Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Do Now: Project Reflection
1) What did you learn through the project? (about yourself, the process of planning, Chinese language
and culture, etc.)
2) What do you wish you had spent more time on or done dierently?
3) What was the most enjoyable part of this project?
4) What was the least enjoyable part of this project?
5) How could your teacher change this project to make it better next time?
When you are done, discuss two of your answers with a partner. Each person will share out one reflection with
the class.
Zodiac Review
lo h t zi lo sh lng ni sh yng m hu zi gu zh j
1) _______________________ 2) _______________________ 3) _______________________
4) _______________________ 5) _______________________ 6) _______________________
7) _______________________ 8) _______________________ 9) _______________________
10) _______________________ 11) _______________________ 12) _______________________
Write My Zodiac is in pinyin.
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
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Descriptions Review
png shu go i cng mng shui pioliang chu qing yu qin
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Write I am very in pinyin.
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Food Review
cho fn jio zi sh tio zh j hn bo min j ru zh ru
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Chinese Ethnic Groups
1) Do you think Chinese ethnic groups should become independent? Why or why not?
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2) Do you see any parallels between the situation in China and the situation in the United States?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
1) How did you feel about class yesterday? (Circle all that apply)
Frustrated Fine Happy Productive Interested Bored Tired Other ______________
2) Why did you feel that way? (What was it about the teacher, other students, that particular day, etc.)
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3) When work gets challenging, how do you tend to deal with it? (Circle all that apply)
I get distracted I distract others I put my head down I ask the teacher for help
I stop coming to class I ask other students for help I look up information Other _____________
4) Is your strategy helping you and your classmates? Are you able to complete your work and learn using
your strategy? Why or why not?
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5) We are going to return to the worksheet from yesterday. Which strategies do want to use to complete
the work?
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6) How many minutes do you need? ________________________________________________________
7) If you are finished, it is your responsibility to help the entire class finish the work. Share your
knowledge! Move around the room!
Ground Rules
1) What are some effective ground rules we need to establish so that we can work well together?
(Attendance, behavior, participation, interacting with classmates, teacher interactions)
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Apply Your Knowledge
1) Use the information from yesterday to fill in the chart with pinyin sentences. Be sure to include a
drawing in each column.
Matching Questions
N xhuan ch shnme? N liz nl? N zu xhuan shnme yns?
N jio shnme mngz? N j su? N sh shnme?
What is your What is your What do you What is your How old are Where are you
name? Chinese Zodiac? like to eat? favorite color? you? from?
Mapping Sentences
1) Write pinyin into the correct boxes.
2) Map out these English sentences: a) What color do you like? b) I like blue c) Where are you from?
3) On a poster paper write out the pinyin sentences. Include:
a. Literal translation b. Correct translation c. Sentence structure d. Answer to question
4) What do you notice about differences in sentence structure between the Chinese and English
language? (Word order in the way you answer and ask questions) Summarize on your poster.
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Review
1) Write 2 questions / answers you think someone would ask you or you would ask someone in real life.
Q: ________________________________________________________________________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________________________________
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A: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Chinese Ethnic Groups
1) Do you think Chinese ethnic groups should become independent? Why or why not?
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2) Do you see any parallels between the situation in China and the situation in the United States?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
(5 min)
1) How challenging was the material yesterday? (Circle one) Too Hard Just Right Too Easy
2) Which strategies did you use to complete (or not complete) your work yesterday?
I get distracted I distract others I put my head down I ask the teacher for help
I stop coming to class I ask other students for help I look up information Other _____________
3) What can you improve on or keep doing today?
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Mapping Sentences
(6 min)
Each person should take responsibility of 1-3 of the tasks. Teammates should rotate speaking and writing.
1) Write down the question in pinyin.
2) Write down the literal translation
3) Write down the regular translation of the sentence.
4) Write down an answer to the question
5) Write down the translation of the answer.
6) Compare and contrast differences between Chinese and English sentence structures that you notice.
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2) ____________________________________________________________________________________
3) ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Review
(5 min)
Write 2 questions / answers you think someone would ask you or you would ask someone in real life.
Q: ________________________________________________________________________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Q: ________________________________________________________________________________________
A: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Chinese Super Apps
(8 min)
1) Why is Chinas internet is walled off from the rest of the world?
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2) Do you think Facebook is more powerful or WeChat?
