Jie Billinger
2011 - 2012
1 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Week One (9/6 – 9/9)
Day 1
Materials:
Syllabus
Resources:
Wiki
Voicethread
Procedures:
1.
Introduce “ 你好 ” a.
Use “ 你好 ” b.
In English – your name, your grade, and what do you know about China and
Chinese?
2.
Go through the syllabus – objectives, expectations and rules)
3.
Talk about the technologies that will be involved in the class. a.
Use Wiki to obtain class materials, submit assignment, etc. b.
Use Voicethread c.
Need to have a potable voice-recording device to be used during class when practicing speech, usually 5-10 minutes per class period. The teacher will randomly pick 3 students to submit the assignment. The assignment needs to be uploaded to Wiki by mid night that day. Each assignment is 10 points, 5 for quality, and 5 for on time.
4.
Basic pronouns 我 , 你 , 他 / 她 a.
Pronunciation – pinyin b.
Learn how to write with the correct stroke order c.
Activity – have the students take turns to write ONE stroke on board, without referencing to textbook or notes.
Assessment:
Entry assessment. (This will not be part of your grade.)
Introduce yourself and your family (digital recorder)
Assignments:
Written a paragraph to introduce you and your family. Provide as much information as you can. Make it a piece of good writing. Make it interesting.
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Fall, 2011

Day 2
Materials:
Flashcards (national flags and nation names)
Resources:
World map (in English)
Procedures:
1.
Review 你好 , 我 , 你 , 他 / 她
2.
Introduce Chinese calligraphy. The structure of the characters. (Overview)
3.
Introduce in-class phrases a.
老师 – 老师好 b.
同学们 – 同学们好 c.
现在开始上课了 . d.
下课了 . e.
再见
./
明天见
.
4.
Practice pronunciation
5.
Practice phrases a.
Practice with technologies – if they are ready b.
Practice with partners
6.
China and the World a.
Show the world map (English) b.
Vocabulary: 中国 , 美国 , 英国 , 墨西哥 , 加拿大 , 印度 , 俄国 , 朝鲜 , 日本 ,
韩国
Assessments:
Flash cards with national flags.
Assignments:
Get more familiar with the websites and technologies.
Teach your family about the vocabulary that we learned today.
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Fall, 2011

Day 3
Materials:
Nation flag flashcards (teacher’s set)
Small cards of flags and characters (students’ sets)
Resources:
World Map In Chinese
Listen to the all the languages:
Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, English
Procedures:
1.
Review classroom phrases a.
老师
–
老师好 b.
同学们 – 同学们好 c.
现在开始上课了 . d.
下课了
. e.
再见 ./ 明天见 .
2.
Review nation names a.
T use flashcards. b.
T shows the flag, have the students say the name. c.
T gives S a set of cards of flags and characters. Have the students match them.
3.
Introduce the names of the languages: 中文 , 英文 , 西班牙文 , 日文 , 韩文 . a.
Practice the pronunciation b.
Practice writing c.
Use flashcards to show the flags, have the students say the official language that is spoken in that country.
4.
Introduce: 亚洲 , 欧洲 , 北美洲 .
5.
Go online to find a world map in Chinese. Have the students find all countries and contents that we have leaned. Also give the names of the languages.
Assessments:

Use flashcards to show the flags, have the students say the official language that is spoken in that country.

Go online to find a world map in Chinese. Have the students find all countries and contents that we have leaned. Also give the names of the languages.
Assignments:
Review the names of the nations, and the official languages spoken in those nations.
4 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day 4
Materials:
Resources:
Procedures:
1.
Review phrases a.
老师 – 老师好 b.
同学们 – 同学们好 c.
现在开始上课了 . d.
下课了 . a.
再见 ./ 明天见 .
2.
Introduce new classroom phrases a.
你们有问题吗
? b.
我有问题 . c.
我没有问题 .
3.
Introduce basic Chinese sentence order a.
SVO b.
Question form: …… 吗 ?
4.
Practice Q & A a.
你好吗 ? 我很好 . 我不好 . b.
下课了吗 ? 下课了 . 还没下课 .
5.
Games: Do you remember all the characters we have learned? (Fly Swatter)
6.
Pronouns in Plural form: 我们 , 你们 , 他们 , 她们 , 同学们 , 老师们 .
7.
Talk about he character “ 门 ”. Show a short video of 快乐汉字 .
8.
Introduce phrases: a.
我可以去厕所吗 ? b.
我可以去喝水吗 ?
9.
Show the 1 st
episode of Happy Chinese.
Assessments:
Assignments:
Finish viewing the video at home with your family. (The 1 st
episode) We will discuss the video on Monday.
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Fall, 2011

Week Two (9/12 – 9/16)
Day 1 & 2 & 3
Materials
Pinyin.ppt file
Character sheet to fill in with pinyin
你好 , 我 , 你 , 他 / 她 , 中国 , 美国 , 英国 , 墨西哥 , 加拿大 , 印度 , 俄国 , 朝鲜 , 日本 ,
韩国 , 中文 , 英文 , 西班牙文 , 日文 , 韩文 , 亚洲 , 欧洲 , 北美洲
Classroom phrases pinyin sheet to fill in Characters
老师 – 老师好
同学们 – 同学们好
现在开始上课了 .
下课了 .
再见
./
明天见
.
你们有问题吗 ?
我有问题 .
我没有问题
.
我可以去厕所吗 ?
我可以去喝水吗 ?
Pinyin charts
Resources:
Pinyin on-line tool
Pinyin Initials video
Pinyin Finals video
Procedures:
1.
Review classroom phrases
2.
Discuss about the 1 st
episode of Happy Chinese. a.
Who are the characters – names, relations, nationalities b.
Where is this happening? c.
What happened? d.
Tell me what do you about the characters. e.
What are the Chinese words or phrases you have learned fro this episode?
3.
Chinese phonetic transcription (Pinyin) a.
Origin or history of Pinyin b.
Names of Pinyin –
拼音
,
生母
,
韵母 c.
Use pinyin chart to show initials and finals d.
Use pinyin video to learn the pronunciation i.
Have the students follow the video, pause when necessary ii.
Ask students which ones that they have difficulties to pronounce
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Fall, 2011

