Today we had a fun Friday. For Chinese Level I students we work the story on pages 60 & 61 - students worked as pairs. Student A read the 1st sentence and ask a question to Student B based on the sentence he just read. For example, Student A read -一隻猴子很瘦 to Student B and asked: 誰很瘦?/一隻猴子很瘦還是很胖?....After Student B answered the question, Student B read the 2nd sentence and ask a question to Student A based on the sentence she just read. Continue the steps: read and ask; answer, read, and ask until to the last sentence of the story. Rest of time we watched a move starred by Jet Li which is based on the Chinese traditional legend - 白蛇傳 the Legend of Lady White Snake. For Chinese Level II & III students, instead, worked the story on page 140 as pairs; translate the story, ask the questions about the story. And then watch the video.
白蛇傳 the Legend of Lady White Snake, a love story that encourages the women to be brave and to fight for their love. In ancient China women had no right; they were asked to be obedient to their parents when they were single; to obey their husband when they were married; if their husband passed away, they were asked to obey their husband's father or older brother (if their sons were young. If their son were adults, then they had to obey their sons. ) Women in ancient China were like goods and trades; they didn't have voice at all. The Legend of Mulan and the Legend of Lady White Snake were the stories to explain the position that women had in ancient China and encouraged to fight for themselves.
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