九月二十八日星期五 September 28, Friday - A Day

今天老師缺席，我們由我們的代課老師Ms. Bennett 幫我們的忙
Today the teacher was absent, and we had our sub, Ms. Bennett helped us out.
活動 Activities:
#1. Copy down the words on the board
#2, Watch a powerpoint that introduced mid-autumn festival and about Confucius
#3, Make two thank-you cards for Teacher's Day (to celebrate Confucius' birthday).

九月二十七日星期四 September 27, Thursday - B Day

今天我們中文一學了以下的單字
tóu
頭　= headtòng
痛　= hurt, ouch
zhuàng dào 
 撞　 到　= bump into, ran into, hit
kū le
哭了 = crylèi le
累了 = tired è le
餓了= hungry

活動Activities:
#1. Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Act-out the story with TPR
#3, Read the story through the powerpoint with TPR cycling questions
#4, Copy down a story and translate it into English
#5, Reading aloud practice
#6, Time-Reading
#7, Chinese song -對不起 我的中文不好

 

九月二十六日星期三 September 26, Wednesday - A Day

今天我們中文一首先教了一些打招呼的用語
Today we Chinese Level I learned some greetings words as the following:
nǐ hǎo
你 好　= Hello
nǐ hǎo mɑ ？
你 好　嗎　？= How are you doing?
hěn hǎo
很　好　= Very good
huán kě yǐ
還  可 以 = It's okay
mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ
馬 馬虎 虎 = So-so
bù hǎo
不 好　 = not good

活動Activities
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the words with TPR,
#3, Group and pair conversation practice
#4, Act-out the story
#5, Read aloud the story through the powerpoint plus with TPRS questions
#6, Copy down the story
#7, Time-reading (Students read as pairs; Partner One read aloud to Partner B for 1.5 min and then Partner B read aloud to Partner A for 1.5 min. And then they read to one another for 1min, for 30 seconds, for 15 seconds and they were challenged to read the story in 5 seconds. Only two students reach the goal but more than 80%  of the students can be done reading within 7 seconds)

今天中文二和中文三的活動如下
Today What Chinese Level II and III students did is as the followings:
#1, Read the sentences with the powerpoint,
#2, TPRS cycling questions
#3, Time reading
      Students read as pairs; Partner One read aloud to Partner B for 1 min and then Partner B read aloud to Partner A for 1min. And then they read to one another for 30 seconds and they were challenged to read the story in 15 seconds.
#4, Time-writing.
     After students were done time reading, we did time-writing. Students were given 20 minutes to write a story with the following words -
shǒu xiān
首　 先　= First, At first, the first one
rán hòu
然　後　= (and) then
jiē xià lái
接下來　= Next, next one
zuì hòu
最 後　= At last, Finally, the last one
zhōng yū
終　於　= Finally, At last
#5, Set up Ipads and try some Chinese apps!

The critieria for the time-writing are
#1. at least 16 sentences
#2, around 200 words
#3, write in pinyin but Chinese characters are extra points
#4, includes the words mentioned above

九月二十五日星期二 September 25, Tuesday - B Day

今天我們中文一首先教了一些打招呼的用語
Today we Chinese Level I learned some greetings words as the following:
nǐ hǎo
你 好　= Hello
nǐ hǎo mɑ ？
你 好　嗎　？= How are you doing?
hěn hǎo
很　好　= Very good
huán kě yǐ
還  可 以 = It's okay
mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ
馬 馬虎 虎 = So-so
bù hǎo
不 好　 = not good

活動Activities
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the words with TPR,
#3, Group and pair conversation practice
#4, Act-out the story
#5, Draw what you hear.
     On a piece of paper, the teacher says a sentence, students listen to the sentence and write down the sentence in pinyin, English meaning, and draw a picture to it.


For Foreign Language Survey,
We did the similiar activities but instead of drawing what you hear, we used the flashcards made last time and played Bingo games.

家庭作業中文一 Homework for Chinese Level I on Sept 21

Homework was given on September 21 Friday for 1st and 2nd period Chinese Level I students and the due day is September 26. Homework will be given on September 25 for 5th and 6th period Chinese Level I students and the due day is September 28. Assignment: Read to your parents five times in total; once a day and have your parents comment your reading fluency and sign the name on the paper.

九月二十四日星期一 September 24, Monday - A Day

今天我們中文一除了學一首歌-我的朋友在哪裡
Today we Chinese Level I learned a song named - Where is my friend?
我們還學了打招呼的用語和一個小故事
We also learned the greetings and a small story.
你好嗎？nǐ hǎo mɑ ？= How are you?
很好　hěn hǎo = Very good
馬馬虎虎mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ  = So-so
還可以hái kě yǐ  = I'm okay.
不好　bù hǎo = not goodThe story we learned is as the following:

一個男孩快快跑到門那裡 yī gè nán hái kuài kuài pǎo dào mén nà lǐ
他沒有停 tā méi yǒu tíng
他的頭撞到門 tā de tóu zhuàng dào mén
他的頭痛 tā de tóu tòng
他哭了! tā kū le !

