四月三十日星期二 - April 30, Tuesday - B Day

Chinese Level I absent students - please copy down the words we learned and show the teacher your notes when you come back.

We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 高興 有錢 不給 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English.The last 40 minutes we went to the computer lab and students learned how to type the story in Chinese characters.

高興gāo xìng = glad/happy
有錢yǒu qián = has money/rich
不給bù gěi = don't give

The words we reviewed...
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
房子裡面 fáng zǐ lǐ miàn = inside
賓館外面bīn guǎnwài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside

四月二十九日星期一 April 29, Monday - A Day

Chinese Level I absent students - please copy down the words we learned and show the teacher your notes when you come back.
Chinese Level II and II absent students - please ask for your actfltesting's username and password to take the test at home which you will need a microphone and earpiece. If you don't, you'll need to come to the class at the advisory time before or after school to do the test.


We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 高興 有錢 不給 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English.The last 40 minutes we went to the computer lab and students learned how to type the story in Chinese characters.

高興gāo xìng = glad/happy
有錢yǒu qián = has money/rich
不給bù gěi = don't give

The words we reviewed...

上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
裡面 lǐ miàn = inside
外面wài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above

裡面lǐ miàn = inside

For Chinese Level II and III, we did the actfltesting but it didn't go smooth as we thought. First, lots of the headsets and microphone doesn't work; students got frustrated. Since the volumn is so low students barely could hear it so lots of them just didn't pay much effort in.

四月二十六日星期五 April 25, Friday - B Day

For Chinese Level I absent students - #1, please copy down the words we learned today and show the teacher your notes when you come back


We used ASL (TPR) to help students to introduce the new words like 上面 下面 裡面 外面 to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we read the story on the textbook. First, the teacher read aloud the sentence by sentence and the students translated aloud into English as a whole class. To make sure every student understand the meaning, choral translation was required. Later, students were asked to fold a sheet of linepaper into half and then on the first half they write each sentence of the story in pinyin and on the other half they translate the sentence into English. Next they answered the questions on the book. After that they read the story aloud and we did the time-reading pair activities.
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
裡面 lǐ miàn = inside
外面wài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above

裡面lǐ miàn = inside

四月二十五日星期四 April 25, Thursday - A Day

For Chinese Level I absent students - #1, please copy down the words we learned today and show the teacher your notes when you come back
Today we learned a couple of new words - 上面,下面,裡面, 和外面

上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above
下面xià miàn = under/ below
裡面 lǐ miàn = inside
外面wài miàn = outside
Reviewed he following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above

裡面lǐ miàn = inside

Of course, after we did calendar introduction we reviewed the words learned last time. Next we introduced the new words with TPR/ASL. We did the charade games as pairs. And then instead of using small whiteboards we used a sheet of paper and folded it into 16 boxes and students were asked to write down pinyin, Chinese characters and its English meaning according to what they heard from the teacher. After that we did the ribbon game.

For Chinese Level II and III, we first watched a video and then students were asked to write what they watch in the video. We talked about the words they might not be familiar with such as 單節棍 雙節棍 三節棍 骷顱頭 忍者 舞者etc. Next we llearn the words 醫生 護士 覺得 不舒服 生病了. they used the Ipads BetterChinese app to practice their listening and reading skills on Lesson 8-10 for the last 30 minutes.

四月二十四日星期三 April 24, Wednesday - B Day

For Chinese Level I absent students - #1, please copy down the words we learned today and show the teacher your notes when you come back
We had an assembly today and several students were absent due to the participation of it. First, we used TPR/ASL to introduce the new words, and then we did a quick close-eye assessment. Later we did a game like charade. Students worked as pairs; in a minute student A created the sentences with gestures and Student B said them in Chinese, and then Student B created the sentences with gestures and Student A said them in Chinese. Next we did the charade game as a whole class. After that, students were asked to create 3 sentences with each word and 15 sentences in total on a sheet of paper.

