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MAGIC CHINESE

TEXTBOOK (First Draft)

updated with Lin Yingzhu laoshi & Kwans new three lessons

We need Su-jane laoshis WORD document (not PDF) on Reivew ONE.

FOUNDATION ONE:

LEARNING B P M F SONG FROM PETER

Students Reading:

(Show Peters picture with Pinyin saying: W sh Peter.)

Hey, Im Peter. I moved up here from Taipei, Taiwan with my parents when I was 8 years old. Mom and dad insist I use Chinese at home. Thanks to them, my Chinese is still fluent. My friend, Melissa, wants to learn Chinese from me. After giving it some thought, I believe I can teach her my learning secret. It makes the learning of pronunciation go faster and easier. Trust me! Once youve learned my two songs, youll be able to say anything in Chinese as long as it is spelled out in this phonic system. You may not be able to read Chinese characters or write them yet, but you can speak it.

Please listen to the songs first then follow me to sing. First, well sing the song with ABC tunes. I call it the b p m f song. After you remember this one, then well sing the song of Compound vowels in the melody of Little Spider song. After you remember both songs by heart, well work on how to write down these sounds in Hanyu pinyin symbols.

(Wei-Yuns note: It is important to let students sing first then look at the symbols. Singing the song without looking at the English letters lets students learn the sound without the influence of their English ability.)

b p m f song

b p m f d t n l

g k h j q x

z c s zh ch sh r

yi wu y

a o e

ai ei ao ou

an en ang eng er

Women hui chang B P M F!

(We can sing B P M F!)

The second song youre going to learn is all the compound vowels in Chinese language. These are the combination of individual vowels youve learned in the first song after simplifying the spelling. The two lines grouped together are identical in sound. The top one is used when the sound is in the ending position. The bottom one is the same sound used as is. Now lets see if we can sing and write at the same time.

Compounded vowels song

ia ie iao iu ian in iang ing

ya ye yao you yan yin yang ying

ua uo ui uai uan un uang ong

wa wo wei wai wan wen wang weng

ue uan un iong

yue yuan yun yong

Women hui chang compounded vowels.

(We can sing compounded vowels.)

One thing we havent learned from these songs is the tonal system in Chinese language. The tones disappeared when we sing because of the music melody. However, when you speak Chinese language, you do need to say the sound in the correct tone otherwise people may misunderstand you.

Tones

Chinese language has five different tones. There are written as tonal symbols on top of the pinyin, such as: ,,, ma, and. They tell you how the sound should be twisted. For example, the sound for mother is mm, you say the first ma with a high and straight pitch for symbol and the second ma with a softer lower voice. This symbol,, indicates the sound should go up. Of course, the symbol tells you the sound should go down first then up. Well, is going down for sure. If you have trouble hearing the tones, try listening with your eyes closed.

(Wei-yuns note: Have students using their right arm to show different tones. Straight out to the right as first tone, raise up 45 degree for 2nd tone, bend the elbow to raise hand for third tone, drop down to 45 degree angle for 4th tone, and hold a fist for light tone. I prefer to use body gesture to show tones because it is more direct information associating the twisting of sound then thinking about the numbers. )

Extra tips for pinyin system.

1. When j, q, x, z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, and r are used in the initial sound add a silent i behind each one. It still sounds just like the original one in the song.

2. When yi and wu are used in the beginning position, only the first letter is written with an ending sound. When y is used as an initial sound, yu is written down. If it is not in the beginning position, then only u is used. Notice that the dots disappeared on top of the sound. But do not worry, not too many words with this sound. Practice the examples in the following Table.

Pinyin

As initial sound

As ending sound

As partial ending sound

Yi

y duck

yu to have

n you

b pen

jio to teach

jio to call

Wu

w doll

w I, me

B no, not

zh pig

ho fire

ha flower

Y

ye moon

yun round,

circle

x to permit

q to go

xe snow

xe to learn

(Wei-yuns note: We can keep this in the teachers resources instead in students book.)

TEACHERS RESOURCES

1. Using CD and songs to practice basic pronunciation.

A. Sing b p m f song

Let students sing along with CD section by section but dont let them look at the pinyin symbols. After the song has been memorized then practice the writing of symbols.

Little tricks to help students with problem:

To remember bpmf dtnl Boy pours more flour down to new lamp

To remember gkh jqx Girl kisses her jumping Chihuahua Xiong

Show student how you can make a Q from Ch

To remember zcs Zack cuts silk

Remind student to say c as the ts sound in cuts

To remember zh ch sh r Review how to say z, c, s, first, then teach student to curl the tongue and say z, c, s again. The h added in each one is to remind them to curl their tongue. The r sound is just the sound of air pushing through a curing tongue.

To remember the difference between e and - The e looks like an arm goes around someones neck. Ask students to make a chocking sound. The little dot under the e represents a little lam. Ask the student to make the animal sound for . Remind students the little lam may run away and disappear later in pinyin, but still using the lam sound for those words.

b. Sing Compounded vowel song

Make sure students master the first song before you teach this one.

You can teach this song with the pinyin symbols at the same time. Make sure students understand the two lines sound the same but the top one is as ending sound, while the bottom on is used as the initial sound. Lead students to repeat the song in different ways to reinforce memory.

2. Practice tones with gestures using right arm.

It is important to ask students to use right arm to practice because tones will be written down this way. Vietnamese students tend to write 2nd and 4th tones the opposite way because of Vietnamese language. It is easier for students to understand if you refer 1st tone as high flat tone, 2nd tone as up tone, 3rd tone as check mark tone and 4th tone as down tone. Make a fist to indicate the dot for the light tone.

3. Use TPR to practice pronunciation and learn verbs:

Start with 4 verbs as a group. Show students the pinyin and action. It is even better if you ask students to suggest the action. Be dramatic and fun! Practice the tones at the same time. Say verbs in slow motion with action. After mastery of one group then add on another group.

There are many ways you can do the practice in games. You can say students name and see if that person act correctly. Or do the reverse way, have the students do the action and you act. Purposely make mistake to have a laugh! Hangman will be good to practice spelling with pinyin and tones.

Extension activity: Teach students the sound of with all the verbs. Even add the way to ask question by using verb verb.

Verbs

b () p () m () f () d () t () n () l ()

g () k () h () j () q () x ()

z () c () s () zh () ch () sh () r ()

yi () wu () y ()

a () o () e () ()

ai () ei () ao () ou ()

an () en () ang ( ) eng ()

4. Use pinyin cards with picture or real objects to practice the following terms.

Practice a few people terms and a few object terms each day. Combine with the verb terms learned before to create simple sentences. Use family pictures to practice people terms. Only show students pinyin cards. This is not the time to show Chinese characters.

(Wei-yuns note: Make cards for teachers and make a pinyin sheet of the following terms for students material.)

Rn h dfng (People and places)

Dngx (Objects)

5. Extension activity:

a. ! ! ? ?

If students absorb places terms quickly, add these learning immediately.

b. ! ! ? ?

If students absorb people terms quickly, add these learning immediately.

c. ! ! ? ?

If students absorb object terms quickly, add these learning immediately.

6. Games with cards:

1. Matching of cards. (A set of cards with picture to match with the other set with pinyin.)

2. Bingo.

3. Snatching the cards. (Display all cards in front of students. Students take turns to say one sentence that contain different cards. For example: I have book. They need to say it out loud before taking the cards. Verb is not displayed. So it is good to review some verbs before doing this game. Assign different points to cards and have them add the total points at the end of the game to win a prize.)

FOUNDATION TWO:

THE BASICS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE

Students Reading:

(Show Peters picture with Pinyin saying: Shnm sh zhngwn? Hny? )

The Chinese language you are learning is Hny or Zhngwn. Its also called Ptngha or Mandarin Chinese. How can it have 4 different names?

