Quarter 1 (2024-25)

August 13/14

Unit #: Title

Knowing You, Knowing Me

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

know the teacher and classmates

Make my ID card

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Daily routine (classroom rule)
3. Design your own name stick
4. Sign up "banzhang" sheet for August and September
5. 3 Q & A, Think-group-share, Venn Diagram, report
6. Da Zhong Xiao exercise
7. My ID card

Homework

• Complete...

1. Submit your summer work if you have them (this Wednesday /Friday office hour)

2. Watch "Didi" movie in theater (Cinemark/AMC...) to get your 2% extra credit on your first test. (optional)

3. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 23

4. "Seven Things about Me" A4 paper poster show & tell ( August 21 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted)

5. "Daily Star" talk show starts next week

August 15/16

Unit #: Title

Knowing You, Knowing Me

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Understand course syllabus & class expectation

Introduce your classmate

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Syllabus 
3. Class expectation and reward system
4. Join class Google Classroom
5. Da Zhong Xiao exercise
6. Birthday Line Up 

Homework

• Complete...

1. Submit your summer work if you have them (this Friday office hour)

2. Watch "Didi" movie in theater (Cinemark/AMC...) to get your 2% extra credit on your first test. (optional)

3. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 23

4. "Seven Things about Me" A4 paper poster show & tell ( August 21 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted)

5. "Daily Star" talk show starts next week

August 19/20

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: L1 self-introduction worksheet /join Google Classroom
3. Daily Star talk show
4. L1 text read aloud, WBp. 2 T/F, p. 3 Q & A (speaking & writing)
5. Learn new character (notes taking, making sentence at 7 character for each character using the phrase from notes, underline the phrase you use)
6. Finish my ID card , birthday line up introduce your partner 

Homework

• Complete...

1. L1 Q & A google doc sent to Google Classroom (must copy each question) due Wednesday

2. Return Syllabus slip by Friday

3. Self-introduction worksheet due Friday 8/23 

4. "Seven Things about Me" A4 paper poster show & tell ( updated-August 27 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted)

August 21/22

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: workbook p. 4 (A,B) & p. 11 (A) pinyin / ck in HW Q & A on GC
3. Daily Star talk show
4. Join Quizlet class
5. Workbook speaking exercise with a partner
6. Learn new characters , notes taking, making sentences, underline the phrase you use 

Homework

• Complete...

1. Return Syllabus slip by Friday

2. Self-introduction worksheet due Friday 8/23

3. Seven Things about me picture talk /show & tell due 8/27 (updated) 

4. L1 Quizlet due 8/28

5. L1 vocabulary quiz 8/29

6. Wbp. 10-11, 13-16 due 9/4

August 23/26

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Return Syllabus slip and Self-introduction worksheet / wbp. 6 (A)
3. Daily Star talk show
4. New characters take notes
5. Workbook listening ex.
6. Grammar

Homework

• Complete...

1. Seven Things about me picture talk /show & tell due 8/27 (updated) 

2. L1 Quizlet due 8/28

3. L1 vocabulary quiz 8/29

4. Wbp. 10-11, 13-16 due 9/4

August 27/28

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: rehearse presentation with a neighbor / wbp. 12 fill the blank
3. Daily Star talk show 
4. Seven Things about me presentation ( upload to GC and submit your hard copy for grading)
   

Homework

• Complete...

1. Presentation cont.

2. L1 Quizlet due 8/28

3. L1 vocabulary quiz 8/29

4. Wbp. 6-8, 13-17 due 9/4

5. L1 written test 9/5

6. L1 workbook due 9/10

Aug 29/Sept 3

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: L1 word search / ck in Quizlet (HW)
3. Skip daily star due to a quiz
4. L1 vocabulary quiz
5. Seven Things about me presentation cont.
   

Homework

• Complete...

1. Wbp. 6-9, 13-17 due 9/4

2. L1 test 9/6

3. L1 Workbook due 9/10 

September 4/5

Unit #: Title

IC 3 L1 Starting a new semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: quiz peer edit / ck in HW Wbp. 6-9, 13-17 due 
3. Daily routine 
4. Daily star talk show
5. Workbook listening exercise
6. "seven things about me " presentation cont.

Homework

• Complete...

1. L1 worksheet as a study guide

2. L1 test 9/6 (ck out L1 study guide on Google Classroom)

3. L1 Workbook due 9/10 

September 6/9

Unit #: Title

IC 3 lesson 1 Starting a New Semester

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Explain how to write your Chinese name and meaning

Say where you were born and grew up

Discuss the pros and cons of living on and off campus

Express a dissenting opinion politely

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Ready for L1 test
3. Lesson 1 written test (one hour)
4. Moon festival project group meeting

Homework

• Complete...

1. Bring materials for group project (research, online imagine, handouts from google classroom)

2. L1 workbook due 9/9 ( detach the lesson 1 pages and staple them)

3. Moon festival quizlet due 9/11

4. L1 character sheet due 9/12

5. Festivals culture notes Q & A due 9/16 (on Google Classroom)

6. Moon festival presentation & party 9/18 (on Google Classroom)

September 10/11

Unit #: Title

Culture -Moon Festival Celebration (September 17 this year)

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Make a group project on Moon Festival 

Review Chinese traditional holidays

Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: sit with your group people/ ck in HW (research material) & L1 WB pages due 
3. Daily routine/ daily star talk show : 2A William, 3A Patrick
4. Group project (use your class time productively) 
5. Sign up party sheet

   
   

Homework

• Complete...