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3) What are the dangers of WeChat?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
1) Would you pay $400 for 10 language lessons? (20 hours of instruction) Why or why not?
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2) What do you think are the most difficult aspects of learning a new language?
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3) What characteristics would you want in a pen pal or language exchange partner?
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Questions Bingo
Ask as many people each question as possible in 10 minutes. To get a full credit, you have to ask as well as
answer each question. Write down your partners name and your partners full answer. Points are deducted if
you use English or copy answers. The more boxes you fill in, the higher your chances of winning.
Review
Greetings Native Noises
n ch le ma Have you eaten? h? What? Say what?
(n) zu jn ho m How have you been ai Sigh
lately?
hi mi Not yet e (long) Surprise
b cu Pretty good (Not bad) e (Informal) Getting
someones attention
hi xng Ok Expressing understanding
ho ji b jin Long time no see wa Wow!
Music Video
Look at the phrases you wrote down and try to figure out how to say them to a beat. What greetings might you
want to add to your song? Include all of your introduction phrases and at least 3 greetings and 3 native sounds.
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Being Black in China
1) How does the video describe Chinese attitudes towards Black people?
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2) What is your experience of how you are treated by Chinese people?
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3) How would you feel about travelling to China after watching the video?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Asking Questions
1) Ask as many classmates as possible your questions. Write down their answers and allow them to ask
you the same question.
What is your What is your What do you What is your How old are Where are you
name? Chinese Zodiac? like to eat? favorite color? you? from?
N jio shnme N sh shnme? N xhuan ch N zu xhuan sh N j su? N liz nl?
mngz? shnme? nme yns?
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Draw Yourself Your Zodiac Foods You Like Favorite Color Your Age Where Youre From
Draw Yourself Your Zodiac Foods You Like Favorite Color Your Age Where Youre From
Draw Yourself Your Zodiac Foods You Like Favorite Color Your Age Where You Live
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Draw Yourself Your Zodiac Foods You Like Favorite Color Your Age Where You Live
1) Question Bingo
6) Goal: to encourage students to review vocabulary words and construct sentences
a. My zodiac is, I am very, I like to eat, My favorite color is, I amyears old, I live in(20 min) I
want to go to
b. Put a check next to all the characteristics you can relate to
c. Put it to a beat
7) Zodiac (fill in story) My zodiac is
8) Adjectives (celebrity pictures) (Try to remember as much as you can)
9) I want to eat VS I
10) Colors: My favorite color is
11) Numbers
12) I live inunited states, new York
13) I want to go to
Project Reflection
: What part of the project did you do your best work on:
About the Project:
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Joining AEN would allow me to integrate my experiences, passions, and talents toward making a
difference in international development through education. My enduring interest in the field has been inspired
by direct work with refugee students and survivors of torture from Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo,
and Guinea-Bissau along with my engagement applied educational research and curriculum development. I find
AENs organizational model and mission resonant as I am a firm believer in local empowerment by creating
connections, sharing knowledge, and building capacity. Joining AEN would allow me to expand and apply my
understanding of the education field in the context of Africas multifaceted and complex process of
development. With my experience in and passion for applied research and policy advocacy, I believe that I would
be a strong candidate for this position.
Requirements
We are looking for highly motivated individuals with a Masters Degree in Human Resources, Public
Administration, Public Policy, International Relations or a related field. Undergraduate students or
college graduates with demonstrated interests or work experience are also encouraged to apply.
Experience in the non-profit sector is highly appreciated. The ideal candidate will possess excellent
writing skills and strong commitment to AENs values and mission.
Do Now
1) What genres of music do you like? Whats an example of a song you like in that genre?
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2) What genres of music do you hate? What is an example of a song you like in that genre?
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Music Vocabulary
Rap Music Classical Music Jazz Music
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Pop Music Electronic Music Hip Hop Rock Music
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Sentences
n x hun shn me yn yu? N xhun zhshu g ma? toyn zu hn
Chinese in Latin America
1) Are you surprised by the history of the Chinese in Latin America? Why or why not?
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2) How do you think race is different from culture? How do you identify racially and culturally?
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3) How are the cultures combined? Which combination of cultures do you have?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
Answer the following questions using pinyin.
3) N xhun zhshu g ma? (Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars) _______________________________
4) Match the word with the correct pinyin.
a. Rap Music 1. lixng ynyu
b. Classical Music 2. yogn ynyu
Self-Awareness Student is a Student is a potential Student is developing Student is someone What is specific evidence from this
Guiding classroom leader classroom leader who: as a positive who: is rarely week that you deserve this grade?