Hny means the language used by Han people, the majority of Chinese about 90% of the population. China is slightly smaller than U.S. in total area but close to 5 times of the U.S. population! There are total 56 ethnic groups. All ethnic groups have their own language. In order to communicate efficiently, Hny, the ethnic language of Han tribe, is the official Chinese language. Zhnggo is China in Chinese language. Therefore, Zhngwn is the language spoken by the people. The term Ptngha means a common language, while Mandarin Chinese is the Mandarin dialect spoken by northern and southwestern Chinese. Isnt it amazing? All these 4 names apply to the Chinese language you are learning.

Who uses Chinese language in our world?

Currently, people outside of main land China also use Zhngwn, such as people in Taiwan, Singapore, and China towns all over the world. In the ancient time, many nations in Asia used Chinese characters as written language, such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Today Japanese still use kanji originated from Chinese characters in their writing. As for modern Korean and Vietnamese language, theyve developed their own spelling systems and no longer using Chinese characters. According to The World Almanac, there is more people speaking Chinese than either Spanish or English on Earth. Its also one of the six official language used by the United Nation along with Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Based on the trend of language learning in schools around the world, there will be more people using this language when we grow up.

(Wei-yuns note: Should we add a world map, marking areas with people speaking Chinese? And a bar graph comparing the amount of people speaking major languages in the world, adapted from the data in 2007 World Almanac? )

What are the major difference between Chinese language and English?

Are you curious about how Chinese language work? When I first came to the U.S., I had to learn English from the very beginning. That was really difficult for me because in my own language, Chinese, there is no gender, no tense, no singular nor plural form of nouns, and no need to conjugate verbs (changing verb according to people and tense). It took me sometime to get use to all these changes needed in English. My friend told me there are even more of these changes in Spanish. So, I think learning speaking Chinese probably will be easy for you especially after you mastered the pnyn and tones. But, Chinese language has no spelling. Pnyn is only a tool to teach you how to pronounce the sound. The written form of Chinese is roughly square-shaped graphic design called character ( z).

When did the written Chinese language started on history? How did it change through the years?

According to the legend, Chng Je, an official recorder of the Yellow Emperor, created Chinese characters over five thousand years ago. Gradually, these characters evolved into symbols called Oracle Bone Script. They were carved on bones and tortoise shells around thirty-three hundred years ago. By 221 B.C., Qnshhungd, The First Emperor of China, unified all the kingdoms and ordered everyone to write Chinese characters in the same style. Starting then, written Chinese changed little in shape. However, new characters have been added on over the years. The first dictionary Sho Wn Je Z written during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.) contains 9,000 characters. There are about 86,000 characters listed in a dictionary published in 1994!

How many characters do I need to learn to be able to read?

Actually, only about 3,500 characters are used in daily life. Some characters are used much more frequently than others. When learning Chinese, teacher always starts from teaching the most frequently used words to make learning efficient. A well-educated Chinese person masters about 6,000 to 7,000 characters. What about the others 80,000 characters? You will not see them unless you do research on ancient Chinese literatures.

How did Chinese people create so many characters?

There are 6 basic ways to create characters. The attached table shows you the name of these methods and examples of each.

Six types of characters

How were they created?

Examples

Notes

Fun with words

1. xing xng z

Draw the basic shape of things.

, , , and

It is the oldest way of creating characters. Pictographs.

Can you match up examples with these meanings?

Mouth, people, water, and wood?

2. Zh sh z

Create pictograph with an indicative sign added

added a line to become ,

added a line to become

Its created along the original pictographs.

Can you match and with either origin or big?

3. Hi y z

Combining existing characters to create new meaning.

(sun) and (moon) together for ; (small) and (big) for

The sound of the created words are not the same as either of the original words

Can you match and with either tip or bright?

4. Xng shng z

Combining existing characters to create new meaning still keep the sound of one of the part.

(dad) with (symbol with ba sound) for ;

(female) with (symbol with ma sound) for

Over 90% of Chinese characters are in this category.

Which word is mother? Which word is father?

How do you say mother and father?

5. Zhun zh z

Change parts of character to create new meaning.

(test, ko) changed to (old, lo);

(open, ki) changed to (close down, gun)

This is more frequent than Ja je z.

Both and have a common part (mn). What do you think looks like?

6. Ja je z

Borrowing a word for another meaning and sound.

(still, hi) is borrowed for (return, hun)

Very seldom to see words in this group.

What sound do you think will have?

Hi or hun?

How to use various characters to make vocabulary?

Every single Chinese character has only one syllable. A very unique situation about Chinese characters is that many different characters may sound exactly the same. There fore it is necessary to combine characters into a term to make the meaning clear.

For example: The sound din can be (store). There fore, shngdin () is a general store and shdin () is a book store.

The sound din can also be (electricity). Dinha () is telephone and dinshi () is video game.

When you learn Chinese characters youll see your vocabulary increases quickly because of the different ways of combining them into terms.

How do you make sentences in Chinese?

I always think Chinese characters are similar to individual Lego pieces, when you link them together, you can build many things. So when you link the Chinese characters together, in the right order of course, you can make sentences or questions.

a. To use STPVO general structure:

The right order means arranging the English sentence I study Chinese in school this year. as I this year in school study Chinese. The time (T) and place (P) need to be placed before the action (V for verb). S indicates subject, and O indicates object.

b. To make negative statement:

If you want to say no or not, add b sound before the V.

For example: Learn (xe) changed to not learn (b xe).

Good (ho) changed to not good (b ho).

c. To make questions:

There are two ways to ask Do you learn Chinese? One is to add a m sound at the end of a straight statement of You study Chinese. The other is to use a positive negative combination of verb.

1. N xe Zhngwn. -------( N xe Zhngwn m?

2. N xe Zhngwn.--------( N xe b xe Zhngwn?

d. To change from I to you, he, she and it:

W

(I)

N

(you)

T

(he or she)

T

(it)

sh

(am, is, are)

W sh

(Im)

N sh

(youre)

T sh

(hes or shes)

T sh

(Its)

mn

(plural)

W mn

(we, us)

N mn

(you all)

T mn

(they, them)

T mn

(they, them)

d

(possessive)

W d

(my, mine)

N d

(your, yours)

T d

(his, hers)

T d

(its)

e. To specify past or future:

A sound go or l is added after the action word to indicate it has happened.

I learned Chinese. W xe go Zhngwn.

W xe l Zhngwn.

W xe go Zhngwn l.

A sound of yo or hi is added before the action word for future tense.

I want to learn Chinese. W yo xe Zhngwn.

Ill learn Chinese. W hi xe Zhngwn.

Now, you are ready to go into the adventure of MAGIC CHINESE with us. Let the fun begin!

Pre-Lesson 2: The Basics of Chinese Language (2-17-08)

Students Reading:

(Show Peters picture with Pinyin saying: Shnm sh zhngwn? Hny? )

The Chinese language you are learning is Hny or Zhngwn. Its also called Ptngha or Mandarin Chinese. How can it have 4 different names?

Hny means the language used by Han people, the majority of Chinese about 90% of the population. China is slightly smaller than U.S. in total area but close to 5 times of the U.S. population! There are total 56 ethnic groups. All ethnic groups have their own language. In order to communicate efficiently, Hny, the ethnic language of Han tribe, is the official Chinese language. Zhnggo is China in Chinese language. Therefore, Zhngwn is the language spoken by the people. The term Ptngha means a common language, while Mandarin Chinese is the Mandarin dialect spoken by northern and southwestern Chinese. Isnt it amazing? All these 4 names apply to the Chinese language you are learning.

Who uses Chinese language in our world?

