三月二十九日星期五 March 29, Friday - A Day

三月二十八日星期四- March 28, Thursday- B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS- 1) please copy down the new words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes; 2) come in to make up the quiz.

Today for Chinese Level I we learned the following new words- 

做數學zuò shù xué = to do math

玩拼圖 wán pīn tú = to play puzzles

打掃dǎ sǎo  = to clean

**extension words (that students asked to know)
房間fáng jiān  = room/bedroom
好玩 hǎo wán= have fun
花好多時間 huā hǎo duō shí jiān= spend lots of time
很難 hěn nán = difficult
無聊 wú liáo= bored/boring

We used small whiteboard and the ribbon game to practice the words. After the practice we watched a powerpoint (through a Reading A-Z book named Carlos and his teacher Carlos和他的老師; due to the copyright issue, I am not able to post the powrpoint online at this moment until I receive their response and permission about the copyright ) At the end of the classroom we did a 7-words quiz. And it seems more than 80% of students get 80% right.

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老師 lǎo shī= teacher

學生 xué shēng = student
星期xīng qī  = week/weekday
星期幾? xīng qī jǐ= what day?
星期一 = Monday
星期二 = Tuesday
星期三 = Wednesday
星期四 = Thursday
星期五 = Friday
星期六 = Saturday
星期天 = Sunday

BYU LANGUAGE FAIR - POEM

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三月二十七日星期三 - March 27, Wednesday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS- 1) please copy down the new words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes; 2) come in to make up your quiz.

FOR CHINESE LEVEL II & III ABSENT STUDENTS - 1) please copy down the new words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes; 2) translate the story and show the teacher your translation.

Today for Chinese Level I we learned the following new words- 

做數學zuò shù xué = to do math

玩拼圖 wán pīn tú = to play puzzles

打掃dǎ sǎo  = to clean

**extension words (that students asked to know)
房間fáng jiān  = room/bedroom
好玩 hǎo wán= have fun
花好多時間 huā hǎo duō shí jiān= spend lots of time
很難 hěn nán = difficult
無聊 wú liáo= bored/boring

We used small whiteboard and the ribbon game to practice the words. After the practice we watched a powerpoint (through a Reading A-Z book named Carlos and his teacher Carlos和他的老師; due to the copyright issue, I am not able to post the powrpoint online at this moment until I receive their response and permission about the copyright ) At the end of the classroom we did a 7-words quiz. And it seems more than 80% of students get 80% right.

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老師 lǎo shī= teacher

學生 xué shēng = student
星期xīng qī  = week/weekday
星期幾? xīng qī jǐ= what day?
星期一 = Monday
星期二 = Tuesday
星期三 = Wednesday
星期四 = Thursday
星期五 = Friday
星期六 = Saturday
星期天 = Sunday



For Chinese Level II and III - 
We learned the following words -
對...不熟duì ...bù shoú  = not be familiar with
剛剛gāng gāng = just now
參觀cān guān = to visit
很遠 hěn yuǎn = very far
很近 hěn jìn = very close
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開車kāi chē = to drive
載 zǎi  = to give a ride
博物館bó wù guǎn  = musuem
前qián  = be in front of, before
中學 zhōng xué  = middle school
怎麼走?zěn me zǒu?  = how to get to ...?

你對什麼不熟?nǐ duì shí me bù shoú ? = What are you not familiar with?
我對法文不熟wǒ duì fǎ wén bù shoú 。= I am not familiar with French.
我對中國不熟。wǒ duì zhōng guó bù shoú 。= I am not familiar with China.
你剛剛有沒有哭?nǐ gāng gāng yǒu méi yǒu kū ? = Did you cry just now?
我剛剛沒有哭wǒ gāng gāng méi yǒu kū 。= I did not cry just now.
你剛剛有沒有遲到?nǐ gāng gāng yǒu méi yǒu chí dào ? = Were you late just now?
我剛剛有遲到。wǒ gāng gāng yǒu chí dào = I was late just now.
你有沒有參觀過博物館? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu cān guān guò bó wù guǎn ? = Have you ever visited the museum?
我有參觀過博物館。wǒ yǒu cān guān guò bó wù guǎn = I have visited the museum.
你有沒有參觀過Syracuse高中? nǐ yǒu méi yǒu cān guān guò Syracusegāo zhōng ?= Have you ever visited Syracuse High School.
我沒有參觀過Syracuse 高中。wǒ méi yǒu cān guān guò Syracuse gāo zhōng 。= I haven't visited Syracuse High School.
你知道恐龍博物館怎麼走嗎? nǐ zhī dào kǒng lóng bó wù guǎn zěn me zǒu ma ?= Do you know how to get to the Dinosaur Museum.
對不起,我不知道恐龍博物館怎麼走。duì bù qǐ ,wǒ bù zhī dào kǒng lóng bó wù guǎn zěn me zǒu 。= I am sorry, I don't know how to get to the Dinosaur Museum.
鹽湖城離Syracuse很遠嗎?yán hú chéng lí Syracusehěn yuǎn ma ? 
= Is it far from Salt Lake city to Syracuse?
鹽湖城離Syracuse不很遠。yán hú chéng lí Syracuse bù hěn yuǎn 。= It's not far from Salt Lake City to Syracuse.
Syracuse 初中離Walt-Mart很近嗎?Syracuse chū zhōng lí Walt-Marthěn jìn ma ? 
= Is it very close from Syracuse Jr.  to Walt-mart?
對! Syracuse 初中離Walt-Mart很近。duì ! Syracuse chū zhōng lí Walt-Marthěn jìn = Yes, it's very close from Syracuse Jr. to Walt-mart.

