North Gosforth Academy – Year 7 Mandarin Scheme of Work

Module I (10-12 lessons) September/ October: First half term – Cultural and Historical knowledge of China.

1) Have a wide understanding of Chinese culture, beliefs and history through research and teaching. 2) To have a good knowledge of China’s dynastic history. 3) To understand China’s contemporary sporting and political place in the world. 4) Increase cultural awareness and acceptance of differences. Topical vocab Grammar/ patterns Target Language Resources Homework Lesson 1 Population Month / moon (月) Day/sun (日) NA PPT NA Introductory lesson Beliefs and which one comes first. Youtube Video Expectations Culture Teacher’s Experience Food What do they already know about China? What we will be learning? Lesson 2 Emperor NA NA PPT 2 fun facts about any Chinese Chinese dynasties and emperors Dynasty Youtube Song emperor Mao Ze Dong and Qin Shi Huang Di Leader What makes a ‘good’ leader? Lesson 3 Minority NA NA PPT NA Chinese fact file Population Posters stuck around room Finding facts about China Currency Worksheet Border Lesson 4 Characters Dictionary skills NA PPT NA Using a Chinese dictionary Definition Chinese Dictionaries Learning about Chinese Sports Kung Fu / Wushu Lesson 5 Freedom Month / moon (月) Day/sun (日) Month/moon (月) Day/sun (日) PPT NA Homework feedback Power and which one comes first. Youtube Video The Last Emperor Importance Writing the date Lesson 6 Proverb NA Month/moon (月) Day/sun (日) PPT Complete poster for homework Recap date Moral Chinese Proverbs Message Guess and discuss meaning of Chinese proverbs Create Poster of favourite proverb Lesson 7 Signal NA NA PPT NA Chinese hand signals and numbers Hand Signals Sheet Understand and learn the signals for 6-10 in Chinese Lesson 8 Chinese Opera NA Cultural differences PPT Get 5 facts ready on your topic to Chinese film, music and theatre Guzheng Youtube Videos put into your presentations. Introduction to presentations Differences in concepts of beauty

Lesson 9 Powerpoint NA NA Computers Work on presentation in groups Computer room lesson Curiosity Powerpoint Preparation of assessed Confidence Pen and Paper presentations

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Creating a presentation using research on the internet Lesson 10 Powerpoint NA NA Computers Complete presentation if needed Finishing off assessed presentations Curiosity Powerpoint and start presenting in front of class Confidence Pen and Paper Lesson 11 – 12 Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin PPT NA Group presentations in class. Tones Tones Tones Pronunciation sheets Pronunciation Bingo sheets Splat sheets

Module 2 (14 -16 lessons) November/ December: Second half term – Foundation Knowledge

1) To be able to pronounce Chinese words correctly. 2) To understand the pinyin pronunciation system. 3) To understand the numbering system from 1-99. 4) To be able to count to 10 in Chinese. 5) To be able to write numbers to 99 from memory. 6) To be able to greet people in Chinese. 7) To be able to ask and answer basic conversational questions in Chinese. Topical vocab Grammar/ patterns Written Characters Spoken Language Resources Homework Lesson 1 - Pinyin Pinyin Vowels NA Pinyin PPT NA Introduction to pinyin. Pronunciation A E I O U Tones Pronunciation Sheets Basic consonants Bingo sheets B P M F, D T N L, G K H Splat sheets Lesson 2 - Tones Pinyin Pinyin NA Pinyin PPT NA Revision of pinyin addition of tones. Tones Tones Tones Pronunciation Sheets Pronunciation Lesson 3 – Difficult Pinyin Pinyin ‘I’ Vowel changes NA Pinyin PPT Revise Pinyin Rules for a dictation test. Pinyin lesson 3, more challenging Tones Difficult consonants Tones Pronunciation Sheets letters. Pronunciation J Q X, ZH CH SH S R Lesson 4 – Writing Numbers Stroke order NA 一二三四五六七八 NA PPT Complete numbers character practice. Introduction to Numbers 1-10 Numbers 九十 Chinese character booklets 1 Writing characters for the first time Stroke order sheet Stroke order Lesson 4 – Saying Numbers Tones Number patterns NA Numbers 1-10 PPT NA Revisiting pinyin Pinyin Numbers 11-99 Character booklets 1 Numbers up to 99 Stroke order sheet Chinese numbers song https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2eLP3FuuEVs Lesson 5 – Numbers Practice Stroke order Number patterns 一二三四五六七八 Numbers 1-10 PPT Revise numbers for numbers test. Must know both Games to practice numbers. Tones 九十 Numbers 11-99 Character booklets 1 pinyin and characters. Putting sound and characters Characters Stroke order sheet together. Lesson 6 – Name and Age Numbers Replacing question words NA Wo jiao _____ PPT NA Saying your name Basic questions Wo ______sui Ni hao, wo jiao Joe (song) Saying your age Ni jiao shen me? Asking someone’s name and age. Ni duo da? Lesson 6 – Name and age practice Numbers NA Ta PPT Write 3 sentences describing 3 celebrities. 2 North Gosforth Academy – Y7 Scheme of Work