四月二十三日星期二 April 23, Tuesday - A Day

For Chinese Level I absent students - #1, please copy down the words we learned today and show the teacher your notes when you come back

Today for Chinese Level I students we learned the following words -
賓館bīn guǎn = hotel
帶dài = to bring/to take
地方dì fāng = place
房子fáng zǐ = house
進去jìn qù = enter/go inside
and we reviewed some words
問wèn = ask
說shuō = say, speak
上面shàng miàn = on/on the top/ above

裡面lǐ miàn = inside

We had a student named from Univeristy of Utah come and observe our classes for these two weeks. Students asked Kevin questions. 1st period students such as Nicolette asked him questions in Chinese and did a great job but 2nd period students, instead, asked in English though. After Kevin's introduction, we used ASL (TPR) to help students to connect these words to their memory. After introducing the words, we used small whiteboard activity to practice the pinyin, the characters, and their meanings. Next we acted out a story and used the TPRStorytelling circling questions asked students the questions about the story for comprehension and listening/speaking skill practices
yǒu yī gè nán hái 
有一個男孩 = there is a boy
tā de míng zì jiào       
他的名字叫 Brent = his name is Brent
         shí èr suì 
Brent十二歲  = Brent is 12 years old
tā qī nián jí 
他七年級 = he is in 7th grade
yī tiān         yào qù mài dāng láo
一天 Brent 要去麥當勞 = One day, Brent wants to go to McDonald's.
tā kàn dào yī tóu nǎi niú 
他看到一頭奶牛 = He sees a cow.
nǎi niú wèn       
奶牛問Brent = The cow asks Brent,
nǐ yào qù nǎ lǐ 
你要去哪裡? = Where are you going?
       shuō ;wǒ yào qù mài dāng láo 
Brent說;我要去麥當勞 = Brent says, I'm going to McDonald's.
nǎi niú wèn       
奶牛問Brent = The cow asks Brent,
nǐ dài wǒ qù hǎo bù hǎo 你帶我去好不好? Would you please take me there?
       shuō hǎo 
Brent說好 = Brent says, okay.
tā dài nǎi niú qù mài dāng láo 他帶奶牛去麥當勞 = Brent takes the cow to McDonald's.
nǎi niú kàn dào mài dāng láo mài hàn bǎo bāo 奶牛看到麥當勞賣漢堡包 = The cow sees McDonald's sell hamburgers.
nǎi niú bù jìn qù mài dāng láo
奶牛不進去麥當勞 = The cow doesn't go inside McDonald's.

Brent帶奶牛去賓館 just with reading aloud. 


Brent帶奶牛去賓館 with TPRStorytelling circling questions


For Chinese Level II and III we practiced typing again.

四月二十二日星期一 April 22, Monday - B Day

Today Chinese Level I students we worked on ipad's app, BetterChinese, lesson five - 我上大華高中. The objectives for the learning are
#1, students are able to tell the English meanings to the Chinese characters of 初中 and 高中
#2. students are able to comprehend the conversations about age, grade, and school.
#3, students are able to distinguish the different tones of the Chinese words related to age, grade, and school.

四月十九日星期五 - April 19, Friday - A Day

Today Chinese Level I students we worked on ipad's app, BetterChinese, lesson five - 我上大華高中.

The objectives for the learning are
#1, students are able to tell the English meanings to the Chinese characters of 初中 and 高中
#2. students are able to comprehend the conversations about age, grade, and school.
#3, students are able to distinguish the different tones of the Chinese words related to age, grade, and school.

For Chinese Level II and III, since we are going to have a AAAPL test on April 23 and students haven't been practicing typing yet. Fortunately Mrs. Hirshi was not taking her class to the computer lab and thanks to Mrs. Zaidi was willing to let us use the computer lab 134 which the Chinese program installed so students for Level II and III went to the computer lab 134 to practice typing. The objectives for the learning are
#1, students are able to type correct pinyin and choose correct Chinese characters
#2, students are able to operate the computer Chinese input system

四月十八日星期四 - April 18, Thursday - B Day

Today I took 26 students to BYU for Chinese Language Fair. This year we Chinese students only attend two competitions; conversation/interview and poetry; they grade as Excellent, Very good, Good, and Fair. Kids had fun time there experiencing lots of activities related to Chinese culture. We had 5 Chinese Level III students, 2 Chinese Level II students, and 3 Chinese Level I students attended the competition; a couple of them just attended either poetry or conversation competition.
 Chinese Level I - Conversation
 Excellent - Dalin Stone
Very Good - Case Sorensen - Kali Tuttle (All their poetry are GOOD).
 Chinese Level II - Poetry
 Excellent - Brandon Bunderson
  Excellent - Keegan Mussalo
 (All their conversation are GOOD).
 Chinese Level III - Conversation
Excellent - Katherine Free
Excellent - Maddie Duncan
 (Others are GOOD).
 Chinese Level III - Poetry
Very Good- Katherine Free
Very Good - Corbin Berrong
Very Good- Luke Tidwell
 (Others are GOOD).
 Our sub lesson plan as the followings.. Students view the Chinese stroke order videos and trace Chinese characters on the sheet.

