PVCICS 6th Chinese Language Arts Curriculum Map
Time
Frame
Content/Skills/ Strategies
Enduring understanding
Sep
2009~
Mid Oct
2009
Greetings and introduction
问候与介绍
 Greetings
 Class vocabularies and rules
 Introduce myself ( name, age, nationality,
grade and favorite color)
 Describe myself (body parts, emotions,
likes and dislikes as well as personal
need)
 Introduce my family ( family members,
size, and occupations)
Mid-Autumn Festival and celebration
 Poem: Jing Ye Si
 Make moon-cakes
Students will understand:
 the basic skills to greet and
introduce self and others
 Different countries and
cultures have different
ways for greeting
 The Mid-Autumn Festival
is one of the few most
important holidays in the
Chinese calendar
Essential questions
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How do Chinese
greet each other
when they first meet?
What
are
the
differences between
American greeting
and
Chinese
greeting?
Why do Chinese like
to ask people have
you eat the meals for
greeting?
Methods
Assessment
Teacher
observation
Teacher
questioning
Worksheets
Flashcards
Role Play
Interviews,
Surveys
Homework
of
Oral
Massachusetts
FL
Framework
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4
Connections 7.1
Communities
8.1
Mid Oct
2009~
Nov
2009
Nov
2009
School and classroom 学校与教室
 School supplies
 School environment
 School subjects and schedules
Community 社区
 Community buildings
 Community helpers
Pinyin
 Initials and Finals
Halloween
Students will understand:
 The importance for people
take good care of school
and class supplies
 Be responsible and
punctual for attending
different lessons
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Students will understand:
 Community plays an
important role in people’s
lives
 The occupations for
different community
helpers
 Different community has
different environment ,
culture, and value
 The different layout and
characteristics of American
community and Chinese
community
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Why we go to
school?
What subjects do we
have to learn at
school?
How can we be
responsible and
learning well at
school?
What is your favorite
job/ community
building and why?
 How does
firefighter/police/
nurse do to help
people in the community?
 How can people
create a friendly and
supportive
community?
Teacher
observation
Teacher
questioning
Worksheets
Flashcards
Homework
Oral
Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Students reading
recordings (oral
assessment)
Homework
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.4, 4.6
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4
Connections 7.1
Communities8.1
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.5, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4
Connections 7.1
Communities
8.1, 8.2
Dec
2009 ~
Mid Jan
2010
Mid Jan
2010~Fe
b 2010
Food 食物
 Fruit, vegetables, meat, grains, oil and
fat, drinks
 Eating food (taste and describe
personal need)
 Shopping food
 Food and health (Food pyramid)
 Chinese food and American food
Pinyin
Student will understand:
 Food plays an important
role in people’s lives.
 Eat healthy and live a
healthy life
 The different servings for
each group of food ( which
food should people eat more
and which food should
people eat less)
Clothing 衣服
 Names of clothing (asking what
someone is wearing)
 Season, weather and clothing (inquiring
about the weather, asking about the
season; wear different clothes for
different season and weather )
 Clothes and fashion (describe how
clothes fit)
 Clothes and event (asking what to wear)
 Chinese traditional clothes and western
clothes
Pinyin
Chinese New year and celebration
 Chinese dance, make dumplings
Students will understand:
 People have different dress
style
 The style and color for
Chinese traditional clothes
 People have to dress
appropriately according to
the weather, situation and
events
 The fashion elements
related to the clothing
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What is an example of
one serving of vegetables?
Which food should people
eat more and which food
should people eat less?
Why shouldn’t people eat
a lot of candy and ice
cream?
How can people live a
healthy life?
What kind of clothes do
you like to wear?
Why different people have
different dressing style?
How can people dress
appropriately for different
situation?
What is the biggest
holiday in China and
when it starts?
To what extent or in what
ways is Chinese New year
important for Chinese
people?
Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Students reading
recordings
Class Survey
Interview
Food
pyramid
presentation
Homework
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 5.5,
5.9, 6.1, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4,6.6
Connections 7.1
Communities8.1
Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Students reading
recordings
Homework
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4,6.6
Connections 7.1
Communities8.1
March
2010
April
2010
Sports and hobbies 运动与爱好
 Sports ( asking what sports someone
likes; asking if someone likes a certain
sport; suggesting an activity)
 Leisure activities
 Hobbies ( expressing an interest)
Pinyin
Students will understand:
 Sports and hobbies help us to
spend some quality time either
alone or with friends and
families
 Hobbies are anything for fun
you do in your free time. All
games and sports can be hobbies
Daily routines 每日日程
 Time and date (asking and stating the
date and time, asking the day of the
week)
 Daily activities ( asking what someone is
doing)
 Daily schedule ( asking what time
someone does something)
Pinyin
Tomb-Sweeping Day
 Poem: Qingming
 Compare and contrast Tomb-Sweeping
Day and Halloween
Students will
 Understand the time, date
and the day of the week in
Chinese
 Identify
basic
daily
activities
 Sequence
the
daily
activities
 Draw, write and present
their daily schedule
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What is the most popular
sport in China and why is
the most popular sport in
America?
Why people have to do
exercises?
How can people develop a
new hobby?
Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Students reading
recordings
Homework
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4
Connections 7.1
Communities8.1
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Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Teacher
vocabulary quiz
Students reading
recordings
Poster for my
daily schedule
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.1,5.2,5.3,
5.5,5.7, 6.2, 6.3,
6.4,6.5
Connections 7.1
Communities
8.1
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What is the date
today and what’s the
time it is?
What is your daily
schedule?
Why people have to
follow their daily
schedule?
What
are
the
similarities
and
differences between
Chinese
Tomb-Sweeping Day
and
American
Halloween?
May
2010~Ju
ne 2010
Pets and animals 宠物与动物
 Animals (stating the number and name of
animals)
 Pets ( asking if someone has pets,
describe pets and animals)
 Story: animal sports meeting
 Idioms: The old horse knows the way
 Chinese zodiac
Pinyin
Dragon boat Festival
Student will :
 Understand the names, the size
and the color of basic animals
 Identify basic animals upon
sight by name
 Classify animals by particular
type (i.e., habits, location, size,
special colorings, grouping, etc.)
 Have a basic understanding of
the animal kingdom and the
various classifications
Opportunities for Integration：
A. Chinese Culture/Arts: 中国文化艺术
 Lantern making 灯笼
 Calligraphy 书法
 Blossoms 花卉
 Lion dance 舞狮子
 Scrolls (Calligraphy & Painting)卷轴
 Chinese Folk Songs 中国民歌
 Chinese Folk Dances 中国民族舞
 Food 食物
 Art of Opera Face Paintings 戏剧脸谱
B. Chinese Literature: 中国文学
* Stories 故事
* Fairy Tales 神話
* Chinese Zodiac 十二生肖
* Chinese Poems 诗词
* Nursery Rhymes/Chants 童谣
* Idioms 成语
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What is your favorite
animal and why?
How can people be
responsible for keeping a
pet?
To what extent or in what
ways
are
animals
important
to
human
beings?
Teacher
observation
Teacher
Oral
questioning
Worksheets
Students reading
recordings
Class Survey
Communication
1.8, 2.1, 2.4,
3.1,3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Cultures
4.1,
4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.6,
Comparisons
5.2, 5.3, 6.2,
6.3, 6.4
Connections 7.1
Communities8.1