三月二十六日星期二 March 25, Tuesday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL II & III ABSENT STUDENTS - 1) Copy down the words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes when you come back, 2) come at advisory time, lunch time, or after school before 4pm and take a quiz for today's word when you come back to school.

For Chinese Level I students, we learned 4 words today -
老師 lǎo shī= teacher
學生 xué shēng = student
星期xīng qī  = week/weekday
星期幾? xīng qī jǐ= what day?

We first used TPR to introduced the words, and then we played "Ribbon game" to practice the words. The teacher shook the first person of each row and asked 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ? and the person answered "teacher"; and then the person shook the hand of 2nd person of the row and asked 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ? And the person answered "teacher"; the 2nd person shook the hand of the 3rd person of the row and asked....Continue the step until the last person of the row answer the question. And the last person of the row has to run to the teacher and ask the teacher 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ?. The 1st one who runs to the teacher and asks the question receives 2 points for their row; other rows who are not the fastest one will receive 1 pt for their rows.

and the small whiteboards as well. Of course we used sentences to familiar with these words like..
什麼是學生shen me shì xué shēng? = What is " 學生xué shēng"?
什麼是星期 shen me shì xīng qī ?= What is "星期xīng qī "?
今天是星期幾jīn tiān shì xīng qī jǐ ? = What day is today?
昨天是星期幾zuó tiān shì xīng qī jǐ = What day is yesterday?
明天是星期幾míng tiān shì xīng qī jǐ = What day is tomorrow?
Mrs. Duke是老師還是學生shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng? = Mrs. Duke is a teacher or a student?

Ms. Weaver是老師還是學生shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng? = Ms. Weaver is a teacher or a student?

Jori是老師還是學生 shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng ? = Jori is a teacher or a student?

三月二十五日星期一 - March 25, Monday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL II & III ABSENT STUDENTS - 1) Copy down the words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes when you come back, 2) come at advisory time, lunch time, or after school before 4pm and take a quiz for today's word when you come back to school.

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - 1) Copy down the words onto your notes and show the teacher your notes when you come back,

For Chinese Level I students, we learned 4 words today -
老師 lǎo shī= teacher
學生 xué shēng = student
星期xīng qī  = week/weekday
星期幾? xīng qī jǐ= what day?

We first used TPR to introduced the words, and then we played "Ribbon game" to practice the words. The teacher shook the first person of each row and asked 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ? and the person answered "teacher"; and then the person shook the hand of 2nd person of the row and asked 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ? And the person answered "teacher"; the 2nd person shook the hand of the 3rd person of the row and asked....Continue the step until the last person of the row answer the question. And the last person of the row has to run to the teacher and ask the teacher 什麼是老師shen me shì lǎo shī ?. The 1st one who runs to the teacher and asks the question receives 2 points for their row; other rows who are not the fastest one will receive 1 pt for their rows.

and the small whiteboards as well. Of course we used sentences to familiar with these words like..
什麼是學生shen me shì xué shēng? = What is " 學生xué shēng"?
什麼是星期 shen me shì xīng qī ?= What is "星期xīng qī "?
今天是星期幾jīn tiān shì xīng qī jǐ ? = What day is today?
昨天是星期幾zuó tiān shì xīng qī jǐ = What day is yesterday?
明天是星期幾míng tiān shì xīng qī jǐ = What day is tomorrow?
Mrs. Duke是老師還是學生shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng? = Mrs. Duke is a teacher or a student?

Ms. Weaver是老師還是學生shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng? = Ms. Weaver is a teacher or a student?

