April 26, Thursday 四月二十六日星期四 - A Day

Chinese Level II and III learned the following words -

市shì 區qū  = downtown

公gōng 共gòng 汽qì 車chē = bus

附fù 近jìn = nearby

銀yín 行háng = bank

郵yóu 局jú = post office

聽tīng 說shuō = people said...

離lí ...遠yuǎn 一yī 點diǎn = leave...alone (away)

離lí ...有yǒu 一yī 點diǎn 遠yuǎn = a little bit far from....

First we did the calendar introduction. I filmed the students of the 1st period; Tucker, Simran,

Thomas, and Cody. After that, we reviewed the words taught last time .

社shè 區qū = community, , neighborhood

太tài 鬧nào 了le = too annoying, too loud, too bustling

太tài 吵chǎo 了le = too noisy, too loud

安ān 靜jìng = quiet, silent

安ān 全quán = safe, secure

方fāng 便biàn = convenient, available

不bú 錯cuò = not bad, nice, good

For 1st and periods students, after reviewing the words taught last time, we introduced the new words and then practiced them with whiteboards. Next each student recieved a short converstation with the words taught last time. We used TPRStory questioning cycles on the converstaion and later students were asked to translate it. After we've done the translation, we watched a DVD named Children of Hungzhou,we discussed about it.

For 3rd period students, there were six students doing the calendar introduction; Eric, McCoy, Benthany, Luis, Austin, and Payton. After that we introduced the new words.

牙yá 齒chǐ = tooth/teeth

刷shuā 子zǐ = brush (noun)

刷shuā = brush (verb)

牙yá 刷shuā = tooth brush

刷shuā 牙yá = brush teeth

早zǎo 上shàng = in the morning

睡shuì 覺jiào 前qián = before sleep

吃chī 飯fàn 後hòu = after meals

起qǐ 床chuáng = get up

We qucikly reviewed some of the words taught last time.

身shēn 體tǐ = body

身shēn 上shàng = on the body

都dōu 是shì = both, all, all over

水shuǐ = water

睡shuì 覺jiào = sleep

打dǎ 呼hū 嚕lū = snore

把bǎ ...倒dào 在zài ...= pour.. on

身shēn 上shàng 都dōu 是shì 水shuǐ= water all over the body.

After the calendar and the new words, we did 'dictionary form'. After the dictionary form, we played a game that each table was assigned one word, and they were asked to use the word assigned to create a sentence in one minute. After one minute they passed their paper to the next table and create another sentence with the same word, and repeat the stp until each table received their own paper back.

 牙yá = tooth/teeth