le dix-huit de decembre, mardi December 18, Tuesday

Today we learned the day of the week and the months in French mois = month semaine = week lundi = Monday mardi = Tuesday mercredi = Wednesday jeudi = Thursday vendredi = Friday samedi = Saturday dimanche = Sunday janvier = January février = February mars = March, avril = April, mai = May, juin = June, juillet = July, août = August, septembre = September, octobre = October, novembre = November, décembre = December

French Month Powerpoint

Months of the Year in French

More PowerPoint presentations from Diane Gallant

le douze de decembre, mercredi, December 12, Wednesday

Today we only had two students did their powerpoint presentation. Some students who haven't done their powerpoint were using the classroom-set laptop to work on it while others did the presentation, wrote the facts, and worked on the French number worksheet.

le dix de decembre, lundi December 10, Monday

Students did their powerpoint presentation.

le quatre de decembre, merdi December 4, Tuesday

I was not here; students did the presentation.

le six de decembre, jeudi December 6, Thursday

I was absent so students did their powerpoint presentation and watched a French video with the sub.

le trente de novembre, vendredi, November 30, Friday

First we write down the French numbers from 11-21; onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt, vingt-et-un. After that rest of our class time is for students to do their powerpoint introduction and asking questions about the countries introduced.

le vingt-huit de Novembre, mercredi, November 28, Wednesday

Today we learned the French number zero to ten.
zéro, un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
 0      1      2       3       4       5       6     7     8      9    10
And later we used small whiteboards to practice these numbers and spellings. Most of students spelled cinq to cing (x) and/or quatre to guatre (x). Next we played binggo on whiteboards. We ran out of time so we didn't make flashcards about the numbers.
We spent some time on students powerpoint introduction. While a student is presenting his/her powerpoint, other students need to write down at least 10 facts about the country they introduced. We also didn't have enough time for students to make flashcards about the facts and use them to do an activity that we planned to do - they asked one another these facts.

le vingt-six de novembre, lundi - November 26, Monday

Today we went to the computer lab to generate a powerpoint assignment.

Students are asked to heed unto the following instructions:

#1, pick up a country whose official language in French.

#2, google search - pioneer online library utah (k12 schools) or click the link Pioneer- Utha's Online Library

#3, if you are at http://pioneer-library.org/ then you need to click K12 Schools on the webpage

#4, Click "CulturalGram" and then choose the "World Edition".

#5, After clicking the "world edition", choose the continent on the global map that the French-speaking country you choose.

#6, Click the French -speaking country you choose.

#7, Read the article about the French-speaking country you choose.

#8, Create a 20 slide powerpoint with the facts about the country.

#9, Each slide needs to include one fact and one picture.

#10, Each slide equal 5 pts; the total pts for the powerpoint is 100pts.

#11, After you've done the powerpoint, you will need to present it in class.

Ps. The username for pioneer library is "pioneer", and the password is "online"

le dix-neuf de Novembre, Lundi - November 19, Monday - B Day

We worked on a Reading A-Z French book about "My family".

Basic French Greetings

French Alphabet Song with the day of the Week

French Alphabet

Getting to know France

le Vingt-et-un, Mai, Lundi; May 21,Monday - B Day

Today we learned the French colors and do a package of it.

le dix-sept Mai, jeudi May 17, Thursday - B Day

We first reviewed the French numbers with some games/activities. For example, we went outside and I said the French numbers, students were to get togather as a group of number that I said. If I said "trois", then 3 students would get togather as a group; if I said "cinq", then 5 students would get togater as a group. After that we did the French number package related to math.

le quinze mai, mardi - May 15, Tuesday - B Day

Today we learned French numbers from zero to cent.We usd a sheet of paper and folded in 16 boxes instead of whtieboards to practice these words. We did the quiz at the end of the class with 5 minute open book.

zéro= 0

un= 1

deux= 2

trois= 3

quatre=4

cinq= 5

six= 6

sept= 7

huit= 8

neuf= 9

dix= 10

onze= 11

douze= 12

treize= 13

quatorze=14

quinze= 15

seize= 16

dix-sept=17

dix-huit= 18

dix-neuf= 19

vingt=20

trente= 30

quarante= 40

cinquante= 50

soixante= 60

soixante-dix= 70 

quatre-vingts= 80

quatre –vingt- dix= 90

cent =100

le onze mai, vendredi - May 11, Friday - B Day

I was not here today due to a doctor appointment. Foreign Language Survey students were expected to read an article about Canada and answer questions about it from reading the article. This article about Canada can be find in CultraGram under Utah Pioneer Library. You may clicked the pictures to access the sheets to work on.

