Week 38
9 June 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening, speaking, reading, writing final
8 June 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab & grammar final
7 June 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Reading task practice
6 June 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Skit prep time
2. Grammar correction practice
More grammar correction practice
5 June 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Skit prep time
Week 37
2 June 2017 (Friday)
Final review
1 June 2017 (Thursday)
Final review
31 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Final review
30 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Final review
Week 36
26 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Finals review
24 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 assessment
2. EF survey
23 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Finals review-- character writing
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 40 words
22 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Week 35
19 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
18 May 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
17 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
16 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Previous units review
15 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Previous units review
Week 34
12 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Study hall (Euro history AP test)
11 May 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Complimenting food with [adj][adj]的
2. 多/少放...味精/盐/辣子/冰
3. Methods of payment: 付现金/用信用卡/AA制/请客
4. Listening comprehension and conversation practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
10 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review day: listening and speaking practice
9 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
2. Characters writing practice
8 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. 清真菜 (Chinese halal food)
2. Culture at Chinese restaurants
Week 33
5 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Warmup
2. Matching styles of food with 八大菜系
3. Taking requests for American friends at a Chinese restaurant and presenting an order
4. Paying a bill (卖单)
Homework:
1. Make an audio recording of yourself ordering food as though you were at a Chinese restaurant, and send it to [email protected]
3 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. A few styles of cooking: 家常、红烧、糖醋、凉拌、炒、清蒸
2. Taking orders- listening practice
3. Taking orders and asking for recommendations- speaking practice
4. Creating your own menu
Homework:
1. Google Form
2 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. 请来...
2. Completing a survey about food
3. Asking a waiter for recommendations
1 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese food ordering
Week 32
28 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Homework:
1. Quizlet test 100% score
27 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. More vocabulary
2. Measure words
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Main food vocabulary
Homework:
1. Google Form
25 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Reviewing eight Chinese cuisine types
2. How to order food
Homework:
1. Google Form
24 April 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
Food types Quizlet
Review Quizlet
Week 31
21 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot review
2. Speaking practice
3. Menu reading 1
Homework:
1. Complete vocabulary chart with 20 words
20 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. History behind North Korea
19 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Complete presentational speaking assessments
2. Eight great regions of Chinese food
Homework:
1. Google Form
18 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Complete presentational speaking assessments
2. Review
Week 30
7 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational speaking assessment
6 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking, writing, grammar assessment
5 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening and reading assessment
4 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking practice
2. Listening practice
3. Project work time
3 April 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Review characters
2. Review grammar
3. Project work time
Homework:
1. Tuesday is the last day to turn in project work for feedback!
Week 29
31 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task work time
2. Listening practice
30 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task work time
29 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. China trip interest
2. Characters review: city names, 城市、转、四季、度
3. 转
4. Practice writing assessment
Homework:
1. Google Form
28 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review
2. Practice listening assessment
3. Practice vocab/grammar assessment
Homework:
1. Google Form
27 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Weekend
3. Listening and speaking practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 28
24 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Differentiated review (Harbin's weather bulletin board question)
23 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review dialogue 2
2. Peer feedback on story texts: unknown words, character count, word order, Anglicisms, rubric.
3. Listening practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
22 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Storybook assignment work time and feedback
Homework:
1. Storybook text rough draft due tomorrow.
21 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Read dialogue 2
2. Make example sentences using 好是好,更
3. Storyboard assignment work time
Homework:
1. Canceled for today. (Sorry!)
20 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities (Movie day due to CAST testing):
1. Jiuzhaigou documentary
Week 27
17 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz
2. Where would you prefer to live? Why?
3. 比 structure for comparisons
Homework:
1. Google Form
16 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up
2. Complete US cities' climate sheet
Homework:
1. Characters practice sheet
15 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Practice vocab/grammar quiz
2. Chinese cities' climate
3. US cities' climate
Homework:
1. Google Form
14 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: Correcting errors
2. Listening practice: Where I would like to live, and why
3. Chinese mathematicians and pi
Homework:
1. Google Form
13 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: Listening practice
2. Quizlet flashcards: character recognition
3. Writing practice using flashcards
4. Match
5. Exit slip
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 26
10 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up: 还是...吧
2. Dialogue reading/listening: using context clues to decode 约 and 比
3. Student-driven examples
4. 大风吹
9 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up: Do you often...?
