TERM PLANNER 2007
Term
2
Language: Chinese
Theme

Learning Tasks/Activities
Topics
 Sub Topics
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Teaching and Learning Sequence
Topic 1 Week 1 – 3
Not One Less continued
from term 1
Week 1
Oral discussion of first section
Students write summary (hw) watch film
Small groups discuss personality of either Gao laoshi or Weiminzhi. Write personal
profile Hanyu 3 Unit 5 5.2
Watch video
Week 2
Tues:Vocab test
Watch film
Wed: Finish film.
Friday: library finish research and note taking
Wk 3
Tues:
:Pair work:As journalist conduct interview with one of main characters
Wed: Discuss assessment task and start planning
Friday:Bring materials for investigative task, review notes and plan newspaper article
Wk 4
Tues: Work on diary entries. Analyse diary entry genre
Wed: Work on diary entries
Friday Draft of diary entries due
Week 5
Wwed:) Work on newspaper article for investigative study.
Friday: Draft of investigative study due.
Week 6
Tues:Prepare for task see Topic 2
Wed:. Finish preparation for Topic 2 task
Friday present oral presentations or write letter in English.
Week 6 Summative assessment task due Friday week 6
Based on the film, write a series of diary entries as a character or write
a letter as one of the characters or write a newspaper article
SACE 250 characters, IB: 350 characters
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Level: Stage 1
Major
Resources
Grammar
Film
Diary genre
Hanyu 3
Unit 5.2
要 快要。。。了
还
Verbs, verb phrases used as attributes
Complement of result
Topic 2 Week 1-6
Concurrently with film.
Investigative task
Collect resources , include web page details for articles off internet and name of
article/book date of publication, and place of publication for books articles etc
Week 1 Bring resources to lesson.
Week 2 finish collecting resources and note take
Students brainstorm useful headings for note taking.
Week 3 Review information gathered and start planning interview.
Students construct a vocabulary list of useful vocabulary.(20 words)
Week 5 draft interviews submitted for correction (need to be word processed)
Week 6 Summative assessment task (SACE)
Write a letter in English to your interviewee, thanking them for interview and
explaining what you have gained personally through your interaction with
him/her. Written in class 250 words
(IB) In pairs prepare and tape or video a conversation about your interviewees
and what you learnt (In Chinese)
Week 7 Summative assessment task
Write a newspaper article on the Chinese student you interviewed. SACE 300
characters IB 400 characters.
Topic 3 Weeks 7-8
School in Australia and
China.
Tues: Lesson 30 test and comprehension Start lesson 31.
Reading comprehension about school and future directions
Students interview their parents (or themselves if adults) about what they remember
about their schooling experience and give oral presentation.
Students draw up a table showing differences and similarities between schooling then
and now.
Students conduct interview about likes and dislikes to do with subjects. CME2 94
Topic 3 Weeks 9-10
Shopping
Reading comprehension about shopping preferences CME 3 p.76
Role play about buying clothes CME 3 p. 82
Discuss differences between shopping in China and Australia. China Jean Brick.
Prepare survey questions about shopping habits for class members
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Expressing getting reduction
Complement of result CME 3 p80
Complement of direction CME 3 p83