Unit title: 家 Family and Home
Area of interaction focus
Significant concepts
Which area of interaction will be our
focus?
Why have we chosen this?
What are the big ideas?
What do we want our students to
retain for years into the future?
Community and Service
• Exploring the concepts of
self, culture and identity.
Family life in other countries
can differ to that of our own
country.
• Reflecting on the
similarities and differences
between my community
and other communities
around the world
Differences in the way families
exist in other countries can
affect the social norms of that
country.
MYP unit question
How is family life in China different to
the UK?
我家
学习目标：
一. Practise listening skills relating to
birthday and age.
二. To extend vocabulary about family
and talk about grandparents and
cousins.
三. Prepare for End of Unit MYP
Speaking Assessment
nǎi nai
奶奶
Father’s mother
yé ye
爷爷
Father’s father
lǎo lao
姥姥
Mother’s mother
lǎo ye
姥爷
Mother’s father
táng gē
堂哥
Older male cousin
(father’s side)
táng dì
堂弟
Younger male cousin
(father’s side)
táng jiě
堂姐
Older female cousin
(father’s side)
táng mèi
堂妹
Younger female
cousin (father’s side)
biǎo gē
表哥
Older male cousin
(mother’s side)
biǎo dì
表弟
Younger male cousin
(mother’s side)
biǎo jiě
表姐
Older female cousin
(mother’s side)
biǎo mèi
表妹
Younger female
cousin (mother’s side)
奶奶
姥爷
堂哥
表姐
表哥
表弟
堂弟
爷爷
堂姐
堂妹
表妹
姥姥
nǎi​nai​
lǎo​lao​
yé​ye​
táng​​
lǎo​ye​
biǎo​​
写
Write out the new words in your vocabulary books and
practise on your character sheet.
写
Can you work out what you would call these people in
Chinese?
1. Your mum’s mum?
2. Your dad’s mum?
姥姥
奶奶
3. Your male cousin (on your father’s side and younger
than you)
堂弟
4. Your female cousin (on your mother’s side and older
than you)
表姐
Video
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/r
eal_chinese/videos/family/
Speaking assessment
Aim
To be able to talk about your family in detail.
Requirements
Answer each question with as much information as
possible to gain the highest marks.
Deadline
You have the rest of the lesson to prepare and the
speaking assessments will be conducted on Monday.
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
一。你家有几口人？
Your family has how many people?
How to get the highest marks?
•State how many people are in your family.
•State who is in your family ( Mum, Dad, Older
brother).
•State who isn’t in your family.
•Give the names of people in your family.
•Use the correct measure words – 口， 个
•Use the correct word for 2 of something – 两
•You can use an imaginary family to use the best
language!
Nǐ yǒu chǒng wù ma?
二。你有宠物吗？
Do you have any pets?
How to get the highest marks?
•State whether you do or don’t have a pet.
•Give the names of any pets you have.
•Give the ages of any pets you have.
•Describe whether the pets are big or small.
•Use an intensifier to describe whether the pet is
‘very’ or ‘extremely’.
•Use the correct measure words – 只， 条
•Use the correct word for 2 of something – 两
•Describe what pets members of your family have.
Nǐ de shēng rì shì jǐ yuè jǐ
rì?
三。你的生日是几月几日？
When is your birthday?
How to get the highest marks?
•Say the date of your birthday in a full sentence.
•Say how old you are.
•Give the dates of other family members’ birthdays.
•Give the age of your family members.
•Use 的 correctly when saying when other people’s
birthday are.
MYP Assessment criteria