Question: who: is a strong, is a positive participant who: is engaged; rarely
positive, participant; is somewhat engaged; is participates in
Are you hurting
and welcome engaged; is a healthy a participant in discussion; rarely uses
or helping the participant; is highly participant in discussion; uses appropriate language;
classroom engaged; is a healthy discussion; mostly appropriate language questions asked are
environment? participant in uses appropriate but may lapse into inappropriate; rarely
discussion; regularly language; asks inappropriate adheres to the
uses appropriate appropriate language; questions Community
language; asks questions; adheres to asked are appropriate Agreements; requires
appropriate the Community; frequent intervention
questions; assists Agreements with
classmates in limited intervention
maintaining the
Community
Agreements
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Self-Advocacy Student consistently Student regularly and Student sometimes Student rarely does
Guiding and professionally with maturity does does the following the following without
Question: does the following the following with with developing extensive prompting
whenever needed: limited prompting: maturity and in a wholly
If you stumble,
seeks help; requests seeks help; requests moderate prompting: inappropriate manner:
do you do what processing time; asks processing time; asks seeks help; requests - seeks help; requests
you need to do for clarification; seeks for clarification; seeks processing time; asks processing time; asks
to make a seating that would seating that would for clarification; seeks for clarification; seeks
change? enhance academics; enhance academics; seating that would seating that would
requests access to requests access to enhance academics; enhance academics;
notes; requests notes requests access to requests access to
missed work on the - requests missed notes; requests missed notes; requests missed
day following an work on the day work on the day work on the day
absence; consults following an absence; following an absence; following an absence;
with advisors when consults with advisors consults with advisors consults with advisors
unsure about next when unsure about when when
steps in achieving next steps in achieving unsure about next unsure about next
goals or advocating goals or advocating steps in achieving steps in achieving
for oneself for oneself goals or advocating for goals or advocating for
oneself oneself
1) What do you think your strengths and weaknesses are in terms of these Student Accountability standards?
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2) What are obstacles that prevent you from improving your grade and how can you overcome them?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
1) What negative stories about teenagers on social media and the Internet have you heard about or
experienced? Do you think the danger of the internet is true or exaggerated?
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3) What can you write to introduce yourself to someone on the internet?
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Sentence Starters
W hu shu yng wn Xuxio W xhuan W sh
1) I am a student ________________________________________________________________________
2) I like_______________________________________________________________________________
3) I hate______________________________________________________________________________
4) School ______________________________________________________________________________
5) I know how to speak__________________________________________________________________
6) Chinese _____________________________________________________________________________
7) English ______________________________________________________________________________
8) Spanish _____________________________________________________________________________
9) My zodiac is ________________________________________________________________________
10) I amyears old _______________________________________________________________________
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Write Introduction Profile
1) Start a Google Doc.
a. Name it Conversation Exchange.
b. Share it with Grace (gracechen@voyagesprep.org)
2) Start a profile for yourself by introducing yourself. You should include English, pinyin, and Chinese in
your writing. It might be helpful to start by writing what you want to say in English. For example:
a. English: Hello. My name is Grace. I am from New York.
b. Pinyin: Ni hao. Wo jiao Grace. Wo lai zi niu yue.
c. Chinese: Grace
2) What do you think of the lifestyle of the white people working in China? Would you want that type of
lifestyle?
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3) Do you think that this obsession with white face is racist? Why or why not?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Basic Greetings
n ho Hello (n) zu jn ho m
How have you been
lately?
zi jin Goodbye (n) jn tin gu de How has your day
zn me yng been going?
Review
W toyn zhngwn xbny y w sh xushng
I am a student
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speak..._____________________________________________________________
___________ Chinese
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________________ English
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_________________ Spanish
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________________ I hate...
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Name:
Ky wn xwng liotin
yxi wnt dinz yujin
. 1) Can ___________________________________
. 2) Use ___________________________________
. 3) Email __________________________________
. 4) Contact ________________________________
. 5) A few __________________________________
. 6) Questions _______________________________
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
. 7) Ask ____________________________________
yng
New Vocabulary
Do Now
1) What strategies do you plan on using to answer the questions below in pinyin? (Circle all that apply)
Examine the structure of the sentence Ask classmates for help Look at past completed handouts Other
2) What strategies will you NOT use to complete the questions below? (Circle all that apply)
Sit around confused Copy someone Leave the room Use my phone Chat about something else
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2) What type of music do you like? N x hun shn me yn yu?
