一月十八日星期五 January 18, Friday- B Day

For Chinese Level I students we learned the following animals to get ready for Chinese New Year.
鼠 shǔ = rat/mouse
牛niú = cow/ox/bull
虎 hǔ = tiger
兔 tù = rabbit/ bunny
龍 lóng = dragon
蛇 shé = snake
馬 mǎ = horse
羊 yáng = sheep/goat/lamb
猴 hóu = monkey
鷄 jī = chicken/rooster/hen
狗gǒu = dog
豬 zhū = pig/ boar
貓 māo = cat
熊 xióng = bear
熊貓xióng māo/貓熊 māo xióng = penda
魚 yú = fish
烏龜 wū guī  = turtle
鳥 niǎo  = bird
長頸鹿 cháng jǐng lù = giraffe
無尾熊 wú wěi xióng = koala
袋鼠 dài shǔ  = kangaroo 
After that we watched a powerpoint 'the celebrities and their pets." (名人和他們的寵物).

Information Summer (Winter) Camp to China

I know some of the Chinese 9th grade students are interested in the following information. I haven't heard from Hanban yet about the winder/summer camp. I applied for 15 students to have the opportunity to go but not sure how much fund they would agree and when they would agree. Please read the following information and get online their website for further details if you are interested. 

一月十七日星期四 January 17, Thursday - A Day

Today we first reviewed the old words 今天 明天 昨天 每天 幾月幾日 every student was asked 今天幾月幾號?or 昨天幾月幾號?or 明天幾月幾號? After that we introduced new words as the followings:
白貓bái māo = white cat
黑貓hēi māo = black cat
美國人měi guó rén = American 
每個人měi gè rén = everyone
加拿大人jiā ná dà rén = Canadian
墨西哥人mò xī gē rén = Mexican

We practiced the distinguish between 美國人 and 每個人. After making sure every student was able to tell the differences between them, we started to read a story. First the teacher read aloud and the students voluntarily to translate the story to English sentence by sentence. Next students were asked to find a partner to work on the questions about the story. More than 80% of students claimed these questions were easy to answer. We did informal assessment that students gave the teacher fingers to present how easy the story and questions are. For 1st period there were 4 students out 26 claimed 2-3 while others claimed 4.5-5.



Chinese Level II & III we learned the following words...

hǎo jiǔ bù jiàn !

好久不見! = long time no see!

zuì jìn nǐ máng bù máng ?

最近你忙不忙? = recently are you busy?

guò dé zěn me yàng ?

過得怎麼樣? = how’ve you been?

nǐ zài máng shén me ?

你在忙什麼? = (literately – what are you busy with?); where have you been?; what are you up to?

yòu gāo yòu shòu

又高又瘦 = tall and skinny

yòu ǎi yòu pàng

又矮又胖 = short and fat

jīng cháng

經 常 = often; usually

xiào mī mī

笑瞇瞇 (literately- smiling, squint eyes); smiling (with squint eyes).

一月十六日星期三 January 16, Wednesday - B Day

Today we first reviewed the old words 今天明天昨天每天幾月幾日. Of course we did the calendar introduction and had several students come up to introduce the calendar. Next we learned the new words about 白貓 黑貓 美國人 加拿大人 墨西哥人. We used PQA questions to be familiar with words and then we worked on a story about a boy named Nick.

白貓bái māo = white cat
黑貓hēi māo = black cat
美國人měi guó rén = American
每個人měi gè rén = everyone
加拿大人jiā ná dà rén = Canadian
墨西哥人mò xī gē rén = Mexican


We practiced the distinguish between 美國人 and 每個人. After making sure every student was able to tell the differences between them, we started to read a story. First the teacher read aloud and the students voluntarily to translate the story to English sentence by sentence. Next students were asked to find a partner to work on the questions about the story. More than 80% of students claimed these questions were easy to answer. We did informal assessment that students gave the teacher fingers to present how easy the story and questions are. For 5th and 6th period nearly only 2-3 students each period claimed lower than 4 other than that all claimed 4.5 to 5.

yǒu yī gè nán hái  tā de míng zì jiào 

有一個男孩, 他的 名字 叫 Nick。

             yǒu liǎng gè hǎo péng yǒu ,

Nick有 兩 個好  朋 友,

yī gè péng yǒu míng zì jiào 

一個朋 友  名  字叫 Cougar,

lìng yī gè péng yǒu de míng zì jiào 

另 一個 朋 友 的名  字叫 Leon。

                  sòng gěi        yī zhī bái māo

Cougar送給Nick一隻 白貓。

              sòng gěi      sān gè hàn bǎo bāo

Leon送給Nick三個漢 堡包。

            bǎ sān gè hàn bǎo bāo fàng zài zhuō zǐ shàng

Nick把三個漢 堡包  放  在桌子 上。

zhè zhī bái māo pǎo dào zhuō zǐ nà  lǐ chī le liǎng gèhàn bǎo bāo

這 隻 白貓 跑 到 桌 子那裡吃了兩 個漢  堡包。

             hěn shēng qì    tā zhuā bái māo 。

Nick很  生 氣。他抓白貓。

bái māo pǎo le

白 貓 跑了。

xiàn zài ,           méi yǒu sān gè hàn bǎo bāo

現在, Nick沒有三 個漢 堡 包。

       yǒu yī gè nán hái  tā de míng zì jiào               mā

1.      有一個男孩, 他的 名字 叫 Josh嗎?       

      yǒu yī gè nán hái  tā de míng zì jiào               mā

2. 有一個男孩, 他的 名字 叫 Nick嗎?

yǒu yī gè nán hái  tā de míng zì jiào                háishì

3. 有一個男孩, 他的 名字 叫 Josh還是Nick?
   yǒu yī gè nán hái  tā de míng zì jiào shénme

4. 有一個男孩, 他的 名字 叫 什 麼?

          yǒu liǎng gè hǎo péng yǒu mā

5. Nick有 兩 個好  朋 友 嗎?

          yǒu sān gè hǎo péng yǒu  mā

6. Nick有 三 個好  朋 友 嗎?

                 yǒu jĭ gè hǎo péng yǒu

7. Nick有幾個好 朋 友?

shéi yǒu sān gè hǎo péng yǒu  

8. 誰 有 三 個好  朋 友?

                   sòng gěi       yī zhī bái māo mā

9.  Cougar送給 Nick一隻 白貓嗎?

                   sòng gěi       yī zhī bái māo mā

10.   Leon送給 Nick一隻 白貓嗎?
             hái shì          sòng gěi     yīzhī bái māo

11.   Cougar還是Leon送給 Nick一隻 白貓?

       shéi sòng gěi             yī zhī bái māo

12.   誰 送給 Nick一隻 白貓?

                   sòng gěi           yī zhī bái shénme

13.   Cougar送給 Nick一隻什麼?

                   sòng gěi          sān gè hàn bǎo bā mā

14.   Cougar送給Nick三個漢堡包嗎?

                   sòng gěi       sān gè hàn bǎo bā mā

15.   Leon送給 Nick三個 漢堡包嗎?
             hái shì          sòng gěi     sāgè hàn bǎo bā

16.   Cougar還是Leon送給 Nick三個 漢堡 包?

      shéi sòng gěi         sān gè hàn bǎo bā

17.   誰 送給 Nick三個漢堡包?

                   sòng gěi     sān gè shénme

18.   Leon送給 Nick三個什麼?