四月十七日星期三 April 17, Wednesday - A Day

For Chinese Level I students we first reviewed the poem we learned yesterday and then we worked on the questions on BYU Language Fair. We talked about the final project that should be done by the end of May - make a 1 minute conversation video. These questions are great resources for students to work on and the the "ribbon wheel" game. For Chinese Level II and III students we frist reviewed the poem we learned yesterday and then we worked on the new poem. After the poem we worked on the questions and did the "ribbon wheel" game.

qǐng wèn nǐ guì xìng  請　問　你 貴 姓?

bì xìng ..... 敝姓　..... 。

nǐ xìng shen me  你 姓　什 麼 ?

wǒ xìng ..... 我　姓　..... 。

nǐ jiào shen me míng zì  你 叫　什  麼　名字 ?

wǒ jiào .... 我　叫　.... 。 wǒ de míng zì jiào ..... 我 的　名 字　叫　..... 。

nǐ yǒu zhòng wén míng zì ma  你 有　中　文　 名字 嗎?

wǒ yǒu zhòng wén míng zì　 我 有　　中　文　名 字。　 wǒ de zhōng wén míng zì jiào ..... 我 的 　中　文　 名  字叫　..... 。

wǒ méi yǒu zhòng wén míng zì  我 沒　有　 中　文　 名字 。

nǐ jīn nián duō dà  你 今年　多大?

wǒ jīn nián .... suì  我 今 年　.... 歲。

nǐ jīn nián jǐ suì  你 今年　幾 歲　?

wǒ jīn nián .... suì  我 今　年　....歲。

nǐ shì nǎ guó rén  你 是 哪 國人?

wǒ shì měi guó rén  我 是　美　國人。

nǐ zhù zài nǎ lǐ  你 住 在哪 裡 ?

wǒ zhù zài .....  我 住　在　..... 。

nǐ shì xué shēng ma  你 是 學　生　嗎 ?

Shì  wǒ shì xué shēng  是,   我 是　學　生。

nǐ shì lǎo shī ma  你 是老師 嗎?

bú shì　 wǒ shì xué shēng  不 是,　我 是　學　 生。

nǐ shàng jǐ nián jí  你 上　幾年  級?

wǒ shàng ... nián jí  我 　上　...年 級。

nǐ dú jǐ nián jí  你 讀 幾年 級?

wǒ dú ... nián jí  我 讀 ...　年 級。

nǐ diàn jǐ nián jí  你 唸 幾　年級?

wǒ diàn ... nián jí  我　唸　...年 級。

nǐ shàng nǎ gè xué xiào  你 　上哪 個 學　 校?

wǒ shàng ..... chū zhōng  我 　上　..... 初　中。

nǐ de zhōng wén lǎo shī shì sheí  你 的  中　文　老　師 是 誰?

wǒ de zhōng wén lǎo shī shì ... lǎo shī  我  的  中　文　老　師 是...老師。

nǐ xǐ huān nǐ de zhōng wén lǎo shī ma  你 喜 歡　你 的  中　文老　師嗎 ?

wǒ xǐ huān wǒ de zhōng wén lǎo shī　 我 喜　歡  我  的 　中　文老師。  yīn wéi tā rén hěn hǎo  因　為他 人很　好。　 yīn wéi tā rén hěn hǎo wán  因　為他 人很　好　玩。

wǒ bù xǐ huān wǒ de zhōng wén lǎo shī  我 不 喜　歡　我 的 中　文老　師。 yīn wéi tā rén hěn xiōng  因　為他 人  很　兇。　 yīn wéi tā rén hěn wú liáo  因　為他 人　很無　聊。

jīn tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào 今 天　是幾 月幾 號?

jīn tiān shì ….  yuè ….  hào 今 天　是….  月……..  號。

jīn tiān shì xīng qī jǐ 今天　是 星 期幾 ?

jīn tiān shì xīng qī …. 今天　是　星期….。

míng tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào 明　 天　是幾月幾 號?

míng tiān shì …. yuè …. hào 明　 天　是…. 月…….. 號。

míng tiān shì xīng qī jǐ 明　 天　是 星期 幾?

míng tiān shì xīng qī …. 明　 天　是 星期….。

zuó tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào 昨　 天是幾 月幾 號?

zuó tiān shì ….yuè …. hào 昨　 天 是…. 月…….. 號　。

zuó tiān shì xīng qī jǐ 昨　 天是　星期 幾?