Currently, people outside of main land China also use Zhngwn, such as people in Taiwan, Singapore, and China towns all over the world. In the ancient time, many nations in Asia used Chinese characters as written language, such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Today Japanese still use kanji originated from Chinese characters in their writing. As for modern Korean and Vietnamese language, theyve developed their own spelling systems and no longer using Chinese characters. According to The World Almanac, there is more people speaking Chinese than either Spanish or English on Earth. Its also one of the six official language used by the United Nation along with Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Based on the trend of language learning in schools around the world, there will be more people using this language when we grow up.

(Wei-yuns note: Should we add a world map, marking areas with people speaking Chinese? And a bar graph comparing the amount of people speaking major languages in the world, adapted from the data in 2007 World Almanac? )

What are the major difference between Chinese language and English?

Are you curious about how Chinese language work? When I first came to the U.S., I had to learn English from the very beginning. That was really difficult for me because in my own language, Chinese, there is no gender, no tense, no singular nor plural form of nouns, and no need to conjugate verbs (changing verb according to people and tense). It took me sometime to get use to all these changes needed in English. My friend told me there are even more of these changes in Spanish. So, I think learning speaking Chinese probably will be easy for you especially after you mastered the pnyn and tones. But, Chinese language has no spelling. Pnyn is only a tool to teach you how to pronounce the sound. The written form of Chinese is roughly square-shaped graphic design called character ( z).

When did the written Chinese language started on history? How did it change through the years?

According to the legend, Chng Je, an official recorder of the Yellow Emperor, created Chinese characters over five thousand years ago. Gradually, these characters evolved into symbols called Oracle Bone Script. They were carved on bones and tortoise shells around thirty-three hundred years ago. By 221 B.C., Qnshhungd, The First Emperor of China, unified all the kingdoms and ordered everyone to write Chinese characters in the same style. Starting then, written Chinese changed little in shape. However, new characters have been added on over the years. The first dictionary Sho Wn Je Z written during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.) contains 9,000 characters. There are about 86,000 characters listed in a dictionary published in 1994!

How many characters do I need to learn to be able to read?

Actually, only about 3,500 characters are used in daily life. Some characters are used much more frequently than others. When learning Chinese, teacher always starts from teaching the most frequently used words to make learning efficient. A well-educated Chinese person masters about 6,000 to 7,000 characters. What about the others 80,000 characters? You will not see them unless you do research on ancient Chinese literatures.

How did Chinese people create so many characters?

There are 6 basic ways to create characters. The attached table shows you the name of these methods and examples of each.

Six types of characters

How were they created?

Examples

Notes

Fun with words

1. xing xng z

Draw the basic shape of things.

, , , and

It is the oldest way of creating characters. Pictographs.

Can you match up examples with these meanings?

Mouth, people, water, and wood?

2. Zh sh z

Create pictograph with an indicative sign added

added a line to become ,

added a line to become

Its created along the original pictographs.

Can you match and with either origin or big?

3. Hi y z

Combining existing characters to create new meaning.

(sun) and (moon) together for ; (small) and (big) for

The sound of the created words are not the same as either of the original words

Can you match and with either tip or bright?

4. Xng shng z

Combining existing characters to create new meaning still keep the sound of one of the part.

(dad) with (symbol with ba sound) for ;

(female) with (symbol with ma sound) for

Over 90% of Chinese characters are in this category.

Which word is mother? Which word is father?

How do you say mother and father?

5. Zhun zh z

Change parts of character to create new meaning.

(test, ko) changed to (old, lo);

(open, ki) changed to (close down, gun)

This is more frequent than Ja je z.

Both and have a common part (mn). What do you think looks like?

6. Ja je z

Borrowing a word for another meaning and sound.

(still, hi) is borrowed for (return, hun)

Very seldom to see words in this group.

What sound do you think will have?

Hi or hun?

How to use various characters to make vocabulary?

Every single Chinese character has only one syllable. A very unique situation about Chinese characters is that many different characters may sound exactly the same. There fore it is necessary to combine characters into a term to make the meaning clear.

For example: The sound din can be (store). There fore, shngdin () is a general store and shdin () is a book store.

The sound din can also be (electricity). Dinha () is telephone and dinshi () is video game.

When you learn Chinese characters youll see your vocabulary increases quickly because of the different ways of combining them into terms.

How do you make sentences in Chinese?

I always think Chinese characters are similar to individual Lego pieces, when you link them together, you can build many things. So when you link the Chinese characters together, in the right order of course, you can make sentences or questions.

a. To use STPVO general structure:

The right order means arranging the English sentence I study Chinese in school this year. as I this year in school study Chinese. The time (T) and place (P) need to be placed before the action (V for verb). S indicates subject, and O indicates object.

b. To make negative statement:

If you want to say no or not, add b sound before the V.

For example: Learn (xe) changed to not learn (b xe).

Good (ho) changed to not good (b ho).

c. To make questions:

There are two ways to ask Do you learn Chinese? One is to add a m sound at the end of a straight statement of You study Chinese. The other is to use a positive negative combination of verb.

1. N xe Zhngwn. -------( N xe Zhngwn m?

2. N xe Zhngwn.--------( N xe b xe Zhngwn?

d. To change from I to you, he, she and it:

W

(I)

N

(you)

T

(he or she)

T

(it)

sh

(am, is, are)

W sh

(Im)

N sh

(youre)

T sh

(hes or shes)

T sh

(Its)

mn

(plural)

W mn

(we, us)

N mn

(you all)

T mn

(they, them)

T mn

(they, them)

d

(possessive)

W d

(my, mine)

N d

(your, yours)

T d

(his, hers)

T d

(its)

e. To specify past or future:

A sound go or l is added after the action word to indicate it has happened.

I learned Chinese. W xe go Zhngwn.

W xe l Zhngwn.

W xe go Zhngwn l.

A sound of yo or hi is added before the action word for future tense.

I want to learn Chinese. W yo xe Zhngwn.

Ill learn Chinese. W hi xe Zhngwn.

Now, you are ready to go into the adventure of MAGIC CHINESE with us. Let the fun begin!

LESSON 1: NUMBERS

The story

The Magic Chinese journey starts when Melissa and her family go to a flea market and buy what they think is a compass.It is old and rusty, with many dials and buttons that seem more like decorations than anything else.Beautiful designs are carved into the lid. Even though the compass doesnt seem to work very well, Melissa still loves it. What she doesnt realize is that the compass is going to change her life and that of her friends.

On the day after she buys the compass, Melissa, as always, gets together with her four good friends in Peters garage. Excitedly, Melissa shows everyone the compass. Peter immediately declares that he knows how to make it work,but Tom barges his way in, snatching the compass and wildly pressing all of the buttons and turning all of the dials.Suddenly, strange, glowing words appear as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.

They ask Peter at once what these words mean. Peter explains that they are times and dates in Chinese, but he doesnt know why they are there or how they have appeared. Melissa exclaims that it doesnt matter. She thinks that everything that has occurred so far is extremely exciting and just like what is told in fantasy stories. Maybe the compass will take them to a magical world! However, something strange happens.When Reggie pushes the upper left key, the compass screen promptly displays English on what looks like a computer screen. It seems to have turned into a translator.

I. (Narration)

Melissa is showing this curious-looking compass to her friends. While everyone is watching intently, Peter declares that he knows how to use it. Tom barges in immediately and begins to press all the buttons and dials. Suddenly, strange, glowing words appears as if by magic in the air. Tom drops the compass out of surprise, but the words remain. Everyone is astonished by them.

II. (Dialogue)

Tom

Look! Whats this? Hey, there are some amazing symbols. I wonder what language this is.

Peter

I know. I know. Thats Chinese. They are the numbers 1-10. ,,,,,,,,.

Linda

What? (mimicking).yi, er, san, si, wu, ..

