Theme/Topic: greeting, nations, number,family
Goals (What should students know & be able to do by the end of the unit?):
●The students are able to use Chinese to greet each other.
●Students can say some nations in Chinese.
●Students can say the numbers from 1-10 in Chinese.
●Students will be able to say some family members out in Chinese.
Summative Performance Assessment: create at least 1 performance task for interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication
Reference pg. 18-23
Interpretive
(reading, listening, and/or viewing) / Interpersonal
(Speaking and/or writing) / Presentational
(Speaking and/or writing)
Students can know something about greeting, nations numbers and families.. / Students can ask and answer their nations and count the numbers. / Students can introduce themselves, greet each other and make friends in Chinese.
Week 1
Weekly Can-Dos for Students:
(at least 1 & no more than 3)
Reference pg. 24-36 / T Students can introduce themselves, greet each other in Chinese.
Formative Assessment Tasks: / Ask the students to introduce themselves in Chinese.
Let the students make a self-introduction about where they are from.
Standards:
Communication
Connections
Culture
Comparisons
Communities / Communication: students first introduce themselves by themselves
and then introduce to each other in a group.
Connection: tell the students how to make a phone call.
Culture: the Chinese way to say “吃了吗”
Vocabulary: / 你好， 谢谢，再见，不客气， 名字， 我叫
Grammar/Sentence patterns:
(write these in the target language) / 你叫什么名字？
我叫...
你是哪国人？
我是...
Materials Needed: / pictures, flashcards, PPT, Colored pens, projector
Week 2
Weekly Can-Dos for Students: (at least 1 & no more than 3)
Reference pg. 24-36 / students can say their country and some family countries.
Formative Assessment Tasks: / Ask the students to say where are they from.
Let the students ask and answer where are they from.
Standards:
Communication
Connections
Culture
Comparisons
Communities / Communication: students talk about their nations.
Connection: Show the students the google map and introduce some geogrophy.
Vocabulary: / 中国，美国，英国，法国
Grammar/Sentence patterns: / 我是中国人。
你是哪国人？
Materials Needed: / pictures, flashcards, PPT, Colored pens, projector
Week 3
Weekly Can-Dos for Students:
(at least 1 & no more than 3)
Reference pg. 24-36 / Students can say the numbers from 1-10 in Chinese.
Formative Assessment Tasks: / Let students draw the cards with numbers 1-10 and let students stand in a line. Then when someone says the number, the students with the step jump forward.
The teacher asks the students to work in pairs and try practicing asking the ages.
Standards:
Communication
Connections
Culture
Comparisons
Communities / Connections: The numbers are connected with age..
Culture: some numbers are lucky and some are unlucky for Chinese people.
Communication: students ask and answer their ages.
Vocabulary: / 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十，岁，大，多
Grammar/Sentence patterns: / 请问你多大？
我______岁了。
Materials Needed: / Multimedia, cards, white board computer and projector
Week 4
Weekly Can-Dos for Students:
(at least 1 & no more than 3)
Reference pg. 24-36 / Students will be able to say family members out in Chinese.
Students will be able to introduce their family members by a photo or a picture.
Formative Assessment Tasks: /
- Let students draw family member cards with character and pinyin on them. And then introduce them to the others.
- students draw a family tree of their own and then introduce it to their partner by using sentence patterns.
Standards:
Communication
Connections
Culture
Comparisons
Communities / 1.Communication: students can introduce the family members.
●2. Connection: students can count their family members.
Vocabulary: / 爸爸，妈妈，哥哥，弟弟，妹妹，姐姐
Grammar/Sentence patterns: / 这是我的爸爸，妈妈，哥哥，弟弟，姐姐，妹妹。
我爱我的家。
Materials Needed: / Projector, whiteboard, paper, marker pens, flashcards.