zuó tiān shì xīng qī …. 昨　 天是　星期….。

nǐ de shēng rì jǐ yuè jǐ hào 你 的 生 日幾 月幾號?

wǒ de shēng rì …. yuè …. hào 我 的 生　日…. 月……..  號。

四月十六日星期二 April 16, Tuesday - B Day

Today we learned a poem in Chinese Level I, and a poem for Level II and III.
Chinese Level I we worked on the poem 靜夜思 written by one of the best poets in Chinese literature 李白. We first recited the poem a couple of times and imitated how to recite the poem as ancient Chinese poets did. Later we used small whiteboards to practice each phrase and then line. Next we recited the poem that was emitted a couple of words off the poem each time until all the words were gone and students were able to memorize it. At the end we did speedy reading. Some students were able to  memorize the poem without pinyin and reminders while some needed a couple of reminders.

YOU MAY CLICK THE PICTURES TO SEE THE POEMS OR CLICK THE WORD "POWERPOINT" TO ACCESS THE POEMS WHICH INCLUDES VIDEOS.

四月十五日星期一 April 15, Monday - A Day

Today we learned a poem in Chinese Level I, and a poem for Level II and III.
Chinese Level I we worked on the poem 靜夜思 written by one of the best poets in Chinese literature 李白. We first recited the poem a couple of times and imitated how to recite the poem as ancient Chinese poets did. Later we used small whiteboards to practice each phrase and then line. Next we recited the poem that was emitted a couple of words off the poem each time until all the words were gone and students were able to memorize it. At the end we did speedy reading. Some students were able to  memorize the poem without pinyin and reminders while some needed a couple of reminders.

YOU MAY CLICK THE PICTURES TO SEE THE POEMS OR CLICK THE WORD "POWERPOINT" TO ACCESS THE POEMS WHICH INCLUDES VIDEOS.





For Chinese Level II and III, we learned the poem 金縷衣 by 杜秋娘. Similar to Chinese Level I activity, we recited the poem first and then had a couple of Chinese Level II students and a couple of Level III students recited it individually. And then we took out a word from each line, and recited the poem again, and had a couple of volunteer Chinese Level II students and a couple of volunteer Level III students recited it individually. After that we took out another word from each line and recited the poem again; a couple of students from each level recited the poem. We repeated these steps until only two words from each line left.
At the end of the class, we did speedy writing; students worked as pairs and read the poem up to 1 minute and then up to 30 second, 15 seconds, and 8 seconds. At the end, the teacher performed how fast she read the poem in 30 seconds; it came out she read the poem around 5-6 times in 30 seconds.

四月十二日星期五 April 12, Friday - B Day

For Chinese Level I students we reviewed the words on the subjects and then we acted out a story with TPRStorytelling circling questions.

yǒu yī gè nán hái ，tā de míng zì jiào                        
有　一 個 男孩 ，他 的　名  字叫　Justin Bieber。

                      jīn nián             suì ，tā shàng            nián jí 
Justin Bieber 今年　十　二 歲 ，他 　上　七　年　級 。

                      zài xué xiào xǐ huān shàng shù xué kè 、tǐ 
Justin Bieber 在　學  校  喜　歡　上　數　學課 、體 
yù kè hé měi shù kè 。
育 課 和 美　術　課 。

                       xǐ huān shàng shù xué kè 、tǐ yù kè hé měi 
Justin Bieber 喜　歡　上　數　學 課 、體 育 課 和 美　
shù kè ，yīn wéi shù xué kè 、tǐ yù kè hé měi shù kè hěn 
術　課 ，因為　數  學 課 、 體 育 課 和 美 術  課 很　
hǎo wán 。
好　玩。　

kě shì ，tā bù xǐ huān yīn yuè kè hé diàn nǎo kè 。
可 是， 他 不 喜 歡　音 樂   課 和 電　腦 課 。

tā bù xǐ huān yīn yuè kè hé diàn nǎo kè ，yīn wéi yīn yuè 
他 不 喜歡　音　樂課 和　電 腦  課 ， 因  為　音 樂　
kè hé diàn nǎo kè hěn wú liáo 。 
課 和 電　腦 課 很　無  聊　。 

四月十一日星期四 April 11, Thursday - A Day

For Chinese Level I students
Today we learned subjects in Chinese.

We first introduced the vocabulary and then use PQA and circling questions to practice these words.
We played the ribbon game to practice the conversation..

