Category: 10th Grade

Review this week for exam Wednesday 6/10 at 1PM. Exam will cover Lesson 6, 7, 8.

Exam will be Wednesday 6/9.

In case you do not have a copy of last Thursday’s homework here it is. This is due June 1.

• 5/25 Workbook p. 75 #12 & p. 76. Due 5/26.
• 5/26 Workbook p. 77, 78. Due 6/1.

• 5/17

10^th Grade Special Project —— 我的暑假 My Summer Break

Assignment:  Plan a trip to another city for your upcoming summer break. Give a general introduction about the weather and seasons of the city you are going to, the activities you will engage in while there. The weather you expect and the clothing you will need. You will present your project in PowerPoint or Video.

Reference Material: Textbook Lesson 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9.

Vocabulary Bank:

天气和季节：热，冷，下雪，下雨，晴天，阴天，多云，台风，打雷，下毛毛雨，春天，夏天，秋天，冬天

活动：游泳，晒太阳，放风筝，堆雪人，滑冰，滑雪，放风筝

Guiding Questions:

1.     你什么时候开始放暑假？

2.     你要去哪里？和谁一起去？怎么去？

3.     你什么时候去? 在哪个季节去？去几个星期？

4.     那里每个季节的天气怎么样？气温多少度？

5.     每个季节有什么活动 ？

6.     你个人想在那儿做什么？

7.     你会游泳吗？游得怎么样？

Daily Snapshot:

5/18     Put your ideas down as a first draft.

Homework：Complete your first draft.

5/19     Bring your first draft to class

In-class: Refine your assignment in consultation with the teacher.  Collect any materials or information you might need for the assignment.  e.g. pictures, books, etc.

Homework:  Edit into final version, include pictures into your PowerPoint.

5/20      Continue working on the final version as a video or PowerPoint presentation. Show the teacher a preview of the presentation of the final version of each individual project.

Homework:  Practice oral presentation.

5/21       Present video or PowerPoint to the entire class.

• 5/10 Textbook Lesson 8 p. 50, listen to the CD and write new vocabulary 3 times. p. 51. Due 5/11.
• 5/11 Workbook p. 69, 71. Due 5/12.
• 5/12 Workbook p. 70. Due 5/13.
• 5/13 Workbook p. 72, 73. Due 5/24.
• 5/14 Workbook p. 74. Due 5/17.

• 5/6 Unit Quiz

• 5/4 Review Lesson 4, 5. Bring your questions to the class.
• 5/5 Review Lesson 6, 7. Bring your questions to the class.
• 5/6 Research Chinese Characters. (see below) Due 5/10.
• 5/7 Research Chinese Characters. (see below) Due 5/10.

语言文化比较

Language Comparison Research

1. What differences can you think of that distinguish English from Chinese?

2. Compare the Roman alphabet (26 letters) and Chinese radicals (56 basic).

3. Compare phonetic system used in English to the pictographic system used in Chinese writing. Can English words function separate from how they sound? Can Chinese words?

4. Compare the writing implements. How does this affect the language and how it is used? Choose an aspect of the Chinese language or writing system that you want to research. This can be whatever aspect of the language you find most interesting. For example, calligraphy, pictograms, early development, radicals, how to use a dictionary, signs, signature seals, idioms, etc. Choose a narrowly defined topic to research.

Example internet resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language

http://www.uvm.edu/~chinese/characters/

http://www.mandarintools.com/ http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(Chinese)#Name_seals_.E5.90.8D.E5.8D.B0

Please do not print anything out, just take notes, bookmark pictures/illustrations of your topic and explain to the class what you learned.

Go to http://voicethread.com/share/1101605/ Voice Thread or click here. Listen to my recorded questions and record your answers.

You may need to sign in with a user name and password. Listen to the questions I have recorded and record your answer. You can re-rerecord as many times as you like. To delete just hover over your icon and click on the trash can.

• 4/27 Workbook p. 53. Use Textbook Lesson 6 Lesson 7 for reverence. Due 4/28.
• 4/28 Workbook p. 53, 55. Due 4/29.
• 4/29 Workbook p. 58, 59. Due 4/30.
• 4/30 Workbook p. 60, 61. Due 5/4.

• 4/20 Textbook p. 44 listen to CD, practice speaking the lesson and know the meaning. Due 4/21.
• 4/21 Textbook p. 49 answer questions (use writing paper.) Due 4/22.
• 4/22 Textbook p. 51. Due 4/23.
• 4/23 TBD

• 4/13 Textbook p. 38 new words. Write each 3 times and know meaning and how to pronounce. Due 4/14.
• 4/14 Workbook p. 45, 46. Due 4/15.
• 4/15 Workbook p. 47, 48. Due 4/16.
• 4/16 Workbook p. 49, 50. Due 4/19.

• 4/6 Workbook p. 41. Know the sounds and meaning. Due 4/7.
• 4/7 Workbook p. 42. Follow the directions, know each sentences sound and meaning. Due 4/8
• 4/8 Workbook p. 43. Due 4/9.
• 4/9 Textbook p. 36. Read the section about Pandas. Know the vocabulary and new words. Due some research about pandas, write a short paragraph (6 or 7 sentences in Chinese) and present this in class using the vocabulary from the textbook. Due 4/13.