Jori是老師還是學生 shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shēng ? = Jori is a teacher or a student?

The words we learned for Chinese Level II & III are the followings:
開車 kāi chē  = to drive
載zǎi = to give a ride/ capacity
中學zhōng xué  = middle school
前qián= before/in front of/ahead/in advance
博物館bó wù guǎn  = museum
怎麼走?zěn me zǒu ?= how to get there
去...怎麼走?qù ...zěn me zǒu ?  = how to get to ......

First we used TPRS to introduced the new words and then we played "Robbin Game". The teacher shook the first person of each row and asked 開車的英文怎麼說 kāi chē de yīng wén zěn me shuō? and the person answered "to drive"; and then the person shook the hand of the 2nd person of the row and asked 開車的英文怎麼說kāi chē de yīng wén zěn me shuō? and the person answered "to drive"; the 2nd person shook the 3rd person of the row and asked....Continue the step until the last person of the row answer the question. And then the last person of the row has to run to the teacher and ask the teacher 開車的英文怎麼說kāi chē de yīng wén zěn me shuō? The 1st one who runs to the teacher and asks the question receives two points for their row; other rows who are not the fastest one still come to the teacher and asks her the question to receive 1 pt for their row. We continued the game with different words like
 載zǎi 的英文怎麼說 de yīng wén zěn me shuō?
中學zhōng xué的英文怎麼說de yīng wén zěn me shuō?
前qián的英文怎麼說de yīng wén zěn me shuō?
博物館bó wù guǎn的英文怎麼說de yīng wén zěn me shuō?
怎麼走zěn me zǒu的英文怎麼說de yīng wén zěn me shuō ?




And then we used questions like ..
The teacher asked the 1st person the question - 恐龍博物館怎麼走? kǒng lóng bó wù guǎn zěn me zǒu ? And the 2nd person answered the question; next the person asked the 3rd person the same question....After we practiced all the words and sentences, we did a quick quiz with these six words.

Next we acted out a story about Jet Li. --

After we acted out the story, we asked TPR circling questions, and of course, we also used the "Ribbon game" again to let everyone have the chance to practice speaking about the story. 

三月二十二日星期五 - March 22, Friday - A Day

For Chinese Level I, II, and III - Please come in to take the end of term quiz.

Students were asked to study for 20 minutes and to spend 30 minutes to do the quiz. We discussed and corrected the paper the rest of time.

三月二十一日星期四 March 21, Thursday - B Day

For Chinese Level I - Please come in to take the end of term quiz.

Students were asked to study for 20 minutes and to spend 30 minutes to do the quiz. We discussed and corrected the paper the rest of time.

三月二十日星期三 - March 20, Wednesday - A Day

For Chinese Level II and III - we discussed the BYU Chinese Language Fair Interview/Conversation Questions.

For Chinese Level I students -

Besides reviewing the old words, students worked as pairs to ask questions about the features such as...

你的頭髮什麼顏色nǐ de tóu fà shí me yán sè ? = what color is your hair?
你的眼睛什麼顏色nǐ de yǎn jīng shí me yán sè ? = what color are your eyes?
你的體重多重nǐ de tǐ zhòng duō zhòng ? = how heavy are you?
你的身高多高nǐ de shēn gāo duō gāo? = how tall are you?
你穿什麼顏色上衣nǐ chuān shí me yán sè shàng yī ? = What color of shirt do you wear?
你穿什麼顏色褲子nǐ chuān shí me yán sè kù zǐ ? = what color of pants do you wear?

頭tóu = head
頭髮tóu fà = hair
眼睛yǎn jīng = eyes
鼻子bí zǐ = nose
嘴巴zuǐ bā = mouth
耳朵ěr duǒ = ear
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature

三月十九日星期二 - March 19, Tuesday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Please copy down the following reviewed words with pinyin onto your notes and show the teacher your notes when you come back, #2, Please make 30 sentences with the reviewed words each and turn it in when you come back.

Today we didn't go for new words as not at least 80% of students are able to recognize 80% of these 30 words. We first quickly went through all the words and then used small whiteboard activity to practice them. Next students were asked to create 30 sentences with each word.
頭tóu = head
頭髮tóu fà = hair
眼睛yǎn jīng = eyes
鼻子bí zǐ = nose
嘴巴zuǐ bā = mouth
耳朵ěr duǒ = ear
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature

三月十八日星期一 March 18, Monday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, Please copy down the following reviewed words with pinyin onto your notes and show the teacher your notes when you come back,

FOR CHINESE LEVEL II and III ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, please copy down the words that students presented onto your notebook and show the teacher your notes when you come back. #2, please create a story with your 5 words presented in class in 200 words.