2. What to do in different kinds of weather
3. Making recommendations/suggestions to people: why don't you...?
4. Radio weather forecasts that include suggestions for the listeners
Homework:
1. Make a weather forecast for tomorrow and save it as an audio file on your phone. Then send it to [email protected]
8 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Weekly weather forecast
3. Describing the weather based on the forecast for the next week
4. Deciding on the basis of weather when to go to the movies and to the beach
5. Writing practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
7 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Grammar: 很[adj]、会、[adj]一点、更
Homework:
1. Google Form
6 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Weather true/false questions
2. Kahoot
3. Writing practice
4. Is each season's weather comfortable?
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 25
3 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Seasons
2. Listening to weather reports
2 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. How to say Thousand Oaks and Conejo Valley in Chinese
2. Listening practice: Weather forecast true or false?
3. Watching the CCTV weather report: What places are reported on, and why?
Homework:
1. Draw a weather report of Thousand Oaks and write what the weather forecaster might say, in characters.
1 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese cultural perspectives on 华人
Homework:
1. Complete Quizlet if you didn't yet
28 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet and writing practice
Homework:
1. Weather reports
27 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Learning 7 Chinese cities: 北京、上海、西安、哈尔滨、成都、香港、台北
2. Recognition practice
3. Weather reports
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 24
24 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: 吧、下/上、然后、觉得
2. Talking about temperature (additions to vocab list)
Homework:
1. Google Form
23 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational assessments
2. Weather vocab
3. Whiteboards
4. Weather reports for three Chinese cities
Homework:
1. Google Form
22 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Finish interpersonal assessments
2. Finish presentational assessments
3. The ∞ symbol in weather reports
Homework:
1. Google Form
21 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Presentational assessments
Week 23
16 February 2017 (Thursday)
Interpersonal assessment
Unit reflection
15 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Enter WebZone and search for ChineseAssessment
Assessment 3
Project prep time
MDBG
14 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Enter WebZone and search for ChineseAssessment
Assessment 1 Instructions
Assessment 1 Form
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
MDBG
13 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Assessments review
Homework:
1. Study for Tuesday's unit assessments (see study sheet)
Week 22
10 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz #3
Homework:
1. Project work (due Thursday)
09 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocabulary practice
2. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Workbook p. 172
08 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Project work time-- finish Chinese rough draft
07 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: character rearrangement, unit 6-7
2. Review HW
3. Structures review
4. Activities with subway directions
Homework:
1. Complete rough draft in Chinese of skit by tomorrow.
2. Interpretive practice assessment on Friday
3. Vocab quiz 3 on Friday
06 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet practice
3. Suzhou subway exploration
-Join WebZone, log in, and search for "TOH_Chinese 2" -Suzhou subway website
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 21
03 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 10, vocab quiz #2
2. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Work on project
02 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: colors
2. Structures practice
3. Giving directions on the subway (interpersonal practice)
Homework:
1. Prepare for vocab quiz 2 and interpersonal practice assessment
01 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: Clothing
2. Interpretive translation
3. 上/下 with 月/站
4. Hearing and following directions on the subway
5. Giving directions on the subway
Homework:
1. Google Form
31 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task prep time
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
30 January 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet
3. Add Google Translate add-on to Chrome
4. Internet subway research- Shanghai Shanghai subway map link
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 20
27 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz 1
2. Chinese New Year
26 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Interpersonal and presentational rubrics review
2. Reviewing vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz
Homework:
1. Review for vocab quiz (use vocab list, and Quizlet set). No characters necessary (except extra credit).
2. For 1 point of extra credit, wear red tomorrow!
25 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocabulary practice
24 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet vocabulary practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 19
18 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. "The Ballad of Mulan" 《木兰诗》
2. Disney's Mulan
3. Taking notes on different cultural perspectives portrayed in the Chinese poem and the American film version
Homework:
1. Complete essay by Tuesday, 24 January
17 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Homework:
1. 30 words on Quizlet study sheet
Week 18
13 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Sign reading
2. 坐地铁- story listening
3. 坐地铁- vocab practice
4. 坐地铁- speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
12 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Check 地铁 maps
2. 坐地铁- listening practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
11 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Math education and the history of standardized testing in 中国/美国
2. 景点 Flyswatter
Homework:
1. Google Form
10 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Subway system in 南京 and in 洛杉矶
9 January 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Getting familiar with the subway systems in 北京
3. Language for riding the subway: 上车、下车、往、走、线、坐、到了、下一站
4. Riding the subway practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 17
6 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Thomas' presentation
Homework:
1. Google Form
5 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Main sights to see in Beijing
2. Main sights to see in Shanghai
3. Main sights to see in Los Angeles
Homework:
1. Google Form
4 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. 中国有没有Uber?
