The China trip really reshaped my view and understanding of China its culture. I went into the trip expecting it to be alright but within the first two days, I was completely amazed. I thought China would be like a constant rainy day because of the smog and that feeling of a bad day would always be present, but I was definitely wrong. I’m so glad I was able to remake my foundation of my understanding of China.
Mandarin
Q1 Mandarin
https://drive.google.com/a/lrei.org/file/d/0B_xha4fiui3xUmJRVHhZLVB2XzQ/view?usp=sharing
This is my project that I did with Oliver, Eli, and Elijah about the Dragon Boat Festival. It shows the story of why the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated. I was the emperor, Oliver was the dragon, Elijah was the narrator and Elijah was Qu Yuan, the main character. This was a fun project that required good pronunciation and sentence structure in the script. If I could do this again, I would make the video longer.
https://quizlet.com/92667270/flash-cards/
This is my Quizlet set. The last terms are the latest.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NnN3gNJxU8ZwtXfQYjWwvc18RKq7rnhBEu_3AyZWjOg/edit
This is my first test of the year.
Mandarin Video
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_xha4fiui3xUmJRVHhZLVB2XzQ
Mandarin Pen Pal
We did a pen pal project. The 8th graders wrote a pen pal letter in Mandarin and we had to respond. This is 康瑞吉 (Reggie’s) letter to me:
你好！
我叫康瑞吉。我十四岁。我是美国人。我的家有五个人，爸爸，妈妈，两个弟弟，我和一只狗。我是小红学校的一个学生。我会说英文和一点儿中文。我的兴趣爱好是踢足球，弹吉他，游泳和魔术。我的朋友是 Pierre, Flynn, Nissim, Cameron Glass, Onaje, Cameron Krakoviak 和 Oliver。他们喜欢吃比萨和汉堡包。我也喜欢吃汉堡包和比萨，还有宫保鸡丁和意大利面。
谢谢，
康瑞吉
My responce:
我叫武华。我十二岁。我属猴子。我在 JJJL6 的班。我是美国人。我的家有四个人。我的家有爸爸,妈妈， 我 和 妹妹。我有三沙鼠。我是小红学校的一个学生。我会说英文和一点儿中文。我的兴趣爱好是踢足球，滑雪，打乒乓球，打篮球我的兴趣爱好是踢足球，和魔术。我的朋友是大家。我喜欢吃培根皮萨,巧克力，和芝士汉堡。我最喜欢的橙色。
再见，
武华
Q3 Mandarin
We did tai chi for the lunar new year festival.It was hard but really fun.
This is my test from the 3rd quarter. We had to describe someone that the whole class knew and then they had to guess who it was. I did Dan. Here is the translation for the charters below: This person is male. He is American. His favorite sport is basketball. He likes apples. His favorite color is blue. He is not fat or thin. His favorite animal is gerbils. He is 26 years old. He has blonde hair.
这人是男人。他是美国人。他最喜欢的运动是打篮球。
他最喜欢苹果。他最喜欢的颜色是蓝色。不胖不瘦。他最喜欢的动物是沙鼠。他二十六岁。他有金色的头发。
We also learned about colors and sports. For our color project, we made a poster and on the back were things of the color we picked.
6th Grade 1st Quarter Mandarin
1st quarter Quizlet set;
My Quizlet set:
My Mandarin Project!
This is my project. I am explaining how the character huǒ evolves. Huǒ means fire. My presentation show it’s earliest form, early writing, it’s next form, seal form, and how it looks today. My picture of the character shows the character inside of my big modern form of the character. Here is a picture of my project. Enjoy!