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Grade Level or Course: Chinese I (LSM)
Timeframe
September-October
Unit(s)
Resources:
Integrated Chinese
Introduction ! (Pinyin and radical)
Unit I
(Greeting and introduction)
Content:
The students learn to identify radical and pinyin that are the
basics of Chinese learning tools, identify basic greeting and
classroom Chinese
Students will also identify tones of Chinese language.
Skills:
Identify pronunciation of pinyin, say and understand basic
greeting and classroom Chinese, count from 1-100. Introducing
themselves and others.
The student will identify:
the verb 姓(xing)
pronunciation of pinyin,
say and understand basic greeting and classroom Chinese,
Count from 1-100.
Introducing themselves and others.
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Culture highlight:
Chinese names
October-November
Resources: Integrated Chinese
Unit 2
(Family)
Content:
Looking at family photo
Asking about someone’s family
Skills:
Basic kinship terms, name definite describe a family photo, ask
about someone’s profession, and say someone’s profession.
The student will identify:
The particle 的(de); Measure words; Question pronounce;The
verb 有 （you）；The usage of 二 （er）and 两 (liang)；
And the adverb of 都(dou)
Culture highlights:
Chinese kinship terms
Chinese education system
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Resources:
November-December
Integrated Chinese
Unit 3 (Dates and Time 3)
Content:
Taking someone out to eat on his/her birthday
Invite someone to Dinner
Skills:
Tell and speak about time and dates
Talk about someone’s age and birthday
Invite someone to dinner
Arrange a dinner date
The students will identify :
Dates and time; pronouns as modifiers and the usage of the
particle 的(de); the sentence structure of 我请你吃饭 (wo qing ni
chi fan); alternative questions; affirmative + negative ( A-not A)
question; and the adverb of 还(hai)
Culture highlights:
Chinese calendar
Chinese manner of counting age
January-February
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Resource: Integrated Chinese
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February-March
Unit 4
(Hobbies)
Content:
Talk about hobbies
What kind of sports do you like
Invite someone to play a sport with
Skills:
The student will identify:
Word order in Chinese; the conjunction 那么（na me ）; 去+
action; questions with 好吗（haoma）; and verb + object as a
detachable compound
Culture highlights:
Chinese way of splitting the check
Chinese past time
April-May
Resource:
Unit 5
Integrated Chinese
(Visiting a friend)
Content:
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Visiting a friend’s home
Chat at a friend’s home
Skills:
Welcome a visitor; introduce one person to another; compliment
someone on his/her house; ask for beverages as guest at someone
else’s place.
The student will identify：
一下 （yixia）, 一会儿 （yihuier）moderating the tone of the
voice: adjectives as predicates; the preposition of 在(zai); the
particle 吧 （ba）;the adverb 才 (cai); and particle 了 （le）.
Culture highlights:
Chinese civilities on meeting the first time
May- June
Resource:
Unit 6
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Integrated Chinese
(Making appointment)
Content:
Calling one’s teacher or someone else
Calling a friend for help and dating
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Skills:
Answer a phone call and initiate a phoe conversation
Set up an appointment with someone on the phone
Ask for a favor
And ask someone to return your call
The student will identify :
The preposition 给（gei）; the modal verb of 要(yao); the adverb
别(bie)； time expressions; the modal verb 得（de）；and
directional complements.
Culture highlights:
Chinese phone etiquette
Chinese phone numbers
Chinese name for the Chinese language
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