2. Verbs for transit
3. How do you give subway directions in English?
Homework:
1. Google Form
3 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Return work from before break
2. Quickwrite (English): How do people get around in TO? Why do you think this is so? How do you think this might be different in a Chinese city? Why?
3. Comparing subway maps and train maps across time.
Week 16
16 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Holiday party
15 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking assessments
14 December 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening assessment
2. Semester 1 eval
3. Project work time
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
2. Complete project
13 December 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab, reading, writing assessments
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
12 December 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Assessment review
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
Week 15
9 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Continue project work
2. Add 40 words to Quizlet study sheet
8 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar translation practice
2. Practice performance tasks: calling a friend to schedule a study session, asking someone to teach you a character, entering a home politely
3. Dialogue reading practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
7 December 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Pearl Harbor and the Sino-Japanese War
2. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
6 December 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Check HW
2. Final project rubric
3. Times of day review
4. Dialogue reading
5. Guided conversations
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
2. Return consent form
5 December 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Current events: Taiwan and the president-elect
2. Assign final project
3. Hobbies: listening practice
4. Hobbies: speaking practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
Week 14
Extra credit:
Conejo Chinese Cultural Association--Youth Commission
Monthly meeting and Potluck
Westlake Village City Hall, Big Community Room
31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village
Sunday 12/4, 4:00-6:15pm
2 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 40 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
1 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Turn in packets
2. Review chapter 4 vocabulary
3. Review games
Homework:
1. Google Form
30 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review chapters 1-3 vocabulary, numbers, colors
Homework:
1. Google Form
28-29 November 2016 (Monday & Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review packet
2. Characters practice sheet
Week 13
18 November 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6-7 listening and speaking assessment
17 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6-7 vocabulary and grammar assessment
2. Chapter 6-7 reading and writing assessment
16 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. HW review
2. Studying for chapter 6-7 assessments
Homework:
1. Study using Quizlet set. Only the characters on this set will be required for the assessment.
15 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters practice
2. Complete homework
3. Additive sentences game
Homework:
1. Workbook p. 115-116 A-E
14 November 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. HW review
2. Listening practice
3. Writing practice
4. Sentence addition game
Homework:
1. Write a 6-8 line dialogue between two characters. The theme is "asking a friend for help studying."
Week 12
10 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. China's perspectives on the US election
Homework:
1. Workbook: p. 115-116 A-E
9 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 得
2. Listening and speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
8 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters analysis
2. Listening and reading practice
Homework:
1. Finish characters practice sheet
7 November 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 什么时候,才/就
2. Partners texting activity
3. New vocabulary
4. Characters practice
Homework:
1. Finish characters practice sheet (due Wednesday)
Week 11
4 November 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. HW check
2. Chapter 7, Dialogue 1: "你帮我写汉字,好吗?“
3. 你写字写得...
4. 帮朋友写汉字
Homework:
1. Google Form
3 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. HW check
2. Listening and speaking practice: Explaining why you are busy.
Homework:
1. Write this paragraph in characters: "zuótiān wǒ qù wǒ péngyǒu de jiā. yīnwèi tā méiyǒu nǚpéngyǒu, suǒyǐ tā hěn bù gāoxìng. wǒ qǐng tā chī Zhōngguócài, kěshì tā shuō tā juéde Zhōngguócài bù hǎochī. wǒ qǐng tā kàn diànyǐng, kěshì tā shuō tā bù xiǎng kàn. wǒ shuō, 'suàn le!'"
2 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6, Dialogue 2: Li You, Wang Peng, and Bai Ying'ai
Homework:
1. Write this paragraph in characters: "wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ ge rén, yǒu bàba, māma, yīge gēge, yīge jiějie, hé wǒ. wǒ bàba sìshí suì, shì lǎoshī. tā xǐhuan dǎ lánqiú. māma sìshí'èr suì, shì lǜshī. tā xǐhuan zuò yīnyuè. gēge shíjiǔ suì, shì dàxuésheng. tā xǐhuan kàn diànyǐng. jiějie shíqī suì, shì zhōngxuésheng. tā xǐhuan tiàowǔ."
