11-21 Lesson & Homework

Today's Lesson

• Reviewed Previous Materials
• Reviewed "10 Good Friends" song     PDF     |     Audio  (also available in Lesson 1 CD track)
• Learned "Where is My Friend" song   PDF     |     Video
• Learned "Two Tigers" song                PDF     |     Video

Today's Homework

• Family Tree Project
• Students should have received a piece of construction paper and seen an example of a family tree project, as well as a review worksheet with a family tree. 
• Students should create their own family tree, using pictures of their family. 
• Then they should label each picture using PINYIN, and if they so wish, they may also add characters. 
• They should also include their name on the back of the paper so that the project may be returned at the end of the semester
• Preparation for Celebration
• Students should practice the songs and think of their "tiger" costume for the performance.

11-14 Lesson & Homework

Today's Lesson


Family Members   PDF    Illustrated Family Tree

Dad	爸爸	bà ba
Mom	媽媽	mā ma
Older Brother	哥哥	gē ge
Older Sister	姊姊	jiě jie
Younger Brother	弟弟	dì di
Younger Sister	妹妹	mèi mei

mā ma 媽媽	bà ba 爸爸
jiě jie 姊姊	gē ge 哥哥
mèi mei 妹妹	dì di 弟弟

** Notice the 女 character on the left side of the characters in the left column, which standsfor female.

This Week's Homework
- I Teach U

11-07 Lesson & Homework

This Week’s Lesson     PDF

Vocabulary

I	我	wǒ
You	你	nǐ
He / She	他 / 她	tā / tā

** 們 (men) makes the above pronouns plural

Us	我們	wǒ men
You all	你們	nǐ men
They / Them	他們 她們	tā men tā men

** 的 (de) makes indicates possessive.

[It’s equivalent to an apostrophe (‘s)]

Mine	我的	wǒ de
Yours	你的	nǐ de
His / Hers	他的 / 她的	tā de / tā de
Ours	我們的	wǒ men de
You alls	你們的	nǐ men de
Theirs	他們的 /  她們的	tā men de /  tā men de

* In addition to the above possessive pronouns, 的 can be used with other nouns (in the place of the pronoun)

Other vocabulary

Is / Am / Are	是	shì
Name	名字	míng zi
Door	門	mén
This	這	zhè
That	那	nà

Grammar

Noun Pronoun

de 的

Object

eg)            wǒ  de                                    bǐ

        我的                    筆

My                     pen

      [I (possessive)]

Noun Pronoun

shì 是

Object

eg)        wǒ                  shì                                     

我            是               (name)

              I            am      

eg)       wǒ de  míng zi            shì

我的名字        是               (name)

             My name          is

eg)        zhè                            shì                           bǐ

這                  是               筆

             This              is             a pen.

eg)         nà                           shì                             shū

那                  是                書

           That               is              a book.

eg)         nà                            shì                     wǒ  de              shū

那                  是            我的        書

           That               is             my        book.

This Week’s Homework

-      I Teach U – Teach someone something you learned at Chinese school at least 4 or 5 times a week.

-      Character Writing Practice        PDF

o  Practice at least 5 times.

o  Try to copy the first square.

o  The second section of boxes shows how to write the stroke.

10-31 Lesson & Homework

Today's Lesson

- Reviewed Greetings from last week

- Learned Halloween Vocabulary (pinyin practice)     List     Flash Cards

Halloween Vocabulary

Alien	外星人	wài xīng rén
Bat	蝙蝠	biān fú
Black Cat	黑貓	hēi māo
Candy	糖果	tang guǒ
Ghost	鬼	guǐ
Halloween	萬聖節	Wàn shèng jié
Happy Halloween	萬聖節快樂	Wàn shèng jié kuài lè
Haunted House	鬼屋	guǐ wū
Jack o’ Lantern	南瓜燈	nán guā dēng
Monster	怪獸	guài shòu
Mummy	木乃伊	mù nǎi yī
Pumpkin	南瓜	nán guā
Skeleton	骷髏	kū lóu
Vampire	吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ
Werewolf	狼人	láng rén
Witch	巫婆	wū pó
Zombie	殭屍	jiāng shī

This Week's Homework

- I Teach U! - Teach someone the vocabulary you learned in class.

- One Stroke Worksheet     PDF

     - Try your best to write your characters like in the first box.

     - The second box shows the correct order. 
        (Start at the dot, and follow the direction of the arrow.)

     - Do at least 5 times, but you may practice more times.