World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Introduction to
Chinese class
(5 days)
E. Q.: What do you
know about China
and Chinese
language?
Unit 1
(5 days)
Getting to know you
E.Q.： How do you
introduce yourself?
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
-Interact with teachers and others using
standard greetings, farewells, and
expressions of courtesy orally and in writing.
(SCOS1.01/ NL.CLL.1.2& NL.CLL.2.1)
-Recognize and use gestures, manners,
behaviors, greetings, and idiomatic
expressions of the target cultures. (SCOS
4.01/ NL.CLL.4.1)
- Recognize similarities and differences in the
ways languages are written (e.g.,
alphabet/characters, punctuation,
capitalization) in the target language and
his/her own language(s).(SCOS 5.03/
NL.COD.3.4)
-Engage in oral and written conversation
(e.g., face-to-face, e-mails, letters) to
exchange essential and personal information
about everyday topics. (SCOS 1.05)
- Follow oral and written directions,
commands, and requests. SCOS 2.03,
NL.COD.1.2)
-Interact with people of other cultures in the
target language about familiar topics. (SCOS
7.03/ NL.CMT.1.1)
- View, listen to, and read various forms of
media that utilize the target language and
reflect the target cultures. (SCOS7.06/
NL.COD.3.4 & NL.CMT.2.3)
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
-Basic Pinyin
-Initials : a o e i u v
-Finals : b p m f
-Formation of Pinyin
-Pronunciation rules
-Four tones
- Greeting and farewell
- Chinese geography and
culture
-Value of learning Chinese
language and culture
-Development of Chinese
symbols
-Pinyin
-Four tones
-Greetings
-Farewell
-Symbols
-Names
Last name+ First name=
Chinese full name
-Nationality
-hometown
-Sentence order
-Classroom expressions
-How Chinese people
choose their names
-Difference order of
American names and
Chinese names
- World georgraphy
- Introduction to the
important cities in China：
北京，上海，香港.
-Greetings
-Names
-Nationalities
-Hometown
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Unit 2
(10 days)
My family
E.Q.: Can you
introduce your
family to us?
Unit 3
(10 days)
Pets and zodiac
animal
E.Q.: Do you have
pets at home?
Unit 4
( 5 days)
House and rooms
E.Q.: Can you
introduce your
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
- Remember pronunciation, vocabulary, and
syntax appropriate to the student’s reading
level.（SCOS2.01,2.05/ NL.CLL.2.5）
- Demonstrate understanding of oral and
written questions about their family.
(SOCS2.02/ NL.CLL.3.1)
-Recognize viewpoints and attitudes of
people in both his/her own culture(s) and the
target cultures relating to family, and
home.(SOCS 5.09/ NL.CMT.4.1)
- Identify the sound patterns of the target
language and compare them to his/her own
language(s). (SCOS 5.01, NL.COD.2.2)
- Dramatize songs, simple skits, or poetry
dealing with familiar topics.(SCOS 3.02/
NL.CMT.2.1)
- Use the language to recite sequences of
numbers.( SCOS2.01 /NL.COD.3.2)
- Recognize language that communicates
knowledge of the target language and
cultures to others.( SCOS4.02/ NL.CMT.4.2)
- Share likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions with each other orally and in
writing. (SCOS1.04/ NL.COD.1.2)
- Compare students’ homes and families with
those in the target culture. (SCOS 5.07,
NL.CMT.4.1)
- Understand how to respond to familiar or
simple questions in the target language that
- Different names for family
members from both
mother’s side and father’s
side.
-Sentence patterns:
这/ 那+ (不) 是+ 某人。
这/ 那+ 是+ 某人吗？
某人+是+某地人+吗？
-Chinese family tree
-Chinese family value
-Basic strokes
-Compare the similarities
and differences between
Chinese and American
families
-Family members
-Sentence patterns
-Writing strokes
-Hand gestures for numbers
1-10
-12 Chinese zodiac animals
-The use of “二”and “两”
- The measure word“只”
-Sentence patterns:
你有狗/猫吗？
我 没有狗/猫。
我有一/两只狗/猫。
-Number culture in China
What numbers are good or
bad for Chinese people ?
-Number writing
-Chinese stories about
zodiac animals
-Different zodiac animals
symbolize different
personalities
-Numbers
-Sentence patterns
-Names of zodiac
animals
-Do Research on zodiac
anmials
-Names of different rooms
in the house
-The use of
adjective“大”and“ 小”
- Housing of China
-Chinese architecture
-Character writing
- Phrases like “一个大房
间”
-Sentence patterns
-Description of their
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
house and your
rooms to us?
Unit 5
(5 days)
Numbers, time and
date
E.Q.: Can you tell
time, date and
weekdays?
Unit 6
（10 days）
Food and beverage
E.Q.: What food do
you like/ eat/order?
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
focus on key concepts in classroom activities
and different content areas.( SCOS 2.02,
NL.COD.2.1)
- view, listen to, and read various forms of
media that utilize the target
language.(SCOS7.06/NL.CLL.2.4)
-Use the target language as it pertains to the
weather, days of the week, months and
seasons to present to an
audience.( SCOS2.02, NL.COD.3.1)
- Make inferences from simple oral and/or
written passages (e.g., conversations, dialogs,
, songs, rhymes, chants, and literature) about
the topics. (SCOS2.05/ NL.COD.3.3)
-- Use the language to recite sequence of
numbers.(SCOS1.02, 2.01,/NL.COD. 3.2)
-- Use the language to perform simple
mathematical operations.
(6.03,NM.COD.3.2)
- Share likes and dislikes about food with
each other orally and in writing.
（SCOS1.04/L.COD.1.2）
- Give short oral or written presentations
about their preference of food.(SCOS3.01)
- Identify similarities and differences of
tangible and intangible products (e.g., food)
between the target cultures and his/her own
culture(s).(SCOS 5.07/ NL.CMT.4.1)
- make, accept and decline requests and
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
house and different
room
-Count how many rooms
they have in their house
- The measure word“个”
- Sentence patterns:
你家大吗？
你家有几个房间?
-Numbers1-100
-The words: 点， 分
- The expression of time: 五
点， 七点半，五点零五
分，八点二十分
-The words: 月， 号/ 日
The expression of date: 三
月二号/日
-Sentence patterns
-Character writing
-Time difference in America
and China
- Holiday dates in China
- Compare to the rules of
English numbers
-Numbers
-Time
- Weekdays
-Dates
- Names of food and
beverage
-The verbs“吃”“喝”“要”“喜
欢”
- The adverb “ 也”
-Order of sentences
- Greetings: 早上好！下午
好! 晚上好！晚安！
-The traditional Chinese
food
-Compare what people eat
for three meals in China
and America
- Chinese diet manners
-Chopstick
-All the names of food
and beverage we
learned
-All the sentence
patterns in this unit
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Unit 7
（ 5 days）
School life
E.Q. : Can you
introduce your
school life to us?
Unit 8
（5 days）
Body parts& Colors
E.Q. Can you name
different body parts
and colors?
Unit 9
(5 days)
Age, birthday and
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
offer, accept and refuse food.
(SCOS 2.03,5.02/ NL.CLL.4.2)
- Use single words in memorized phrases to
identify names of people, places, and things.
(SCOS2.02, 3.01/ NL.CLL.3.1)
- Carry out simple interactions with people
from the target culture. (SCOS2.02, NL.CMT.
1.1)
- Understand roles in school related to the
target culture.(SCOS5.06, NL.CMT.3.2)
- Use familiar vocabulary and structures to
exchange information about school
activities. (1.04, NM.CLL.1.2)
-Understand how to respond to familiar or
simple questions in the target language that
focus on key concepts in classroom activities
and different content areas.(SCOS2.02/
NL.COD.2.1)
-Use basic words and short learned phrases
during interactions orally and in writing.
(SCOS1.02/ NL.COD.1.2)
-Make inferences from simple oral and/or
written passages (e.g., conversations, dialogs,
narratives, advertisements, songs and rhyme)
about familiar topics.(SCOS2.05/ NL.CMT.4.3)
- Carry out simple exchanges of information
using content-related vocabulary and
concepts. (SCOS3.01/ NL.COD.1.1)
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
-Weekdays
-Subjects at school
Sentence structure Day+
S+V+ O
-Names of places at school
-The verb “去”
-Sentence patterns
- Compare middle school
schedule between China
and America
- How Chinese school is like
-How Chinese students
study and do school
activities in China
-Weekdays
-Make their own school
schedule in Chinese
- Name of places
-Introduction to their
school life
-Names of different body
parts
-Introduce different body
parts with the sentence
pattern
这是我的….
-Names of different colors
-Sentence pattern :
这是什么颜色？
你喜欢什么颜色？
-Revised body song
-Color culture in China
Different color show
different meaning
-Name of body parts
-Colors
-How Chinese people
-The use of “几”
-The days: 昨天，今天，明 celebrate birthday
-Character writing
天
-Review the topics
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
weather
E. Q. How old are
you?
When is your
birthday?
What is the weather
like?
- Use simple phrases to present orally and in
writing about the weather and season.