1. Moon festival quizlet due tomorrow

2. Lesson 1 character sheet due 9/12

3. Festivals culture notes Q & A due 9/16 (Google Classroom)

4. Moon festival presentation & party 9/18

September 12/13

Unit #: Title

Culture -Moon Festival Celebration (September 17 this year)

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Make a group project on Moon Festival 

Review Chinese traditional holidays

Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: sit with your group people/ ck in HW Moon festival quizlet due & L1 character due
3. Daily routine/ daily star talk show : 2A Karen, 3A Ella 
4. Group project (use your class time productively) 
5. Sign up party sheet cont.

   
   

Homework

• Complete...

1. Festivals culture notes Q & A due 9/16 (Google Classroom)

2. Moon festival presentation & party 9/18

September 16/17

Unit #: Title

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Make a group project on Moon Festival 

Review Chinese traditional holidays

Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: sit with your group people/ ck in HW Festival culture notes due (GC)
3. Daily routine/ daily star talk show : 2A Karen, 3A Patrick ( missed last week)
4. Group project (use your class time productively) 
5. Sign up party sheet if you need to have last minute change

Homework

• Complete...

1. Everyone upload your group project if you have slide show. "Skit" group need to upload your script (everyone) late work 80%

2. Bring your rubric and party food or whatever you sign up as participation grade.

3. Moon festival presentation next class!

September 18/19

Unit #: Title

Culture -Moon Festival Celebration (September 17 this year)

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Make a group project on Moon Festival 

Review Chinese traditional holidays

Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Group project Rehearsal / ck in party food/drink/cups/plates/napkins (Participation grade)
3. Group project presentation /party 

   
   

Homework

• Complete...

September 20/23

Unit #: Title

Culture -Moon Festival Celebration (September 17 this year)

Objectives

• Students will be able to...
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• Make a group project on Moon Festival 
  

  Review Chinese traditional holidays

  Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

  Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

  Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

  
  

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Moon Festival bingo 
3. Bingo (extra credit on project grade for first 3 bingo)
4. Daily Star: Ella Cheng (missed last week)
5. Hello China video clip : Full Moon meaning 
6. Group presentation finish
7. Kahoo-Moon Festival (winners extra credit on group project)

Homework

• Complete...

1. Preview Lesson 2 text and vocubulary

2. Lesson 2 text Q & A due 9/25

3. Seven things about me cont. next class

September 24/25

Unit #: Title

Lesson 2 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: 
3. Daily star: 3A Tian Yi
4. L2 PPT
5. L2 text read aloud (Q & A HW)
6. New characters, take notes
7. 2A last group Moon festival presentation  & kahoot game
8. Seven things about me cont.

Homework

• Complete...

1. Lesson 2 text Q & A due Thu.  (Google classroom)

2. New character writing, making sentences 

3. Lesson 2 Quizlet due 10/3

4. Lesson 2 P1 vocabulary quiz 10/2

5. Lesson 2 P2 vocabulary quiz 10/8

6. Bring textbook & workbook every class

September 26/27

Unit #: Title

Lesson 2 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: wbp. 24 phrases / ck in Lesson 2 text Q & A due
3. Daily star
4. Assign My Room project (Google classroom) 
5. New character s, take notes
6. Seven things about me finish
7. L1 test correction

Homework

• Complete...

1. New character writing, making sentences 

2. Lesson 2 Quizlet due 10/3

3. Lesson 2 P1 vocabulary quiz 10/2

4. Lesson 2 P2 vocabulary quiz 10/8

5. Bring textbook & workbook every class

Sept 30/Oct 1

Unit #: Title

IC3 L2 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: wbp. 32 phrases & Q & A / ck in wbp. 26-31 due
3. Daily star : 2A Lillian, 3A Crystal
4. New characters, take notes
5. L1 test correction
6. Seven things about me 

Homework

• Complete...

1. New character writing, making sentences (10/14 due)

2. "My Room" project due 10/2

3. Lesson 2 Quizlet due 10/3

4. Lesson 2 vocabulary quiz 10/8

5. Bring textbook & workbook every class

October 2/3

Unit #: Title

IC3 L2 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: L1 post activity sheet pre Q & A / ck in  "My Room" project 
3. Culture minute video for post activity sheet
4. I say, you draw my room with a partner
5. Seven things about me finish 

Homework

• Complete...

1. L1 post activity sheet due today (in class work)

2. Lesson 2 Quizlet due 10/3

4. Lesson 2 vocabulary quiz 10/8 (updated)

5. Wbp. 33-37 due 10/10

6. L2 character sheet due 10/14

7. Lesson 2 test 10/16

8. My Dream House presentation 10/28 (Google Classroom)

October 8/9

Unit #: Title

IC3 L2 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: L2 word search / L1 post activity sheet & L2 Quizlet due
3. L2 Quiz
4. Sign up ichinese reader
5. 2A: Seven things about me finish 
6. 3A : I say, you draw my room with a partner

Homework

• Complete...

1. Wbp. 33-37 due 10/10

2. L2 character sheet due 10/14

3. Reader 1 due 10/14 (ichinese Reader 2 books assigned)

4. Lesson 2 test 10/16

5. Direction rap present 10/21

6. My Dream House presentation 10/28 (Google Classroom)

October 10/11

Unit #: Title

IC 3 -1 Dorm Life

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Name basic pieces of furniture in a house

Describe your living quarters

Comment on someone's living quarters

Disagree tactfully

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Read aloud Direction rap/ wbp. 33-37 due 
3. Daily star : 2A Claire Luo, 3A Yi Tian & Eric 
4. Double Ten day Dr. Sun Yat-sen video
5. L1 test correction
6. Workbook make correction
7. Direction rap practice with 1:00 partner 

Homework

• Complete...

1. L2 character sheet due 10/14

2. Reader 1 due 10/14 (ichinese Reader 2 books assigned)

3. Lesson 2 test 10/16

4. Direction rap present 10/21

5. My Dream House presentation 10/28 (Google Classroom)