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: time word order from large to small
2. Story: Li You waits for Wang Peng
31 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Halloween and globalization
2. Grammar practice: word order
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 10
28 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Finished watching 《红领巾》
27 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: times of the day
2. New vocabulary, chapter 6
3. Listening practice
4. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 October 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 什么时候 (when)、有空/有时间、忙/有事
2. Introduction to chapter 6: Making phone calls and asking for meeting times
3. 以前/以后
Homework:
1. Google Form
25 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz 1
2. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
24 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. 上课
2. Characters practice
Homework:
1. Writing practice (see link)
Week 9
21 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Taiwan summer teaching experience- guest presenter
2. Began speaking practice
19-20 October 2016 (Wednesday/Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet: Educational unit part 1. Easy, Difficult
Homework:
1. Google Form
18 October 2016 (Tuesday)
1. Vocabulary review
17 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Names of academic classes
2. Talking about school schedules
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 8
14 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. 小爸爸 episode 3
13 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 5 assessment
11 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Practice assessments for chapter 5
10 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
2. Reading practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 7
07 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
06 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. More characters etymology
2. Characters quiz
05 October 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters etymology
Homework:
1. Characters practice sheet due tomorrow.
2. Characters quiz tomorrow.
04 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar review
2. Quizlet and character writing practice
Homework:
1. Character writing worksheet, due Thursday.
Week 6
30 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese-only day: Speaking practice, visiting a friend's house
29 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Sentence correction
2. "I work with ____ at ____."
Homework:
1. Google Form
28 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice: 还
2. Listening practice
3. Characters "Flyswatter"
4. 大风吹
Homework:
1. Google Form
27 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Don't use Google Translate
2. Speaking practice
3. 就/才 (adverbs)
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
2. Workbook review
3. Sentence corrections-- pairs, whiteboards
4. Dialogue viewing
5. Narrative viewing, answering questions
Homework:
1. Watch the narrative video and practice reading along off of page 135/136.
2. Answer Google Form questions.
Week 5
23 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet characters recognition
Homework:
1. Workbook pp.77-79
22 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar:
-在哪里[verb]
-吧
-一下/一点
-给
Homework:
1. Google Form
21 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 5 Dialogue 1 Reading
Homework:
1. Google Form
20 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Different homes in China
2. How to politely knock on a door, or welcome someone in
Homework:
1. Google Form
19 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Finishing presentations
2. Chapter 5 Introduction: Visiting a home
Homework:
1. Study the vocabulary list in Chapter 5, Dialogue 1. Be ready for a mini-quiz on this vocabulary tomorrow.
Week 4
16 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentations
15 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Celebrating Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
14 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Previewing Chapter 5
2. Grammar review
13 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
12 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
2. Feedback on rough drafts
Homework:
1. Grammar packet due Wednesday
2. Presentations due Friday
Week 3
9 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar review
2. Grammar workbook practice
8 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Surveys
2. Character recognition practice: Clothing, Hobbies
3. Dialogue reading, Chapters 3/4
4. Speaking tasks: Chapter 3, Chapter 9
7 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Example presentations
2. Characters recognition: Clothing
3. Speaking tasks: Chapters 3, 4, 9
Homework:
1. See 6 September (these items are due tomorrow)
6 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
2. Writing a story using conjunction words
3. Presentation preparation time
Homework:
1. Google Form
2. Presentation rough draft due Thursday
Week 2
2 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
1 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Reading pinyin dialogues
2. Pinyin quiz
3. Reading characters dialogues
4. Speaking tasks
Homework:
1. Characters packet due tomorrow
31 August 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Pinyin and tones review
2. Pronunciation practice
Homework:
1. Pinyin/tones quiz tomorrow! Use these study tools:
Lightning Quiz
Pinyin Chart
30 August 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Colors
2. Hobbies
3. Inviting someone to coffee
Homework:
1. Research your assigned famous Chinese speaker. Report your information here.
29 August 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Culture review
2. Listening practice and vocabulary review
3. Introduction to famous persons project
Homework:
1. Research your famous person and collect all information you need, in English. (Due Wednesday)
Week 1
26 August 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Pre-assessment, part 2
25 August 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Summer break Kahoot
2. Pre-assessment, part 1
Homework:
1. Turn in syllabus signature sheet by Friday.
24 August 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Welcome back
2. Reviewing Chinese names
3. Speaking practice-- Meeting someone new
Homework:
