HS Chinese Guide

YEAR AT A GLANCE Chinese Level 2

GRADE 9-12

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Suggested Pacing

2-3 weeks

5-6 weeks

5-6 weeks

5-6 weeks

5-6 weeks

Countries School Communication

Weather Seasons Health

Home & Neighborhood

Unit

Hobbies

Food & Eating Out

● Ask and answer questions about countries/ nationalities and school subjects

● Engage in conversation about weather and seasons in many places ● Discuss physical ● symptoms of an illness or injury

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Ask and answer

● Express preferences for different foods ● Order at restaurant and ● pay for the meal

● Describe the rooms and the content of my home ● Engage in ● conversation about common places in a community

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questions about hobbies related to music, sports and dance

Essential Vocabulary & Structure

Pre: Beg of Aug

Mid: End of Dec - Beg of Jan

Final: End of May

Testing Window

WORLD LANGUAGE STANDARD(S) - NOVICE MID (NM) INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL

PRESENTATIONAL

● Listening NM-IL 1-3

● Reading NM-IR 1-2

● Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing NM IC 1-7 I can communicate on some very familiar topics using single words and phrases that I have practiced and memorized.

● Speaking NM-PS 1-5

● Writing NM-PW 1-4

I can recognize a few memorized words and phrases when I hear them spoken.

I can recognize a few characters. I can identify a few memorized words and phrases.

I can present information about myself and some other very familiar topics using single words or memorized phrases.

I can copy some familiar words or phrases using the correct stroke order.

INTERCULTURAL

Cultural Products & Practices N.CPP

Cultural Perspectives N.CP

Cultural Interactions N.CIA

I can identify some products and practices of cultures

I can identify some basic cultural beliefs and values.

I can function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.