Carlisle Public Schools 6th Grade Chinese Class Curriculum Mapping
2012-2013
September
Essential
Questions:
Content:
Skills:
Assessment
Vocabulary
Activities
Culture
Learning Pinyin
What are most basic things I need to learn in order to communicate
with Chinese-speaking people?
• Why does tone matter in speaking Mandarin?
• Why can’t Chinese people across China communicate with each other
if they don’t speak Mandarin?
• Introduction to Pinyin and Chinese pronunciation
• Sounds in Chinese and English
• Pinyin spelling rules
• Moon Festival
• Pronouncing and differentiating pinyin sounds
• Sensitivity to the tones in Chinese
• Greet, introduce and say goodbye to one another
• Quiz on pinyin by using IQ Chinese
• Perform a pinyin song to memorize all the pinyin symbols
Pinyin, syllable, initials, finals, spelling rules, four tones, neutral tone
Speaking:
你好, 您好，很好，谢谢，再见, 老师, 同学，早
• Class discussion
• Oral practice
• Competitions
• Oral practice: fun with tones and meanings
Traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival and moon cakes
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October:
Essential
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Character development
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How have Chinese characters developed throughout history?
What are the differences between simplified characters and traditional
characters?
Why mastering radicals the first step of learning Chinese characters?
How are radicals related to the pictures of concrete objects in real life?
How do you look up a new character in a dictionary?
Why it is important to follow the stroke directions when writing
characters?
How do you have good hand writing in Chinese?
How do you type Chinese on the computer?
How do you use logic to form numbers up to 99 using 1-10?
Basic knowledge of stroke orders for characters
40 radicals
Greetings
Chinese Names
Chinese character components
Recognize basic radicals
Greet, introduce and say goodbye to one another
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Assessment
Vocabulary
Activities
Culture
• Count
• Write common character strokes
• Quiz on radicals
• Performance of a short dialogue of greeting and leave- taking.
• Character matching games
• Use computer to type Chinese characters
40 radicals - 人 rén – man, person 刀 dāo – knife 力 lì – power 又 yòu –
right hand side 口kǒu – mouth 囗 wéi – enclosure Used as a radical only,
not as a character itself 门 mén – door 土 tǔ – earth 夕 xī – sunset 大 dà –
big, large 女 nǚ – female, woman 子 zǐ – son 寸 cùn – inch 小 xiǎo – little,
small, young 工 gōng – labor, work 幺 yāo – tiny, small 弓 gōng – bow 马
mǎ – horse 心 xīn – heart 戈 gē – dagger-axe 手 shǒu – hand 日 rì – sun,
day 月 yuè – moon 贝 bèi – cowry (shell) 木 mù – wood 水 shuǐ – water
火 huǒ – fire 田 tián – field 目 mù – eye 示 shì – to show 糸 mì – fine silk,
Used as a radical only, not as a character itself 耳 ěr – ear 衣 yī –
clothing 言 yán – speech 走 zǒu – to walk 足 zú – foot 金 jīn – metal,
gold 隹 zhuī – short tailed bird 雨 yǔ – rain 食 shí – to eat
Learn to type pinyin to input Chinese character on the computer
Radical-picture Matching game
Search for character game
Chinese calligraphy
November:
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Assessment
Greetings and Nationalities
How do you introduce yourself to others and participate in a brief
conversation when meeting Chinese people for the first time?
• How do you greet people appropriately?
• How do you raise a question on a given statement?
• What is Chinglish?
• Greetings
• Being polite
• Nationalities
• Languages
• The regions of China
• Address others using singular, plural, and respectful forms
• Ask how someone is doing
• Respond how one is doing
• Express thanks and apologize
• Understand tone change rules
• Ask where someone is from
• Locate Chinese landmarks on a map
• Ask questions in different ways (吗， 是不是)
• Vocabulary quizzes
• Sentence structure quizzes
• Perform a dialogue
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Vocabulary
都 ，不错，马马虎虎，叫，什么，名字，贵姓， 中国，美国， 英国
，日本， 人 ，哪 ，都 ，呢，中文，汉语，汉字，朋友，是不是
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Culture
Map identification
Indentifying people’s nationalities in pictures and photos
Games and competitions for speaking and character recognition
• Learn different words used to refer to China, and different terms
used to refer to the Chinese language.
• Understand that there are different dialects among Chinese provinces
• Gestures used for greeting and leaving
December:
Essential
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Numbers, Counting and Dates and Age
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How do you effectively memorize month/week/seven days of week
words?
