TEACH FOR CHINA 2015 G5 S2 UNIT 2 PLAN
SEMESTER 2 UNIT 2
My Favourite Season
UNIT NOTES
VOCABULARY
spring
summer
autumn / fall
winter
season
go on a picnic
go swimming
pick apples
make a snowman
*favourite
Review:
-hot (热的)
-cool (凉爽的)
-colour (颜色)
-sunny (晴朗的)
SENTENCES
春天
夏天
秋天
冬天
季节
去野餐
去游泳
摘苹果
堆雪人
最喜欢
-warm (温暖的)
-cold (寒冷的，冷的)
-rainy (阴雨的，多雨的)
-windy (风大的)
-pretty (美观，精致的，美丽)
-watch TV (看电视)
-wash clothes (洗衣服)
-draw cartoons (画漫画)
-Unit 1 vocabulary (eat breakfast, eat dinner, do morning exercises,
go for a walk, etc.)
季节 is 天气 and 天气 .
- Spring is windy and warm.
Which season do you like best?
你最喜欢哪个季节？
(I like) 季节 (best)。 原因 .
(我最喜欢) 季节 。因为 原因 。
- Summer. I often go swimming.
- 夏天。我通常去游泳。
GRAMMAR
- Correctly match favourite seasons to reasons for liking them
o  I like winter best because I can make a snowman.
o  I like winter because I can swim.
- Use of conjunction “and” between two consecutive weather
descriptions or reasons for liking a season.
o i.e. Winter is windy and cold.
o i.e. Fall is cool and the colours are pretty.
- Answering “Why” questions with a reason, often starting with
“Because”.
- Contraction of “it is”  it’s
Why? 为什么？
(Because) 原因 .
- Because it’s pretty.
o 因为很漂亮。
- I like summer. It’s always sunny and hot.
我喜欢夏天。总是晴朗而且热
1. IDENTIFY DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOALS
What are your big goals for this unit?
TEST-STANDARD GOALS
What do your students need to know for exams? What do your students need to do for exams? What question types do your students need to focus on?
See section “2. Derive Objective from Learning Goals”
REVIEW GOALS
What do you need to review from previous units? What do you need to review from previous years? What are you teaching in this unit that you want to review throughout the unit?
 activity words from previous units (i.e. wash clothes, watch TV, draw cartoons, etc.)
IDENTIFY STUDENT-OUTCOME GOALS
What additional skills do you want your students to be able to do with the knowledge you are teaching them? (Daily activities, different domains of language, and projects, etc.)
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UNIT INVESTMENT
How will you message the importance of this content to your students? How will you tie this into your long-term investment goals?
Academic Investment:
Content Investment:
2. DERIVE OBJECTIVES FROM LEARNING GOALS
OBJECTIVES
 SWBAT hear a word or sentence and select the correct phrase/word from 4 options
- Differentiate between words with similar first phoneme
- Differentiate between a.m. and p.m.
- Differentiate between answer choices where one of the two words is the same as another answer choice
 SWBAT hear a phrase and connect its written form to the corresponding the picture among five
 SWBAT hear a sentence and decide whether the given picture matches the description by writing a  or X
- Recognize spoken vocabulary as contained within the sentence and translate it to Chinese meaning
- Compare Chinese meaning to presented picture and judge whether the picture matches or is different from the meaning
 SWBAT hear a series of sentences and put them in the correct order based on the sequence in which they heard them
- Differentiate between question words
- Recognize greeting phrases
 SWBAT hear a question and based on the question heard, select the matching response
- Discern the season word in a question and select the answer choice which appropriately addresses the season in question
- Discern the question word in a question and select the answer choice satisfies the intent of the question
 SWBAT write the word that correctly completes a sentence and correctly describes a reference picture
- Interpret the action or season shown in a picture.
- Use context clues from a sentence to correctly select a season
- Select a vocabulary word from a word bank which matches the intended meaning of a picture
- Correctly write the word or words in the space provided
 SWBAT use clues provided in an incomplete sentence to select the grammatically correct selection from three choices
- Based on the question prompt, select the correct vocabulary word.