1. Turn in syllabus signature sheet by Friday.
9 June 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening, speaking, reading, writing final
8 June 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab & grammar final
7 June 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Reading task practice
6 June 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Skit prep time
2. Grammar correction practice
More grammar correction practice
5 June 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Skit prep time
Week 37
2 June 2017 (Friday)
Final review
1 June 2017 (Thursday)
Final review
31 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Final review
30 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Final review
Week 36
26 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Finals review
24 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 assessment
2. EF survey
23 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Finals review-- character writing
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 40 words
22 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Week 35
19 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
18 May 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
17 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 12 review
16 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Previous units review
15 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Previous units review
Week 34
12 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Study hall (Euro history AP test)
11 May 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Complimenting food with [adj][adj]的
2. 多/少放...味精/盐/辣子/冰
3. Methods of payment: 付现金/用信用卡/AA制/请客
4. Listening comprehension and conversation practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
10 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review day: listening and speaking practice
9 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
2. Characters writing practice
8 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. 清真菜 (Chinese halal food)
2. Culture at Chinese restaurants
Week 33
5 May 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Warmup
2. Matching styles of food with 八大菜系
3. Taking requests for American friends at a Chinese restaurant and presenting an order
4. Paying a bill (卖单)
Homework:
1. Make an audio recording of yourself ordering food as though you were at a Chinese restaurant, and send it to [email protected]
3 May 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. A few styles of cooking: 家常、红烧、糖醋、凉拌、炒、清蒸
2. Taking orders- listening practice
3. Taking orders and asking for recommendations- speaking practice
4. Creating your own menu
Homework:
1. Google Form
2 May 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. 请来...
2. Completing a survey about food
3. Asking a waiter for recommendations
1 May 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese food ordering
Week 32
28 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Homework:
1. Quizlet test 100% score
27 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. More vocabulary
2. Measure words
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Main food vocabulary
Homework:
1. Google Form
25 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Reviewing eight Chinese cuisine types
2. How to order food
Homework:
1. Google Form
24 April 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
Food types Quizlet
Review Quizlet
Week 31
21 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot review
2. Speaking practice
3. Menu reading 1
Homework:
1. Complete vocabulary chart with 20 words
20 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. History behind North Korea
19 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Complete presentational speaking assessments
2. Eight great regions of Chinese food
Homework:
1. Google Form
18 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Complete presentational speaking assessments
2. Review
Week 30
7 April 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational speaking assessment
6 April 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking, writing, grammar assessment
5 April 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening and reading assessment
4 April 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking practice
2. Listening practice
3. Project work time
3 April 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Review characters
2. Review grammar
3. Project work time
Homework:
1. Tuesday is the last day to turn in project work for feedback!
Week 29
31 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task work time
2. Listening practice
30 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task work time
29 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. China trip interest
2. Characters review: city names, 城市、转、四季、度
3. 转
4. Practice writing assessment
Homework:
1. Google Form
28 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review
2. Practice listening assessment
3. Practice vocab/grammar assessment
Homework:
1. Google Form
27 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Weekend
3. Listening and speaking practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 28
24 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Differentiated review (Harbin's weather bulletin board question)
23 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review dialogue 2
2. Peer feedback on story texts: unknown words, character count, word order, Anglicisms, rubric.
3. Listening practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
22 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Storybook assignment work time and feedback
Homework:
1. Storybook text rough draft due tomorrow.
21 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Read dialogue 2
2. Make example sentences using 好是好,更
3. Storyboard assignment work time
Homework:
1. Canceled for today. (Sorry!)
20 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities (Movie day due to CAST testing):
1. Jiuzhaigou documentary
Week 27
17 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz
2. Where would you prefer to live? Why?
3. 比 structure for comparisons
Homework:
1. Google Form
16 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up
2. Complete US cities' climate sheet
Homework:
1. Characters practice sheet
15 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Practice vocab/grammar quiz
2. Chinese cities' climate
3. US cities' climate
Homework:
1. Google Form
14 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: Correcting errors
2. Listening practice: Where I would like to live, and why
3. Chinese mathematicians and pi
Homework:
1. Google Form
13 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: Listening practice
2. Quizlet flashcards: character recognition
3. Writing practice using flashcards
4. Match
5. Exit slip
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 26
10 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up: 还是...吧
2. Dialogue reading/listening: using context clues to decode 约 and 比
3. Student-driven examples
4. 大风吹
9 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up: Do you often...?