Wow! Thats really cool. I want to learn it.

Peter

Look! Heres todays date. .

Melissa

(Looking at the time machine) What about this?

Peter

Thats the time. .

Tom

Look at this! I think this button sounds it out. Listen!

Time Machine (pronouncing :)

,,,,,,,,.

.

.

III. Vocabulary

zero

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

year

month/moon

date/sun

minute

morning, AM

afternoon, PM

hundred

sky, day(s)

to be, am, are, is

to have, there is, there are

oclock

minute

Four-word phrases

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IV. Grammar Points, Sentence Patterns

1. To state a telephone number in Chinese just say each digit in order. Remember numbers are keys words in a sentence; you need to pronounce each number clearly and correctly.

415-833-9706 --

Now, ask some of your classmate to state their home phone numbers in Chinese, and write them down below:

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

2. How do you say year, month and date in Chinese?

In Chinese, the character (yue4) The moon stands for month; while (ri4) The sun stands for the day or date. For example, the eighteenth day of September is written . In speaking, however, the word (hao4=number) replaces . Thus, is how you say September 18th.

From January to December, you can just go by the order of the numbers from the first month to the twelfth:

January ,

February , March,

April ,

May ,

June ,

July ,

August ,

September , October , November , December

Now, what are these dates? Give the English translation for each of the following:

For the year, you will say the four digit number just like you say the telephone numbers, and end the phrase with (nian2, the word for year). For example:

1990,

1865,

2002,

2008,

2012,

Now, to give information on year, month and date, simply use this order: from large to small (year+month+date):

For example; September 30th, 2008-

Please give the English translation for each of the following dates:

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________

Now give the date of birth of some your family members or your friends:

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

3. What is todays date? ? is a question word, which literally means how many or how much. Whenever a question regarding a number is asked, is used.

() ?

?

?

4. Note the difference betweenand . The word is a generic measure word. So while means one month,means January. For example;

as opposed to

5. To state the time of the day:

Now, write down the following times in Chinese:

6:00 AM ___________________

8:30 PM ______________________

11:15 AM __________________

6:35 PM ______________________

2:36 PM ___________________

7:50 AM ______________________

6.Please note when counting the number of years, , does not take a measure word. Thus, a year is rather thanFor example: There are 365 days in a year is . (A year has 365 days.)

The word for week on the other hand, takes measure word as a counter. For example: There are 21 days in three weeks..(Three weeks has 21 days.)

Now, can you translate the following into English?

There are 366 days in the year 2008. (The year 2008 has 366 days.)

____________________________________________________

There are 29 days in February this year _______________________________

There are four weeks in a month._____________________________________

There are 52 weeks in a year. ________________________________________

Words to help.

VI. Class Activities

A. : One little, two little, three little Indians

(, ,, ?).

, , ; , , ; ,, .

B. Dot to Dot ( ,.)

C. ,?

D. : Radical/Writing:

person

The origin of

"person" as a radical is normally written at the left side of a character (the standing person : , , )

mouth

The origin of

is usually written on the left side of a character. ( )

Some of the following characters belong to radical person; some belongs to mouth. Copy them down on the space provided below.

to blow

eye

to enter

to bark

image

to see

handsome

all

beautiful

word

companion

to eat

uncle

bright

taste

to have

to sing

noisy

to drink

body

/ : _____________________________________

____________________________________

VII. Culture Notes

A. Chinese believe that some numbers are more auspicious than others. Six and Eight represent good fortune for Chinese, much as the number seven is considered a lucky number for Westerners. Westerners consider thirteen to be an unlucky number while for Chinese number 4 is considered unlucky. The pronunciation of number 4 is homophonic (that is it sounds the same) with the word for death, and is therefore often avoided.

B. 1-10.

LESSON 2: INTRODUCTION ()

. (Narration)

After the previous experience, Peters garage becomes the fixed place where they amuse themselves with the compass. One day, Melissa unintentionally keys in her date of birth: Here! Look! Its my birthday. Tom grabs the compass and turns the outermost circle of the compass to the left. Peter nervously yells: Wait! Wait! Suddenly, the screen emits a blinding light that none of them can keep their eyes open. They are so surprised to find that Peters garage has vanished after they open their eyes. Instead, the surrounding looks like a middle school sports ground. The students around them are all Easterners look rather like Peter and Linda. With a confused look on their faces, they come up to ask who they are and where do they come from. Peter knows none of his friends understand Chinese language, so he begins to introduce himself. To his amazement, they all can speak Chinese fluently although none of them understand why. Reggie is quite nervous about this adventure and keeps thinking about how will they go home. Peter finally figures out the reverse process. In a blink of an eye, they are back in Peters garage save and sound! Now they realize what a treasure this compass is. They pledge to keep this secret among themselves.

. (Dialogue)

: ! ?

: ! ?

: ! !

: ! !

: ? ? ?

: ! ? ?

: ! , ,

: ?

:

: ! ! !?

: ?

Finally, Peter figures out how to reverse the process. Everyone happily says goodbye to the students in Taipei (), Taiwan ().

: ! ! !

. (VOCABULARY)

A.

B.

? ? ?

? ?

? ?

?

! ! ! ! ! !

C.

Besides the following examples, you can also practice with the terms youve learned in Pre-lesson I.

a. ?

he

b.

c. ? ?

?

?

d. ? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

? (?)

: (GRAMMAR NOTES)

1. Asking questions using ?:

Change a straight sentence into a questions simply add at the end.

Example: You are American. Are you American?

Ni shi meiguoren. Ni shi meiguoren ma?

He speaks Chinese. Does he speak Chinese?

Ta shuo Zhongwen. Ta shuo Zhongwen ma?

This is fun. Is this fun?

Zhe hao wan. Zhe hao wan ma?

2. Asking questions using ?, ?, and ?:

a. Do not add at the end of the questions.

b. Chinese questions follow the same pattern as the answer. All you have to do is

to take out the answer term and put in the questions term.

Examples: What is this? This is a Chinese book.

Zhe shi sheme? Zhe shi Zhongwen shu.

Who is this? This is my mother.

Zhe shi shei? Zhe shi wode mama.

Where is this? This is middle school.

Zhe shi nali? Zhe shi zhongxue.

What is Chinese language?

Zhongwen shi sheme?

Who speak English?

Shei shuo yingwen?

3. Asking questions using ?:

a. Do not add at the end of the questions.

b. Always use a verb or action word after to make a how to type of question.

Examples: How to say this? Zhe zenme shuo?

How to play this? Zhe zenme wan?

How to learn this? Zhe zenme xue?

How to ___verb___? Zenme ___verb___?

c. Learn how to say What is _____ in Chinese language?

How to say panda in Chinese? Panda zhongwen zenme shuo?

How to say France in Chinese? France zhongwen zenme shuo?

How to say Japan in Chinese? Japan zhongwen zenme shuo?

4. When to use and when not to use :

Think shi is an equal sign. When the two sides of shi are the same type of words you can use shi, otherwise, dont use it.

Example: That is good. That person is a good person.

Na hao. Na ren shi hao ren.

America is fun. Americans are fun people.

Meiguo haowan. Meiguoren shi haowande ren.

. (EXPANSION)

a. Nationality, people and language

Faguo

Deguo

Riben

Xibanya

Moxige

Taiwanhua

b. Describing people

c. Describing location

? ?

nali

. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)

Activity 1: Conversation circle. ()

Divide students into two groups with equal numbers. Have them standing in two concentric circles facing each other. The students will ask each other the following questions. Then move the outside circle clockwise to switch to a new partner. You may give them a card with questions printed on it to begin the activity. After a while you can remove all the cards and have them continue on the questioning without cards. This will help students to speak naturally.

1. ? ?