Today we didn't go for new words as not at least 80% of students are able to recognize 80% of these 30 words. We first quickly went through all the words and then used small whiteboard activity to practice them. Instead of using small whiteboards, we made some flashcards (2nd period) and played "who is fastest?" game. Group students of 3 and then had each students make 8 flashcards with the reviewed words; each student in the group had to have different words, couldn't repeat the same words. After the flashcards are done students played " who is the fastest?" - the teacher said a word in Chinese, student in the group who is the fastest one to find the word flashcard and places his/her hand on the card and shows the teacher and receive an extra point.  For period 1 we used a ball tossing game and small whiteboards to review the words.

頭tóu = head
頭髮tóu fà = hair
眼睛yǎn jīng = eyes
鼻子bí zǐ = nose
嘴巴zuǐ bā = mouth
耳朵ěr duǒ = ear
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature


CHINESE LEVEL II and III
My son was sick so I went home earlier and had a sub to sub my 3rd period.
Students were doing the following activities:
#1, Jade M. and Ashley R. did the presentation, Kendall H. did the presentation.
#2, After the presentation students were asked to write a story with their words with 16 pictures and 16 sentences.
健身jiàn shēn  = body building
看書kàn shū  = read a book
開車kāi chē = drive
寫作xiě zuò = write
剪紙jiǎn zhǐ = cut paper
(By Ashley R.)

找女朋友zhǎo nǚ péng yǒu  = look for a girl friend
丈夫zhàng fū = husband
妻子qī zǐ  = wife
訂婚dìng hūn  = (be) engaged
獨生子dú shēng zǐ = only child
(By Jade Marchant)
鐵tiě  = iron
鈣 gài= calcium
桃 táo= peach
李子lǐ zǐ  = plum

火山huǒ shān  = volcano
閃電 shǎn diàn = lightning
打雷 dǎ léi= thunder
海棠 hǎi táng= crabapple blossums
冰雕bīng diāo  = ice sculpture


Objectives:

1) create a story with the words you presented/prepared with 200 words
2) able to use conjunction words such as
當....的時候dāng ....de shí hòu = when
因為yīn wéi  = because
所以suǒ yǐ = so
首先shǒu xiān = first
接下來jiē xià lái  = next
然後rán hòu  = and then
最後zuì hòu = finally
突然tū rán = suddenly

Requirements:
1) Correct Grammar/no grammar errors
2) Only use the words learned/NO NEW WORDS from the dictionary
3) Fluent in writing
4) Consequent/Logic

三月十五日星期五 - March 15, Friday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, down the the articles and read them. Please click the titles to access the articles. Susan Powell, Frostena Snow Women, Scale E. Reptile, Sir George VI 

Today we learned the following words -
頭tóu = head
頭髮tóu fà = hair
眼睛yǎn jīng = eyes
鼻子bí zǐ  = nose
嘴巴zuǐ bā = mouth
耳朵ěr duǒ = ears

After students worked on their articles among their groups of 3 (5th period) -4 (6th period), students came out to the front and presented what they understood.

尋人啟示 - Susan Powell


尋人啟示 - Scale E. Reptile


尋人啟示 - Sir George VI

BYU CONVERSATION COMPETITION QUESTIONS

PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWINGS:

#1, CLICK THE BYU CONVERSATION COMPETITION QUESTIONS
#2, READ THROUGH THESE QUESTIONS
#3, PREPARE THE ANSWERS ON YOUR OWN
#4, CHECK THE ANSWERS WITH YOUR TEACHER AT THE ADVISORY TIME AND/OR IN CLASS
#5, FIND A PARTNER TO PRACTICE THE QUESTIONS.

三月十四日星期四 - March 14, Thursday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, down the the articles and read them. Please click the titles to access the articles. Susan Powell, Frostena Snow Women, Scale E. Reptile, Sir George VI 

Today we learned the following words -
頭tóu
頭髮tóu fà
眼睛yǎn jīng
鼻子bí zǐ 
嘴巴zuǐ bā
耳朵ěr duǒ


尋人啟示 - Susan Powell


尋人啟示 - Scale E. Reptile


尋人啟示 - Sir George VI

After new words introduction we grouped students of 4 and students worked together with different articles. They were requested to read through the article and shared with their partner what their article was about.

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南瓜燈nán guā dēng 
月餅yuè bǐng
春節chūn jiē 
乾淨gan jìng 
窗戶chuāng hù
(By Jose V.)

孔雀kǒng què
海葵hǎi kuí 
水母shuǐ mǔ 
河馬hé mǎ
天鵝tiān é
(By Maddie D.)