2. What to do in different kinds of weather
3. Making recommendations/suggestions to people: why don't you...?
4. Radio weather forecasts that include suggestions for the listeners
Homework:
1. Make a weather forecast for tomorrow and save it as an audio file on your phone. Then send it to [email protected]
8 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Weekly weather forecast
3. Describing the weather based on the forecast for the next week
4. Deciding on the basis of weather when to go to the movies and to the beach
5. Writing practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
7 March 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review warm-up
2. Grammar: 很[adj]、会、[adj]一点、更
Homework:
1. Google Form
6 March 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Weather true/false questions
2. Kahoot
3. Writing practice
4. Is each season's weather comfortable?
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 25
3 March 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Seasons
2. Listening to weather reports
2 March 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. How to say Thousand Oaks and Conejo Valley in Chinese
2. Listening practice: Weather forecast true or false?
3. Watching the CCTV weather report: What places are reported on, and why?
Homework:
1. Draw a weather report of Thousand Oaks and write what the weather forecaster might say, in characters.
1 March 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese cultural perspectives on 华人
Homework:
1. Complete Quizlet if you didn't yet
28 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet and writing practice
Homework:
1. Weather reports
27 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Learning 7 Chinese cities: 北京、上海、西安、哈尔滨、成都、香港、台北
2. Recognition practice
3. Weather reports
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 24
24 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: 吧、下/上、然后、觉得
2. Talking about temperature (additions to vocab list)
Homework:
1. Google Form
23 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational assessments
2. Weather vocab
3. Whiteboards
4. Weather reports for three Chinese cities
Homework:
1. Google Form
22 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Finish interpersonal assessments
2. Finish presentational assessments
3. The ∞ symbol in weather reports
Homework:
1. Google Form
21 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Presentational assessments
Week 23
16 February 2017 (Thursday)
Interpersonal assessment
Unit reflection
15 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Enter WebZone and search for ChineseAssessment
Assessment 3
Project prep time
MDBG
14 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Enter WebZone and search for ChineseAssessment
Assessment 1 Instructions
Assessment 1 Form
Assessment 2
Assessment 3
MDBG
13 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Assessments review
Homework:
1. Study for Tuesday's unit assessments (see study sheet)
Week 22
10 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz #3
Homework:
1. Project work (due Thursday)
09 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocabulary practice
2. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Workbook p. 172
08 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Project work time-- finish Chinese rough draft
07 February 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Warm-up: character rearrangement, unit 6-7
2. Review HW
3. Structures review
4. Activities with subway directions
Homework:
1. Complete rough draft in Chinese of skit by tomorrow.
2. Interpretive practice assessment on Friday
3. Vocab quiz 3 on Friday
06 February 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet practice
3. Suzhou subway exploration
-Join WebZone, log in, and search for "TOH_Chinese 2" -Suzhou subway website
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 21
03 February 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 10, vocab quiz #2
2. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Work on project
02 February 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: colors
2. Structures practice
3. Giving directions on the subway (interpersonal practice)
Homework:
1. Prepare for vocab quiz 2 and interpersonal practice assessment
01 February 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review: Clothing
2. Interpretive translation
3. 上/下 with 月/站
4. Hearing and following directions on the subway
5. Giving directions on the subway
Homework:
1. Google Form
31 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentational task prep time
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
30 January 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet
3. Add Google Translate add-on to Chrome
4. Internet subway research- Shanghai Shanghai subway map link
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 20
27 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz 1
2. Chinese New Year
26 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Interpersonal and presentational rubrics review
2. Reviewing vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz
Homework:
1. Review for vocab quiz (use vocab list, and Quizlet set). No characters necessary (except extra credit).
2. For 1 point of extra credit, wear red tomorrow!
25 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocabulary practice
24 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Quizlet vocabulary practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet, 30 words
Week 19
18 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. "The Ballad of Mulan" 《木兰诗》
2. Disney's Mulan
3. Taking notes on different cultural perspectives portrayed in the Chinese poem and the American film version
Homework:
1. Complete essay by Tuesday, 24 January
17 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet
Homework:
1. 30 words on Quizlet study sheet
Week 18
13 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Sign reading
2. 坐地铁- story listening
3. 坐地铁- vocab practice
4. 坐地铁- speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
12 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Check 地铁 maps
2. 坐地铁- listening practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
11 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Math education and the history of standardized testing in 中国/美国
2. 景点 Flyswatter
Homework:
1. Google Form
10 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Subway system in 南京 and in 洛杉矶
9 January 2017 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Kahoot
2. Getting familiar with the subway systems in 北京
3. Language for riding the subway: 上车、下车、往、走、线、坐、到了、下一站
4. Riding the subway practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 17
6 January 2017 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Thomas' presentation
Homework:
1. Google Form
5 January 2017 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Main sights to see in Beijing
2. Main sights to see in Shanghai
3. Main sights to see in Los Angeles
Homework:
1. Google Form
4 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. 中国有没有Uber?
2. Verbs for transit
3. How do you give subway directions in English?
Homework:
1. Google Form
3 January 2017 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Return work from before break
2. Quickwrite (English): How do people get around in TO? Why do you think this is so? How do you think this might be different in a Chinese city? Why?