活動:
1. Copy down the song's lyric 我的朋友在哪裡
2. Learn the song and compete who sing it loudest.
3. Introduce the greetings and the students work as pair to practice these greetings
4. Act out the story above for at least 10 times with different students.
5. Clarify the words in the act-out story.
6. Listening comprehension activity - the teacher said sentences and the students draw what they hear.

今天我們中文二和三只做了複習的動作
Chinese Level II and III students already did the review.
首先我們小考, 看學生能認得多少的單字
First we did the quiz to see how much students are able to recognize the English meanings to the words we learned.
因為很多學生都還不怎麼記得所教過的單字
Because lots of students still have difficulties recognizing the learned words, (it didn't reach the goal that 80% of students are able to recognize 80% of words taught),
所以我們沒有上新的進度
So we didn't learn new words or read a story.
我們停下來複習
We paused the lesson plan but review the words.
首先學生把一張紙折成八等份
First students folded a piece of paper into 8 cells,
在每個格子上寫上中文數字
They wrote Chinese number in each box.
然後聽老師說句子 學生把所聽到的句子寫在紙上
And then they listen to what the teacher said and write what they heard,
在每個格子上得寫上拼音中文英文和畫上圖片
They were writing down pinyin, Chinese character, English meaning and draw pictures to the words.
我們練習了七個句子
We practiced only 7 sentences (due to the consuming time in writing Chinese characters).

然後我們做單字卡

And then we made 8 flashcards

學生一邊做單字卡 一邊看哆啦A夢的影片 - 無底垃圾洞

While students were making the flashcards, they watched a video clip named ultimate garbage hole.

九月二十一日星期五 September 21, Friday - B Day

今天我們中文一學了一首歌歌詞如下:


在我們學這首歌之前我們先複習單字
Before learning the new song, we reviewed the words.

mén 門= door　
chuāng hù 窗戶= window
zǒu 走=walk
pǎo 跑=run
zǒu 走　=walk
nán hái 男孩=boy　
nǚ hái 女孩=girl
nǐ hǎo 你好=hello
shuō  說= say
kuài kuài  快快=quickly, fast
dūn xià 蹲下=squat
màn màn 慢慢=slow, slowly
zǒu dào 走到=walk to
pǎo dào 跑到=run to
nà lǐ 那裡=over there
yī gè 一個=one
tíng 停=stop
zài jiàn 再見=good bye　
shì 是=yes/is/am/are
bú shì 不是=no/isn't/am not/aren't
xǐ huān 喜歡=like
bù xǐ huān 不喜歡=don't like
wǒ de 我的=my
nǐ de 你的=your
tā /tā de 他 /她 的= his/her
tā /tā 他 /她=he/she
míng zì 名字=name
jiào 叫=is called

九月二十日星期四 September 20, Thursday - Chinese II & III

今天中文二和三我們只稍寫了黑板上的單字
Chinese Level II and III today only copied down the words on the board,
可是我們沒有時間介紹這些字
but we didn't have time to introduce these words.
我們先複習之前教過的單字
We quickly reviewed the words taught before.
然後我們讀家庭作業的文章
And then we read aloud the article in our homework this week
學生兩個人一組將這篇文章翻譯成英文
Students worked as pair and translated it into English.
接下來老師唸一句學生舉手將所知道的英文意思說出來
Next the teacher read aloud one sentence by one sentence, and students voluntarily raised their hands and translate it into English.
最後我們做月曆介紹大概有六位同學上台介紹他們自己的姓名/性別/年齡/年級/國籍/月曆/家庭成員/喜歡/不喜歡
Last, we did calendar introduction. There were about 6 students came up and introduce their name/gender/age/grade/nationality/calendar/family members/likes and dislikes.

九月二十日星期四 September 20, Thursday- A Day

今天我們中文一學了四個新單字
這五個單字是
走到 = walk to
那裡 = over there
跑到 = run to
門 = men

窗戶 = window

活動 Activities:

#1, Copy down the words on the board,

#2, Introduce the new words and practice these words with TPR

#3, Whiteboard activity

#4, Calendar Introduction - students came to the front of the classroom and introduce themselves in Chinese.

#5, Chinese song- 對不起!我的中文不好!