________________________

________________________

2. ? ?

________________________

______________________

3. ? ?

Ying diandian

Activity 2: Chinese Shulaibao! (Chinese wrap )

Explain the ancient art of . Demonstrate the - using CD and the pinyin transparency. Explain the meaning and lead students to say it slowly section by section. After several times, increase the speed but still keeps the tempo. Start to cover up some portion of the words while continuing the practice until the whole thing disappears. Then use the Chinese word transparency sheet to practice again. This is to help student internalize the learning. Using hand gestures at the same time can help students remember the meaning. Point out several new grammar points at the end to confirm their understanding.

-

! ! !

, , !

, , !

, , !

Shuo zhongwen! Shuo zhongwen! Wo hui shuo zhongwen!

Ni ye shuo, wo ye shuo, renren shuo zhongwen!

Zuotian shuo, jintian shuo, mingtian haiyao shuo!

Tiantian shuo, tiantian xue, zhongwen shuo de hao!

Activity 3: Introducing a friend to class. ()

Let students find a partner in class. Interview each other with the questions listed on the cards. Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5. Have them memorize the answer for each question and introduce each other in front of the whole class. When they finish introducing each other praise them Shuo de hao! Reward each student a piece of fortune cookie or candy. Make them practice saying Xiexie.

1.? ?

sui

2.?

3.? ?

Xi huan

4.?

5.? (Using Pre-lesson I to do question 4 and 5)

Activity 4. Recognizing Radicals ()

Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical was originated from person, (ren). Notice that when written on the left hand side of the word, it looks a little different. The other one originated from the meaning of mouth, (kou).

you

call

he

eat

plural

for people

!

person

uncle

drink

kid

!

rest

which

and

individual,

measuring word

Words with radical (ren): ________________________________________________

Words with radical (kou): ________________________________________________

. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)

Chinese name

Chinese name always have their family name before their own name. Family name usually composed of one single character, occasionally we can see two characters for family name, such as (Ouyang). The attached list shows you some common Chinese family name (Chart 1).

Unlike the first name in English, there is a book of name for parents to choose from, Chinese name is created by parents. The parents will choose either one or two characters that can describe their kids or expectations for their kids. Sometimes the first word is a chosen word according to the generation sequence from a set of characters determined by their ancestor. In this case, people can tell which generation this person is just from looking at his or her name. One can also tell whether they are siblings from the same family based on that chosen word. There are some examples of Chinese names for boys and girls (Chart 2). Can you tell which is more likely for girls? Of course, sometimes we cant tell the gender simply by looking at a name. A name like (ming, bright or smart) can be either a boy or a girl.

translated into Chinese.

When English name is translated into Chinese, the sound of each syllable is matched with a sound in Chinese character. The Chinese words are chosen in the way that doesnt carry any special meaning to avoid sounding funny. You can see some American names in Chart 2.

Do you like to create a Chinese name for yourself? Write down two or three key words that you would like to have in your characters, in English of course. Your teacher may be able to help you create an authentic Chinese name for you.

Chart 1.

Chart 2. ?

What is the family name? Can you tell a boys name from a girls name?

: Li guoqiang (country and strong) Lin mei

Wang baijun (hundred and handsom) Zhang hui ling (wisdom and delicate)

Chart 3.

Qiaozhi huashengdun niudun ai yin si tan

LESSON 3: FAMILY

I. Narration

From the previous teleporting experience, the friends realized that the compass had special powers.

The following day they gathered in Toms garage again. When Tom picked up the compass and turned the outer dial to the right, the light reappeared. Everyone had become used to it, so they closed their eyes waiting for the rays of light to go out.Opening their eyes, they found that they had been transported to Melissas garage. Disappointed they hadnt been transported somewhere more exciting, they went into Melissas living room to talk about the compass. Since they hadnt told their families about the compass yet, Tom asked Melissa if her parents were at home. Melissa gestured at a photo on the wall and said that they were out today. Tom asked if it was an old photo, since he didnt recognize Melissas parents.

II. Dialogue

Melissa,

Melissa pointed at the people in the photo one by one.

III. Vocabulary

who

this is that is

brothers and sisters

all are

Mexican

know how to

to speak

Spain

of course

speak well

looks alike

truly

friend(s)

want

What

emphasize the action in between

joking

IV. Grammar Notes:

1. How to ask question in Chinese?

In Chinese, if you want to ask a question, you can simply add MA in the end of the sentence.

Or you can use a question word.

Or you can simply use positive + negative to make a choice-type question.

is negative, so is are you or are you not

can you or cant you?

look alike or not?

Important note:

The negative form for is

have or not have

2. To compliment someone when they do something very well

3. all---- can only be placed before a verb.

All of us are American. / We are all American.

We are all good friends.

We all can speak Chinese.

means all not; means not all

None of us are Chinese.

None of us can speak Chinese.

We are not all American.

Not all of us can speak English.

V. Expansion

41 Melissas picture)

39 Toms picture)

12 Peters picture)

35

Vocabulary for the Expansion :

VI. Tasks Performance

1. Warm up

Listen to the recording and write down the number for each person. The first one is an example. 1.An arrow with a box pointed at in the picture, like this

A photo of family, with grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters. With an arrow and a box for each person.

(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)

2. Role Play

Bring in a picture of your family, or find a picture of a family in a magazine, and talk about their relationship, age, nationality and what language they speak.

3. Radical/Writing

female

learnchinese.elanguageschool.net/images/=25E5...

640 x 280 - 12k

Image may be scaled down and subject to copyright.

strode, path

(The origin will be added later.)

Some of the following characters belong to the radical female; some belong to path. Copy them down on the space provided below.

towards

mother

he

back

aunt

to live

very

elderly lady

you

to speak

elder sister

from

father

to kick

country

be able to

she

nanny

to gain

younger sister

: _____________________________________

____________________________________

Writing: Use the list of the words to write sentences. The following is an example.

4. Games:

Distribute the Bingo Form to everyone. The pupils will each choose 10 words from the vocabulary list (either pinyin or characters). The teacher should put all of the vocabulary words onto separate cards and put them all into a bag/box. The teacher will pick one card at a time and read it out to the class. Anyone who has the word should circle it. The first one to complete all 10 words is the winner.

5. Arts and Crafts:

Draw your family tree. Dont forget to tell us their names and ages.

Culture Understanding:

A Chinese family is hierarchically organized. Traditionally, no two members of a Chinese family were equal in authority. The senior generation held greater authority than the junior generation, older people held greater authority than younger ones, and men held greater authority than women. Although men and women are far more equal nowadays, it is still true in many families that younger family members are taught to respect their elders. However, elders are also responsible for taking care of those younger than them.

For example, you have 4 siblings two brothers aged 20 and 16, two sisters aged 18 and 14 and yourself, 12 years old. You would address them according to their rank and not their first name. Thus, you would call them (big brother) (big sister) (second brother)and (second sister), but they can simply address you by your name.

Familial respect is a core value of Chinese culture that is represented by the concept of xio (colloquial: xioshn []), which is usually translated "filial piety. In the past, when wills clashed, it was expected (and legally enforced) that the will of a family superior should prevail over the will of a family subordinate. Traditional law held a child's insubordination to a parent was a capital offense, and a daughter-in-law's insubordination to her parents-in-law was grounds for divorce. Of course, much has changed over the years, and such hierarchy is no longer so strictly enforced. However, the ideas of filial piety are still upheld in many Chinese families and also in popular culture. Heroic sacrifice to support one's parents is a commonly recurring theme in Chinese literature.

Lesson 4

:

! (Peter)

? ? !

O O

Vocabulary

letter

to be able to

student

grade

school

classmate

how many

Chinese calligraphy characters

very/really

laugh (a lot)

: Discuss the following questions.