3. Comparing subway maps and train maps across time.
Week 16
16 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Holiday party
15 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Speaking assessments
14 December 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening assessment
2. Semester 1 eval
3. Project work time
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
2. Complete project
13 December 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab, reading, writing assessments
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
12 December 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Assessment review
Homework:
1. Prepare for assessments
Week 15
9 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Continue project work
2. Add 40 words to Quizlet study sheet
8 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar translation practice
2. Practice performance tasks: calling a friend to schedule a study session, asking someone to teach you a character, entering a home politely
3. Dialogue reading practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
7 December 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Pearl Harbor and the Sino-Japanese War
2. Project prep time
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
6 December 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Check HW
2. Final project rubric
3. Times of day review
4. Dialogue reading
5. Guided conversations
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
2. Return consent form
5 December 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Current events: Taiwan and the president-elect
2. Assign final project
3. Hobbies: listening practice
4. Hobbies: speaking practice
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 30 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
Week 14
Extra credit:
Conejo Chinese Cultural Association--Youth Commission
Monthly meeting and Potluck
Westlake Village City Hall, Big Community Room
31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village
Sunday 12/4, 4:00-6:15pm
2 December 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
Homework:
1. Quizlet study sheet: 40 words. Make sure you change the Flashcard settings to "Shuffle" and "Pinyin first".
1 December 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Turn in packets
2. Review chapter 4 vocabulary
3. Review games
Homework:
1. Google Form
30 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review chapters 1-3 vocabulary, numbers, colors
Homework:
1. Google Form
28-29 November 2016 (Monday & Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Review packet
2. Characters practice sheet
Week 13
18 November 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6-7 listening and speaking assessment
17 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6-7 vocabulary and grammar assessment
2. Chapter 6-7 reading and writing assessment
16 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. HW review
2. Studying for chapter 6-7 assessments
Homework:
1. Study using Quizlet set. Only the characters on this set will be required for the assessment.
15 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters practice
2. Complete homework
3. Additive sentences game
Homework:
1. Workbook p. 115-116 A-E
14 November 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. HW review
2. Listening practice
3. Writing practice
4. Sentence addition game
Homework:
1. Write a 6-8 line dialogue between two characters. The theme is "asking a friend for help studying."
Week 12
10 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. China's perspectives on the US election
Homework:
1. Workbook: p. 115-116 A-E
9 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 得
2. Listening and speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
8 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters analysis
2. Listening and reading practice
Homework:
1. Finish characters practice sheet
7 November 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 什么时候,才/就
2. Partners texting activity
3. New vocabulary
4. Characters practice
Homework:
1. Finish characters practice sheet (due Wednesday)
Week 11
4 November 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. HW check
2. Chapter 7, Dialogue 1: "你帮我写汉字,好吗?“
3. 你写字写得...
4. 帮朋友写汉字
Homework:
1. Google Form
3 November 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. HW check
2. Listening and speaking practice: Explaining why you are busy.
Homework:
1. Write this paragraph in characters: "zuótiān wǒ qù wǒ péngyǒu de jiā. yīnwèi tā méiyǒu nǚpéngyǒu, suǒyǐ tā hěn bù gāoxìng. wǒ qǐng tā chī Zhōngguócài, kěshì tā shuō tā juéde Zhōngguócài bù hǎochī. wǒ qǐng tā kàn diànyǐng, kěshì tā shuō tā bù xiǎng kàn. wǒ shuō, 'suàn le!'"
2 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 6, Dialogue 2: Li You, Wang Peng, and Bai Ying'ai
Homework:
1. Write this paragraph in characters: "wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ ge rén, yǒu bàba, māma, yīge gēge, yīge jiějie, hé wǒ. wǒ bàba sìshí suì, shì lǎoshī. tā xǐhuan dǎ lánqiú. māma sìshí'èr suì, shì lǜshī. tā xǐhuan zuò yīnyuè. gēge shíjiǔ suì, shì dàxuésheng. tā xǐhuan kàn diànyǐng. jiějie shíqī suì, shì zhōngxuésheng. tā xǐhuan tiàowǔ."