May 7, Monday - Le sept Mai, Lundi - B Day

Today we learned the French words about animals.
animal = animal
animeux = animals
le chien = the dog
le chat = the cat
le poulet = the chicken
l'oiseau = the bird
l'ours = the bear
la vache = the cow
le cheval = the horse

le zèbre = the zebra

le souris = the mouse
le mouton = the sheep

l'éléphant = the elephant

la girrafe = the girrafe

le lion = the lion

le tigre = the tiger

le cochon = the pig

le mouton = the sheep

le canard = the duck

le porc-épic = the porcupine

le morse = the walrus

l'écureuil = the squirrel

le singe = the monkey

students were asked to make 16 flashcards with these French animals. In the front of the flashcards, they needed to write down a French animal, its English meaning, and a sentence with it in each of the box. In the back, they needed to draw the animal to the words. For 6th period,we also used the whiteboards to practice the animals.

May 3rd, Thursday Le trois Mai, jeudi - B Day

Today we learned a little bit about French. We practiced the words with sentences such as

vous êtes une fille ? = are you a girl?

vous êtes un garçon? = are you a boy?

vous êtes un garçon ou une fille ?= are you a boy or a girl?

je = I
suis = am
je suis= I am
vous = you
êtes = are
vous êtes = you are
il= he
est= is
elle=she
un/une = a
fille = girl
garçon = boy
oui =yes
non= no
Bonjour = good day

We played bingo games to practice these words.

May 1st, Tuesday, Le un mai, mardi - B Day

Today we learned French Alphabet pronunciation
A- aa,
B- bay
C-say
D-day
E- u
F-ef
G- jay
H- ashi
I -ee
J- gee
K-ka
L-el
M-em
N-en
O-o
P-pay
Q-kyu
R-eh
S-es
T-tay
U-yu
V-vay
W-dublevay
X-eeks
Y-eeglag
Z-zed

Students first did the pre-test about France. Later they were asked to read an article about France. We played games to review the facts about France and then we did a quiz on France.

April 27, Friday 四月二十七日星期五 - B Day

Today we reviewed all the words about Chinese greetings, numbers, colors, animlas, months, and day of the week and then we did the mid-term quiz.

April 25, Wednesday 四月二十五日星期三 - B Day

I was absent again for B-day. Didn't mean to, just received a call from the daycare that my son was sick and threw up. I had to ask to leave to pick up my son and take care of him. Therefore, again the 6th and 7th period Foreign Language students watched the video named Children of Hangzhou.

April 23, Monday - 四月二十三日星期一 - B Day

When I was ready for work, I found that my son had a fever, so I took a day off to take care of him. Therefore, 6th and 7th period Foreign Language students were asked to watch a video.

ursername and password for pioneer library

Username for Pioneer Library is Pioneer and this year its password is friend.

April 19, Thursday - 四月十九日星期四 - B Day

Today we have students do their powerpoint presentation about China first and then we do quick review about facts about China. Next we do the quiz about China. After we've done correcting the quiz, we learned animals with sentences. Of course, we review the words about animals and colors first. And then we put them into sentences.

你nǐ 喜xǐ 歡huān 什shén 麼me 動dòng 物wù ? = what animal do you like?

我wǒ 喜xǐ 歡huān ......(animal）......... = I like .........

貓māo 是shì 什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè ? = what color is cat?

貓māo 是shì ....... = cat is ......

狗gǒu 是shì 什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè ? = what color is dog?

狗gǒu 是shì ......... = dog is ......

...(animal).....是shì 什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè ? = ...... is what color?

...(animal).....是shì ....(color).... = ...... is .......

Chinese words for animals and colors
鼠shǔ = rat/mouse
牛niú = cow
虎hǔ = tiger
兔tù = rabbit/rare
鴨yā = duck
魚yú = fish
鳥niǎo = bird
龍lóng = dragon
恐kǒng 龍lóng = dinosaur
蛇shé = snake
馬mǎ = horse
綿mián 羊yáng = sheep
山shān 羊yáng = goat
猴hóu = monkey
雞jī =chicken
狗gǒu = dog
豬zhū =pig
熊xióng = bear
獅shī = lion
動dòng 物wù = animalwe also review the color and combine color and animals.
什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè = what color?
白bái 色sè = white
黑hēi 色sè = black
灰huī 色sè = gray
紅hóng 色sè = red
黃huáng 色sè = yellow
藍lán 色sè = blue
橘jú 色sè = orange
橙chéng 色sè = orange
粉fěn 紅hóng 色sè = pink
綠lǜ 色sè = green
紫zǐ 色sè = purple
和hé = and
銀yín 色sè = silver
棕zōng 色sè = brown

