Thursday, March 22, 2012

March 22, Thursday 三月二十二日星期三

Today the 1st period, we started our class with the regular routin - copy down the words on the boards (see the words belowed), and then the teacher asked students to come up to the board to write down today's date. After that we quickly introduced the vocabulary, and then we used whiteboard to practice these new words. We also use PQA (Personal Question and Answer) to get familiar to these words. After that, we used the flashcards we made to play games. We played 'heart attack" with the group of 4-5, and then we played 'who's the fastest?" raising up the correct flashcard while listening to the teacher said.


懶lǎn 惰duò = lazy <=> 勤qín 勞láo = diligent
髒zāng = dirty <=> 乾gan 淨jìng = clean
亂luàn = messy <=> 整zhěng 齊qí = clean, tidy, organized
整zhěng 天tiān = whole day <=> 半bàn 天tiān = half day
準zhǔn 時shí = on time <=> 遲chí 到dào = late
交jiāo = turn in
打dǎ 掃sǎo = clean


After the game, we listened to the Chinese song - 我的未來不是夢 My future is not a dream.


For 2nd period, instead of using the whiteboard to practice the words, we played 'time-writes'; each table was issued a sheet of whitepaper and given a flashcard with Chinese words on it. The students of each table first wrote down their table number on the paper, and they were asked to write a sentence with the words on the flashcard in one minute. After a minute, they had to pass their paper to another table. They had to read the sentence written on the paper that just was given to them from the last table, and write a sentence to create a story in one minute. After a minute, they had to pass their paper to the next table. Repeat this until all the table students had their turn. After that we read the story sentence by sentence students just created and students raised their hand voluntarily to translate into English.


After the game, we listened to the Chinese song - 我的未來不是夢 My future is not a dream.


For 3rd period, we spent lots of time in PQA as we had a lot of fun. Some kids were assigned some certain words. For example, Josh was assigned the word "房fáng 間jiān = room" while Roo was assigned the word "

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

March 21, Wednesday 三月二十一日星期三 -B Day

Today first we had students copy down 8 new words on the board quickly. We switched seats for the new term after we've done all the copy. A couple of students complained that they couldn't sit by someone, bla,bla, bla, etc. It was okay to suggest the teacher to switch the spot but it was disrespectful to yell aloud, "I couldn't sit by him," "I would die if I sit by him." and acted like a young kid. After we switched the seat, we learned Chinese (Taiwan) Phonetic -
ㄅㄆㄇㄈ = b, p, m, f
ㄉㄊㄋㄌ = d, t, n, l
ㄍㄎㄏ = g, k, h
ㄐㄑㄒ = j, q, x
ㄓㄔㄕㄖ = zh, ch, sh, r
ㄗㄘㄙ = z, c, s
ㄚㄛㄜㄝ = a, o
ㄞㄟㄠㄡ= ai, ei, au, ou
ㄢㄣㄤㄥ= an, en, ang, ong
一ㄨㄩ= i (yi), w (u), yu
While we were learning the phonetic, a couple of students were acting like retard kids due to the sounds. Yup, they were not only made fun of retard kids but also Chinese. Of couse, these kids didn't receive respect from the teacher. After the phonetic, students used whiteboard to practice them and were asked to made flashcards for the phonetic as well.

1) 整zhěng 天tiān = whole day
2) 沙shā 發fā = sofa
3) 打dǎ 掃sǎo = clean (while you clean, you need to use "both hands" - radical parts of bothwords 打dǎ 掃sǎo )
4) 亂luàn = messy (opposite to 整zhěng 齊qí = tidy, clean, organized)
5) 家jiā 庭tíng 作zuò 業yè = homework
6) 作zuò 業yè = assignments
7) 交jiāo = turn in
8) 準zhǔn 時shí = on time

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Homework Assignments given on March 20

Today students were assigned two sheets of homework. You may click the link to access and download the homework. Homework will be checked at the beginning of the class on the due date. Students will be asked to place their homework assignments at the corner of their table for the teacher to grade. Please make sure you have your name on the homework sheet and so is your parent's signature.

Homework March 20-21 due on March 22
Please click either of the following websites to watch the video.
http://adult.chinese.cn/article/2009-08/23/content_9817.htm
http://res.chinese.cn/res_files/common_knowledge/ckculture40manyue.swf

Homework March 22-23 due on March 26
Homework March 26-27 due on March 28
Homework March 28-29 due on March 30

March 9th

March 13

March 20, Monday 三月二十日星期一 - A Day

Goal 目標 --
1) 百分之八十的學生能利用百分之八十的上課時間說中文。
80% of students are able to speak Chinese in 80% of the class time.
2) 百分之八十的學生至少能認得今天所教的百分之五十的中文單字。
80% of students are able to recognize at least 50% of words taught today.