堤壩路 =
芒果 = mango
謀殺 = murder
椰子= coconut
蘆筍 = asparagus
(By Bailee S.)

磁鐵 = magnetic
激光筆 =
遺失 = lose
圓球筆 = ball-point-pen
墨水 = ink
(By Corbin)

墨汁 =
尺子 = ruler
鋼筆 = pen
水彩筆 =
教練 = coach
(By Alex Pitcher)

屛幕 = screen
司機 = driver
開除 = fire
蓮霧 =
雪碧 = sprite
(By Ashley)

土豆 = potato
鹽 = salt
木瓜 = papaya
卡 = card
榛子
(By Austin A)

海軍 = navy
狙擊手 = sniper
氫彈 =
炸藥 =
薯條 = French fries
救護車 = ambulance
孕婦
柺杖
候診區
單架

銀行
腐乳
咖啡杯
觀賞植物

IB REFLECTIVE ESSAY FORMAT & RUBRICS

Reflective Essay for Language B

1^st Paragraph:  Introduction: Tell me what class this is, how long you’ve had it, maybe who the teacher is, and why you are taking it.

2^nd Paragraph:  (Self Analysis) Tell me what you’ve learned specifically and how it has affected your life, and how this may change your life in the future. You need to include what Approach to Learning you are developing and your strengths and weaknesses. Also include any difficulties that you might have encountered and how you handled them.

What are some things you’ve learned?  What did you do that you are really proud of? What is hard for you?  If you could start over, what would you do better? 

3^rd Paragraph:  (Subject Evaluation) Tell me how you learn best (Approaches to Learning), and the why behind it.  Tell me what you have enjoyed or disliked about the subject.   You need to describe how that preference affected your learning of the subject area.

What activities have helped you learn to read, write, speak and understand spoken Spanish the best?  Why?  What activities don’t you like, and why?  Why do you think it is hard for you?  What do you think you could/should be learning from these activities? How could things be done differently to get a better learning result?

4^th Paragraph:  (Application to World/Community) Describe all the information pertaining to the community or world as a whole, that you personally made a connection about.  You will need to describe how different information that you learned can be applied to you, and those around you.  IE:  family, neighborhood, church, or your own community or to an even larger, more worldwide scale.  You will also need to describe your reasoning and why it is important to you.  You may want to include how knowing this information could be important to you in the future.

Have you been able to understand or use Spanish outside of class?  How?  How did you feel?  What do you think you will need to do to continue learning the language?  Have you been able to understand a group of people better because of the cultural things you’ve learned in class?  Do you want to visit a foreign country?  Why?

5^th  Paragraph: (Conclusion) Restate your feelings and thoughts about this class. Would you recommend this class to someone else?  Why or why not?  Think about all you have learned and what you are now able to do.

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三月十三日星期三 March 13, Wednesday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, make a missing poster in Chinese characters (see the following activity description).

First we did the calendar and reviewed the old words as usual. After that we introduced the new words.
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
****
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature
 Students were groups of 3-4 (1st period) and/or 1-2 (2nd period) and given 30 minutes to google search (with laptops) Missing Poster for some ideas to generate a 尋找啟示 in Chinese. After the 30 minutes students came up as groups/pairs/individuals to present and introduce their 尋找啟示.

三月十二日星期二 March 12, Tuesday - A - Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, make a missing poster in Chinese characters (see the following activity description).
FOR CHINESE LEVEL II and III ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back,


First we did the calendar and reviewed the old words as usual. After that we introduced the new words.
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
****
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature
Students were groups of 3-4 (1st period) and/or 1-2 (2nd period) and given 30 minutes to google search (with laptops) Missing Poster for some ideas to generate a 尋找啟示 in Chinese. After the 30 minutes students came up as groups/pairs/individuals to present and introduce their 尋找啟示.

Chinese Level II and III students we learned the following words....
收銀台shōu yín tái= checkout counter
肉類ròu lèi = meat
電池 diàn chí  = battery
cd 機 jī = cd player
唐裝táng zhuāng = Chinese traditional clothes
(By Jefferson R.)

槌子chuí zǐ = hammer
斧子fǔ zǐ = axe
鑿子záo zǐ = chisel
鐵鍬tiě qiào = shovel
砂紙 shā zhǐ = sand paper
(By Noble B.)

熱狗rè gǒu = hotdog
出差chū chài = to go on business trip
巧克力qiǎo kè lì = chocolate
可樂kě lè  = coke
美國měi guó = America
(By Patrick W.)

一扇門 yī shàn men=  one door
傍晚 bàng wǎn= evening
放鞭炮fàng biān pào = set off fireworks
圓形 yuán xíng= circle/round
重 zhòng= heavy
(By Nathan H.)

自私zì sī = selfish
小氣xiǎo qì = stingy
樂觀lè guān  = optimistic
開朗kāi lǎng  = outspoken
傲慢ào màn = arrogant
(By Tyler J.)

沙發shā fā  = sofa
魚缸yú gāng  = fish tank
搖椅yáo yǐ  = rocking chair
觀賞植物guān shǎng zhí wù  = house plants
打火機 dǎ huǒ jī = lighter
(By Brayden L. )

鬧鐘nào zhōng  = alarm
爵士jué shì  = jazz
感冒 gǎn mào = get cold
旋律xuán lǜ  = rythm
小提琴 xiǎo tí qín= violin
(By Luke T.)

健身jiàn shēn = body building
牧師 mù shī  = priest
固執gù zhí  = = stubborn
愛滋病 ài zī bìng= AIDS
吵架chǎo jià = argue
(By James S.)

尺子chǐ zǐ= ruler
書名shū míng   = book title
鋼筆gāng bǐ   = fountain pen
橡皮xiàng pí  = eraser
物理wù lǐ   = physics
(By Elias F.)


慌張huāng zhāng = anxious
鎮定zhèn dìng= calm
簡單jiǎn dān = simple
複雜fú zá = complicated
粗糙cū cāo = coarse/rough

 (By Becca B.)

筆記本bǐ jì běn = notebook
原子筆yuán zǐ bǐ = pen
字典zì diǎn = dictionary
橡皮xiàng pí  = eraser
書shū = book
紙zhǐ = paper
書包shū bāo = bookpack
 (By Brayden A. )

三月十一日星期一 March 11, Monday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVE I ABSENT STUDENTS - Please copy down the words onto your notes and show your teacher your notes when you come back.

Today we first had calendar introduction as usual and then we reviewed the words. Next we introduced the new words -
特徵tè zhēng : feature/characteristic
褲子kù zǐ = pants
上衣shàng yī = tops/shirts

we played guessing games and whiteboard activity. The teacher said the features of a student such as

tā de xìng bié nán hái 
他的性別男孩
tā de nián líng shí sān suì 
他的年齡十三歲

 tā de shēn gāo bǐ                lǎo shī gāo 
他的身高比Duke 老師高
   tā de   tǐ zhòng bǐ                lǎo shī zhòng
他的體重比Duke老師重 
tā chuān hēi sè shàng yī 
他穿黑色上衣
tā chuān lán sè de kù zǐ 
他穿藍色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
他是誰?
or we said, 
tā de xìng bié nǚ hái 
她的性別女孩 
tā de nián líng shí èr suì 
她的年齡十二歲 
  tā de shēn gāo bǐ                   lǎo shī ǎi  
她的身高比Duke 老師矮 
tā chuān fěn hóng sè de shàng yī 
她穿粉紅色的上衣
tā chuān jú sè de kù zǐ 
她穿橘色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
她是誰?

After that we use small whiteboard to practice these words with sentences. 

Next we watched one/two video(es) about Elmo on youtube and/or three little pigs. 

BYU LANGUAGE FAIR COMPETITION

Dear Parents and Studens, 

2013 BYU Language Fair is coming on April 18th and we would like you to read the updated information at http://chineseflagship.byu.edu/languagefair/competitions.php 

Chinese Language Fair 2013 is focusing on language skills and each competition is designed for challenges and preparation of students' oral proficiency. You may either click the following links: 2013 Language Fair Description.docx and Questions for Conversation Competition.docx for the detailed information or read the following information. 

2013 Language Fair, April 18^th

Watch the website for updates: 

http://chineseflagship.byu.edu/languagefair/competitions.php

This year, the Chinese Language Fair will focus on language!  Every competition is designed to challenge students’ Chinese language and also to prepare them for oral proficiency assessments this spring (2013).

Please bring only your students who are motivated to attend and compete.  Students should earn the right to come to the Language Fair.  Because our numbers are growing, not everyone will be able to compete. Schools should have mini competitions to determine who to send to the fair.

Competitions:

1.      Singing Group Competition:  Each school may enter only ONE singing group (a group consists of at least 5 or more students). Choose your own song (3 minutes maximum).  Each school is responsible for its own accompaniment.  A CD player may be used for background music, but there can be no singing on it.

2.      Poetry:  Each school is limited to 2 contestants for level 1, 4 for level 2, and 6 contestants for levels 3 and above.  Students are expected to memorize the text for their level.  No reading is allowed.  Each student will be asked one question about the content of the poem which can be answered in English. 