April 17, Tuesday - 四月十七日星期二 - B Day

6th period no students did the presentation while 7th period there are Brooke, Kylie, and Miria.
Today we learned animals as the followings -
鼠shǔ = rat/mouse
牛niú = cow
虎hǔ = tiger
兔tù = rabbit/rare
鴨yā = duck
魚yú = fish
鳥niǎo = bird
龍lóng = dragon
恐kǒng 龍lóng = dinosaur
蛇shé = snake
馬mǎ = horse
綿mián 羊yáng = sheep
山shān 羊yáng = goat
猴hóu = monkey
雞jī =chicken
狗gǒu = dog
豬zhū =pig
熊xióng = bear
獅shī = lion
動dòng 物wù = animal
we also review the color and combine color and animals.
什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè = what color?
白bái 色sè = white
黑hēi 色sè = black
灰huī 色sè = gray
紅hóng 色sè = red
黃huáng 色sè = yellow
藍lán 色sè = blue
橘jú 色sè = orange
橙chéng 色sè = orange
粉fěn 紅hóng 色sè = pink
綠lǜ 色sè = green
紫zǐ 色sè = purple
和hé = and
銀yín 色sè = silver
棕zōng 色sè = brown
橘jú actually is tangerine and 橙chéng is orange. So in color tangerine and orange are color orange. That's why we call orange either 橘jú 色sè or 橙chéng 色sè.
We used questions to review and practice the words like 虎hǔ 什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè ? (What color is tiger? ), 熊xióng 什shén 麼me 顏yán 色sè ? (What color is bear?), etc.
And then we used small whiteboards to practice the colors and play color bingos.

April 13, Friday 四月十三日星期五 - B Day

Today I headed to Washington DC for National Chinese Language Conference. We had Mr. Mark Neville as our sub to help students learn and review the Chinese colors and numbers.

Foreign Language Survey -
#1, Have the students do the powerpoint presentation first.

#2, Please review the greetings, numbers, and colors with them. You may use small whiteboards or have them make flashcards.

#3, They love playing games. If you have any game would like to play with them, please feel free and do it.

April 11, Wednesday 四月十一日星期三 - B Day

Today we reviewed the numbers and colors. We played games about numbers and colors as well. After that, students were given a sheet of paper to work on.

Please click Chinese Number and Color to access the assignment.

April 9 Monday 四月九日星期一 - B Day

Today we reviewed the Chinese greeting song we learned and the numbers. We also learned 6-9 colors words. For 6th period we only learned 6 colors while 7th period learned 9. Why? Well, I have to say 7th period students were more respectful, quiet, and more willing to learn while 6th period few students tried to 'show off' themselves by breaking their pencils, erasers, papers, etc. and throwing to the floor. 6th period students learned the first 6 words of the followings.

黑(hēi) 色(sè) = black
白(bái) 色(sè) = white
紅(hóng) 色(sè) = red
灰(huī) 色(sè) = gray
藍(lán) 色(sè) = blue
綠(lǜ) 色(sè) = green
紫(zǐ) 色(sè) = purple
橘(jú) 色(sè) = orange
黃(huáng) 色(sè) = yellow

After that we played 'standing up game' and watched a movie named Forbidden Gongfu starred by Jackie Chan and Jet Li for 15-20 minutes.

March 29, Thursday 三月二十九日星期四 - B Day

Today we came to the computer lab and worked 22 slide powerpoint about China.
1. Students are expected to work on 22 slide powerpoint about China, including title page and resource page.
2. The powerpoint equals to 44 pts; 2 pts each slide, and title and resource pages are free pts.
3. Each slide needs one fact with one picture.
4. Each fact has to be based on the article of China from CulturagGram at Pioneer Library and has to be written in your own words. Any fact whose resources are from outside of Pioneer Library will not be consdiered to receive points. The same, any fact that is not written in your own words will not be consdered to receive points either.
5. Each fact has to be with one picture and each picture has to be related to the fact. Inappropriate pictures will receive no point.
6. Save your powerpoint file as your name China. For example, if your name is Davis Swanson, then your file name is supposed to be Davis Swanson China.
7. Send your complete powerpoint file to mrs.duke@gmail.com
8. You will be randomly selected to do the presentation every time you come to class. Each time we will have 5 randonly selected students to do the powerpoint and if you are not ready on the day you're selected, you will lose points from your presentation which equals to 46 points.