(SCOS2.02,/NM.COD.3.1)
- Interpret information presented in
pictorial form in terms of main ideas. (SCOS
1.04, 2.04/ 3.01, NL.COD 4.2)
- Recall oral phrases commonly used in
target language communities.( SCOS 2.01,
5.04,/NL.CMT.2.3)
- Identify media from the target culture.
(SCOS 2.05,/NL.CMT. 3.1)
- Remember pronunciation, vocabulary, and
syntax appropriate to the student’s reading
level.( SCOS 2.04/NL.CLL.2.5)
- view, listen to, and read various forms of
media that utilize the target
language.(SCOS7.06/NL.CLL.2.4)
- Retell a story orally or in writing. (SCOS
3.03/ NL.CLL.3.1)
- Recognize viewpoints and attitudes of
people in both his/her own culture(s) and the
target cultures relating to their work. (SCOS
5.09/ NL.CMT.4.1)
-view and respond to video/audio
presentations in the target language(SCOS
4.07/NL.COD.3.4)
- Share likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions with each other orally and in
writing. （SCOS1.04/L.COD.1.2）
Unit 10
(5 days)
Jobs
E.Q.: What do you
want to be in the
future?
Unit 11
( 5 days)
Hobbies and sports
E.Q.: What do you
like/ dislike to do?
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
-Sentence patterns:
你几岁？
你的生日是几月几号？
今天冷/热吗？
-Weather in China
-Chinese georgaraphy
-Names of different jobs and
places
-The use of “是不是”
-Word order with place in
sentences
-The difference between the
verbs“想”and“ 要”
-The use of “吧！”
-The difference between
“你”and“您
-Character writing
-Occupation chance in
China
-Names of jobs
-Make a presentation
about what their family
doing
-Words about hobbies
-The use of “的”
-The use of “ 会”
-Names of sports
-The different usage
-Popular sports in China
-A short paragraph writing
to talk about their hobbies
-Hobbies
-Sports
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Unit 12
( 5 days)
After-school
activities
E.Q.: What do you
usually do after
school?
Unit 13
(5 days)
Transportation
E. Q. : How do you
go to school/ take a
trip etc. ?
Unit 14
(5 days)
Directions
E.Q : Can you ask
and give directions
to somewhere ?
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
- Identify similarities and differences in the
structural patterns in the target language and
his/her own language(s). SCOS 5.02/
NL.CMT.4.4)
- Demonstrate understanding of oral and
written questions about familiar topics.
(SCOS 2.02/ NL.CLL.1.3)
-- view, listen to, and read various forms of
media that utilize the target
language.(SCOS7.06/NL.CLL.2.4)
- Give short oral or written presentations
about people, places, things, and events
using everyday words and phrases. (SCOS
3.01/ NL.COD.1.1)
-- Remember pronunciation, vocabulary, and
syntax appropriate to the student’s reading
level.( SCOS 2.04/NL.CLL.2.5)
-Identify key words or main idea(s) from oral
or written passages. (SCOS2.04/ NL.COD.2.3)
- Interpret phrases presented with
accompanying gestures, intonation, and
other visual or auditory cues. (SCOS2.06/
NL.COD.2.1)
- Demonstrate an awareness of the different
target countries and their capitals by locating
them on a map or globe and identifying their
major geographical features. (SCOS4.04/
NL.CMT.1.2)
- Follow oral and written directions,
between the verbs“打”and
“踢
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
-The verbs“ 看” “听”“闻”
-The word order with “天
天” in sentences
-The sentence patterns:
某物+很+好看/好吃/好闻/
好玩
-Chinese students’ afterschool activities
-Character writing
-Verbs
-Activities
-Ways of public
transportation
-Places of public
transportations
-The difference between“坐
车”and “ 开车”
-Word order in sentences
他坐火车去上海。
-Comparison of public
transportations in China
and America
-Character writing
-All the words related to
transportation
-Names of different
directions
-The use of“请问”
-The preposition “往”
-Sentence pattern for asking
-Ask and answer directions
with a Chinese local map
-Direction words
-Expressions about
asking and giving
directions
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World Languages Department
2010-2011
Pacing Guide: Chinese Level I in
High School (Block)
Unit Timeline
Theme
E.Q.
Unit Objectives SCOS/ Essential
Standards covered
(Students will be able to….)
commands, and requests.(SCOS 2.03/
NL.COD.1.3)
NL.CMT.1.2)
- Follow oral and written directions,
commands, and requests.(SCOS 2.03/
NL.COD.1.3)
Grammar/ Vocabulary/
Expressions
Writing/ Speaking/
Reading/ Culture
Review
directions:
请问， 某处所+在+哪儿？
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