你有沒有.......課?
我有....課
我沒有....課

And then students made a schedule of their school classes with A- Day and B- Day.
Next they drew a tic-tac-toe box on the back of the schedule and found 9 people to ask the following questions and then have their names sign on the boxes.

你的A Day有什麼課?
我的A Day有......課......課......課和......課

你的B Day有什麼課?
我的B Day有......課......課......課和......課

At the end, we played a bingo game with the tic-tac-toe boxes. The teacher asked a student 

你的A Day有什麼課? and the student answer the question. Circle the student name called on the tic-tac-toe boxes and who get the first 3 in a row win the game.

四月十日星期三 April 10, Wednesday - B Day

For Chinese Level I students
Today we learned subjects in Chinese.

We first introduced the vocabulary and then use PQA and circling questions to practice these words.
We played the ribbon game to practice the conversation..

你有沒有.......課?
我有....課
我沒有....課

And then students made a schedule of their school classes with A- Day and B- Day.
Next they drew a tic-tac-toe box on the back of the schedule and found 9 people to ask the following questions and then have their names sign on the boxes.

你的A Day有什麼課?
我的A Day有......課......課......課和......課

你的B Day有什麼課?
我的B Day有......課......課......課和......課

At the end, we played a bingo game with the tic-tac-toe boxes. The teacher asked a student 

你的A Day有什麼課? and the student answer the question. Circle the student name called on the tic-tac-toe boxes and who get the first 3 in a row win the game.

四月九日星期二 April 9, Tuesday - A Day

Chinese Level I (1st and 2nd periods),
Since they all learned these words before the spring break, you may just please play the video it again without any pause, just let them listen watch the words and listen.
After the video, please pass the sport flashcard sheet for them to color and be familiar with these words and complete the sentences on the back.

Chinese Level II & III (3rd periods)
1) Please do the same things as B- day Chinese Level I students do -- please show them the video and ask students to copy down the words and sentences while they are listening. You may need to pause the video for a couple of minutes for students to copy and then continue to play the video.
2) After they watch the video for 1st time, please replay it again, and this time no pause, just let them listen watch the words and listen.
3) Please pass the fill-in blank for them to work on. If there is some time left, then please give them the story to read and answer the questions.

開車載你去好了

有一個____________，他的名字Jet Li。

一個月前，Jet Li和他的____________剛剛從中國北京搬到美國猶他Syracuse來。

 ____________剛搬到猶他來，所以他對Syracuse____________。

 一天， Jet Li想要到恐龍____________去參觀，可是不知道恐龍博物館____________。

他在Syracuse中學___看到一個女孩， 他問女孩: 請問，去恐龍____________怎麼走?

女孩說: ____________，我不知道____________博物館怎麼走。

 Jet Li在Wal-mart___看到另一個女孩， 他問女孩: ____________，去恐龍博物館怎麼走?

女孩說:對不起，我____________恐龍博物館怎麼走。

Jet Li 在Little Ceasar ____一個男孩， 他____男孩:請問，恐龍博物館怎麼走?

男孩說: ____________博物館在Ogden，___________的。我開車___你去恐龍博物館好了。

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有一個__________，他的名字Jet Li。

                qián                                                     gāng gāng cóng                   běi jīng bān dào   

一個月前Jet Li和他的________剛  剛  從   中  國北京 搬到美 國猶他Syracuse來。

                            gāng bān dào                                  duì                    

__________  剛  搬  到 猶 他來，所以他對Syracuse__________。

                                               kǒng lóng                              cān guān                        kǒng lóng bó wù guǎn

一天，Jet Li想要到恐  龍__________去參 觀，可是不知道恐  龍博物 館 ________。

                              zhōng xué          kàn dào                                       qǐng wèn         kǒng lóng

他在Syracuse  中    學___  看到一個女孩，他問女孩: 請問，去  恐  龍________ 怎麼走?

                                                                 bó wù guǎn

女孩說: ________，我不知道博物 館________怎麼走。

                           zhōng xué          kàn dào                                           qǐng wèn         kǒng lóng

他在Wal-mart 中    學___  看到一個女孩，他問女孩: 請問，去  恐  龍________ 怎麼走?

                                                                   kǒng lóng   

女孩說:對不起，我___________恐   龍博物館怎麼走。

           zài                                                                                                              kǒng lóng   

Jet Li 在Little Ceasar ___看到一個男孩，他___男孩:請 問，恐 龍博 物館 怎麼走?

                                                                                                               kāi chē

男孩說: _________博物館在Ogden，________的。我開車___你去恐 龍博物館好了。