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: time word order from large to small
2. Story: Li You waits for Wang Peng
31 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Halloween and globalization
2. Grammar practice: word order
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 10
28 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Finished watching 《红领巾》
27 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: times of the day
2. New vocabulary, chapter 6
3. Listening practice
4. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 October 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar: 什么时候 (when)、有空/有时间、忙/有事
2. Introduction to chapter 6: Making phone calls and asking for meeting times
3. 以前/以后
Homework:
1. Google Form
25 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Vocab quiz 1
2. Speaking practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
24 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. 上课
2. Characters practice
Homework:
1. Writing practice (see link)
Week 9
21 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Taiwan summer teaching experience- guest presenter
2. Began speaking practice
19-20 October 2016 (Wednesday/Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet: Educational unit part 1. Easy, Difficult
Homework:
1. Google Form
18 October 2016 (Tuesday)
1. Vocabulary review
17 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Names of academic classes
2. Talking about school schedules
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 8
14 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. 小爸爸 episode 3
13 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 5 assessment
11 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Practice assessments for chapter 5
10 October 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
2. Reading practice
Homework:
1. Google Form
Week 7
07 October 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
06 October 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. More characters etymology
2. Characters quiz
05 October 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Characters etymology
Homework:
1. Characters practice sheet due tomorrow.
2. Characters quiz tomorrow.
04 October 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar review
2. Quizlet and character writing practice
Homework:
1. Character writing worksheet, due Thursday.
Week 6
30 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Chinese-only day: Speaking practice, visiting a friend's house
29 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Sentence correction
2. "I work with ____ at ____."
Homework:
1. Google Form
28 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice: 还
2. Listening practice
3. Characters "Flyswatter"
4. 大风吹
Homework:
1. Google Form
27 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Don't use Google Translate
2. Speaking practice
3. 就/才 (adverbs)
Homework:
1. Google Form
26 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
2. Workbook review
3. Sentence corrections-- pairs, whiteboards
4. Dialogue viewing
5. Narrative viewing, answering questions
Homework:
1. Watch the narrative video and practice reading along off of page 135/136.
2. Answer Google Form questions.
Week 5
23 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet characters recognition
Homework:
1. Workbook pp.77-79
22 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar:
-在哪里[verb]
-吧
-一下/一点
-给
Homework:
1. Google Form
21 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Chapter 5 Dialogue 1 Reading
Homework:
1. Google Form
20 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Different homes in China
2. How to politely knock on a door, or welcome someone in
Homework:
1. Google Form
19 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Finishing presentations
2. Chapter 5 Introduction: Visiting a home
Homework:
1. Study the vocabulary list in Chapter 5, Dialogue 1. Be ready for a mini-quiz on this vocabulary tomorrow.
Week 4
16 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Presentations
15 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Celebrating Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
14 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Previewing Chapter 5
2. Grammar review
13 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Quizlet review
12 September 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
2. Feedback on rough drafts
Homework:
1. Grammar packet due Wednesday
2. Presentations due Friday
Week 3
9 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar review
2. Grammar workbook practice
8 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Surveys
2. Character recognition practice: Clothing, Hobbies
3. Dialogue reading, Chapters 3/4
4. Speaking tasks: Chapter 3, Chapter 9
7 September 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Example presentations
2. Characters recognition: Clothing
3. Speaking tasks: Chapters 3, 4, 9
Homework:
1. See 6 September (these items are due tomorrow)
6 September 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Listening practice
2. Writing a story using conjunction words
3. Presentation preparation time
Homework:
1. Google Form
2. Presentation rough draft due Thursday
Week 2
2 September 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Grammar practice
1 September 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Reading pinyin dialogues
2. Pinyin quiz
3. Reading characters dialogues
4. Speaking tasks
Homework:
1. Characters packet due tomorrow
31 August 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Pinyin and tones review
2. Pronunciation practice
Homework:
1. Pinyin/tones quiz tomorrow! Use these study tools:
Lightning Quiz
Pinyin Chart
30 August 2016 (Tuesday)
Class Activities:
1. Colors
2. Hobbies
3. Inviting someone to coffee
Homework:
1. Research your assigned famous Chinese speaker. Report your information here.
29 August 2016 (Monday)
Class Activities:
1. Culture review
2. Listening practice and vocabulary review
3. Introduction to famous persons project
Homework:
1. Research your famous person and collect all information you need, in English. (Due Wednesday)
Week 1
26 August 2016 (Friday)
Class Activities:
1. Pre-assessment, part 2
25 August 2016 (Thursday)
Class Activities:
1. Summer break Kahoot
2. Pre-assessment, part 1
Homework:
1. Turn in syllabus signature sheet by Friday.
24 August 2016 (Wednesday)
Class Activities:
1. Welcome back
2. Reviewing Chinese names
3. Speaking practice-- Meeting someone new
Homework:
1. Turn in syllabus signature sheet by Friday.