九月十九日星期三 September 19, Wednesday - B Day

今天我們中文一學了四個新單字
Today we Chinese Level I students learned four new words
我們學了
We learned the following words
走到 = walk to
那裡 = (over) there
跑到 = run to
門= door
窗戶 = window

Structures句型:
走到.(門)那裡 = walk to (door)
跑到(窗戶)那裡 = walk to (window)


Activities 活動:
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the words with TPR
#3, Reveiw the older words
#4, Act out the words/sentences by listening the commands
#5, Whiteboard activity
#6, Calendar Presentation - students came up to in the front of the classroom and introduce their name and gender (6th period) in Chinese like 我的名字叫.(Austin)...我是..(男孩).


Foreign Language Survey Class
Today we quickly introduce the new words as the followings
走到....那裡 = walk to ...
跑到....那裡 = walk to ....
門= door
窗戶 = window

Activities:
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the words
#3, Review the older words
#4, Flashcard making (making 22 flashcards - one side with pinyin and the picture to the word, the other side with English meaning)
#5, Play Bingo game (students picked 16 out of 22 flashcards and lay them on the table with 4 x 4 and have the flashcards English face up. The teacher said Chinese; students matched it to the English meaning and flipped the card. Once they have a row, they said, "Bing-guo" in Chinese. The first one who called "Bing-guo" received a Chinese treat.

九月十八日星期二 -September 18, Tuesday - A Day

今天我們有一位龍老師來到我們的中文教室第一堂課
Today we had Mr. Long be with us for the 1st period,
他向我們介紹他學習中文的過程
He introduced how he learned Chinese with the students.
學生也向他提出問題
Students also asked him some questions and mentioned the challenges for them to learn Chinese.
今天我們學習了幾個新單字
Today we learned the following new words and structures.
早 = good morning (commonly use in Taiwan)
早上好= good morning (Commonly use in China)
姓 = last name, surname
貴姓 = (honorable/respectful form) What's your name?
Structures:
你姓什麼? = What's your name?
我姓...? = My name is....
Activities for Chinese Level I:
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the new words with TPR
#3, Whiteboard activities to practice the new words
#4, Phonetic Introduction


今天我們中文二和三先看一段卡通影片
Today we Chinese Level II and III students watch a cartoon video for about 10-15 min.
然後學生在看影片的同時寫下在影片中出現的學過單字
And then students wrote down the words they learned which was shown on the video.
接下來介紹新單字
Next we introduced the new words.
今天我們學的新單字有幾個
卡通 = Cartoon
努力 = work hard
決定 = decide/determine
在...之前= Before....
我們也複習之前學過的單字
打棒球= play baseball
彈吉他 = play guitar
首先 = first, at first
然後 = (and) then
接下來 = next
最後 = at last
終於= finally
結論 = conclusion
Activities
#1, Copy down the words on the board,
#2, Introduce the new words
#3, Whiteboard activities to practice the new words
#4, Reading an article

中文三的家庭作業如下: Chinese Level III homework
Reading the story to their parent/family members five times and  HAVE THEM SING AND due by SEPTEMBER 25.

中文二的家庭作業如下: Chinese Level II homework
Reading the story to their parent/family members five times and  HAVE THEM SING AND due by SEPTEMBER 25.

九月十七日星期一 September 17, Monday - B Day

今天我們中文一學了五個單字
Today we learned 5 worsd for Chinese Level I -
早 = good morning (common used in Taiwan)
早上好 = good morning (common used in China)
姓 = last name, surname
貴姓 = (your honorable) last name, surname (respectful form)
說 = say
The activity we did in class as the followings:
#1, copy down the words on the board,
#2, introduce new words
#3, pair work- pairs asking "你姓什麼?" "我姓...." and then practiced "您貴姓?", "我姓..."

#4, we acted out the story twice with TPRS cycling questions.

#5, students copied down the questions on their notes and answered the questions to the story.
#6, we are going to have a QUIZ on the vocabulary we've learned so far.

                          

九月十四日星期五 September 14 Friday - A Day

今天我們中文一學了幾個新單字
Today we Chinese Level I students learned several new words.
我們學了-- 很= very 高興= glad, happy 認識=(get to) know 久仰= glad to meet you
1st period students did the following activities
#1, copy down the words on the board
#2, TPR words introduction
#3, group frisbee game to practice - 很高興認識你
#4, pair conversation to practice -  很高興認識你
#5, radical worksheet

2nd period students did the following activiites
#1, copy down the words on the board
#2, TPR words introduction
#3, group game to practice - 很高興認識你
#4, whiteboard activities to practice the new words and old words
#5, radical worksheet
#6, watch the video clips about radical/characters

今天中文三我們閱讀一篇有關Radical的文章
Today Chinese Level III we read an article about radicals
讓學生練習區分中文字的部別
Students practiced to distinguish how many parts in Chinese characters
之後我們做有關部首的講義
Afterwards, we worked on the radical forms.