The pioneer library's username is "pioneer" and its password for this is is "friend"

March 27, Tuesday 三月二十七日星期二 - B Day

We had a sub today because Mrs. Duke was taking Chinese stduents to University of Utah for observing the Chinese Speech Contest.
What we did in class today --
Students were asked to read an article about China, please see the following link for the article. http://online.culturegrams.com/pdf/world_pdf.php?id=34

Students were asked to read through the article and write at least 40 facts about what they read and made a poster to introduce China with a couple of facts.

March 23, Friday 三月二十三星期五 - B Day

HOMEWORK - HAVE THE DISCLOSURE SINGED BY PARENTS DUE.

We introduced some basic conversation of greetings in Chinese.
你nǐ = you
我wǒ 　= I
他tā = he/she
你nǐ 的de = your
我wǒ 的de = my
他tā 的de =his/her
名míng 字zì = name
叫jiào = (be) called
什shén 麼me? = what?
我wǒ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào ... = My name is called.....
你nǐ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?= What is your name?
你nǐ 好hǎo = hello
你nǐ 好hǎo 嗎ma ?= How are you?
我wǒ 很hěn 好hǎo = I'm fine
不bù 好hǎo = not good
馬mǎ 馬mǎ 虎hǔ 虎hǔ= so-so

And we also learned one song as the following

(Rhyme = Mary has a little lamb)
你nǐ 好hǎo !你nǐ 好hǎo !你nǐ 好hǎo 嗎ma ?
你nǐ 好hǎo 嗎ma ?你nǐ 好hǎo 嗎ma ?
我wǒ 很hěn 好hǎo !我wǒ 很hěn 好hǎo !
謝xiè 謝xiè 你nǐ !

你nǐ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?
叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?
我wǒ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào .....
很hěn 高gāo 興xìng 認rèn 識shí 你nǐ你nǐ

March 21, Tuesday 三月二十一日星期二

Today we learned the Chinese Phonetic,
ㄅ= b
ㄆ=p
ㄇ=m
ㄈ=f
ㄉ=d
ㄊ=t
ㄋ=n
ㄌ=l
ㄍ=g
ㄎ=k
ㄏ=h
ㄐ=j
ㄑ=q
ㄒ=x
ㄓ=zh
ㄔ=ch
ㄕ=sh
ㄖ=ri
ㄗ=z
ㄘ=c
ㄙ=s
一= yi, i,y
ㄨ=w, wu
ㄩ=yu
ㄚ=a
ㄛ=o
ㄜ=/Ə/
ㄝ=/Ɛ/
ㄞ=ai
ㄟ=ei
ㄠ=ao
ㄡ=ou
ㄢ=an
ㄣ=en
ㄤ=ang
ㄥ= ong
ㄦ=r, er

March 16, Friday Dix-six Mars, Vendredi - B

Students had 15 minutes to study for the quiz. Here's the quiz..
3rd Term French Quiz for Foreign Language Survey
Name: _____________________ Period: ____________ Date:_______ Score:____/80__
I. Please translate the French numbers to English. (24pts)

1. un____________
2. trois ____________
3. cinq ____________
4. sept ____________
5. neuf ____________
6. vingt ____________
7. trente ____________
8. treize ____________
9. dix ____________
10. onze ____________
11. deux ____________
12. dix-neuf _________


II. Please translate the French colors to English. (8pts)

1. Rouge__________
2. Bleu_______
3. Blanc_______
4. Noir_______
5. Gris_______
6. Jaune_______
7. Marron_______
8. Vert_______


III. Please translate the French greetings to English. (10pts)

1. Ça va? _______
2. Bien_______
3. Mal_______
4. Bonjour_______
5. Au Voir_______
6. Comment-allez vous? ______________
7. Qui _______
8. Merci_______
9. Je m’appelle…. _______
10. Comme Çi Comme Ça? _____________


IV. Please translate the French calendars to English. (20pts)

1. Lundi _______
2. Mercredi _______
3. Vendredi_______
4. Samedi_______
5. Dimanche_______
6. Fevril _______
7. Mai_______
8. Avril_______
9. Juillet_______
10. Mars_______


