ABC USD Foreign Language Assistance Program
2009 – 2010
5 – Step Communicative Lesson Plan
Date:
Text:
Wednesday 3/25/2010
Living
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Mandarin 2
A. Objective:
Level: Novice
Unit Title:
過馬路
1.
Students will be able to read and write vocabularies by learning following Chinese
characters:
開始, 結束, 左轉, 右轉, 往前開
2. Students will be able to read and recognize the sentences.
從學校開車回家.
Materials Needed: Projector, laptop, character worksheet, shamrock color craft
B. Steps/Plan
Teacher will:
Students will:
Setting the Stage:
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Story book, Showing PPT, flash Cards and
pictures and PPT.
Comprehensible Input: TPRS
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Brainstorming on the shown PPT, flash cards, and
pictures.
Minutes: 5
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1.
Lead the students in reading the lesson
2. 開始左轉, 右轉, 往前開, 最後結束是
猜猜看, 從學校開車回家有那些方
回家。
向?
2. 開始左轉, 右轉, 往前開, 最後結束是
猜猜看, 從學校開車回家有那些方
向?
out loud
1.
Read the lesson out loud as a class
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Under the teacher’s direction, practice
the following sentence patterns:
回家。
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Present PowerPoint slides
從學校一直往前開就回到家嗎?
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Have the students match the phrases
是, 還從學校一直往前開就回到家.
with pictures: 左轉, 右轉, 往前開.
Minutes: 15
Guided Practice:
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Pass character worksheets out to
students and lead the students in writing
Follow the teacher’s directions and write
the characters using the proper stroke
sequences on the worksheet given.
開始, 結束, 左轉, 右轉, 往前開
the Chinese strokes.
開始, 結束, 左轉, 右轉, 往前開
Minutes: 15
UCLA Language Materials Project
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Independent Practice:
1. Have students play “Q/A” using flash cards
in groups.
2. Have students do worksheet.
3. Game.
4. Hot potato.
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Student will practice the sentences while
they play.
Minutes: 10
Evaluation/Assessment/Closure:
1.
Checking for comprehension during each
activity.
2. Have students share the new 3 vocabularies
and phrases that they have learned in this
class with their shoulder partners.
Students will share the learned vocabularies and
phrases in this class with their shoulder
partners.
C. National Standards (Explain in detail): Communications, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons,
Communities
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Communication: Students will work in pairs and exchange ideas and concepts to complete the
in-class worksheet
Cultures: In the States, most elementary students go to school by the vehicle; however, in
Taiwan, they go to school on foot.
Communities: Students will show evidence of use of language beyond the school setting and
outside of the classroom with their friends, etc.
D. Language Arts (Explain in detail): listening/speaking/reading/writing strategies; language
conventions
Listening: Students will listen to the teacher reading the lesson out loud.
Speaking: Students themselves will read the lesson out loud as a class for the teacher.
Reading: Students will use the sentences they learned from the lesson and say them with a
partner and for the rest of the class as practice.
 Writing: Students will learn how to write Chinese characters under the direction of the
teacher.
E. Language Development (Explain in detail): listening/reading comprehension, speaking, word
analysis, reading fluency
 Listening comprehension: Students need to listen to the teacher’s pronunciation of words in
order to comprehend, model, and practice reading.
 Reading comprehension: Students must be able to recognize characters to read the lesson
from the book and understand its meaning.
 Speaking: Students will converse with other students in class activities.
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