三月十四日星期四 - March 14, Thursday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, down the the articles and read them. Please click the titles to access the articles. Susan Powell, Frostena Snow Women, Scale E. Reptile, Sir George VI 

Today we learned the following words -
頭tóu
頭髮tóu fà
眼睛yǎn jīng
鼻子bí zǐ 
嘴巴zuǐ bā
耳朵ěr duǒ


尋人啟示 - Susan Powell


尋人啟示 - Scale E. Reptile


尋人啟示 - Sir George VI

After new words introduction we grouped students of 4 and students worked together with different articles. They were requested to read through the article and shared with their partner what their article was about.

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南瓜燈nán guā dēng 
月餅yuè bǐng
春節chūn jiē 
乾淨gan jìng 
窗戶chuāng hù
(By Jose V.)

孔雀kǒng què
海葵hǎi kuí 
水母shuǐ mǔ 
河馬hé mǎ
天鵝tiān é
(By Maddie D.)

堤壩路 =
芒果 = mango
謀殺 = murder
椰子= coconut
蘆筍 = asparagus
(By Bailee S.)

磁鐵 = magnetic
激光筆 =
遺失 = lose
圓球筆 = ball-point-pen
墨水 = ink
(By Corbin)

墨汁 =
尺子 = ruler
鋼筆 = pen
水彩筆 =
教練 = coach
(By Alex Pitcher)

屛幕 = screen
司機 = driver
開除 = fire
蓮霧 =
雪碧 = sprite
(By Ashley)

土豆 = potato
鹽 = salt
木瓜 = papaya
卡 = card
榛子
(By Austin A)

海軍 = navy
狙擊手 = sniper
氫彈 =
炸藥 =
薯條 = French fries
救護車 = ambulance
孕婦
柺杖
候診區
單架

銀行
腐乳
咖啡杯
觀賞植物

IB REFLECTIVE ESSAY FORMAT & RUBRICS

Reflective Essay for Language B

1^st Paragraph:  Introduction: Tell me what class this is, how long you’ve had it, maybe who the teacher is, and why you are taking it.

2^nd Paragraph:  (Self Analysis) Tell me what you’ve learned specifically and how it has affected your life, and how this may change your life in the future. You need to include what Approach to Learning you are developing and your strengths and weaknesses. Also include any difficulties that you might have encountered and how you handled them.

What are some things you’ve learned?  What did you do that you are really proud of? What is hard for you?  If you could start over, what would you do better? 

3^rd Paragraph:  (Subject Evaluation) Tell me how you learn best (Approaches to Learning), and the why behind it.  Tell me what you have enjoyed or disliked about the subject.   You need to describe how that preference affected your learning of the subject area.

What activities have helped you learn to read, write, speak and understand spoken Spanish the best?  Why?  What activities don’t you like, and why?  Why do you think it is hard for you?  What do you think you could/should be learning from these activities? How could things be done differently to get a better learning result?

4^th Paragraph:  (Application to World/Community) Describe all the information pertaining to the community or world as a whole, that you personally made a connection about.  You will need to describe how different information that you learned can be applied to you, and those around you.  IE:  family, neighborhood, church, or your own community or to an even larger, more worldwide scale.  You will also need to describe your reasoning and why it is important to you.  You may want to include how knowing this information could be important to you in the future.

Have you been able to understand or use Spanish outside of class?  How?  How did you feel?  What do you think you will need to do to continue learning the language?  Have you been able to understand a group of people better because of the cultural things you’ve learned in class?  Do you want to visit a foreign country?  Why?

5^th  Paragraph: (Conclusion) Restate your feelings and thoughts about this class. Would you recommend this class to someone else?  Why or why not?  Think about all you have learned and what you are now able to do.

PLEASE CLICK IB RUBRIC TO ACCESS THE IB RUBRICS INFORMATION!!

三月十三日星期三 March 13, Wednesday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, make a missing poster in Chinese characters (see the following activity description).

First we did the calendar and reviewed the old words as usual. After that we introduced the new words.
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
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The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature
 Students were groups of 3-4 (1st period) and/or 1-2 (2nd period) and given 30 minutes to google search (with laptops) Missing Poster for some ideas to generate a 尋找啟示 in Chinese. After the 30 minutes students came up as groups/pairs/individuals to present and introduce their 尋找啟示.

三月十二日星期二 March 12, Tuesday - A - Day

FOR CHINESE LEVEL I ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back, #2, make a missing poster in Chinese characters (see the following activity description).
FOR CHINESE LEVEL II and III ABSENT STUDENTS - #1, copy down the words onto your notebook and show the teacher the notes when you come back,


First we did the calendar and reviewed the old words as usual. After that we introduced the new words.
失蹤shī zōng = got lost/ disappeared
不見了bù jiàn le = disappeared/ out of sight
****
The words we reviewed --
走失了zǒu shī le  = got lost
尋找xún zhǎo = look for
尋找啟示xún zhǎo qǐ shì  = missing poster
磅bang = pounds
多重?duō zhòng = how heavy?
體重tǐ zhòng = weight
呎chǐ = foot/feet
吋cun = inch
多高?duō gāo = how tall?
身高shēn gāo = height
性別xìng bié = gender
姓名xìng míng = full name
穿chuān = wear/put on
年齡nián líng = age
上衣shàng yī = top/shirt
褲子kù zǐ = pants
特徵tè zhēng = characteristic/feature
Students were groups of 3-4 (1st period) and/or 1-2 (2nd period) and given 30 minutes to google search (with laptops) Missing Poster for some ideas to generate a 尋找啟示 in Chinese. After the 30 minutes students came up as groups/pairs/individuals to present and introduce their 尋找啟示.

Chinese Level II and III students we learned the following words....
收銀台shōu yín tái= checkout counter
肉類ròu lèi = meat
電池 diàn chí  = battery
cd 機 jī = cd player
唐裝táng zhuāng = Chinese traditional clothes
(By Jefferson R.)

槌子chuí zǐ = hammer
斧子fǔ zǐ = axe
鑿子záo zǐ = chisel
鐵鍬tiě qiào = shovel
砂紙 shā zhǐ = sand paper
(By Noble B.)

熱狗rè gǒu = hotdog
出差chū chài = to go on business trip
巧克力qiǎo kè lì = chocolate
可樂kě lè  = coke
美國měi guó = America
(By Patrick W.)

一扇門 yī shàn men=  one door
傍晚 bàng wǎn= evening
放鞭炮fàng biān pào = set off fireworks
圓形 yuán xíng= circle/round
重 zhòng= heavy
(By Nathan H.)

自私zì sī = selfish
小氣xiǎo qì = stingy
樂觀lè guān  = optimistic
開朗kāi lǎng  = outspoken
傲慢ào màn = arrogant
(By Tyler J.)

沙發shā fā  = sofa
魚缸yú gāng  = fish tank
搖椅yáo yǐ  = rocking chair
觀賞植物guān shǎng zhí wù  = house plants
打火機 dǎ huǒ jī = lighter
(By Brayden L. )

鬧鐘nào zhōng  = alarm
爵士jué shì  = jazz
感冒 gǎn mào = get cold
旋律xuán lǜ  = rythm
小提琴 xiǎo tí qín= violin
(By Luke T.)

健身jiàn shēn = body building
牧師 mù shī  = priest
固執gù zhí  = = stubborn
愛滋病 ài zī bìng= AIDS
吵架chǎo jià = argue
(By James S.)

尺子chǐ zǐ= ruler
書名shū míng   = book title
鋼筆gāng bǐ   = fountain pen
橡皮xiàng pí  = eraser
物理wù lǐ   = physics
(By Elias F.)


慌張huāng zhāng = anxious
鎮定zhèn dìng= calm
簡單jiǎn dān = simple
複雜fú zá = complicated
粗糙cū cāo = coarse/rough

 (By Becca B.)

筆記本bǐ jì běn = notebook
原子筆yuán zǐ bǐ = pen
字典zì diǎn = dictionary
橡皮xiàng pí  = eraser
書shū = book
紙zhǐ = paper
書包shū bāo = bookpack
 (By Brayden A. )

三月十一日星期一 March 11, Monday - B Day

FOR CHINESE LEVE I ABSENT STUDENTS - Please copy down the words onto your notes and show your teacher your notes when you come back.

Today we first had calendar introduction as usual and then we reviewed the words. Next we introduced the new words -
特徵tè zhēng : feature/characteristic
褲子kù zǐ = pants
上衣shàng yī = tops/shirts

we played guessing games and whiteboard activity. The teacher said the features of a student such as

tā de xìng bié nán hái 
他的性別男孩
tā de nián líng shí sān suì 
他的年齡十三歲

 tā de shēn gāo bǐ                lǎo shī gāo 
他的身高比Duke 老師高
   tā de   tǐ zhòng bǐ                lǎo shī zhòng
他的體重比Duke老師重 
tā chuān hēi sè shàng yī 
他穿黑色上衣
tā chuān lán sè de kù zǐ 
他穿藍色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
他是誰?
or we said, 
tā de xìng bié nǚ hái 
她的性別女孩 
tā de nián líng shí èr suì 
她的年齡十二歲 
  tā de shēn gāo bǐ                   lǎo shī ǎi  
她的身高比Duke 老師矮 
tā chuān fěn hóng sè de shàng yī 
她穿粉紅色的上衣
tā chuān jú sè de kù zǐ 
她穿橘色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
她是誰?

After that we use small whiteboard to practice these words with sentences. 

Next we watched one/two video(es) about Elmo on youtube and/or three little pigs. 

BYU LANGUAGE FAIR COMPETITION

Dear Parents and Studens, 

2013 BYU Language Fair is coming on April 18th and we would like you to read the updated information at http://chineseflagship.byu.edu/languagefair/competitions.php 

Chinese Language Fair 2013 is focusing on language skills and each competition is designed for challenges and preparation of students' oral proficiency. You may either click the following links: 2013 Language Fair Description.docx and Questions for Conversation Competition.docx for the detailed information or read the following information. 

2013 Language Fair, April 18^th

Watch the website for updates: 

http://chineseflagship.byu.edu/languagefair/competitions.php

This year, the Chinese Language Fair will focus on language!  Every competition is designed to challenge students’ Chinese language and also to prepare them for oral proficiency assessments this spring (2013).

Please bring only your students who are motivated to attend and compete.  Students should earn the right to come to the Language Fair.  Because our numbers are growing, not everyone will be able to compete. Schools should have mini competitions to determine who to send to the fair.

Competitions:

1.      Singing Group Competition:  Each school may enter only ONE singing group (a group consists of at least 5 or more students). Choose your own song (3 minutes maximum).  Each school is responsible for its own accompaniment.  A CD player may be used for background music, but there can be no singing on it.

2.      Poetry:  Each school is limited to 2 contestants for level 1, 4 for level 2, and 6 contestants for levels 3 and above.  Students are expected to memorize the text for their level.  No reading is allowed.  Each student will be asked one question about the content of the poem which can be answered in English. 

The poems are all the same for each level and they can be found on the BYU language fair website along with English translations and pinyin and 2 recordings that the students can listen to.

3.       Dramatic: An individual or group (2-6 students) may give a creative, original performance such as a skit or prepared story. Emphasis should be on the quantity and quality of Chinese spoken equally by all participants.  Presentation should be memorized and should not exceed 3 minutes in length.

4.      DVD:  Each school is invited to enter one 3-minute Chinese-language video (DVD), written and produced by students. The content for the DVD can be about any topic taught in class, but it is strong encouraged that DVDs focus on one of the following categories:

·         Chinese legend or story

·         Story to accompany chengyu

5.      Art Contest:  Students are welcome to submit an original work of art (drawing, sculpture, etc.) that displays something from Chinese culture.  Art objects can be brought the morning of the language Fair.

6.      Conversation Competition:  Students will have a “conversation” with a Chinese speaker on topics that have been taught in class (see Conversation Questions).  All students will receive a ranking.  Only 3 students from levels 1-3 from each school can compete so schools will need to hold their own internal contests.  There is no limit on the number of students who can compete in this category for levels 4 and above.

7.      Confucius Institute Competition: The Confucius Institute will sponsor a speech contest.  Students should pick a cultural product, practice, or philosophy to compare between America and China (e.g., school, government, names, history, folktales, yoyos, environment, comic books, etc.).  Speeches should be no longer than 5 minutes, and students may have an accompanying PowerPoint.  After the presentation, a panel of judges will ask the presenter questions about their presentation.

Tentatively winners will compete to win scholarships to attend summer study abroad in China or summer Chinese day camps in Utah.  The nature of the scholarships has yet to be decided, and more information will be forthcoming.

Grading Scale:

Superior:          特优    5.  Nearly flawless; spontaneous; exceptional performance

Excellent:     非常好   4.  Little hesitation; good pronunciation and expression

Very Good:       很好   3.  Some hesitation; fair pronunciation

Good:                     好    2.  Halting; quite a few pronunciation problems, fair

                                             dramatic expression

Alright:           不 错    1.  Halting pronunciation; difficult to understand;

                                             dramatic expression lacking

Activities:

1.      Character Bingo:  The students will have the chance to play Bingo in Chinese.

2.      Shopping for Clothes:  The students will ask for a variety of “interesting” clothing items and take a picture in front of a scene from China.

3.      Travel Agency:  Students will plan a trip after seeing pictures of places in China or Taiwan.

4.      Post Office: Students can buy a postcard/ U.S. postage stamp for $0.50.  They can write to their principal with some help from the post office workers.

5.      Sing-a-long/Karaoke: Students will have the chance to sing along to Chinese videos and songs.

6.      Calligraphy:

7.      Paper Folding/ Paper Cutting:

8.     Kung Fu/ Tai Chi

9.     Lion/Dragon Dance

10.  Noodle Shop:  Students will be able to buy Chinese noodles, rice, dumplings, spring rolls. etc.

NO LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.

11.  Souvenirs:  Students may buy a variety of Chinese related souvenirs, poster, pens, buttons, t-shirts, bags, etc.

Prison:  In an effort to get the students to stay in the language the entire time they are at BYU, we will have a “prison” and an abundance of “spies” and “policemen.” Anyone caught speaking English will have to spend 10 minutes in jail; he/she can be released before that time by answering 

THE QUESTIONS THEY ARE GOING TO ASK ACCORDING TO LEVELS 

Questions for Conversation Competition

Level 1: Short answers

1.      What is your name?  How old are you?  What grade are you in?

2.       What is the name of your school?  Do you like your school? Do you like your teachers? How do you get to school?

3.      What is the date?  What is the month?  What is the day of the week? What is the date tomorrow?

4.      What leisure activities do you like to do?  Talk about what activities you like to do on different days of the week. 

5.      Describe your friends (e.g., age, grade, appearance)? What do you like to do with your friends?

6.       Describe your family.  How many people?  What are their ages?  What are their names? What do they like to do? What do they look like?

7.      Do you like Chinese New Year?  What is your zodiac animal?  What do you say to people at Chinese New Year?  What do people eat?

Level 2/3:  Sentences

1.      What do you like to eat?  What is your favorite food?

2.      Do you like to go to restaurants?  What do you like to order? How often do you eat at restaurants?

3.      Describe what you are wearing?  Describe the colors of your clothes.

4.      Do you like to go shopping for clothes?  Where do you shop? How much money will you pay for (clothing item).

5.      What season is it?  What is your favorite season? Why? What is the weather today?

6.      What sports do you like?  What sports don’t you like?  Why?

7.      What is your class schedule? What is your favorite subject?  What is your least favorite subject?  Why?

8.      Would you like to go to China? What cities would you like to visit?  Have you gone to other countries? How did you get there?

Levels 4 and above: 4 or 5 sentences for each question             

1.      Talk about your favorite book?  Explain what the book is about and why you like it?

2.      Tell about a perfect date.  Explain everything you would do and why it would be perfect.

3.      Beginning when you get up, talk about a routine school day for you?  Would you like to change your daily routine? Why or why not?

4.      Imagine someone gave you a paid trip to China.  Explain where you would go and what you would do there.

5.      Tell me about the computers and other technology in your school?  Are you good at using technology?  What kinds of things can you do with technology?

6.       Do you play an instrument?  If so, how often do you practice?  What kinds of music do you like to listen to? How often do you listen to music?

7.      Explain the geography of your state.  Are there mountains, rivers, and lakes?  Do you live in the north, south, east, or west?

8.      Imagine your life in 10 years.  Describe what you will be doing? 

9.      Explain how American and Chinese cultures are different?

三月八日星期五 March 8, Friday - A Day

FOR CHINESE LEVE I ABSENT STUDENTS - Please copy down the words onto your notes and show your teacher your notes when you come back.

Today we first had calendar introduction as usual and then we reviewed the words. Next we introduced the new words -
特徵tè zhēng 
褲子kù zǐ 
上衣shàng yī 

we played guessing games and whiteboard activity. The teacher said the features of a student such as

tā de xìng bié nán hái 
他的性別男孩
tā de nián líng shí sān suì 
他的年齡十三歲
   tā de shēn gāo bǐ                lǎo shī gāo 
他的身高比Duke 老師高
   tā de   tǐ zhòng bǐ                lǎo shī zhòng
他的體重比Duke老師重 
tā chuān hēi sè shàng yī 
他穿黑色上衣
tā chuān lán sè de kù zǐ 
他穿藍色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
他是誰?
or we said, 
tā de xìng bié nǚ hái 
她的性別女孩 
tā de nián líng shí èr suì 
她的年齡十二歲 
  tā de shēn gāo bǐ                   lǎo shī ǎi  
她的身高比Duke 老師矮 
tā chuān fěn hóng sè de shàng yī 
她穿粉紅色的上衣
tā chuān jú sè de kù zǐ 
她穿橘色的褲子
tā shì sheí ?
她是誰?

For Chinese Level II and III, students did the presentation and taught the following words. 

運鈔車yùn chāo chē= armored car

郵政標码yóu zhèng biāo mǎ /郵遞區號 yóu dì qū hào = zip code

收據shōu jù = receipt

交費jiāo fèi/繳費 jiǎo fèi= bill payment

菲律賓比索fēi lǜ bīn bǐ suǒ= Philippine Biso

(By Kayden)

熱量rè liàng = calorie

纖維xiān wéi = fiber

波蘿bō luó= pineapple

瓜子guā zǐ= sunflower seeds

栗子lì zǐ= chestnut

(By Keanu)

三級跳sān jí tiào= triple jump

鐵人三項tiě rén sān xiàng= triathlon

犯規fàn guī= foul

競走jìng zǒu= race walk

童子功tóng zǐ gōng= virgin boy kungfu

(By Samatha N. )

鬧鐘nào zhōng= alarm clock

毯子tǎn zǐ= blanket

床 chuáng= bed

枕頭zhěn tóu= pillow

玩具wán jù= toy

(By Brandon B)

回家huí jiā= to return home

玩遊戲 wán yóu xì= to play video game

拿包ná bāo= to carry bag

戴帽子dài mào zǐ= to put on a hat

穿鞋chuān xié= to put on shoes

(By Brian Johnson)

美元měi yuán= US dollars

賀卡hè kǎ= Greeting cards

包裝bāo zhuāng= to pack

投寄tóu jì= to mail

郵票 yóu piào= stamp

(By Katherine)

紙盒zhǐ hé= paper box

付費fù fèi= to pay a bill

假幣jiǎ bì= counterfeit bill

日元 rì yuán= Japanese yuan

信件xìn jiàn= letter

(By Nathalie)

星雲xīng yún= nebula

天文學tiān wén xué= astronomy

銀河系yín hé xì= galaxy

星座xīng zuò= constellation

太陽系tài yáng xì= solar system

(By Payton)

糕點 gāo diǎn = pastry

兒童玩具店ér tóng wán jù diàn= toy store

收音機 shōu yīn jī = radio

水果shuǐ guǒ= fruit

電池diàn chí= battery

(By Josh W.)