ABC USD Foreign Language Assistance Program
2009 – 2010
5 – Step Communicative Lesson Plan
Date:
Thursday 12/14/09
Text:
Living
Mandarin 2
A. Objective:
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Level:
pp. 23-25
Novice
Unit Title:
打電話
1. Students will be able to make inquiry in a telephone conversation
“你 在 哪 裡？” and “你 在 做 什 麽？
2. Students will be able to provide information for the inquiry
“我 在+ （地方）。” and “ 我 在 + action.”
3．Students will be able to use 只有 ( only ) to compare the quantity in the sentence pattern:
我有 + object A (more) , +可是只有 + object B (less)
我有三個姐姐，可是只有一個哥哥。
4. Students will be able to use 還有(in addition) in the sentence pattern :
我有 + (list of items), 還有 + (additional items)
我有姊姊，還有哥哥。
5．Students will be able to make phrases with 過，聖誕樹，禮物，卡片，聖誕老人（老公公）
Materials Needed: Projector, laptop, PPT , flash cards, props
B. Steps/Plan
Teacher will:
Students will:
Setting the Stage:
 Brainstorm on the pictures
 Play the song 打電話
爺爺，奶奶 ，外公，外婆
 Present PPT slide 1
做點心，畫圖，看書，念故事 etc.
他 （們）是誰？
他 （們 ）在做 什 麽？
Minutes:10
Comprehensible Input
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Teach sentence pattern (slide 2)
1. “你 在 哪 裡？” and “你做 什 麽？”
2. 我 在 + （地方）。” and “ 我在+
action.”
Teach sentence pattern
1. “person + 到 哪 裡 去？“
2. person + 到 + location +去做什麽？ “
teach sentence pattern (slides 3, 4 ) :
1. 我有 + (more) object A, +可是只有 +
(less) object B
2. 我有 + (list of items), 還有 + (additional
items)
Use PPT slides, props , realias and TPRS to
teach new words .
過 （節），聖誕樹，禮物，卡片，聖誕老人
After listening to the dialogues (PPT slides 2-4 ),
students will conclude that
1. 外婆到舅舅家去吃點心。
2. 外婆到市場去買西瓜，香蕉，還有蘋果.
3. 爺爺沒有顔色筆，只有鉛筆．
Students will make short sentences applying new
vocabularies.
E.g.
1. 我喜歡過聖誕節．
2. 我叔叔買了很多聖誕禮物．
3. 我姊姊做了三張聖誕卡片．
4. 我家的聖誕樹很大／高／美麗．
5. 聖誕老人給了我很多禮物．
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Guided Practice:
Practice listening skills on the questions
Example (slides 1, 2):
1. 小弟弟做什麽？他給誰打電話？
2. 外婆到哪裏去？
3. 外婆在做什麽？
Students will be able to summarize the dialogues
外婆到舅舅家去吃點心．
外婆到市場去買西瓜，香蕉，還有蘋果．
爺爺沒有顔色筆，他只有鉛筆．
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Play the recording of the PPT dialogues and
check students’ comprehension.
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In small groups, have students use learned
vocabularies and sentence patterns to
change the dialogues
Minutes:20
Independent Practice:
 Pass a list of characters, to-do things,
and places in picture forms ( last week’s
worksheets)
 Ask students to use the list to practice a
phone conversation with their shoulder
partners.
Practice with shoulder partners as if
they are talking on the phone.
 use as many vocabularies as possible
Example:
A: 我買了很多聖誕禮物．我有…,…,…, 還有…..
B: 我沒有…,…,…., 可是我有…..。
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Minutes :15
Evaluation/Assessment/Closure:
 Checking for comprehension at each
activity.
 Have students share 5 things that they
have learned in this class with their
shoulder partners.
Students will share 5 things that they have
learned in this class with their shoulder
partners.
Minutes:5
C. National Standards
 Communication : Interpersonnel, interpretive, presentational
 Cultures : grandma can be 外婆/阿婆／姥姥 or 祖母/奶奶/ and grandpa can be 外公/阿公/姥爺
or 祖父/爺爺/
 Comparisons : Chinese New Year shopping VS American Christmas shopping
 Communities：Students will share what they have learned with their family after school
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D. Language Arts
Listening: teacher’s input, PPT slides narrations, teacher’s questions and answers.
Speaking: role play, small group discussion, practicing dialogue with partners．.
Reading: reading text book, reading flash cards, reading PPT dialogues.
Writing: practicing new words on writing board, worksheet.
Conventions:
The word 喂 means “ hello” & “hi”
餵 (喂) means to feed．
E. Language Development :
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Students will be able to engage in conversation making inquiry about a person’s whereabouts
and exchanging simple information.
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Students will be able to construct sentence pattern:
“person + 到 + location + 去 + 做什麽？ “ and “person + 到 + location + 去 + action。“
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