MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
CHINESE IV (High School)
Authored by: Yong Sun
Reviewed by: Lee Nittel,
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Stacy Snider
Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts/World Language
Adopted by the Board: January, 2013
Members of the Board of Education:
Lisa Ellis, President
Patrick Rowe, Vice-President
David Arthur
Kevin Blair
Shade Grahling
Linda Gilbert
Thomas Haralampoudis
James Novotny
Superintendent: Dr. Michael Rossi
Madison Public Schools
359 Woodland Road, Madison, NJ 07940
www.madisonpublicschools.org
I. OVERVIEW
Honors Chinese 4 is offered to the students who have successfully completed Chinese 3
or its equivalent. In this course, students will continue to develop the four language
skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. At this level, Students are challenged to
communicate with high levels of accuracy and have an opportunity to gain extensive
culture knowledge as well. Through the whole year, students will practice
communication using interpretive, interpersonal and presentational models.
II. RATIONALE
New Jersey citizens are part of a dynamic, interconnected, and technologically driven
global society centered on the creation and communication of knowledge and ideas
across geographical, cultural, and linguistic borders. Individuals who effectively
communicate in more than one language, with an appropriate understanding of cultural
contexts, are globally literate.
The study of another language and culture enables individuals to communicate face-toface and by virtual means in appropriate ways with people from diverse cultures. The
study of another language fosters attitudes, values, and skills that indicate a positive
disposition and understanding of cultural differences and that enhance cross-cultural
communication.
III. GOALS
7.1 World Languages: All students will be able to use a world language in addition to
English to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken and
written language, and to present information, concepts, and ideas, while also gaining an
understanding of the perspectives of other cultures. Through language study, they will
make connections with other content areas, compare the language and culture studied
with their own, and participate in home and global communities.
Language learners can be expected to move through levels of proficiency at different
rates. In addition, language learners may demonstrate differing proficiencies depending
upon the communicative mode in which they are functioning (interpersonal, interpretive,
or presentational). In Madison High School, students who are taking Chinese IV should
meet the cumulative progress indicators for the Intermediate - Mid Level of
proficiency. Intermediate- Mid Level students communicate using strings of sentences to
ask and answer questions, to handle simple transactions related to everyday life, and to
talk about subject matter studied in other classes. By the end of Chinese IV, students
taking a continuing sequence of language from middle school will:
A. Interpretive Mode:
1. Compare and contrast information contained in culturally authentic materials using
electronic information sources related to targeted themes.
2. Demonstrate comprehension of oral and written instructions connected to daily
activities and to some unfamiliar situations through appropriate responses.
3. Analyze the use of verbal and non-verbal etiquette (i.e., gestures, intonation, and
cultural practices) in the target culture(s) to determine the meaning of a message.
4. Use target language to paraphrase what is heard or read in oral or written descriptions
of people, places, objects, and daily activities.
5. Comprehend conversations and written information on a variety of familiar and some
unfamiliar topics.
6. Compare and contrast the main idea, theme, main characters, and setting in readings
from age- and level-appropriate, culturally authentic materials.
7. Infer the meaning of some unfamiliar words in some new contexts.
8. Use knowledge of structures of the target language to deduce meaning of new and
unfamiliar structures.
B. Interpersonal Mode:
1. Use digital tools to participate in short conversations and to exchange information
related to a variety of familiar topics and some unfamiliar topics.
2. Give and follow a series of oral and written directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age- and level-appropriate classroom and cultural activities in familiar
and some unfamiliar situations.
3. Use appropriate gestures, intonation, and common idiomatic expressions of the target
culture(s)/language in familiar and some unfamiliar situations.
4. Ask and respond to factual and interpretive questions of a personal nature, on schoolrelated topics, and on some unfamiliar topics and situations.
5. Engage in short conversations about personal experiences or events, topics studied in
other content areas, and some unfamiliar topics and situations.