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3) Where are you from? N liz nl?
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4) What is your name? N jio shnme mngz?
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5) What do you like to eat? N xhuan ch shnme?
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6) What is your Chinese zodiac? N sh shnme?
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7) How old are you? N j su?
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8) Are you American? N sh migu rn ma?
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9) Are you Chinese? N sh zhnggu rn ma?
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10) Are you a student? N sh xushng ma?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Introduction
linx yngwn zhngwn xing xu hu shu yng wnt
dinz yujin wn yxi x wng h n liotin k y
Send introductions to at least 3 people. Type in Chinese and include English translations.
English: Hello. My name is ______________. I am a student. I want to learn Chinese. I know how to speak
English and...You can use my email to get in touch: __________________________. I want to ask you a few
questions. (Write 5 questions) Hope I can chat with you!
1) Want _____________________________ 8) English _________________________________
2) Learn _____________________________ 9) Email _________________________________
3) Chinese ___________________________ 10) Get in touch _____________________________
4) Know _____________________________ 11) Ask ____________________________________
5) Speak _____________________________ 12) A few __________________________________
6) Questions __________________________ 13) Hope ___________________________________
7) Chat ______________________________ 14) Use ____________________________________
Chinese: __________________
: __________________________ (Questions)
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Internet Addiction in China
1) Do you know anyone with an Internet addiction? What would you consider an addiction?
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2) Do you think parents and treatment centers are dealing with the problem of addiction in the right
way? Why or why not?
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3) What would you do if your child had an internet addiction?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
1) What questions would you want to ask your pen pal?
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2) What are your hobbies?
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3) What are some specific words you would want to learn to how say to communicate with your pen pal?
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Do Now
1) How do you speak to your parents? What is your tone and attitude?
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2) What do you see yourself doing in 10 years in relation to your career? What about your family?
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Movie Vocabulary
zhao chan
1) Breakfast ____________________________________________________________________________
2) What do you think of the way classrooms are set up in Taiwan?
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3) Focus _______________________________________________________________________________
4) How do you think the teacher feels about her job?
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5) Very good ___________________________________________________________________________
6) What do you know? ___________________________________________________________________
7) Just kidding __________________________________________________________________________
8) Encouragement (You can do it! Keep going!) _______________________________________________
9) What do you think is the grandfathers relationship to food? __________________________________
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10) Very handsome _______________________________________________________________________
11) Where do you live? ____________________________________________________________________
Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
12) The bus is very convenient ______________________________________________________________
13) Very tasty ___________________________________________________________________________
14) What do you think of her understanding of love? ____________________________________________
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15) Watch what youre saying ______________________________________________________________
Creating Profiles and Writing Introductions
1) You are either completing your profile or writing an introductory email to pen pals you are interested
in. Be sure to write Chinese and English translations for each of them.
Profile: Start a profile for yourself by introducing yourself. You should include English, pinyin, and Chinese
in your writing. It might be helpful to start by writing what you want to say in English. For example:
a. English: Hello. My name is Grace. I am from New York.
b. Pinyin: Ni hao. Wo jiao Grace. Wo lai zi niu yue.
c. Chinese: Grace
Your introduction should include at least the following elements.
d. Your name e. Your personality i. Greetings
e. Your age f. Your hobbies (Write in English words you want to learn)
f. Where you are from g. Your occupation j. Music you like
g. What is your zodiac h. Languages you speak
Introduction: Send introductions to at least 3 people. Type in Chinese and include English translations.
English: Hello. My name is ______________. I am a student. I want to learn Chinese. I know how to
speak English and...You can use my email to get in touch: __________________________. I want to ask
you a few questions. (Write 5 questions) Hope I can chat with you!
Chinese: __________________
: __________________________ (Questions)
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Name: _______________________________ Chinese Review and Reflection
Lesson study, what a kid learning from and experiencing and growing planning
Schedule meetings with teachers who have them and talk about lesson planning for specific kids
Studying and learning about support
What they know how to do writing-wise
Scheduling
Sorting students
MOESL focused and Baseline focused
Kids who are failing English and history
Meet Next Week: Afternoons 6th Period Monday
Think of specific kids I want to work with and then get to their skills
Tyshone
Carina
Jose
Defining group of students