iii.
Practice pinyin pronunciation iv.
Explain the pinyin spelling rules v.
Use Character sheet to fill in with pinyin vi.
Use Classroom phrases pinyin sheet to fill in Characters
Assessments:
Read a sentence, have the students record it with Pinyin.
Remind the students the characters on Character sheet will be in the character quiz on
Thursday.
Assignments: practice the pronunciation.
Review the spelling rules.
Character sheet to fill in with pinyin due tomorrow
Classroom phrases pinyin sheet to fill in Characters due tomorrow
7 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day 4 & 5
Materials
Resources:
Quizlet
On-line Pinyin Tool site
Youtube video
The Tones Site
Procedures:
1.
Character quiz (Thursday)
2.
Review initials and finals
3.
Mainland China, Taiwan 台湾 & Hong Kong 香港 ( 东方之珠 ) a.
The history – show some videos, songs b.
The culture differences c.
The language differences d.
The Pinyin differences
4.
Introduce the tones a.
Use tone.ppt to introduce the concept b.
Use on-line tool to practice tones c.
Do a team game of the tones
5.
Practice the vocabulary and classroom phrases with correct tones – have the students use recording devices
6.
Watch the 2 nd
episode of Happy Chinese
Assessments:
Character quiz – using Quizlet
Assignments:
Finish 2 nd episode of the show
8 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Week Three (the writing week)
Day 1 & 2
Materials:
汉字构字学
.ppt
Strokes.ppt
Stroke names sheet
Resources:
Procedures:
1.
汉字构字学 ( the new characters introduced here will be in the Unit test. )
2.
Use Strokes.ppt to show the concept of strokes and particles a.
How to write and say the names of the eight strokes b.
Use the characters we learned from previous lessons as examples to practice the strokes. (Use hand motion, say the names of the each strokes.) c.
Introduce two new words that will be used in the unit test:
国家
,
语言 d.
Have each student pick one character; use the stroke names sheet as reference to demonstrate.
Assessments:
Have each student pick one character; use the stroke names sheet as reference to demonstrate.
Assignments:
9 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day 3 & 4
Materials:
Paintbrushes
Ink stone
Watercolor
Resources:
中国书法
Procedures:
1.
Introduce Paint Brush Painting ( 毛笔字 ) a.
Learn the characters: 毛笔字 , 笔墨纸砚 b.
What is Paint Brush Painting? (Show videos)
2.
Show 毛笔和砚台
3.
Demonstrate how to use paint brush to write
4.
Have the students to practice a.
Have the students use paint brush and water color b.
Practice the vocabulary that will be in the unit test
Assessments:
By observation
Assignments:
Prepare for the unit test tomorrow
10 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Week Four (09/26-09/30)
Day One
Materials
Sentence Q&A connection Table
Ink and paintbrush
Resources
Show the new wiki page
Procedures
1.
Have the S use the Q&A connection table to do the activity.
2.
Show the S the ink and paint brush
3.
Invite S to practice writing with the brush
4.
Show the video 你叫什么 , 你家在哪儿
5.
Have S work with a partner to write up a dialogue, using all the grammar patterns we have learned. The dialogue is about two people just met, and introduce each other.
Assessments
Assignments
Make sure register in Voicethread.
11 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day Two
Materials
Daily Phrases sheet
Resources
Language Lab
Procedures
1.
Have the students use Daily Phrases sheet to practice reading
2.
Go to voicethread about the countries and finish project.
Assessments
Assignments
12 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day Three
Materials
Number.ppt
Resources
Meet on the plan www.chinese.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYlb5iIP4Q&feature=related
Chinese flash cards on line http://www.chinesecharacterflashcards.com/?cid=h5r4xyqc&gclid=CO280efvqsCFULe4AodPECIxA
User name: aulsan@yahoo.com
Password: liu3858
Procedures
1.
Speech practice with the whole class
2.
Listening comprehension – T read Chinese sentence, have S write out the translation a.
你是哪国人 ? b.
他不是日本人 . c.
你叫什么名字 ? d.
我叫小李 . e.
你家在美国吗 ? f.
他家在中国 .
3.
Watch Youtube video – meet on the plane
4.
Review numbers 1-10,
5.
Use the number .ppt
Assessments
Assignments
13 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day Four
Materials
Copy of Lesson One
Resources
Procedures
1.
Learn new words:
姓
,
贵
,
名字
2.
Listen to the FLTC leson audio file 2-3 times
3.
Have S read the copy as a group in order o under stand every sentence
4.
Have two S read the dialogue.
Assessment
Listening Comprehension
14 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011

Day Five
Materials
Workbook copy of Lesson One
Resources
Procedures
1.
Do the exercise on workbook
2.
Review unit test on Monday
Assessments
Assignments
15 of 15 By: Jie Billinger
Fall, 2011