五月二十九日星期三 May 29, Wednesday - B Day

We learned the following words --
帽子mào zǐ = hat
襪子wà zǐ = socks
鞋子xié zǐ = shoes
褲子kù zǐ = pants
商店shāng diàn= store
穿chuān = wear/put on (clothes)
戴dài = wear/put (accesories)

We reviewed the words --
住在 zhù zài =  live in
冬天dōng tiān = winter
很冷hěn lěng= very cold
夏天xià tiān = summer
很炎熱hěn yán rè = very hot
秋天qiū tiān = fall
很暖和hěn nuǎn hé= very warm
春天chūn tiān = spring
很涼爽hěn liáng shuǎng = very cool

五月二十八日星期二 May 28, Tuesdday - A Day

For Chinese Level I students we learned the following words -
春天chūn tiān = spring
夏天xià tiān  = summer
秋天qiū tiān = fall
冬天dōng tiān = winter 
住在zhù zài  =  live in
很冷hěn lěng  = very cold
很炎熱hěn yán rè  =very hot
很涼爽hěn liáng shuǎng  = very cool
很暖和hěn nuǎn huo  = very warm

First we introduced the words and then used PQA such as where do you live? and then with the questions --what season do you like? and why? And then we made flashcards to practice these words; putting them into phrases and sentences. At the end we watched video to learn the song. 

五月二十四日星期五 May 24, Friday - B Day

For Chinese Level I students we learned the following words -
春天chūn tiān = spring
夏天xià tiān  = summer
秋天qiū tiān = fall
冬天dōng tiān = winter 
住在zhù zài  =  live in
很冷hěn lěng  = very cold
很炎熱hěn yán rè  =very hot
很涼爽hěn liáng shuǎng  = very cool
很暖和hěn nuǎn huo  = very warm

First we introduced the words and then used PQA such as where do you live? and then with the questions --what season do you like? and why? And then we made flashcards to practice these words; putting them into phrases and sentences. For 5th period students we had time to work on the story on page 73 and its questions but for 6th period we didn't have enough time so we didn't do the story on the textbook.

五月二十三日星期四 May 23, Thursday - A Day

For Chinese Level I we reviewed all the colors-
白色bái sè = white
黑色hēi sè = black
灰色huī sè = gray
綠色lǜ sè = green
紅色hóng sè = red
藍色lán sè = blue
紫色zǐ sè = purple
粉紅色fěn hóng sè = pink 
咖啡色kā fēi sè = brown
褐色hè sè = brown
棕色 zōng sè = brown
橘色jú sè = orange
橙色chéng sè = orange
黃色huáng sè = yellow
金黃色jīn huáng sè = blond/golden
銀色yín sè = silver
淺qiǎn = light (color)
深shēn = dark/deep (color)
顏色yán sè = colors
We used PQA to ask what is your favorite color. We acted out the story about James 的狗跑了and practiced with TPRS circling questions. We did the time-reading and aswer the questions to the story.

For Chinese Level II & III we learned the following wrods first and then we read the article.
電視diàn shì = TV
電影diàn yǐng = movie
演員yǎn yuán = actor
有名的yǒu míng de= famous
遇yù 見jiàn = meet
約會yuē huì = have a date/be on the date

中文二

中文三

五月二十二日星期三 May 22, Wednesday - B Day

For Chinese Level I students, we learned the following words -

For Chinese Level I students we learned the following words -
書包shū bāo = backpack (for the purpose of school use/ school study)
買mǎi  = buy
家樂福jiā lè fú  = Carrifoure
找zhǎo  = look for
找不到zhǎo bù dào = can't find
找到zhǎo dào = find

supplementary words...
賣mài = sell
背包bèi bāo =  backpack
如果rú guǒ = if
學校xué xiào  = school
學生xué shēng = student
太貴了tài guì le  = too expensive

We used PQA to learn these words. For example,
Kali yǒu yī gè qiān bǐ hé
Kali 有一個鉛筆盒
lǎo shī yào mǎi Kalide qiān bǐ hé 
老師要買Kali的鉛筆盒
lǎo shī wèn Kalimài bù mài tā de qiān bǐ hé
老師問Kali賣不賣他的鉛筆盒 
Kalishuō mài 
Kali說賣
lǎo shī yòu wèn Kaliduō shǎo qián mài tā de qiān bǐ hé 
老師又問Kali多少錢賣她的鉛筆盒
Kalishuō 250kuài qián 
Kali說兩百五十塊錢
lǎo shī wèn Jace liǎng bǎi wǔ shí kuài qián mǎi bù mǎi Kalide qiān bǐ hé 
老師問Jace 兩百五十塊錢買不買Kali的鉛筆盒
Jaceshuō bù mài 
Jace說不賣
.....etc.
After we practiced買mǎi and 賣mài, instead of using small whiteboards, we practiced on these words on a sheet of paper. We folded the paper into 16 boxes. The teacher said, 找zhǎo書shū, and students write its Chinese characters and draw a picture to its meaning on the front, and write its English meaning and pinyin in the back.

