The curriculum in Mandarin this quarter was school supplies, a test on school supplies, the Chinese New year, calligraphy, and a tongue twister. The school supplies was a hard unit for me. But, after I did ok on the test, I just studied quizlet more and got all 3’s or higher on the test. Then, we did a mini unit on the Chinese New Year. That was really cool because we got to learn about the culture and traditions of the Chinese New Year, like flipping characters upside down. In calligraphy, we learned how to use the brush and we used quick dry paper, which is a paper that has outlines of character boxes. Its ink is water and, as its name says, drys quickly. We also rice paper. Rice paper is a paper where the ink does not spread. Calligraphy is an ongoing unit. The tongue twister was a one day quick learn project with numbers, and it was really fun.