Talking about other people using Basic questions he/she He/She

Lesson 7 – Radicals Radical NA 亻人木火女 NA PPT NA Understanding what a radical is Character booklets 1 土口子门日 CHINEASY IMAGES 月 Lesson 8 – My radical dictionary Radicals NA 亻人木火女 PPT Revise radicals for radicals test. Review radicals – fill in radical Character booklets 1 dictionary. 土口子门日 Radical dictionary Radicals dobble 月 Lesson 9 - Greetings Greetings vocabulary …好 NA Ni hao PPT NA Greeting friends and teachers. Lao shi hao Greetings at different times of day. Tong xue hao Saying thank you and goodbye. Zao shang hao Xia wu hao Xie xie Zai jian Lesson 10 – How are you? How are you + 我… NA Ni hao ma PPT Write a conversation between 2 celebs or friends. Being able to ask how someone is. answers Wo hen hao Mama huhu story youtube Hello, how are you + answer Being able to answer, good, bad or Wo mama huhu https://www.youtube.com/ How are you + answer so so Wo bu hao watch?v=bA5Lqe0iFuI Goodbye (extension including name and age) Lesson 11 – Character structure Radicals Character Structure Any characters that NA PPT NA Review of radicals knowledge. Left Right characters can be made from Character booklets 1 Internal structure of characters. Top Bottom existing radicals that Radical Dictionary characters. have a clear Radicals Flashcards component Radicals Dobble meaning story. Lesson 12 – Module review NA NA All of the above All of the above PPT Revise for end of module test. Pinyin knowledge Numbers knowledge Basic conversation review Radicals and character construction Lesson 13 – END OF MODULE TEST NA NA NA NA NA NA

Lesson 14 – TEST REVIEW NA NA NA NA NA NA

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MODULE 3 (14-16 lessons) January/ February/March: THE BIG BOSS

1) To watch and enjoy a Chinese TV Series 2) To be able to talk about peoples personalities. 3) To be able to talk about my family. 4) To be able to talk about my likes and dislikes. 5) To understand how the Chinese school system works. 6) To be able to present my spoken Chinese. 7) To understand how to use Chinese adverbs. 8) To be able to extend my sentences with a simple connective. Topical vocab Grammar/ patterns Written Characters Spoken Language Resources Homework Lesson 1 – Chinese schools 学 /小学/中学/大学 NA NA Powerpoints Write a penpal letter to a Chinese To understand the differences Penpal Letters student to find out what a Chinese between UK and Chinese schools. school is like. Lesson 2 – Class monitor Class start conversation: __好 (to say hello to 好 Shang ke Powerpoints To start watching and evaluating 上课 different people) Qi li BIG BOSS youtube series the first episode. 起立 Tong xue men hao first 10 minutes To understand the role of class 同学们好 Lao shi hao monitor. 老师好 zuo To practice a mock Chinese 坐 classroom. Lesson 3 – Who are the characters? Pronouns Pronoun 叫 ______叫 Wo, ni, ta, ta jiao Powerpoints Write 3 sentences about 3 different To look in depth at 坐 Called 坐 BIG BOSS youtube series people. To review giving information about first 10 minutes 我叫 names. 她叫 To review the use of he and she. 他叫 Lesson 4 - Personality Personality NA NA NA BIG BOSS youtube series To evaluate the personalities of the second 10 minutes new characters in episode 1. To learn to recognise the different characters. Lesson 5 – Describing people Personality vocabulary Person 很 adjective 很 Pupil created vocabulary BIG BOSS youtube series Write 3 simple sentences about 3 To be able to describe the Very list for personality second 10 minutes celebrities. characters on the show. adjectives. powerpoints David Beckham 很 you hao To be able to describe celebrities (Mix of character and pinyin and other people. sentences) Lesson 6 – My classmate Adverbs Person adverb adjective 很不 Hen, fei chang, bi jiao bu BIG BOSS youtube series To look in depth at the character 同 Powerpoints 学 To be able to describe my classmates personalities. Lesson 7 – My likes and dislikes Verbs of like and dislike Subject Like Object NA Xi huan, bu xi huan BIG BOSS youtube series Record yourself saying 3 things you To watch the remainder of episode powerpoints like and 3 you dislike in Chinese. 1