The poems are all the same for each level and they can be found on the BYU language fair website along with English translations and pinyin and 2 recordings that the students can listen to.

3.       Dramatic: An individual or group (2-6 students) may give a creative, original performance such as a skit or prepared story. Emphasis should be on the quantity and quality of Chinese spoken equally by all participants.  Presentation should be memorized and should not exceed 3 minutes in length.

4.      DVD:  Each school is invited to enter one 3-minute Chinese-language video (DVD), written and produced by students. The content for the DVD can be about any topic taught in class, but it is strong encouraged that DVDs focus on one of the following categories:

·         Chinese legend or story

·         Story to accompany chengyu

5.      Art Contest:  Students are welcome to submit an original work of art (drawing, sculpture, etc.) that displays something from Chinese culture.  Art objects can be brought the morning of the language Fair.

6.      Conversation Competition:  Students will have a “conversation” with a Chinese speaker on topics that have been taught in class (see Conversation Questions).  All students will receive a ranking.  Only 3 students from levels 1-3 from each school can compete so schools will need to hold their own internal contests.  There is no limit on the number of students who can compete in this category for levels 4 and above.

7.      Confucius Institute Competition: The Confucius Institute will sponsor a speech contest.  Students should pick a cultural product, practice, or philosophy to compare between America and China (e.g., school, government, names, history, folktales, yoyos, environment, comic books, etc.).  Speeches should be no longer than 5 minutes, and students may have an accompanying PowerPoint.  After the presentation, a panel of judges will ask the presenter questions about their presentation.

Tentatively winners will compete to win scholarships to attend summer study abroad in China or summer Chinese day camps in Utah.  The nature of the scholarships has yet to be decided, and more information will be forthcoming.

Grading Scale:

Superior:          特优    5.  Nearly flawless; spontaneous; exceptional performance

Excellent:     非常好   4.  Little hesitation; good pronunciation and expression

Very Good:       很好   3.  Some hesitation; fair pronunciation

Good:                     好    2.  Halting; quite a few pronunciation problems, fair

                                             dramatic expression

Alright:           不 错    1.  Halting pronunciation; difficult to understand;

                                             dramatic expression lacking

Activities:

1.      Character Bingo:  The students will have the chance to play Bingo in Chinese.

2.      Shopping for Clothes:  The students will ask for a variety of “interesting” clothing items and take a picture in front of a scene from China.

3.      Travel Agency:  Students will plan a trip after seeing pictures of places in China or Taiwan.

4.      Post Office: Students can buy a postcard/ U.S. postage stamp for $0.50.  They can write to their principal with some help from the post office workers.

5.      Sing-a-long/Karaoke: Students will have the chance to sing along to Chinese videos and songs.

6.      Calligraphy:

7.      Paper Folding/ Paper Cutting:

8.     Kung Fu/ Tai Chi

9.     Lion/Dragon Dance

10.  Noodle Shop:  Students will be able to buy Chinese noodles, rice, dumplings, spring rolls. etc.

NO LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.

11.  Souvenirs:  Students may buy a variety of Chinese related souvenirs, poster, pens, buttons, t-shirts, bags, etc.

Prison:  In an effort to get the students to stay in the language the entire time they are at BYU, we will have a “prison” and an abundance of “spies” and “policemen.” Anyone caught speaking English will have to spend 10 minutes in jail; he/she can be released before that time by answering 

THE QUESTIONS THEY ARE GOING TO ASK ACCORDING TO LEVELS 

Questions for Conversation Competition

Level 1: Short answers

1.      What is your name?  How old are you?  What grade are you in?

2.       What is the name of your school?  Do you like your school? Do you like your teachers? How do you get to school?

3.      What is the date?  What is the month?  What is the day of the week? What is the date tomorrow?

4.      What leisure activities do you like to do?  Talk about what activities you like to do on different days of the week. 

5.      Describe your friends (e.g., age, grade, appearance)? What do you like to do with your friends?

6.       Describe your family.  How many people?  What are their ages?  What are their names? What do they like to do? What do they look like?

7.      Do you like Chinese New Year?  What is your zodiac animal?  What do you say to people at Chinese New Year?  What do people eat?

Level 2/3:  Sentences

1.      What do you like to eat?  What is your favorite food?

2.      Do you like to go to restaurants?  What do you like to order? How often do you eat at restaurants?

3.      Describe what you are wearing?  Describe the colors of your clothes.

4.      Do you like to go shopping for clothes?  Where do you shop? How much money will you pay for (clothing item).

5.      What season is it?  What is your favorite season? Why? What is the weather today?

6.      What sports do you like?  What sports don’t you like?  Why?

7.      What is your class schedule? What is your favorite subject?  What is your least favorite subject?  Why?

8.      Would you like to go to China? What cities would you like to visit?  Have you gone to other countries? How did you get there?