C. Presentational Mode:
1. Synthesize information related to the cultural products, cultural practices, and cultural
perspectives associated with targeted culture(s) to create a multimedia-rich presentation
on targeted themes to be shared virtually with a target language audience
2. Dramatize student-created and/or authentic short plays, skits, poems, songs, stories, or
reports.
3. Use language creatively to respond in writing to a variety of oral or visual prompts
about familiar and some unfamiliar situations.
4. Synthesize information found in age- and level-appropriate culturally authentic
materials
5. Compare the cultural perspectives of the target culture(s) with those of one’s own
culture, as evidenced through the cultural products and cultural practices associated with
each.
IV. Objectives
Unit 1 – Students will be able to:
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Talk about house, room, pet and foods
Express greetings between old friends
Describe appearances
Pass on information
Describe the layout of the home
Offer suggestions
Understand the difference of cities between China and USA.
Understand Chinese culture and gain knowledge from Chinese songs, poems,
idioms and ancient stories
Unit 2 – Students will be able to:
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8.
9.
Express places in China
Understand Chinese drama – Beijing opera
Express solutions
Express reasons
Express apologies
Inquire about situations
Make characters with particular radical
Gain knowledge about Chinese arts, such as Chinese drama
Understand Chinese culture and gain knowledge from Chinese songs, traditional
instrument, poems, idioms and ancient stories
Unit 3 – Students will be able to:
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Talk about generations, family members, occupation, colors and clothing, etc.
Exchange complains
Express disagreement
Request permission
Express parents’ hopes and children’s hopes
Express parents’ worries
Understand the differences of American parents and Chinese parents
Discuss the gap of generations
Understand Chinese culture and gain knowledge from Chinese songs, poems,
idioms and ancient stories
Unit 4 – Students will be able to:
1. Talk about Chinese customs and weddings
2. Express dissuading
3. Express guessing and estimation
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7.
8.
Express approximate numbers
Talk about Chinese holidays, gifts, and greeting cards
Express Chinese foods and dishes
Understand Chinese culture about weddings, customs, foods and holidays
Gain knowledge from Chinese songs, poems, idioms and ancient stories
Unit 5 – Students will be able to:
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Express health condition and appearance
Talk about reminding
Express differences in opinion
Express that one is fed up
Express exercises and diet
Express weight-loss
Talk about physical exams
Make Chinese food – Mapo doufu
Gain knowledge from Chinese foods, songs, poems, idioms and ancient stories
Unit 6 – Students will be able to:
1. Express transportation and traffic
2. Express environment
3. Talk about weather and forecast
4. Express dissatisfaction
5. Express prohibition
6. Express criticism
7. Express that there is no alternative
8. Ask the price
9. Book tickets
10. Understand Chinese culture and gain knowledge from Chinese songs, poems,
idioms and ancient stories
V. Content and Activities:
See attached table - Chinese IV Scope and Sequence (MHS)
VI. Evaluation
1. Quiz/Test:
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Vocabulary quizzes
Grammar quizzes
Lesson tests
Writing, reading, speaking, and listening proficiency test
o Midterm exam and Final exam
2. Informal Assessment:
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Classroom teacher observation
In Class student dialogues
Class work
Homework
Evaluation checklist
Student feedback form
VII. Resources
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7.
Textbook – Learn Chinese with me (3)
Workbook accompany textbook
CD accompany text book
Supplementary book – Chinese made easy
CD - Sing Songs to learn Chinese
Teacher-made materials
DVD
• Text book
• Chinese city tours
• Chinese films
• Learn to speak Chinese
• Others
8. Internet
• You tube
• LearningChineseonline.com
• ee99.net
• Chinesepad.com
Madison School District – High School
Chinese IV Scope and Sequence (2012-2013)
Unit of Study
Unit 1
Meiyun’s
family
Key Vocabulary/ Language
in Use
1. Talk about house,
room, pets and foods
2. Express greetings
between old friends
3. Describe appearances
4. Pass on information
5. Describe the layout
of the home
6. Offer suggestions
7. Ask for and provide
helps
8. Understand the
difference of cities
between China and
USA.