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

5. ?

6. ?

7. ?

Cultural Differences:

Addresses in Chinese are written from the least specific information to the most specific information. American addresses are written from the most specific information to the least specific information. Traditionally, envelopes are usually vertical, with the address written from top to bottom. The receivers name is in the upper right hand corner, and their address is written in the center. The senders name and address is in the lower left hand corner. Sometimes, you may use western envelopes, where the envelopes are oriented horizontally.

(Note: This is not in the book. Please insert some pictures of Chinese envelopes and addresses.)

Activity:

Write a Chinese letter to a pen pal, friend, or family member. Also make a Chinese envelope.

Practice these basic sentence structures using the examples below. Repeat as many times as necessary! You may also find a partner to help you.

1. Greetings

!

!

!

!

Loshi

tngxemen

2. Saying good-bye

!

!

!

!

3. Introducing oneself

?

4. Inquiring others

?

()

?

()

5. Asking the age

A. ?

?

B. ?

?

6. Asking what grade someone is in

?

?

7. Asking what language can someone speak?

()?

8. Asking where someone lives?

?

9. How do you say ____ in Chinese?

Friend ?

10. Asking about someones family

?

?

11. Asking the day of the week

?

12. Asking the date?

??

13. Asking about someones birthday

?

?

14. Asking someones telephone number

?

(356) 987-2338

Radicals:

Look at the words in the chart below. Put them next to their appropriate radicals!

friend

mother

from

bright

day

to live

very

old lady

to be

dynasty

sister

drink

clothes

star

bright

spring

she

nanny

to gain

dawn

you

call

he

person

peoples

sister

eat

moon

he

to have

early

rest

meaning

and

single

(sun) ____________________________________________________

(moon) __________________________________________________

(girl) ____________________________________________________

(pace) ___________________________________________________

(person) _________________________________________________

(mouth) _________________________________________________

:

This is a very famous Chinese song that many kids sing in the classroom. Have fun singing!

Wo de peng you zai na li

?

Yi er san si wu liu qi,

One two three four five six seven,

Wo de pengyou zai nail? Where are my friends?

Zai na li, zai na li,

Where, where?

Zai Beijing, zai shanghai,

In Beijing, in shanghai.

Wo de pengyou zai zheli. My friends are here.

LESSON 4: FRUITS & COLORS

(I am thirsty)

I. Narration

A week had passed and they were back to Peters garage, keen to experiment more with the compass. Tom twisted the outer dial even further this time, and it emitted the blinding light once more. This time, when they opened their eyes, they knew they werent someplace near home. They were in a barren desert of grey and black sand and pebbles. It was very hot and dry, and there werent any plants not even cactus. Peter said that it looked like pictures of the Gobi Desert that he had seen when studying geography. He proposed that they look around maybe they were near the town of Tunhuang on the Silk Road! He pointed towards a range of hills that didnt look that far away, and they agreed to hike up to the top of it. It took longer than they expected, and several hours later they were exhausted and thirsty at the top of a barren hill.

II. Dialogue

Reggie pressed the yellow quadrant, and bananas appeared.

Then they pressed the green quadrant, a watermelon appeared in front of them. After they finished the watermelon, they felt much better. Tom looked at the blue panel and wondered:

III. Vocabulary

no fun

both tired and thirsty

What should I do!

look

sour / sweet

also

hungry

to give

like

eat

extremely

am thinking of; would like to

Grammar Notes:

1. What is a stative verb (SV)?

In Chinese, sometimes an adjective functions as a verb. For example, I am fine. Translated to Chinese will be This kind of adjective we call a Stative Verb (SV).

2. Want to describe you are both tired and thirsty.

se the sentence pattern: SV,SV

3. How about you want to emphasize that you like to do both A and B?

(Shall we introduce this sentence pattern in lesson 5?)

4. to give someone something

5. Measure Word (MW)

If you count something in Chinese, you need to use a certain measure word to go with a number, similar to English: a cup of flour, one spoon of sugar; or like a school of fish, a flock of birds

However in Chinese almost everything has its own measure word.

(an apple)

(a banana)

(a slice of watermelon)

(two watermelons)

Rule of counting 2 (just 2 not 12, not 22):

If just simply count the number from 1-10, you pronounce 2 (er4).

But if 2 goes with a measure word, then you have to use (liang 3)

122224 in teens and twenties you still pronounce 2) 200 is 2,000 is

6. to describe degree of something is extremely

7. is used to identify the color of an object.

or

If I want to say I like green apples, the sentence will be:

8. (Shall we add a grammar note about this word in this lesson?)

Lets review the sentence pattern of asking questions with choice type (introduced in Lesson 4).

V.

Use a picture of Panda to show black and white colors.

Picture of a Mexican piata to show ()

Match the picture with the correct description

Picture of a strawberry

Picture of grapes

Picture of an orange

use a picture of a green hat)

Florida.

Expansion

:

VI. Tasks Performance

3. Warm up

6 picture cards of fruits.

Apple/s

strawberries

Banana/s

watermelon

grapes

organes

Listen to the recording and write down the number under of each fruits. The first one is an example. 1.(The rest of the recording is the following. This part wont be in the book.)

4. Role Play See the attached file for the Miss Milk is getting married play.

5. Radical/Writing:

/ water

The origin of

"water" is normally written with three dots as part of the character (three drops of water : )

grass

The origin of

usually is on the top of a character.

Some of the following characters belong to radical water, some belongs to grass. Copy them down on the space provided below.

to eat

berries

sour

thirsty

not

too

river

melon

happy

to give

sweet

west

sea

color/s

grass

flower/s

would like

tired

to drink

vegetable/s

/: _____________________________________

____________________________________

Writing: Use the list of the words to write the reasons you like/dislike/want/dont want certain fruits. The following is an example.

//

6. Games

Divide the class into groups of 4. Each group receives 6 fruit-picture cards with a number on each card. Everyone takes turn to throw the dice. If it is 1, the person takes the No. 1 fruit-picture card, pretending to eat, and say /The card then will be turned over face down. If someone throws the dice and gets 1 later, the person must say /

VII. Culture Understanding:

Color symbolism in Chinese Culture

Red: Happiness, marriage, prosperity

During the Chinese New Year, people put money in a red envelope to give to children and older people to symbolize prosperity for the coming new year. Most people will wear red clothes during this period, wishing to have a prosperous and happy year ahead of them.

Golden Yellow, purple: Royal, noble

During the imperial period, it was forbidden for common people to use these colors.

White: death, mourning

Chinese people wear red clothes when attending a wedding and white clothes when attending a funeral. A bride will wear red on her wedding day.

Gold: Strength, wealth

Black: evil influences

LESSON 5: CHINESE NEW YEAR

(1-22-08)

. (Narration)

Melissa is amazed at all these red decorations in Peters house. It creates such a warm and happy atmosphere for this cold California winter. Its almost at the end of January now. What is going on in Peters house? Among the decorations there are 12 unique beanny babies. They are so adorable! Linda really likes that little golden dragon. None of them have seen the dragon beanny baby before. Its so cool!

. (Dialogue)

Long ke ai

: ! ! ! ?

ni xiao ju

: !

Wa shu hu tu long she hou ji zhu

: !

dongwu

Xiao dongwu

: ?

: ! ! ?

Dangran defang

: !

: ?

: !

: ?

Dui dui

: ! ! ?

: ?

: ! ?

Ha ha guanxi

: ! !

wa

: ! !

. (VOCABULARY)

A.

B.

ju dongwu

xiao shu hu tu long she hou ji

dangran

? ?

guanxi

! !

C.

dongwu

a. ?

Lao nai lao zi

shan zi shan gong mu

nan nan nu nu

b. Celebrate something using :

jie shengdanjie gan en jie

: (GRAMMAR NOTES)

a. How to express present, future or past?