How do Chinese people ask about one’s age in a variety of ways?
Why can Chinese people tell your age by knowing your zodiac
animal?
How do Chinese people celebrate birthdays and the New Year?
Why can’t the word “very” be directly translated into English?
Dates, Days of the Week
Birthdays
The abacus
Say and ask the date
State and ask age and birthday
Point out someone using this, that
Do simple addition on an abacus
Count Chinese money
Numbers 0-100
How to say you have or don’t have a certain number of something
Use numbers to say and write today’s date
Talk about birthdays and give someone’s age
Count people using measure word 个
Assessment
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Vocabulary
零, 一 ,二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十，百， 两, 个, 有, 没, 朋友, 岁,
几, 年，月，日，星期
• Counting games
• Passing telephone numbers
• Hand gestures for numbers
Activities
Vocabulary quizzes
Sentence structure quizzes
Obtainment of information from a Chinese calendar
Birthday invitation- Student will hand-write in characters an invitation
to a birthday party specifying date, day of the week, time and place.
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Culture
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Talking about calendars
Comparing the Chinese lunar calendar with Western calendar
Family zodiac chart
Pre-reading and after-reading activities
Jie long (connecting the dragon) game for speaking, listening and team
work
da feng chui (big wind blow) games for speaking , listening and
recognizing character
Chinese way of counting age
Birthday noodles
Chinese zodiac
Lucky and unlucky numbers
Chinese New Year Celebration
January: Continue Numbers, Counting and Dates and Age
February:
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Content:
Skills:
Assessment
Vocabulary
Activities
My Family, Occupations and Pets
How do you address immediate family members in the Chinese way,
and introduce them to others?
• How do Chinese kinship terms differ from English kinship terms?
• How do you obtain information about someone’s family size, family
members and pets?
• Why can “de” be omitted in the phrases 我哥哥，我家，你家？
• Family Members
• Pets
• The One-Child Policy
• Discuss family members
• Name family pets using measure words
• Ask about and identify people’s occupations
• Compare Chinese and English language differences when naming
relatives
• Compare traditional and contemporary Chinese family structures
• Talk about family members
• Understand Chinese family structure and values
• Name family pets using measure words
• Vocabulary quizzes
• Sentence structure quizzes
• Presentations of imaginary family
爸爸，妈妈，哥哥，姐姐，弟弟，妹妹，爷爷，奶奶，外公，
外婆，狗， 猫， 鱼，马，几，个， 只， 条， 匹，喜欢，
只 有，可是
• Family tree project
• Pre-reading and after-reading activities
• Jie long (connecting the dragon) game for speaking, listening and team
work
• da feng chui (big wind blow) games for speaking , listening and
recognizing character
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Culture
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Chinese people’s respect for the elderly
Chinese family structures
March: Continue My Family, Occupations and Pets
April
Colors, Likes and Dislikes
Essential
Questions:
How do you introduce yourself to others and participate in a brief
conversation when meeting Chinese people for the first time?
Content:
Likes and dislikes
Colors
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Assessment
Vocabulary quizzes
Sentence structure quizzes
Dialogue
喜欢， 不喜欢，最，颜色，红色，黑色，白色，蓝色，绿色，
黄色，橘色
Pre-reading and after-reading activities
Jie long (connecting the dragon) game for speaking, listening and team
work
da feng chui (big wind blow) games for speaking , listening and
recognizing character
• Chinese lucky colors
• Symbolism of colors
Vocabulary
Activities
Culture
May
Essential
Questions:
Content:
Skills:
Assessment
Identify colors
Express likes and dislikes
Talk about favorite and least favorite things
Classroom Objects
What is the difference on Chinese classroom setting between China and
America?
How many measure words do Chinese use?
Is it necessary to add a measure word when describing number of
quantity?
Classroom objects
Measure words rules
Ownership
Identify objects used in the classroom
Use appropriate measure words for objects
Ask about ownership, such as “Whose pen is this?”, “Is that your book?
Vocabulary quizzes
Sentence structure quizzes
Dialogue
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Vocabulary
Activities
Culture
笔，书， 纸，尺，橡皮，桌子，椅子，电脑，电子版， 支，张
（Note: 笔 －铅笔，原子笔，毛笔，红笔，粉笔）
Collecting school objects (listening)
Memory game
Guessing game
Is this yours? (listening, speaking)
A jigsaw puzzle (reading)
Calligraphy demonstration & practice
Chinese calligraphy
Chinese classroom
June
Review and deliver final presentation. Invite parents and administration to
presentations.
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