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To be able to talk about which characters you like and dislike in the show. Lesson 8 – I like but I don’t like Connectives How to use connectives 喜欢 Xi huan, bu xi huan, dan Powerpoints To be able to link two opinions to link sentences shi together using 但是 To begin to talk about things in Chinese that I like and dislike. Lesson 10 – My family Family members Pronoun + 的女，爸爸，妈妈，妹妹， Wo de, ni de, ta de, ta Powerpoints Vocab learning for vocab test Family members Possessive pronouns 哥哥，弟弟，姐姐 de How to say ‘my’ (dad) Lesson 11 – My dad is… Family members Pronoun + 的女，爸爸，妈妈，妹妹， Wo baba hen qi guai Powerpoints Review of personality vocabulary Adverbs Person 很 adj 哥哥，弟弟，姐姐 through describing family members 很 personalities. Connecting sentences with 但是 Lesson 12 – I like my mum because Family members Because 女，爸爸，妈妈，妹妹， Wo xihuan wo baba Powerpoints Write 2 sentences about the family Review of likes and dislikes Because 哥哥，弟弟，姐姐 yinwei hen haowan’r members you like and dislike. vocabulary with new language. Likes and dislikes 因为很 Understanding the use of 因为 to justify an opinion. Lesson 13 - 15 – Group Family members Structures from module Characters from module 3 Expressions from Group work Prepare the class presentation conversation introducing families. Adverbs 3 module 3 To design a presentation of your Conversational phrases Example presentations at different family and their personalities to be levels. presented to the class. Lesson 16 – Class presentations

Module 4 (14-16 lessons) March/ April/May – Colours and Clothing

1) To appreciate and produce Chinese calligraphy. 2) To understand the cultural significance of different colours in China. 3) To be able to describe a variety of items in different colours. 4) To be able to describe an outfit. 5) To be able to talk about the outfits we like and dislike. 6) To understand the use of 的 in Chinese grammar. 7) To be able to write a short paragraph in Chinese. Weekly objectives Topical vocab Grammar/ patterns Written Characters Spoken Language Resources Homework Lesson 1 Radicals NA NA NA Calligraphy Materials Chinese Calligraphy Practice Lesson 2 Colours NA NA Hong se, Huang se, Lan Powerpoints Create a poster that has an image Chinese Colour Theory se, lu se, hei se, bai se for all 6 colours. Write the pinyin and character next to each colour. Lesson 3 Colours All colours end in 色红色，白色，黑色， Hong se, Huang se, Lan PowerPoints Colour characters Likes and dislikes se, lu se, hei se, bai se

Lesson 4 Colours NA 红，白，黑，蓝，绿， Calligraphy materials Complete the poster at home with Chinese calligraphy colour poster 黄 items that are that colour.