Follow the STPVO (subject, time, place, verb or action, object) pattern for general sentence structure. Simply specify the time when things happened. Examples:

I give you toy today.

Ill give you toy tomorrow.

I gave you toy yesterday.

I call you today.

I call you tomorrow.

I called you yesterday.

Ill call you everyday.

b. How to say mailing something to someone, or someone mailed something to you?

I mail something to someone. __ __

I mail toy to you. __ __

He mailed toy to me yesterday.

c. How to use and :

Both mean all. Use in front of nouns, such as people, animals and objects. But, is used in front of verbs (action words) or adjectives (words describing something).

Example: Part 1.

Part 2.

Can you create meaningful sentences by combining the part 1 and 2 together?

Example: All the fruits are sweet.

How do you say the following sentences in Chinese?

1. All the countries all have tasty fruits.

______________ ____

2. All the classmates are nice.

3. All the places are fun.

d. How to use to show preference:

1. can be used in front of adjective word.

Example:

2. can be used in front of verb.

Example: ___________ ___________

___________ ___________

_________ ___________

___________ _____________

e. How to say about to using ____ :

Example:

. (EXPANSION)

Vocabulary associated with Chinese New Year.

New years greeting

Eat new year cake

Say greeting that bring good luck to others

! Happy New Year!

!! Congratulation! Congratulation!

! Wishing you a prosperous new year!

. (TASKS PERFORMANCE)

1. New Year Wishing Tree ()

This is a custom of Hong Kong. During Chinese New Year, people will decorate a huge tree branch with silk flowers and red ribbons. People will come to see this tree and write down their new year wishes on paper, seal it in a red envelop, then throw the red envelop on to the tree. If it is caught on the branches, it means your wish will come true.

Find a huge tree branch and plant it in a pot. Everyone help to decorate the tree with small paper flowers (plum blossom) and red ribbons. Write a New Year wish on paper and seal it in the red envelope provided by your teacher. Throw it on to the tree. If it will not stay on the tree after third trial, use a red thread and tie it to the tree. Have fun!

2. Chinese New Year Card ()

Step. 1. Your teacher will show you some samples of Chinese New Year cards and ask you ? How do you answer?

Step 2. You are going to make a card for one of the classmate or for your teacher.

Using color construction paper and paper cutting template to cut different sizes of to be used to decorate the front side of your card. Your teacher will demonstrate this process. Glue theseupside down on the front side of a clean red construction paper folded in half. Write the New Year greetings learned in this lesson on inside of the card. You may decorate your cards with glitters, drawings, stickers or other paper cuttings of your choice. When the card is done, write the name of the person who is going to receive the card and sign your name at the bottom.

Step 3. Present your final product to the person in front of the whole class. Presenter: _________, ! ?

Receiver: ! !

If you like to say more than these two lines, or something different than these,

youre welcomed to do so. Dont forget to show courtesy and appreciation!

Step 4. Hang the cards from ceiling as a New Year decoration.

String a thread through the card and hang it from the ceiling. Look how much

festival spirit it brings to the classroom.

3. Happy New Year Song ()

This is a happy New Year song adapted from the traditional New Year Song.

, !

, !

! ! !

! ! !

(Repeat the song three times. Replace with , and during the second and third time.)

4. Radical Recognizing

Can you tell the identical part of the following words? There are two radicals in the following words. Please group them into the two categories. One of the radical was originated from a bundle of silk called (m). The other one originated from the meaning of walk, (cho). But, notice the written form is different than.

this

give

red

near

green

silk

road, way

still

red

far

paper

tired

pass

tied up

run away

Words with radical (m): ___________________________________________

Words with radical (cho): _________________________________________

. (CULTURE UNDERSTANDING)

Chinese New Year has been celebrated in China for several thousand years. It follows the traditional lunar calendar and usually arrives somewhere in late January or early February on the western calendar. Chinese New Year has been called Spring Festival traditionally, since spring season is not far after the New Year. This is the most important holiday in China. There are many customs need to be followed, however, different area may have somewhat different traditions. Here are some common ones that all Chinese people.

1. Preparation of Chinese New Year starts about a week before the New Years Eve. House cleaning (), preparation of New Year food (, ), decoration of house (, , , ) and buying new cloth () for the family make everyone very busy.

2. During the New Years Eve, the whole family will have a big reunion dinner similar to the dinner of Thanksgiving or Christmas Holidays in the West. This is the best meal in a year. The traffic in China before the New Years Eve is the busiest of the whole year since everyone wants to go home for this reunion dinner. A whole fish will be served at the end of the dinner and no one will actually touch it. This fish dish will be saved for the next day, the first day in the New Year, to symbolize the beginning of a prosperous new year. Fish () and the word for extra () have the same sound Yu. With the help of extra from the previous year, you probably will have a better new year than without it, isnt? After the dinner, the whole family will stay awake () by playing games, fireworks and watching the special New Year programs on TV. As soon as the first second of New Year arrives, youll hear the loud sound of firecrackers all over the place!

3. The first morning of New Year is an important time to do New Year greetings () to your elders and friends. Everyone will dress in new cloth to indicate a new beginning. Youll be served with sweets () and New Year cake (). These are wishing you a sweeter better year than last year. Kids will get money () in a red envelope () from parents and grandparents. You have to say lucky words () like the ones youve learned in this lesson. One definitely needs to avoid saying anything that sound like si, po, or sui since these sounds are for death, or breaking things. These customs of wishing for luck and avoiding bad luck bring everyone the spirit of a new energized beginning!

4. These days, besides doing New Year greetings inside individual family, people usually have a group greeting at work place to be more efficient. A party time will follow with lots of sweets, door prizes () and singing (K) or other entertainment programs. The two famous traditional entertainments are lion dance () and dragon dance (). Some people will go travel in the next few days. The whole celebration of Chinese New Year last about two weeks in China! In the China Towns overall the world, people can also see the Chinese New Year traditions.

LESSON 6- BODY PARTS & CLOTHES

(Body Parts and Items of Clothing)

(Narration)

Stanley Market Linda

Everybody really enjoys themselves in the HK zoo.The pandas are the best part of the trip. But the weather in Hong Kong is much hotter than what they are used to back home in California. Melissa decides that they should find some more suitable clothes, so they all rush to Stanley Market and shop for clothes and shoes.Although Linda has originally come from Hong Kong, she has never been there before, so she feels very curious about her birthplace.

Everybody wants to know if the compass can take them to see a real panda in China. So when Peter enters the word panda, everyone closed their eyes to wait for the blinding flashing light to pass. As they open their eyes, sure enough there are 2 lovable pandas right in front of them.

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After watching the pandas for a while they began to notice the hot weather. Tom is the first to complaint about the heat.

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(Sentence patterns)

1. , , Both mean to wear, but there is a distinction: is used in wearing clothing such as shirts, pants, socks, shoes, etc. while is used in wearing accessories such as eye glasses, earrings, hat, rings, etc. For instance, ,. (Wearing clothes, wearing a hat.) As for English use of the word wear as in She wears her hair short. or She wears nice perfume. neither or applies, since Chinese do not consider hair or perfume as something that you can put on.

Activity 1: Combine different types of clothing and accessories with color terms learned from Lesson 4 Fruits.

Show a picture of a family of 4, mom, dad, brother and sister, wearing different types of clothing. Let students practice saying sentences such as:

Activity 2: DRESS UP (This can be a whole class activity or with groups of 3 or 4 students.)