9. Grammar focus:
…刚…;
…一… 就 …
一边… 一边…
… 会…;
… 着…
… 没有…
… 长得…
Activities/Assessment/Project Cultural Connections
Activities:
1. Dialogues and
conversation practice
2. Reading and writing
contest
3. Write compositions
• Letter
• Message or
announcement
• Introduction
• Search notices
• Rent notices
4. Complete teacher-made
class work and homework
5. Listen and answer
questions
6. Interview partner for
his/her family and house
7. Reading and
comprehension
8. Presentation
9. Recite Chinese Children
songs, poems, idioms and
ancient stories
10. Game -Jeopardy; Chain game;
Bingo; Go fishing
1. Chinese culture for
introducing people
2. Chinese culture for
greeting between old
friends
3. Chinese culture for
describing people’s
appearance
4. The difference of house
layout between USA and
China
5. Different life styles
( habits and customs)
between American people
and Chinese people
6. Chinese song -阿里山的
姑娘
7. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
Related Literature, Video,
and Songs
1. Textbook – Learn
Chinese with me (3)
2. Workbook
accompany textbook
3. CD and DVD
accompany text
book
4. Supplementary book
– Chinese made easy
5. CD - Sing Songs to
learn Chinese
6. Teacher-made
materials
7. DVD
• Text
• Chinese city tours
• Chinese films
• Learn to speak
Chinese
• Others
8. Internet
• You tube
• LearningChineseonli
ne.com
• ee99.net
• Chinesepad.com
……
Magic cards; Matching
Flash cards, etc.
Unit 2
Leisure Time
1. Express places in
China
2. Understand Chinese
drama – Beijing
opera
3. Express solutions
4. Express reasons
5. Express apologies
6. Inquire about
situations
7. Make characters with
particular radical
8. Gain knowledge
about Chinese arts,
such as Chinese
drama
9. Understand Chinese
culture and gain
knowledge from
Chinese songs,
traditional
instrument, poems,
idioms and ancient
stories
10. Grammar focus:
…到… 去…
…呢
虽然…但是…
…只…
1. Role play
2. Complete teacher-made
class work and
homework
3. Interview your group
members and find out
Where they visited
during the summer
4. Watch movies, music
concert and Beijing
opera and make opera
masks
5. Watch DVD about
Beijing
6. Interview partner for
their opinions –
like/dislike Beijing
opera
7. Interview classmates
what they do for spare
time
8. Write an assay to
introduce opinions
about Chinese music,
movie and Beijing
opera
9. Recite Chinese songs,
traditional instrument,
poems, idioms and
ancient stories
1. Chinese capital Beijing
and its famous places of
historical interest and
scenic beauty
2. Chinese traditional drama
– Beijing opera and its
masks
3. Chinese movies and
traditional music, such as
“梁祝”
4. Chinese song – 青春舞曲
5. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
Unit 3
Two
Generations
1. Review family
members
2. Talk about
generations, family
members, occupation,
colors and clothing,
etc.
3. Exchange complains
4. Express disagreement
5. Request permission
6. Express parents’
hopes and children’s
hopes
7. Express parents’
worries
8. Understand the
differences of
American parents and
Chinese parents
9. Discuss generation
gap
10. Grammar focus:
就… ; 才…
越… 越…; 对…
10. Game -- Jeopardy;
Chain game; Bingo; Go
fishing; Magic cards;
Matching ; Flash cards,
etc.
