Quarter 1 (2025-26)

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Course: Mandarin II - Ms. Pai
Book: Quarter 1 (2025-26)
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Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 8:51 AM

August 14/15

Unit #: Title

Knowing You & 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 ( next Wednesday / Friday office hour)

2. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 26

3. "Seven Things about Me" A4 paper poster show & tell ( August 22 present, send to Google Classroom and bring your hard copy to be submitted.



August 18/19

Unit #: Title

Knowing You, Knowing Me

Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Understand course syllabus & class expectation

Introduce your classmates

Classroom Activities

  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: AC1 review worksheet
  3. Daily routine
  4. Daily star: Aria Liu
  5. Syllabus 
  6. Class expectation and reward system
  7. Da Zhong Xiao exercise
  8. My ID card
  9. Birthday Line Up 


Homework
  • Complete...

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

2. "Seven Things about Me" show & tell due August 22

3. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 26

4. Review worksheet due 8/26

5. Bring your textbook & workbook next class if you have them


August 20/21

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)

Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: join my quizlet class
  3. Daily routine
  4. Daily star: Mei-mei Choo
  5. L11 D1 video, Q & A, Read aloud , wbp. 2 T/F, p. 3 Q & A & B ask partner
  6. Learn D1 characters (notes taking, making sentence at least 7 character for each , underline the phrase you use)


Homework
  • Complete...

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

2. "Seven Things about Me" show & tell due August 22

3. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 26

4. Review worksheet due 8/26



August 22/25

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)

Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: rehearse picture talk / ck in Google Classroom HW
  3. Daily Star talk show
  4. New characters learning
  5. Picture Talk presentation (show & Tell)


Homework
  • Complete...

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

2. "Seven Things about Me" show & tell due today

3. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due August 26

4. Review worksheet due 8/26

5. L11 quizlet due 8/28



August 26/27

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: Syllabus slip due / AC1 review sheet due / rehearse presentation with a neighbor
  3. Daily star: Jonathan & Doudou 
  4. Seven things about me show & tell


Homework
  • Complete...

1. "Seven Things about Me" show & tell due today

2. Course Syllabus return slip (parent & student sign) due today

3. Review worksheet due today

4. L11 quizlet due 8/28

5.  IC 1 lesson 8,9, 10 quizlet 9/2



August 28/29

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: L11 quizlet due
  3. Daily star: Jing yi
  4. L11 new character learning, take notes
  5. Show & tell finishing


Homework
  • Complete...

1. L11 quizlet due today

2.  IC 1 lesson 8,9, 10 quizlet 9/2

3. L11 D1 character sheet writing, making sentence at least 7 characters for each character, underline/ highlight the phrase you use for the sentence.

4. L11 D1 vocabulary quiz 9/4

Sept 2/Sept 3

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: IC 1 lesson 8,9, 10 quizlet due / wbp. 2-3 pinyin & tone
  3. Daily star : Weile
  4. New characters learning
  5. Show & tell finishing


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Wbp. 4 B-5C due 9/4 

2. L11 D1 character sheet writing, making sentence at least 7 characters for each character, underline/ highlight the phrase you use for the sentence.

3. L11 D1 vocabulary quiz 9/4

September 4/5

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: Bingo 
  3. Daily star: Yufei
  4. L1 D1 vocabulary quiz
  5. L1 D2 video
  6. D2 new characters learing


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Wbp. 3 speaking (in written), p. 8.9.10E & F due 9/8

2. D2 Character sheet writing

September 8/9

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: wbp. 6-7 /HW due p. 3 speaking, 8-10 E & F
  3. Daily routine
  4. Weather PPT
  5. Peer grading quiz
  6. D2 video, wbp. 11 T/F
  7. D2 new characters take notes
  8. Seven things about me show & tell


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Wbp.12 Speaking A

2. L11 D2 quiz 9/16

3. L11 WB due (skip translation, Extra credit for storytelling 80 words) 9/18

4. L11 written test 9/18

5. D2 Character sheet writing, due 9/24


September 10/11

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: wbp. 11A pinyin & tone , p.12 B, 12-13 phrase
  3. Daily star
  4. assigned Four seasons project
  5. D2 characters take notes
  6. Show & tell Seven things about me


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Wbp.16 due next class

2. L11 D2 quiz 9/16

3. L11 WB due (skip translation, Extra credit for storytelling 80 words) 9/18

4. L11 written test 9/18

5. D2 Character sheet writing, due 9/24


September 12/15

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work : wbp. 17 A & B / HW  Wbp.16 due 
  3. Daily star
  4. D1 & D2 listening exercise (p. 2 & 11)
  5. D2 characters take notes
  6. Finishing show & tell


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Wbp. 13B-15E due next class

2. L11 D2 quiz next class 9/16

3. L11 WB due (skip translation, Extra credit for storytelling 80 words) 9/18

4. L11 written test 9/18, study guide on Google Classroom

5. D2 Character sheet writing, due 9/24

6. Test study guide L11 Post activity sheet due 9/26 (bring it 9/24 for part 3 culture minute Q & A)



September 16/17

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: Wbp. 13B-15E due 
  3. D2 vocabulary quiz
  4. L11 grammar PPT
  5. L11 word search


Homework
  • Complete...

1. wbp. 17C-18D, p. 19 G & H, p.20 I due 

2. L11 WB due (skip translation, Extra credit for storytelling p. 20 I,  80 words) 9/18

3. L11 written test 9/18, study guide on Google Classroom

4. Four Seasons show & tell

5. D2 Character sheet writing, due 9/24

6. Test study guide L11 Post activity sheet due 9/26 (bring it 9/24 for part 3 culture minute Q & A)


September 18/19

Unit #: Title

IC 2 Lesson 11 Weather

Bible verse: 地还存留的时候,稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。” (创世记8:22)"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." (Genesis 8:22)


Objectives
  • Students will be able to...

Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena

Describe simple weather changes

Compare the weather of two places

Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather

Present a simple weather forecast


Classroom Activities
  1. Devotional/Prayer...
  2. Bell work: wbp. 17C-18D due /L11 Workbook due
  3. L11 written test


Homework
  • Complete...

1. Four Seasons show & tell 9/22 (Google Classroom)

2. D2 Character sheet writing, due 9/24

3. Test study guide L11 Post activity sheet due 9/26 (bring it 9/24 for part 3 culture minute Q & A)