March 28, Wednesday 三月二十八日星期三 - A Day

For 1st period students, students first copied down the words on the board as the followings.

一yī 點diǎn 也yě 不bù (+ V./Adjective) = ….not at all
一yī 點diǎn 也yě 沒méi 有yǒu (+ noun) = ….not at all
什shén 麼me 辦bàn 法fǎ = what solution/method/strategy?
沒méi 有yǒu 辦bàn 法fǎ = no solution/no way/no method
變biàn 得dé (+Adjective) = become + adj.
變biàn 成chéng (+ noun) = become + noun

Alex Cheney and Nathan Rosenvall came up to the classroom to introduce the calendar. They both did a great job. We reviewed the words learned last two times. After that, we introduced the new words. After the new words, we used whiteboard activity to practice the words. At the end of whiteboard activity students were asked to select one word on the board and created a sentence with it. And then we acted out a story – the lazy boy Mermaidman. After acting out the story, we used TPRStory cycling questions for comprehension. Next we corrected the worksheet we did last time, and 10 minutes before the class ended, we listened to the Chinese song and introduced the article of this song.

2nd period students, we did the similar activities like 1st period but differences were we didn’t do the act-out story nor Chinese song due to we had 10 minutes short while 1st period had 10 minutes long. Liam and Spencer came up to the front of classroom to introduce the calendar. They both did a great job as well. Even though we didn’t do the act-out story nor the song but we did whiteboard activity to practice the words. Instead of creating a sentence on the whiteboard, 2nd period students created their sentences with the word they picked on a sheet of paper and they folded the paper into a small tack and placed it in a hat. Other students took turn to pull out of the paper, read it and translate it into English. We corrected the worksheet we did last time.

3rd period students, Miyah and David came up to the front of the classroom to introduce the calendar. They carried the notes with them but they did an awesome job. After that we did the similar activities like 1st period. We acted out a story – the lazy boy Mermaidman. After acting out the story, we used TPRStory cycling questions for comprehension. Roo was our actor of the story –Mermaidman and Daniel was Mermaidman’s friend.

The words we reviewed ...
結jiē 實shí = strong, tough
肌jī 肉ròu = muscle
體tǐ 格gé 健jiàn 壯zhuàng = body fits
早zǎo = early/morning
晚wǎn = late/ night
懶lǎn 惰duò = lazy
髒zāng = dirty
亂luàn = messy
勤qín 勞láo = diligent/hard working
乾gan 淨jìng = clean
整zhěng 齊qí = clean/tidy/organzied
整zhěng 天tiān = whole day
半bàn 天tiān = half day
準zhǔn 時shí = be on time
遲chí 到dào = late
交jiāo = turn in
打dǎ 掃sǎo = clean (up)