple Level: How many days in a week? Primary Mandarin

Suggested Materials: (use to supplement required texts and materials)

1. Pinyin for everyone: Better Chinese 2. Discovering Chinese: Volume1, Teacher’s guide, Better Chinese 3. Chinese pinyin poster, Chinese strokes and radicals’ poster. 4. A clock, a big calendar poster.

Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies:

1. Flash cards with new characters. 2. Any appropriate teacher-created or teacher-selected materials. 3. Any appropriate online resources and websites. (http://my.cheng- tsui.com/huanying)