八月二十六日星期一- A Day

Today is the first of school.  For Chinese level one students, We first introduced the disclosure, And then we introduced 你好！ 你好嗎？Students were asked to write their English name on a half-folded cardstock paper and drew what they like on the left of the paper and what they don't like on the right. Next we did the self-introduction using 我wǒ 是shì ........(= I am ……. ). And then we tossed a ball around the classroom to practice the conversation 你nǐ 好hǎo   (= Hello) and asked a question 你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ? (= Who are you?)
Of course, the teacher did the example first, and then we practice, and the last students performed by themselves.

Conversation goes like this 
Student A: 你nǐ 好hǎo ! 我wǒ 是shì Emerson, 你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ?  (Toss the ball to a student across the classroom)
Student B: 你nǐ 好hǎo ! 我wǒ 是shì Kyler. (Toss the ball to another student across the classroom and ask...)你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ?
Student C: 你nǐ 好hǎo ! 我wǒ 是shì Betheny.(Toss the ball to another student across the classroom and ask...)你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ?
Student D: ......
 
Vocabulary List (for the sound) click the Vocabulary List to listen to the sound to each word
你nǐ 好hǎo   = Hello

你nǐ 好hǎo 嗎ma ? = How are you?

我wǒ 是shì Duke老lǎo 師shī 。 = I am Mrs. Duke.

你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ? = Who are you?

 

我wǒ 是shì ........= I am …….

 

 

For Chinese Level II & III students.....,

We learned  小賈斯汀，女神卡卡，買，賣，褲子，長，短，內，長褲，短褲，內褲。And then we acted out the story. Students were asked to write their English name on a half-folded cardstock paper and drew what they like on the left of the paper and what they don't like on the right. Next we did the self-introduction in the target language 我wǒ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào ....(= my name is....), 我wǒ 喜xǐ 歡huān ....(=I like....), 我wǒ 不bù 喜xǐ 歡huān....(= I don't like....). Next we introduced the new words with PQA questioning. Next we acted out the story.

 

 Vocabulary List
小xiǎo 賈Jiǎ 斯sī 汀tīng = Justin Bierber

女nǚ 神shén 卡kǎ 卡kǎ = Lady Gaga

買mǎi = to buy

賣mài = to sell

褲kù 子zǐ = pants

長cháng = long

短duǎn = short

內nèi = inside

長cháng 褲kù = (long) pants

 

短duǎn 褲kù = shorts

內nèi 褲kù = underwear