(By Emma Saxey, Chinese Level I, 5th period)

 At the last 15 minutes we acted out the story three times. Instead of using the name "James" we used the actor's/actress' names. Also we used TPRS circling questions.

五月二十一日星期二 May 21, Tuesday - A Day

For Chinese Level I students we learned the following words -
書包shū bāo = backpack (for the purpose of school use/ school study)
買mǎi  = buy
家樂福jiā lè fú  = Carrifoure
找zhǎo  = look for
找不到zhǎo bù dào = can't find

supplementary words...
賣mài = sell
背包bèi bāo =  backpack
找到zhǎo dào = find
如果rú guǒ = if
學校xué xiào  = school
學生xué shēng = student

We only had enough time to learn the words and to act out the story at 1st period; 2nd graders from Lan Laoshi (Mr. Law) brought his students to my class and we played a "henbanz" game which students work as pairs; a student in the pair wears a band with a picture on it without looking what the picture is. S/he has to ask as many questions as s/he can to figure out what the picture is and the other student needs to provide the answers to the questions that his/her partner asks.

For 2nd period students after we introduced the new words; we practiced these words. Instead of using small whiteboards, we practiced on these words on a sheet of paper. We folded the paper into 8 boxes. The teacher said, 找, and students write its pinyin, Chinese characters, and English meaning in a box. We practiced 15 words such as 找zhǎo , 書shū , 找zhǎo書shū, 找zhǎo到dào, 找zhǎo到dào書shū, 找zhǎo不bù 到dào , 找zhǎo不bù到dào書shū ... etc.

Later we acted out the story twice with different students.

Next, the teacher read the sentence word by word in a backward way and students chorally translated into English. And then the teacher said the sentence word by word in a backward way and students chorally translate into Chinese.

For Chinese Level II and III 
We learned the following new words --
孤單gū dān  = alone (with lonely)

寂寞jì mò  = lonely 

羨幕xiàn mù  = (be) jealous
忌妒jì dù  = envy
結婚jié hūn  = get married
離婚lí hūn  = divorce
單身dān shēn  = single

Supplementary words
同居tóng jū = live together
分居fèn jū= live separately
情侶qíng lǚ = a couple (unmarried)
夫妻fū qī = a couple (married)
一旦yī dàn = once
開始kāi shǐ = start, begin
自由zì yóu = freedom/liberty
享受xiǎng shòu= enjoy

We talked about the singles would like to get married while married people would like to have freedom. :)
hěn duō dān shēn de rén xiàn mù jié hūn de rén
很多單身的人羨慕結婚的人 = lots of singles envy the married.  
kě shì yī dàn tā men jié hūn le 
可是一旦他們結婚了 = but once they get married,
tā men kāi shǐ xiàn mù dān shēn de rén 
他們開始羨幕單身的人= they start to envy the singles.
                                  wèi shén me dān shēn de rén xiàn mù jié hūn de rén 
We also talked about 為甚麼單身的人羨慕結婚的人= why do singles envy the married?

Some students said ...
yīn wéi tā men hěn jì mò 
因為他們很寂寞, = because they are lonely,
yīn wéi tā men bù xǐ huān jì mò 
因為他們不喜歡寂寞, = because they don't like loneliness,
yīn wéi tā men bù xǐ huān gū dān 
因為他們不喜歡孤單 = because they don't like to be alone.

We also talked about
wèi shén me   yī dàn tā men jié  hūn le      tā men kāi shǐ xiàn mù dān shēn de rén
為甚麼一旦他們結婚了,他們開始羨幕單身的人?
= why once they get married, they start to envy the singles.

Some students said ...
yīn wéi tā men xiǎng yào zì yóu 
因為他們想要自由 = because they want freedom.
yīn wéi tā men xiǎng yào xiǎng shòu zì yóu
因為他們想要  享受 自由= because they want to enjoy freedom.

After the discussion, we practiced these words. Instead of using small whiteboards, we practiced on these words on a sheet of paper. We folded the paper into 16 boxes. The teacher said, 孤單, and students write its Chinese characters and draw a picture to its meaing on the front, and write its English meaning and pinyin in the back.




(By Briant Johnson, a Chinese Level II student)

Next, after we practices these words we played a game - who is faster. Students work as pairs and only use one sheet of the 16 box flashcard. Have the Chinese characters face up. Students are asked to listen to the teacher and point at the words they hear. The faster one will receive the extra point.

五月二十日星期一 - May 20, Monday - B Day

Today we corrected the quiz paper that was given last Thursday. We also learned some words.
學 = learn

學 = learn
習 = practice

學習= learn
校= campus

學校 = school
生 = pupil

學生 = student
同= together/the same

同學= classmates/class
We used the small whiteboards to practice these words in phrases such as 學, 學中文, 學習中文, 學校,  在學校, 在學校學習中文 etc.

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