V. Please answer the questions about France. (18pts)
1. What does the “okay” sign mean in France? __________________(1pt)
2. What is an impolite manner when eating in France? _________________________(2pts)
3. How long does the Tour de France cycling race last? __________________________(1pt)
4. Why was the Eiffel Tower built? __________________________ (1pt)
5. What do the three colors in the French national flag mean? __________________(3pts)
6. What are the neighbor countries by the borders does France have? _____________(5pts)
7. When were French women allowed to vote? ________________(1pt)
8. What is France’s national bird? ________________(1pt)
9. What are the three most common language learned in French schools? ________________(3pts)

March 14 Wednesay Quatorze Mars, mercredi

We learned animals as the following.
le chien = dog
l'elephant = elephant
l'ours = bear
un porc-epic = a porcupine
le chat = cat
le poulet = chicken
l'alligator = aligator
un zebra = a zebra
un girrafe = a giraffe
le lion= lion
un pinguoin = a pinguin
l'oiseau = bird
le morse = seal
un ecureuil = a squirrel
le cheval = horse
la vache = cow
un cochon = pig
un sourris = a mouse
le mouton = sheep
le canard = duck
le tigre = tiger
le singe = monkey
We used whiteboard to practice the words, and then we created 16 animals flashcards and play games with them. We also do the citizenship rubric.

March 12 Monday, Douze Mars, Lundi

We had a sub today but we still learned French color words as the following.
blanc=white
noir=black
gris = gray
rouge =red
bleu=blue
mauve=purple
jaune= yellow
orange = orange
marron = brown
rose= pink
And students work on the color package. Please click the French Color Package to access it.

March 8 Thursday Huit Mars, Jeudi - B

We learned French calendars today as the following:
lundi = Monday
mardi = Tuesday
mercredi = Wednesday
jeudi = Thursday
vendredi = Friday
samedi = Saturday
dimanche = Sunday
janvier = Jan.
fevrier = Feb.
mars = March
avril = April
mai = May
juin = June
juillet = July
aout = August
septembre = september
octobre = october
novembre = november
decembre = december
And we also worked on French calendar package.

March 6, Tuesday - Six Mars, Mardi

Today we reviewed the greetings in French like comment-allez-vous, bien,tres bien, comme ci comme ca, mal, pas mal. je m'apelle ...... etc. and then we started to learn numbers
zéro = 0
un =1
deux = 2
trois =3
quatre=4
cinq =5
six =6
sept =7
huit = 8
neuf = 9
dix = 10
onze =11
douze =12,
treize =13,
quatorze = 14,
quinze =15,
seize =16,
dix-sept =17,
dix-huit =18,
dix-neuf=19,
vingt =20,
vingt et un =21,
vingt-deux =22,
trente =30,
quarante =40,
cinquante=50,
soixante=60,
soixante-dix=70,
quatre-vingts=80,
quatre-vingt-dix=90,
cent=100

March 2, Friday -Deus Mars, Vendredi

Today we reviewed the greetings and watched a French video clip. Students have to write down the French words they heard from the video clip and guess their English meaning first. Since it's Friday, the class time is short; we also had some students coming up doing their powerpoint presenation.

February 29, Wednesday Fevrier vingt-neuf, mercredi

We started to learn French today. We learned French Alphabet by listening to a French Alphabet song and then we learn basic greetings. After that, students did their powerpoint presentation. Today who did the powerpoint presentation will receive 2 extra points.

Je m'appelle...=My name is...

Je suis...= I am...

Mon prénom est...= My (first) name is...


Voici...= This is...

Il s'appelle...= His name is...

Elle s'appelle...= Her name is...

Comment vous appelez-vous ? (formal and/or plural)= What is your name?

Comment t'appelles-tu ? (informal)= What is your name?

Enchanté / Enchantée = It's nice to meet you.

Ça va? = Ça va bien? = comment allez-vous? = how are you doing?

bien/tres bien = good/very good

mal = bad

pas mal = not bad

comme Çi comme Ça = so-so

February 23, Thursday 二月二十三日星期四

Today I was at Tampa Bay, FL for Confucius Classroom and the sub, Mr. Brough, was subbing me. For Foreign Language Survey, students were asked to study their notes for 45 minutes and to do the quiz on all the knowledge about China and Chinese we've learned. There was 10 minutes open-notes for students at the quiz.

February 21, Tuesday 二月二十一日星期二

Students were asked to read an article about France through pioneer library and generated a 16 slides including a title page and at least 15 facts about France from the article. We were at the computer lab 201 for students to work on this assignment.
Utah Pioneer Library at home for Utah students to use needs username and password. The username is pioneer and this year the password is friend.
Please
#1, google search - utah pioneer library
#2, click "pioneer library" and key in the username and password which are mentioned above.
#3, click the "k-12" and then click "Cultural Gram"
#4, click "world edition" and click the map of "Europe"
#5, click the map of France

February 27, Mondy ---二月二十七日星期一

We correctd the quiz paper and after correcting the quiz, students were asked to write the correct answers in the quiz paper to receive half poits back. After done correcting the answers, they were asked to take a pop-quiz with 10 questions for extra points.

After that we did powerpoint presentation on France.

February 15, Wednesday 二月十五日星期三 - B

Objectives:
1) 90% of students are able to tell the numbers in Chinese from 1-20.
2) 80% of students are able to tell Chinese colors.
3) 70% of students are able to recognize the Chinese animals.

Activities:
1) Review the chinese colors with whiteboards
2) Introduce Chines 12 animals
3) Practice matching Chinese numbers and colors

鼠shǔ = rat
牛niú = cow
虎hǔ = tiger
兔tù = rabbit
龍lóng = dragon
蛇shé = snake
馬mǎ = horse
羊yáng = goat
猴hóu = monkey
雞jī = chicken
狗gǒu = dog
豬zhū = pig

February 13, Monday 二月十三日星期一 - B

Objectives:
1) 70% of students are able to recognize the colors in Chinese.
2) 80% of students will be able to tell the day of the week in Chinese.
3) 90% of students will be able to tell the months in Chinese.

Activities:
1) Review the day of the week & the months in Chinese
2) Pop-quiz on the day of the week and the months
3) Introduce the Chinese colors
4) Musical chair/games to practice saying the color words in Chinese.
5) What color do you like? 你喜歡什麼顏色?

After reviewing the words of the week and of the months, we had a pop-quiz; five questions for the weekdays and five for the months. 6th period students played bingo games on colors while 7th period students played "What color do you like?你喜歡什麼顏色?" instead.

The words we learned
白bái 色sè = white
黑hēi 色sè = black
灰huī 色sè = gray
紅hóng 色sè = red
藍lán 色sè = blue
紫zǐ 色sè = purple
黃huáng 色sè = yellow
橘jú 色sè = orange
橙chéng 色sè = orange
綠lǜ 色sè = green
粉fěn 紅hóng 色sè = pink
棕zōng 色sè = brown
咖kā 啡fēi 色sè =brown
金jīn 色sè = golden/blond
銀yín 色sè = silver
彩cǎi 色sè = rainbow colors
淺qiǎn 色sè = light color
深shēn 色sè = dark color

February 9, 2012 二月九日星期四 -B

Ocbjectives -
1. 90% of students will be able to recognize 12 months in Chinese
2. 90% of students will be able to recognize the English meaning of 12 Chinese months/
3. 90% of students will be able to translate 12 months from Chinese to English and vice versa
4. 70% of students will be able to recognize 7 days of the week in Chinese
5. 70% of students will be able to sing the song "一個星期有七天。"(There are 7 days in a week).


Activities -
1. Introduce the day of the week.
2. Make 7 flashcards about the day of the week and play games in pairs.
3. Work in on the package of the day of the week.
4. Play games on the day of the week.
5. Learn to sing the song "一個星期有七天。"

Package of the day of the weekPlease read the instruction before you start the Package of the day of the week assignment.
Page 1 Front - for reference
Page 1 Back - Translate the day of the week from Chinese to English and vice versa.
Page 2 Front - please answer the questions in Chinese characters.
Page 2 Back - please write down today's date in Chinese characters and in English.
- color the peach tree and the peaches.
Please click Package of the day of the week to access the assignment.

一yī 二èr 三sān 四sì 五wǔ 六liù 七qī = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ ?= Where is my friend?
在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ= here, here
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ = my friend is here


一yī 個gè 星xīng 期qī 有yǒu 七qī 天tiān = There are 7 days in a week
讓ràng 我wǒ 們men 從cóng 頭tóu 數shù 一yī 遍biàn = Let's count it from the beginning
星xīng 期qī 一yī = Monday
星xīng 期qī 二èr = Tuesday
星xīng 期qī 三sān = Wednesday
星xīng 期qī 四sì = Thursday
星xīng 期qī 五wǔ = Friday
星xīng 期qī 六liù = Saturday
星xīng 期qī 天tiān 我wǒ 們men 去qù 跳tiào 舞wǔ = Sunday (and) let's go

February 7, 2012 二月七日星期二-B

Ocbjectives -
1. 80% of students will be able to recognize 12 months in Chinese
2. 80% of students will be able to recognize the English meaning of 12 Chinese months/
3. 80% of students will be able to translate 12 months from Chinese to English and vice versa
4. 70% of students will recognize the Chinese characters, 一、二、三、大。

Activities -
1. Review Chinese 12 months
2. Play games in pairs by raising up the correct card once a Chinese month is told
3. Work in on the package of twelve months4. Watch video clip about Chinese character's origin on 一、二、三、大。

Before you complete the assignment, please read the instruction first.
Chinese Month Package
Please click Chinese Month Package to access the assignment.
Page 1 Front -write the English meaning to the Chinese words in each box. (12pts)
Page 2 Back - (for reference)
Page 3 Frong -write the English meaning to the Chinese words and vice versa in each box. (24pts)
Page 4 Back - Translate the dates to English. (10pts)
Page 5 Front - Translate the dates to Chinese in characters/symbols. (14pts).
Page 6 Back - color/design the birthday cake (8pts) and write your name and birthday in Chinese character. (2pts)

一yī 二èr 三sān 四sì 五wǔ 六liù 七qī = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ ?= Where is my friend?
在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ= here, here
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ = my friend is here


一yī 個gè 星xīng 期qī 有yǒu 七qī 天tiān = There are 7 days in a week
讓ràng 我wǒ 們men 從cóng 頭tóu 數shù 一yī 遍biàn = Let's count it from the beginning
星xīng 期qī 一yī = Monday
星xīng 期qī 二èr = Tuesday
星xīng 期qī 三sān = Wednesday
星xīng 期qī 四sì = Thursday
星xīng 期qī 五wǔ = Friday
星xīng 期qī 六liù = Saturday
星xīng 期qī 天tiān 我wǒ 們men 去qù 跳tiào 舞wǔ = Sunday (and) let's go

February 3, 2012 二月三日星期五

Ocbjectives -
1. 70% of students will be able to recognize 12 months in Chinese
2. 70% of students will be able to recognize the English meaning of 12 Chinese months/
3. 70% of students will be able to translate 12 months from Chinese to English and vice versa

Activities -
1. Introduce Chinese 12 months
2. Make 12 months flash cards and play games in pairs.
3. Work in on the package of twelve months.

Please click package of th months to access the package of twelve months.


Before you complete the assignment, please read the instruction first.
Chinese Month Package
Please click Chinese Month Package to access the assignment.
Page 1 Front -write the English meaning to the Chinese words in each box. (12pts)
Page 2 Back - (for reference)
Page 3 Frong -write the English meaning to the Chinese words and vice versa in each box. (24pts)
Page 4 Back - Translate the dates to English. (10pts)
Page 5 Front - Translate the dates to Chinese in characters/symbols. (14pts).
Page 6 Back - color/design the birthday cake (8pts) and write your name and birthday in Chinese character. (2pts)

February 1st, 2012 二月一日星期三

Ocbjectives -
1. 90% of students will be familiar with the number 11-20 in Chinese.
2. 90% of students will be able to recognize 'dragon'is one of twelve Zodiac.
3. 80% of students will be able to recognize Chinese number pattern.
4. 70% of students will be able to recognize one Chinese legend- Monkey King.

Activities -
1. Reveiw Chinese number 1-10
2. Whiteboard activites to practice
3. Watch a film named Forbidden King about one Chinese legend - Monkey King.

For those students who already finished the paper dragon, they watched the film named Forbidden King which starred by Jackie Chan and Jet Li. For those students who haven't finished it, they were asked to finish it at the same time watching the film.

We also spent 15 minutes in class reading to fullfill the mission of Read-O-Thon. Students were asked to tell in Chinese how many pages they read and to add up all the pages. Well, good is they all read their numbers in Chinese right; bad is none of them added the numbers right. :))

We went to the field trip to Asian Imperial at 1st lunch and came back around 12:30pm. Students enjoyed the food; they all said "XieXie LaoBan" (Thanks to the owner) to the owner of the restaurant. They did great.

January 30, 2012 一月三十日星期一

Ocbjectives -
1. 80% of students will be familiar with the number 1-10 in Chinese.
2. 80% of students will be able to recognize 'dragon'is one of twelve Zodiac.
3. 70% of students will be able to recognize Chinese number pattern.