Levels 4 and above: 4 or 5 sentences for each question             

1.      Talk about your favorite book?  Explain what the book is about and why you like it?

2.      Tell about a perfect date.  Explain everything you would do and why it would be perfect.

3.      Beginning when you get up, talk about a routine school day for you?  Would you like to change your daily routine? Why or why not?

4.      Imagine someone gave you a paid trip to China.  Explain where you would go and what you would do there.

5.      Tell me about the computers and other technology in your school?  Are you good at using technology?  What kinds of things can you do with technology?

6.       Do you play an instrument?  If so, how often do you practice?  What kinds of music do you like to listen to? How often do you listen to music?

7.      Explain the geography of your state.  Are there mountains, rivers, and lakes?  Do you live in the north, south, east, or west?

8.      Imagine your life in 10 years.  Describe what you will be doing? 

9.      Explain how American and Chinese cultures are different?

三月八日星期五 March 8, Friday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVE I ABSENT STUDENTS - Please copy down the words onto your notes and show your teacher your notes when you come back.

Today we first had calendar introduction as usual and then we reviewed the words. Next we introduced the new words -
特徵tè zhēng 
褲子kù zǐ 
上衣shàng yī 

we played guessing games and whiteboard activity. The teacher said the features of a student such as

tā de xìng bié nán hái 
他的性別男孩
tā de nián líng shí sān suì 
他的年齡十三歲
   tā de shēn gāo bǐ                lǎo shī gāo 
他的身高比Duke 老師高
   tā de   tǐ zhòng bǐ                lǎo shī zhòng
他的體重比Duke老師重 
tā chuān hēi sè shàng yī 
他穿黑色上衣
tā chuān lán sè de kù zǐ 
他穿藍色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
他是誰?
or we said, 
tā de xìng bié nǚ hái 
她的性別女孩 
tā de nián líng shí èr suì 
她的年齡十二歲 
  tā de shēn gāo bǐ                   lǎo shī ǎi  
她的身高比Duke 老師矮 
tā chuān fěn hóng sè de shàng yī 
她穿粉紅色的上衣
tā chuān jú sè de kù zǐ 
她穿橘色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
她是誰?

For Chinese Level II and III, students did the presentation and taught the following words. 

運鈔車yùn chāo chē= armored car

郵政標码yóu zhèng biāo mǎ /郵遞區號 yóu dì qū hào = zip code

收據shōu jù = receipt

交費jiāo fèi/繳費 jiǎo fèi= bill payment

菲律賓比索fēi lǜ bīn bǐ suǒ= Philippine Biso

(By Kayden)

熱量rè liàng = calorie

纖維xiān wéi = fiber

波蘿bō luó= pineapple

瓜子guā zǐ= sunflower seeds

栗子lì zǐ= chestnut

(By Keanu)

三級跳sān jí tiào= triple jump

鐵人三項tiě rén sān xiàng= triathlon

犯規fàn guī= foul

競走jìng zǒu= race walk

童子功tóng zǐ gōng= virgin boy kungfu

(By Samatha N. )

鬧鐘nào zhōng= alarm clock

毯子tǎn zǐ= blanket

床 chuáng= bed

枕頭zhěn tóu= pillow

玩具wán jù= toy

(By Brandon B)

回家huí jiā= to return home

玩遊戲 wán yóu xì= to play video game

拿包ná bāo= to carry bag

戴帽子dài mào zǐ= to put on a hat

穿鞋chuān xié= to put on shoes

(By Brian Johnson)

美元měi yuán= US dollars

賀卡hè kǎ= Greeting cards

包裝bāo zhuāng= to pack

投寄tóu jì= to mail

郵票 yóu piào= stamp

(By Katherine)

紙盒zhǐ hé= paper box

付費fù fèi= to pay a bill

假幣jiǎ bì= counterfeit bill

日元 rì yuán= Japanese yuan

信件xìn jiàn= letter

(By Nathalie)

星雲xīng yún= nebula

天文學tiān wén xué= astronomy

銀河系yín hé xì= galaxy

星座xīng zuò= constellation

太陽系tài yáng xì= solar system

(By Payton)

糕點 gāo diǎn = pastry

兒童玩具店ér tóng wán jù diàn= toy store

收音機 shōu yīn jī = radio

水果shuǐ guǒ= fruit

電池diàn chí= battery

(By Josh W.)