First, draw a large person on the white board, wearing no specific type of clothing. Have students decide if this is a boy or a girl. Then, ask students to draw cards on which are pictures of clothing or accessories with and pinyin. Have them say out loud Ta chuan bai chang ku or ta dai lu shou tao. then draw the appropriate article of clothing on that large person. Have another student add an extra item on the picture, or change clothing as the game continues. There is going to be miss matches that will be funny. Since cards have picture and pinyin, you can add more items as you see fit.

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Measure words or counters for clothing mainly consist of three words- For upper body wear, use , such as . For Lower body wear, use , such as ,.

For footwear, use , such as .

Activity 1: (Shopping)

First, teach students to say mai dongxi.

Teacher asks individual students: Ni yao mai shenme? Let them draw a card to answer the question.

Student answers: Wo yao mai yi tiao qun zi. or maybe Wo yao mai wu shuang pixie. Their answers depend on the cards theyve drawn. But they can choose the quantity of the item.

Make sure they have the right measure words.

Teacher responds in different ways to students: Hao! (Fine!) or Mei you le! (All sold out) or Ni de qian gou ma? (Do you have enough money?) or Wo bu yao mai gei ni.(I am not selling it to you).

Additional items could be etc.

3. [ + place word ] means to go some place.

The use is similar to English, such as (to go to the market),(to go to school); but it is equally common that +place word (to some place go) is used. The two uses are interchangeable. Therefore, =; =

Activity 1: ? ? ?

Give student a white board or a piece of paper. Ask them to draw a place and write down the pinyin for this place. Teacher may want to provide a list of places with pinyin or have students brainstorm different places to generate a list on the board. Words they have learned so far: Also remind students they can modify these places, such as dongwuyuan to Xianggang de dongwuyuan.

When they are read, ask them to tell the class where they are going, the teacher then draws a card from activity terms theyve learned before to add to that sentence.

For example: Wo yao qu Xianggang de dongwuyuan kan pengyou!

4. [ Verb+ ] Verb followed by particle implies a slight request. When Verb+ follows , or , usually means Let me/us +Verb. For example: . (Lets go eat.) When Verb+ follows or , or is often without a subject; it means (You) go ahead and do. For example: . (All of you please come in.)

Activity 1: ________?

Pair up students. Let them design a little skit by using the Activity cards. Each group should pick three cards then one student says Lets ______? The other needs to create a response. They need to negotiate a little to come to a conclusion.

For example: A: Women qu chifan ba?

B: Wo buyao chifan.

A: Women qu daqiu ba?

B: Wo ye buyao daqiu

A: Women qu kandianshi ba?

B: Hao!

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Repetition of the same word, usually an adjective or a stative verb, indicates a slight lessening of the force of the word.

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Tou lian mei yan er bi zui,

er bi zui, er bi zui,

Tou lian mei yan er bi zui,

Xiong yao pigu!

Shoubi shouzhi, da xiao tui,

Da xiao tui, da xiao tui,

Shoubi shouzhi, da xiao tui,

Jiaogen jiaozhijia!

(Melody: London Bridge Falling Down.

There is action to go with the words so students can directly connect the sound with body parts. )

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Give each student a white board. With their eyes closed, have them draw a facial feature which you specify. ,,,,When you are done with an entire face, have the student open there eyes to admire each others Picasso-like pictures. It is a fun game. You may do this game with the entire body. You may also have the students take turns to give the ___ command.

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First teach students to say,?

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Have students brainstorm a list on board about what they see among students, it could be the color of clothes, eyes, hairs, accessories, shoes, etc. Then arrange students chairs into a large circle. Teacher moves to the middle of the circle, and says ! All students reply ?

Teacher then answers___________! Students fitting the description need to stand up and exchange seats. At the same time, the teacher needs to take a students seat too. There will always be one student left standing and he or she may continue to play the game by requesting!

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First teach students to say

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Brain storm a list of animals students have learned before on the board. Then ask each student to pick one animal and write it large on a piece of paper. They should not duplicate animals. Arrange the seats so they all are facing the center, tape the paper in front of their seat so everybody can see. Give each student a little cup with 10 tokens. One person starts by saying Wo de niu chi ni de tu. The person who has tu continues by saying Wo de tu chi ni de ____. If a students animal got called but he or she is unable to continue the chaim he will lose a token to the other person. By the end of the game, students can use tokens to exchange M&M candies.

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Radical/Writing:

eye

The origin of pictograph

Picture here

/ hand

The origin of/ , pictograph

usually is on the left of a character.

Picture here

Some of the following characters belong to the radical eye, some belongs to hand. Copy them down on the space provided below.

eye

to pull

snow

eyebrow

to hit

to look

sleepy

to rub

journey

blind

to worship

heel

skill

to pick

law

to supervise

to toss

to stare

to carry

broad, wide

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: (Culture Notes)

1. Panda is called in Chinese, literally, the big bear cat. It is one of the endangered species in the world. Found mostly in South-western China, especially in the province of . Much has been done to preserve them in their natural habitat.

2. ,, ,,

Traditionally Chinese do not consider being thin as attractive; having a little padding is considered well nourished and healthy. From the composition of the character , one can guess that being thin was considered an unhealthy sign. (It is written with the illness radical ). Nevertheless, today many modern Chinese have adopted western standards of beauty. Chinese, especially women, also admire fair skin, for it is an indication one does not need to work outside.

REVIW TWO: GO TO THE MARKET

Read the following passage about going to the market to shop for New Years. Often before New Years, Chinese people go to buy lots of food to celebrate the occasion. Please complete the exercises that follow. Have fun!

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Discuss the following questions.

1. What doand her mother buy?

2. What would you buy at the market if you were celebrating Chinese New Year?

3. What are four of the colors mentioned?

4. What does mean?

5. Explain the mothers remark at the end of the passage.

New Vocabulary

rn shn rn hi lots of people everywhere

fng lpineapple

p togrape

w yn lu slots of colors

jao zidumplings

nan gaorice cake

zh xethese

g xanggood luck

y simeaning

Activity:

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We are going to the market to buy fruit. Please match the following fruits with their colors.

ju zi

hong se

ping guo

huang se

xi gua

ci se

fong li

lu se

xiang jiao

ju se

cao mei

pu tao

watermelon

strawberry

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Pretend you are going to the market. Practice using the appropriate measure words to construct a sentence:

Pretend you are going to a pet store to buy pets. Use the correct measure words to construct a sentence. Practice with different animals.

Every New Years, children wake up and greet their parents with good wishes. Then, they may leave to do their own activities and join the celebrations on the streets. Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow.

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Think about the questions, and share you answers with the class.

1. What is the special occasion?

2. What is the main character wearing?

3. What do the parents give the main character? Describe the item.

4. Where do the main character and her friend go? Why?

5. What are examples of some foods Chinese people eat on this occasion?

New Vocabulary

pao langpretty

mo ysweater

d j d lgood fortune and happiness

jestreet

w lngdragon dance

w shlion dance

canto wear; go through

mito sell

xao chstand food

New Sentence Structures:

1. A B ____

2. A B ____

3. A ____

4. (go through)

Radicals

shn

Type: Pictographic

Brief Description:

It looks like three peaks of a mountain; thus, this radical is usually use in many words that have to do with mountains.

Examples

river between two valleys

peak of mountain

qan

Type: Pictographic

Brief Description:

It comes from a picture of the dog; thus, many characters of animals use this radical.

Examples

dog

monkey

wolf

Find other words with these radicals!

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Culture:

Chinese Idioms

Chinese idioms are mostly given in groups of four words. However, these four simple words can have sharp, acerbic meanings or pastoral and majestic implications, usually condensing what would normally take many more words to describe. Chinese people really enjoy adding idioms to their everyday speech to help bring across their points. For example:

many colors

many people, crowded

enjoying, fitting

insignificant amount

matchmaker

Culture: Chinese Craft and Arts

Paper Cutting

This activity is very prevalent in Chinese culture. Tr