1. Role play
2. Complete teachermade class work and
homework
3. Draw a family tree
and introduce two or
three generations
4. Interview – evaluate
parents and their
family education
5. Interview – your joys
and troubles
6. Magic cards to create
sentences
7. Reading competition
-- “望子成龙”
8. Understand the
difference of
American parents and
Chinese parents
9. Recite Chinese songs,
poems, idioms and
ancient stories
10. Game -- Jeopardy;
Chain game; Bingo;
Go fishing; Magic
cards;
1. Family tradition in China
2. Chinese tiger parents
3. How Chinese high school
students spend their
leisure time
4. Parents hope in China
5. Generation Gap
6. Chinese song – 洪湖水，
浪打浪
7. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
Unit 4
Different
cultures
1. Review colors and
clothing
2. Talk about Chinese
customs and
weddings (traditional
and modern)
3. Express dissuading
4. Express guessing and
estimation
5. Express approximate
numbers
6. Talk about Chinese
holidays, gifts and
greeting cards
7. Express Chinese
foods and dishes
8. Understand Chinese
culture about
weddings, customs,
foods and holidays
9. Grammar focus:
VV(夸夸)…
着…
要…
v+n+v+complement
过…
1. Express health
condition and
someone’s
appearance
2. Talk about physical
Matching ;Flash
cards, etc.
1. Role play
2. Complete teachermade class work and
homework
3. Magic cards to create
sentences
4. Write an invitation
letter to friend for
wedding
5. Make greeting cards
for different holidays
6. interview – what kind
of foods you
like/dislike
7. Make a family menu
8. Presentation –
Chinese people don’t
like these gifts
9. Recite Chinese songs,
poems, idioms and
ancient stories
10. Game -- Jeopardy;
Chain game; Bingo;
Go fishing; Magic
cards; ; Flash cards,
etc
1. Traditional and modern
Chinese wedding and
customs
2. Chinese wedding and
western wedding different process and
ceremony
3. Eight famous cuisine in
China
4. How to send gifts in
China
5. Chinese song – 掀起你的
盖头来
6. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
1. Recipes for traditional
Chinese foods
2. Medical system in China
Unit 5
Diet and
Health
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
exam
Talk about reminding
Express difference in
opinion
Express that one is
fed up
Express exercises and
diet
Express weight loss
Grammar focus:
1. Express
transportation and
traffic
2. Express environment
3. Talk about weather
and forecast
1. Role play
2. Complete teachermade class work and
homework
3. Describe pictures
4. Magic cards to create
sentences
5. Presentation-doctor’s office
6. Make Chinese foods,
such as “Mapo
doufu”
7. Fill out “Health
form”
8. Find out the most
popular activity in the
class
9. Make a list to classify
healthy foods and
unhealthy foods
10. Retell story – 胖子和
瘦子
11. Recite Chinese songs,
poems, idioms and
ancient stories
12. Game -- Jeopardy;
Chain game; Bingo;
Go fishing; Magic
cards; Matching ;
Flash cards, etc
1. Role play
2. Complete teacher-
3. Common exercises for
people in China
4. Chinese ways to loss
weight
• Take Chinese
medicine
• Drink Chinese
slimming tea
5. Chinese song – 大板城的
姑娘
6. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
1. Chinese geography
2. Environment comparison
between USA and China
3. Weather comparison
between USA and China
Unit 6
Transportation
and
Geography
4. Express
dissatisfaction
5. Express prohibition
6. Express criticism
7. Express that there is
no alternative
8. Ask the price
9. Book tickets
10. Grammar focus:
…对…
…地…
如果…就…
…离…
made class work and
homework
3. Write a forecast
report
4. Magic cards to create
sentences
5. Write a letter to
friend
6. Make an
advertisement
7. Presentation –
conversation
• Book a airplane
ticket
• Police give a car
violation ticket
8. Recite Chinese songs,
poems, idioms and
ancient stories
9. Game -- Jeopardy;
Chain game; Bingo;
Go fishing; Magic
cards; Matching;
Flash cards
Assessment:
1. Quiz/Test:
• Vocabulary quizzes
• Grammar quizzes
• Lesson tests
• Writing, reading,
speaking, and listening
proficiency test
4. Chinese song – 康定情歌
5. Chinese Children songs,
poems, idioms and ancient
stories
2. Informal Assessment:
• Classroom teacher
observation
• In Class student
dialogues
• Class work
• Homework
• Evaluation checklist
• Student feedback form