Chinese 1 lesson plans
8-12
Bell: expectations worksheet
Class: Go over syllabus, rules, procedures, grading, set up notebook, etc.
Chinese language content: 把你的作业交到书架 jia4 里
令前做 bellwork
procedures to begin and end class 上/下课的礼仪
班长
起立,同学们好,孔老师好,请坐, 再见
把衬衫掖到裤子里边 bǎ chènshān yēdào kùzi lǐbian to tuck ones’ shirt in
HW: get syl signed and return last page - due fri,
get notebook organized, buy supplies – due mon
Look at Chinese link site and start listening to sounds of Chinese
8-13
Bell: turn in hw, answer: how many tones in Chinese? How do you think ancient Chinese people wrote
sun, moon, mountain, and river? Draw your guesses.
Class: intro tones: la1, he2, mi3, ma4
Pair/Group discussion: create universal, easy to write and recognize, symbols to mean the
following:
G1: above, below, hand, grass
G2: horse, fish, pig, bird
G3: mouth, ear, heart, eye
G4: person, earth, big, knife
G5: water, fire, bright, heaven
G6 or extras: male, female, strong, rice field
Groups present their creations to class – use board
Sum up: This is how Chinese writing was invented
HW: Answer: Do you think the ancient Chinese people invented the same symbols you just did? Why or
why not? Find the real Chinese symbols (ancient and modern) for your group’s words, and bring them to
class to share.
Listen to pinyin practice at Chineselink.com
8-15
Bell: 把你的作业交到书架里 review four tones - how to say them and how to write them
Class: 5 min. quiz on tones – check the one you heard
Intro vowels aeiouv
Recap symbols students invented, compare to ones they researched
Match game – match ancient and modern symbols and English meanings
Discuss: ancient symbols easy to write?
Fast or slow?
Easy to make consistently?
How would you write abstract concepts? – discuss pictorial, representative, similar sound, and
combined forms, introduce idea of radicals
Standardization of characters in ___ by ___?
Development of stroke order rules based on efficiency, natural motion of wrist, hand holding brush
HW: Search for at least 10 different kinds of Chinese strokes, find the 8 basic rules of stroke order, listen
to Chinese Link
8-17
Bell: review how to say and spell the basic vowels
Class: 5 min. vowels and tones quiz
Review tones, vowels, start initials bpmf, dtnl, gkh, vowels ao, ou (text lesson 1-1)
Tongue twister
Discuss what students discovered about strokes and order
Intro 张老师 的 笔顺便 规定
先上后下
先左后右
先进人后关门 (If your friend comes to visit, open door, let him in, then close it.)
White board practice:
Intro basic types of strokes – heng, shu, ti, gou, wan, etc.
Apply strokes and order rules to simple characters: 下, 三, 十, 人, 文, 小, 衣, 江
Introduce some radicals
HW: copies: pp 1-8 of bihua, listen to Chinese link
8-18
Bell: 把你的作业交到书架里 review how to say and spell vowels, consonants and tones learned thus
far
Class: 5 min. quiz - bpmf, dtnl, gkh, vowels a, e, I, o, u, v, ao, ou and tones
Intro 1-2, ai, ei, an, en, ang, eng, ong
E, e, e song and video
Review stroke order, types
Stroke game – I call type, students write (e.g. heng, dian)
HW: bihua 9-16, listening
8-19
Bell: 把你的作业交到书架里 name and demonstrate 10 different types of Chinese character strokes,
review for listening quiz
Class: - 5 min. quiz - bpmf, dtnl, gkh, vowels a, e, I, o, u, v, ao, ou, ai, ei, an, en, ang, eng, ong and tones
Pinyin 1-3 ia, iao, ie, iou, ian
丢手绢 song, video
Review more strokes
Review basic characters in hw
Baoli’s Bishun game
HW: bihua 17-24, listening
8-20
Bell: 把你的作业交到书架里,
,
Class: 5 min. quiz - bpmf, dtnl, gkh, vowels a, e, I, o, u, v, ao, ou, ai, ei, an, en, ang, eng, ong, ia, iao, ie,
iou, ian, and tones
HW:
8-21 fun Friday?
Bell:
Class: Tongue twister races
Bishun game
Character match game – English/Chinese/ancient form/pinyin
HW: