一月二十五日星期五 January 25, Friday - A Day

Today we had a 2-hour late start school day due to the slick road and the critical weather; lots of students were absent as well. Seriously if I had a teenager at home, I would probably let him/her stay home today for safety issue. Like yesterday I fell off the ice on the way to my car, TWICE and hurt my arms and right hand. I am sure nothing is more important than safety, isn't it?!

Well, today for Chinese Level I student we did a 2nd term test to evaluate how much students have learned.

For Chinese Level II and III students we first reviewed the words about animals, some verbs and some adjectives. After that students were requested to make an animal book.


慢慢màn màn = slow, slowly
快快kuài kuài = quick, quickly
餓è= hungry
累lèi = tired
兔tù = rabbit
鼠shǔ = rabbit
牛niú = cow, ox
虎hǔ = tiger
龍lóng = dragon
蛇shé = snake
馬mǎ = horse
羊yáng = sheep, goat, lamb
猴hóu = monkey
鷄jī = chicken
狗gǒu = dog
豬zhū = pig
鳥niǎo = bird
鴨yā = duck
貓māo = cat
熊xióng = bear
魚yú = fish
象xiàng = elephant
一點點yī diǎn diǎn = a little bit
很hěn = very 
無聊wú liáo = bored, boring
動物dòng wù = animal 
隻zhī = (counting unit for small animals)
高興gāo xìng = happy
停tíng = stop
問wèn = ask
走zǒu = walk
跑pǎo = run
站起來zhàn qǐ lái 
坐下zuò xià
蹲下dūn xià
看kàn = see, look
吃chī = eat
找zhǎo = look for
剪jiǎn = cut
抓zhuā = grab
穿chuān = put on
拿ná = take
聽tīng = listen
指一指zhǐ yī zhǐ = point at
有yǒu = have/has, there is/are
喜歡xǐ huān = like
嗎 ma = (question end for yes/no answer)
生氣shēng qì = mad, angry
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打dǎ = hit/play
買mǎi = buy
賣mài = sell
生病shēng bìng = (be) sick, get sick
去qù = go (to)
爬pá = climb 
成為chéng wéi = (to) become
笑xiào = laugh, smile
嘲笑cháo xiào = laugh at, mock at
高gāo = tall
矮ǎi = short
胖pàng = fat
瘦shòu = skinny
美měi = beautiful
漂亮piāo liàng = pretty
帥shuài = handsome
奇怪qí guài = wierd

#1, four A4 white paper and fold into half to make 8 pages.
#2, create a title page in the front of the 1st page and leave the back of the 1st page blank.
#3, create a story with animals and draw pictures to the sentences you create with 14 pages (double-sided)
#4, Chinese Level II students may use pinyin to write the story while Level III students need to write the story in Chinese characters.
#5, Remember time and location in Chinese are different from English; in English you say "the birds fly in the sky," while in Chinese we say "the birds in the sky fly." (For Chinese people, time and location is more important information and need to place before the verb.)
#6, Leave the last page of the book blank and write your name on the back of the last page.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Creativity	The story contains many creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has really used his imagination.	The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions that contribute to the reader's enjoyment. The author has used his imagination.	The story contains a few creative details and/or descriptions, but they distract from the story. The author has tried to use his imagination.	There is little evidence of creativity in the story. The author does not seem to have used much imagination.
Setting	Many vivid, descriptive words are used to tell when and where the story took place.	Some vivid, descriptive words are used to tell the audience when and where the story took place.	The reader can figure out when and where the story took place, but the author didn't supply much detail.	The reader has trouble figuring out when and where the story took place.
Action	Several action verbs (active voice) are used to describe what is happening in the story. The story seems exciting!	Several action verbs are used to describe what is happening in the story, but the word choice doesn't make the story as exciting as it could be.	A variety of verbs (passive voice) are used and describe the action accurately but not in a very exciting way.	Little variety seen in the verbs that are used. The story seems a little boring.
Language	The story contains fluent grammar and understandable without the readers' guessing.	The story contains somewhat fluent grammar and understandable but occasionally need the readers' guessing.	The story contains little fluent grammar with the readers' lots of guessing.	The story contains no and alwyas the readers' guessing.

For Chinese Level III the sample is as the followings:

For Chinese Level II, the sample is as the followings: