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.