九月十三日星期四 September 13, Thursday - B Day

Today for Chinese Level I classes we did the following activities,
#1, Copy down the words on the board -
我= I, me
我的= my, mine
你= you
你的= your, yours
她= she, her 
她的= her,  hers
他=he, him
他的= his
名字= name
叫= (be/is)called
#2, Structures- 我的名字叫 ..../你的名字叫什麼?/他的名字叫什麼?
#3, We used PQA with a monkey toy to practice the structures 我的名字叫 ..../你的名字叫什麼?
#4, Students stood up and walked around the classroom along with a Chinese song; while the song stopped, they stopped and found a person who was closest to them. They gave a high five and said "你好!" first and then they introduced their name to the perosn they met and asked in Chinese what's your name? "你的名字叫什麼?"
#5, We worked on the radical sheet for 1st 3 radicals: 水, 火, and 人

九月十二日星期三 September 12, Wednesday - A day

Today for Chinese Level I classes we did the following activities,
#1, Copy down the words on the board -
我= I, me
我的= my, mine
你= you
你的= your, yours
她= she, her
她的= her,  hers
他=he, him
他的= his
名字= name
叫= (be/is)called
#2, Structures- 我的名字叫 ..../你的名字叫什麼?/他的名字叫什麼?
#3, We used PQA with a monkey toy to practice the structures 我的名字叫 ..../你的名字叫什麼?
#4, Students stood up and walked around the classroom along with a Chinese song; while the song stopped, they stopped and found a person who was closest to them. They gave a high five and said "你好!" first and then they introduced their name to the perosn they met and asked in Chinese what's your name? "你的名字叫什麼?"
#5, We used TPRStorytelling to act out a story with cycling questions.
#6, Reading - students worked on the story on the page 5 of the textbook.

For Chinese Level II and III,
#1, Copy down the words on the board
#2, We used TPRStorytelling to act out a story with cycling questions.
#3, And then we did the radical work sheets.

家庭作業九月十日~十四日 Homework September 10-14

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九月十日星期一 - Septebmer 10, Monday - A Day

今天中文一的學生我們學了: 快快、慢慢、蹲下、跑
Today Chinese Level I students learned: quickly/fast, slow/slowly, squat down, run


快快 = quickly, fast, hurry up 慢慢 = slowly, slow 蹲下 = squat down 跑 = run

今天中文二和三的學生我們學了: 彈、打、浪漫、吉他
Today Chinese Level II and III students learned: play (instruments), play (sports), romantic, guitar

彈 = play (instrument) 打= play (sports) 浪漫 = romantic 吉他 = guitar

九月七日星期五- September 7, Friday - B day

今天中文一的學生學習: 男孩, 女孩, 走, 跑, 停, 站起來, 坐下
Today Chinese Level I students learned: boy, girl, walk, run, stop, stand up, sit down 男孩 = boy 女孩 = girl 走 = (to) walk 跑 = (to) run 停 = (to) stop 站起來 = (to) stand up 坐下 = (to sit) down

Chinese Level I students, please also see the A Day video handout.

九月六日星期四 September 6, Thursday - A Day

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今天中文二和三的學生學習: 棒球, 棒球員, 想要, 成為
Today Chinese Level II and III students learned: baseball, want, (to) be/become, baseball player

棒球 = baseball 棒球員 = baseball player 想要 = want (to) 成為 = (to) become

今天中文一的學生學習: 男孩, 女孩, 走, 跑, 停, 站起來, 坐下
Today Chinese Level I students learned: boy, girl, walk, run, stop, stand up, sit down

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男孩 = boy 女孩 = girl 走 = (to) walk 跑 = (to) run 停 = (to) stop 站起來 = (to) stand up 坐下 = (to sit) down

九月五日星期三 September 5, Wednesday - B Day

今天我們使用Powerpoint介紹老師也介紹了課程大綱和上課流程
我們也給同學"通行證"
學生用紙板做名片卡
Today we use Powerpoint to introduce Mrs Duke, and aslo introduce the disclosure and the classroom procedures.
We also distributed students "hall pass".
Students used cardstocks to make a name card.

九月四日星期二 September 4, Tuesday - A Day

今天我們使用Powerpoint介紹老師也介紹了課程大綱和上課流程
我們也給同學"通行證"
學生用紙板做名片卡
Today we use Powerpoint to introduce Mrs Duke, and aslo introduce the disclosure and the classroom procedures.
We also distributed students "hall pass".
Students used cardstocks to make a name card.