- Based on the question word, select the appropriate first word in the response
- Based on the sentence frame, select the correct question word
- Based on the context, select the correct conjunction
- Based on the information provided, select the season which matches the description
 SWBAT read a situation in Chinese and select the matching English response/translation from three choices
- Translate a sentence which uses the correct season
- Identify the answer choice which corresponds to the desired expression described in the question
- Identify the answer which correctly asks the desired question described in the question
- Translate a sentence which uses the correct activity
 SWBAT use sentence structures to rearrange a set of given words in the proper English grammatical order
- Identify all word types presented in a set of given words
- Based on set of given words and punctuation, recall the appropriate sentence frame for composition
 SWBAT answer true or false questions based on a short paragraph
- Locate question sentences within the story
- Compare the question sentence with the sentence in the story and decide whether they correspond or not
- Based on the conclusions, correctly decide whether the question sentence is true or false.
- Identify time frames in the story and decide if they correspond or overlap with time frames in the question sentences
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3. MAP OUT YOUR UNITS
Take objectives from step 2 and assign each one a date and the corresponding knowledge and skills.
Lesson
#
#1
#2
#3
Instructional Objectives
Vocabulary
Review
 phonemic awareness (phonics)
 complete English sentences using U1 sentences/grammar
Vocabulary
 hear a word and choose correct picture
 hear a word and choose correct written word
Sentences
 write the season or weather word that correctly
completes a sentence and correctly describes a reference
picture
Assessment
 write the season or weather word that correctly
completes a sentence and correctly describes a reference
picture
spring
-windy
-warm
-rainy
summer
-sunny
-hot
fall
-windy
-cool
winter
-windy
-cold
season
*favourite
Review
 write the season or weather word that correctly
completes a sentence and correctly describes a reference
picture
spring
summer
fall
winter
Vocabulary
 sort vocabulary into season, weather, and activity
Sentences
 Based on the type of reason a student likes a season
(weather or activity they can do), identify the correct type
of response
o i.e. It’s cool.
o i.e. I can pick apples.
 use clues provided in an incomplete sentence to select the
grammatically correct selection from three choices
go on a picnic
go swimming
pick apples
make a snowman
Assessment
 use clues provided in an incomplete sentence to select the
grammatically correct selection from three choices
Review
 hear a sentence/dialogue based on lesson 2 grammar and
decide whether a given picture matches by writing a  or
X
Vocabulary
 students hear a word and connect its written form to the
corresponding picture
Sentences
 read a situation in Chinese and select the correct
translation/response
 use sentence structures to rearrange a set of given words
go on a picnic
go swimming
pick apples
make a snowman
Sentences
季节 is 天气 and 天气 .
- Spring is windy and warm.
Which season do you like best?
你最喜欢哪个季节？
Grammar
Review and Spiraling Content
Use of conjunction “and” between two
consecutive weather descriptions.
Phonemic awareness
Correctly match favourite seasons to
reasons for liking them
U1 content
Contraction of “it is”  it’s
I can __活动__.
Why? 为什么？
Contraction of “it is”  it’s
(Because) 原因 .
Answering “Why” questions with a
reason, often starting with “Because”.
-wash my clothes
-watch TV
-colour
-pretty
(I like) 季节 (best)。 原因 .
(我最喜欢) 季节 。因为 原因 。
I can __活动__.
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in the proper English grammatical order
Assessment
 read a situation in Chinese and select the correct
translation/response from 3 options
#4
#5
Review
Review all
 hear a series of sentences and put them in correct order
based on the sequence in which they heard them
 sort days of the week into weekdays and weekend days
Vocabulary and Sentences
 answer true or false questions based on a short paragraph
 hear a question and based on the question heard, select
the matching response
o practice U2 and review sentences
Assessment
 hear a question and based on the question heard, select
the matching response
U2 Test!
4. CHECK FOR ALIGNMENT
 Can I trace student goals back to the vision and final exam/unit exam standards?
 How does teaching this point contribute to the vision?
 Do my unit goals have objectives tied to them?
 What does this knowledge point/skill do to help my students achieve their final goal?
5. CONTINUALLY ADJUST YOUR PLAN
 Have I had any schedule changes?
 Does my data indicate that I need to adjust my goals/rigor?
Review all
phonemic awareness
What do you 频率词 do 在 时间 ?
- What do you do on the weekend?
I 频率词 活动 (在 时间 ).
- I often wash my clothes on the
weekend.
days of the week