HS Chinese Guide

When students exhibit Novice Mid speaking ability in partner language, here are examples of the kinds of things they can do: 22.greet someone in a culturally appropriate manner 23.introduce self 24.ask “how are you?” 25.respond appropriately to the question “how are you?” 26.answer simple questions to provide basic information 27.ask simple, formulaic questions 28.provide simple information on subject matter content

When students exhibit Novice Mid writing ability in partner language, here are some examples of the kinds of things they can write: 13.basic personal information (name, address, phone number, birth date) 14.brief descriptions of people or places mostly in list form 15.responses to simple questions 16.simple information related to subject matter content

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building ● Use a variety of visuals to defne Chinese characters for time, daily routine and transportation. ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate the Chinese characters, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & characters for the timeline of a day and transportation. ● Use Total Physical Response to review Chinese characters and calendar vocabulary. ● Group students to allow opportunity for them to practice Chinese. ● Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters (eg. When do you go to school in the morning? 你 每天早上几点去上学？ I go to school at …in the morning. 我每天早上 ... 去上学。 When do you go home after school? 你每天下午几点放学回家？ I go home at…in the afternoon. 我每天下午 .. 点放学回家。 ) ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Ask and answer simple questions about class schedule ● Ask and answer simple questions about time (time of the day eg: morning 早上， noon 中午， afternoon 下午， night 晚上 ) ● Ask and answer simple questions involving days of the week ● Interpret class schedule ● Identify the common transportations ( 汽 车 ，火 车 ，船，自行 车 ，公共汽 车 ， 飞 机，走路 ) ● Ask and answer simple questions about daily transportation to school or travel ● Make a weekend plan together as a group including time, daily routine, and transportation. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in Chinese aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Have students ask questions and/or give TPR commands for the class. ● Students ask questions about the topics covered in a lesson. ● Have students provide extended responses/more details. ● Have students recognize and read the characters without Pinyin. ● Have students read simple notes of introduction or information on a form relating to name, age and grade in school. ● Have students make posters about their daily schedule, also encourage them to include after school activities and present to the whole group. ● Write and present a simple 3 day travel plan together as a group including time, daily routine, and transportation. Extension