Activities -
1. Reveiw Chinese number 1-10
2. Whiteboard activites to practice
3. Flash cards with number 1-50
4. Bingo games to practice speaking the numbers
5. Paper dragon making

The words we write on the board are
一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十
十一、十二、十三、十四、十五、十六、十七、十八、十九、二十
三十、四十、五十、六十、七十、八十、九十

Package of numbers
Please click the package of Numbers to access the assignment; fill-in the missing numbers in Chinese characters.

一yī 二èr 三sān 四sì 五wǔ 六liù 七qī = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ ?= Where is my friend?
在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ= here, here
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ = my friend is here

Field Trip Permission for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is here and falls on January 23 and its celebration lasts for 15 days. To help students to experience Chinese food and its culture, we are happy to hold this field trip to Imperial Asian cuisine & Shushi Bar nearby Syracuse Junior High School to celebrate Chinese New Year. With the limited accommodation of the restaurant with 30 people at most, we are afraid that we only can take 30 students a trip to the restaurant for lunch. This would be one of the great experiences a student may have; they have some Chinese food.
Please click "Permission Slip" to access the file; download and print it out if you would like to participate the field trip.

January 26, 2012 Thursday 一月二十六日星期四

Objectives:
1. 70% of students are able to sing the song "我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ ?"
2. 70% of students are able to count number 1-7 in Chinese.
3. 70% of students are able to recognize China and its symbols about numbers 1-3.

Activities:
1. Self -introduction (Review)
2. Facts about China (Game-Review)
3. Number 1-10 introduction
4. Game for the sound and meaning of Chinese numbers 1-10
5. (Color dragon and make a Chinese dragon- for 7th period students)
6. Chinese song - 我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ?

The words we learn for today -
一yī 、二èr 、三sān、 四sì 、五wǔ、 六liù 、七qī 、八bā 、九jiǔ、 十shí

The song we learn for today -
一yī 二èr 三sān 四sì 五wǔ 六liù 七qī (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 哪nǎ 裡lǐ ? (Where is my friend?)
在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ (Here)
在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ (Here)
我wǒ 的de 朋péng 友yǒu 在zài 這zhè 裡lǐ 。(My friend is here.)

January 20, 2012, Friday - 二O一二年一月二十日星期五

Objectives -
1. Students are able to have a rough picture about China.

Activities -
1. Review
2. Read the article about China individually or in pair and answer the questions

(the article can be found at Pioneer.com - CultualGram)

New words for today -

我wǒ = I
我wǒ 是shì = I am
你nǐ = you
你nǐ 是shì = you are
他tā = he/she
他tā 是shì = he is/she is
誰shéi ? = who
你nǐ 是shì 誰shéi ? = who are you?
他tā 是shì 誰shéi ? = who is he/she?

January 24, 2012, Friday 二O一二年一月二十四日星期五

Objectives:
1. 90% of students are able to introduce themselves in Chinese.
2. 90% of students are able to name 10 facts about China.
3. 90% of students are able to name 2 facts about the film "The Tank Man."

Activities:
1. Self-introduction review and practice
2. Game - Who's the best? (Q & A)
3. Film Watch (The Tank Man)
4. Homework Assigned -

(Students write an index card in the following sentences-
1. 我wǒ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào ________
2. 你nǐ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?
3. Teach one of your parents or family members what is 你nǐ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ?
4. ________________ (Signature of the person you teach)

New words for today -

你nǐ 的de = my
我wǒ 的de = your
他tā 的de = his/her
名míng 字zì = name
叫jiào = (is) called
什shén 麼me ? = what?
我wǒ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào ________. = My name is ______________.
你nǐ 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ? = What is your name?
他tā 的de 名míng 字zì 叫jiào 什shén 麼me ? = What is his name?

January 18, 2012, Wednesday 二O一二年一月十八日星期三

Objectives -
1. 90% of students are able to name at least 4 necessary materials.
2. 90 of students are able to say " 我wǒ 是shì _______" in Chinese.
3. 90% of students are able to name at least 5 students in the classroom.

Activities -
1. Welcome
2. Disclosure - introduction
3. Self- introduction in Chinese
4. Game - Get to know one another

New words for today -

我wǒ = I
我wǒ 是shì = I am
是shì = Yes/is/am/are
不bu是shì = No/isn't/aren't

January 4, 2012 Thursday- Deux mille douze anns le quartre Janvier, Jeudi

My son was sick today so my sub, Mr. Valletta, helped me with the 7th and 8th periods. Here was the lesson plan.
#1, Students may individually or in pair read the article about Canada and write at least 30 facts on their notebook, (45-50 minutes).
#2, Watch a video and have them write 300 word essay to summarize what the movie about and what they FEEL about the story/characters.