Activities 活動 --


1) 家庭作業
2) 單字介紹
3) PQA
4) 閃示卡製作
5) 認字比賽
6) 中文歌曲- 我的未來不是夢 (fill-in the blank by listening to the song 我的未來不是夢 and click 我的未來不是夢 to access the fill-in blank package)


Vocabulary單字 --


1) 整zhěng 天tiān = whole day
2) 沙shā 發fā = sofa
3) 打dǎ 掃sǎo = clean (while you clean, you need to use "both hands" - radical parts of both
words 打dǎ 掃sǎo )
4) 亂luàn = messy (opposite to 整zhěng 齊qí = tidy, clean, organized)
5) 家jiā 庭tíng 作zuò 業yè = homework
6) 作zuò 業yè = assignments
7) 交jiāo = turn in
8) 準zhǔn 時shí = on time


Title of the Song歌名: 我的未來不是夢 (click the title of the song to listen to it)
Artist 歌手:張雨生 


你______是______ 不______是______ 像______ 我______
在______太tài 陽yáng 下______低dī 頭tóu, 
流liú 著zhù 汗hàn 水______ 默mò 默mò 辛xīn 苦kǔ地di 工______ 作______。
你______是______不______是______像______ 我______
就jiù 算suàn 受shòu了______冷lěng 漠mò,
也______不______放fàng 棄qì 自zì 己jǐ 想______ 要______的______ 生______活____。
你______是______不______ 是______像______ 我______
整zhěng 天______忙______著zhe追zhuī 求qiú,
一______種zhǒng 你______想______不______ 到______的______溫wēnǔ 柔róu。
你______ 是______ 不______ 是______ 像______ 我______
曾céng 經jīng 茫máng 然rán 失shī 措cuò,  
一______次______一______ 次______徘pái 徊huái 在______
十______ 字______街jiē 頭tóu。
因______ 為______我______ 不______在______乎______
別______人______怎______麼______ 說______,
我______從______ 來______沒______有______忘______記______
我______ 對______自zì 己jǐ 的de 承chéng 諾nuò,
對______ 愛______的______ 執zhí 著zhuó。
我______ 知______道______,
我______ 的______未wèi 來______不______ 是______夢mèng,
我______認rèn 真zhēn地di 過guò 每______一______ 分______ 鐘______。
我______ 的______未______ 來______不______ 是______夢______,
我______ 的______心______跟gēn 著zhù 希xī 望wàng 在______動dòng。
我______的______ 未______ 來______不______是______夢______,
我______認rèn 真zhēn 地di 過guò 每______一______分______鐘______。
我______ 的______未______ 來______不______ 是______夢______,
我______ 的______心______跟gēn 著zhù 希xī 望wàng 在______動dòng。
跟______ 著______ 希______ 望______在______動______。
你______是______不______ 是______像______ 我______
整zhěng 天______忙______著zhe追zhuī 求qiú,
一______種zhǒng 你______想______不______ 到______的______溫wēnǔ 柔róu。
你______ 是______ 不______ 是______ 像______ 我______
曾céng 經jīng 茫máng 然rán 失shī 措cuò,  
一______次______一______ 次______徘pái 徊huái
在______十______ 字______街_____頭_____。
因______ 為______我______ 不______在______乎______
別______人______怎______麼______ 說______,
我______從______ 來______沒______有______忘______記______
我______ 對______自_____己_____的_____承chéng 諾nuò,
對______ 愛______的______ 執zhí 著zhuó。
我______ 知______道______,
我______ 的______未wèi 來______不______ 是______夢_____,
我______認rèn 真zhēn地di 過guò 每______一______ 分______ 鐘______。
我______ 的______未______ 來______不______ 是______夢______,
我______ 的______心______跟gēn 著zhù 希xī 望wàng 在______動_____。
我______的______ 未______ 來______不______是______夢______,
我______認rèn 真zhēn 地di 過guò 每______一______分______鐘______。
我______ 的______未______ 來______不______ 是______夢______,
我______ 的______心______跟gēn 著zhù 希xī 望wàng 在______動_____。
跟______ 著______ 希______ 望______在______動______。

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