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Lesson 5 Clothing vocabulary The clothes radical in NA Yi fu, chen shan, qun zi, powerpoints Revise clothing and colours Clothes both its forms. ku zi, wa zi, shui yi, da yi, vocabulary for a vocab test. mao yi, T xu shan, chuan，shang yi Lesson 6 Colours and clothes Colour 的 clothing 毛衣，袜子，大衣，上衣 Yi fu, chen shan, qun zi, powerpoints 的 ku zi, wa zi, shui yi, da yi, mao yi, T xu shan, chuan，shang yi Lesson 7 Colours and clothes Colour 的 clothing 毛衣，袜子，大衣，上衣 Yi fu, chen shan, qun zi, powerpoints Translation sentences, fully glossed 的 practice ku zi, wa zi, shui yi, da yi, all about grammatical accuracy mao yi, T xu shan, using 的 chuan，shang yi Lesson 8 Colours and clothes in the show Colour 的 clothing As above As above THE BIG BOSS youtube THE BIG BOSS EPISODE 2 Watch and pick out outfits that we series episode 2 can describe: school uniform, teachers outfit by the running track, girl student, xue xiao dong, security guard Lesson 9 Colours and clothes Colour 的 clothing As above As above Powerpoints Write 2 sentences about what your My teacher also wears… 也 teacher wears at the weekend. Lesson 10 School uniform Likes and dislikes 穿，校服 As above Powerpoints My school uniform Colours and clothes Connectives Colour 的 clothing Lesson 11-13 我理想的校服 Key grammar from Key vocab from module 3 NA Student notes Prepare a paragraph of writing My ideal school uniform module 3 and 4 and 4 about your ideal outfit. Some students might write up to 75 characters. Module 4 test Example answers – Mark Scheme Lesson 14 Pupils can come to the test with as much or as little of their paragraph as they wish. It will be explained to them that if they copy their paragraph that will be reflected in their grade, but it is Writing test still an important skill. Ideally, they will copy the vast majority of their paragraph with key characters missing that can be written from memory during the test.

Module 5 (10-12 lessons) June/July: My Next Birthday Party

1) To be able to talk about my hobbies and the sports that I do. 2) To be able to talk about my birthday and dates. 3) To understand some food and drink vocabulary. 4) To be able to use IT to create an invitation for their party in Chinese. 5) To review their ability to discuss their likes and dislikes. 6) To practice their listening and reading skills. Weekly objectives Topical vocab Grammar/ patterns Written Characters Spoken Language Resources Homework Lesson 1 Month/day Number 月 number 日月，日，numbers Yue, ri, numbers Powerpoints Dates Numbers review Famous dates in Chinese history, what happened when? Lesson 2 Birthday Pronoun 的的，生日，是 Wo de sheng ri shi Powerpoints Write out the birthdays of 3 Birthday celebrities in Chinese.

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Lesson 3 Hobbies vocabulary (in particular NA 喜欢不喜欢 Xihuan, bu Powerpoints My hobbies activities you can do at a party) 但是 xihuan, danshi，看电视，看电影，听音乐， tiao wu, ting yin 上网 yue, kan dian shi, kan dian ying, Lesson 4 Hobbies Like but dislike 喜欢不喜欢 Pengyou, da jia, Powerpoints Translation sentences, I like… but… The hobbies I like and dislike Verbs of like and dislike Like but friend likes 但是 Everybody likes Lesson 5 Sports vocabulary Likes but dislike 打，球，网，篮，乒乓 Ti zu qiu Powerpoints The sports that I play Like but friend likes Pao bu Everybody likes You yong

Lesson 6 Because Likes because 很因为很 Haowan’r Powerpoints Reordering sentences, wo xihuan pao Because it’s fun Fun Wuliao bu yinwei hen haowan’r Boring Bu haowanr bang Lesson 7 Food and drink vocabulary 吃，喝 Chi, he, bi sa bing, Powerpoints Party food and drink shu tiao, shu pian, tang guo, qiao ke li, dan gao, shui, ke le, xue bi, fen da, ji lang, ka fei, nai xi Lesson 8 Food and drink vocabulary Likes because 很吃，喝，因为，好吃，好 As above Powerpoints Prepare your activities, and menu for What I like to eat and drink Likes and dislikes 喝，不 your next birthday party. Lesson 9 Birthday party Zai – as in at my 在 Zai wo de shengri Powerpoints My birthday party birthday party yanhui, women… Lesson 10-12 Using everything they have learned this module the students will create invitations over a number of lessons as they learn how to type in Chinese characters on computers. If it is not possible Creating invitations. to do this on computers the invitations will be handmade, including the date of their birthday, qing ni lai wo de shengri yanhui, activities at the party and the food and drink you can have.

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