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TERM 1 WEEK 7 End of Unit (Self-Introduction)
TERM 1 WEEK 7 End of Unit (Self-Introduction)
(19/10/20 - 23/10/20)
We come to the end of our Self-Introduction unit. Throughout 7 weeks, students have learned about
one of the traditional festivals - Mid-Autumn Festival （中秋节 zhōng qiū jié),
Students explore about the messages carry by pictures and symbols, they did a presentation in the class.
They also learned email writing and acquire the key vocabularies with Bingo game.
They learned decoding strategies to decode and encode Chinese characters.
We had a Free Writing session with theme 'About Me' (they wrote independently)
Reflection 反思 (fǎn sī)
Reflection 反思 (fǎn sī)
子曰：学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆
It is importance to have students to reflect their progress in the unit, it not only allow them to see the importance of their own learning process, but also reflect on what they did well and what they need to improve.
This week, we conclude our unit and students picked their best work and shared it with their classmates.
TERM 1 WEEK 6
TERM 1 WEEK 6
（12/10/20 - 16/10/20）
Mix and Match
Mix and Match
After learning decoding strategies last week, students had a mix & match activity to form Chinese characters. Each of them decode a set of Chinese characters and the classmates got a random set assigned and then start matching and forming Chinese characters. Most of them could get the characters matched correctly 👍
Free Writing
Free Writing
Students have gained confidence in reproducing the Chinese characters, and so we had a Free Writing session which students write independently for 10 minutes. The more correct Chinese characters they wrote, they more Dojo points they earned. They enjoyed very much in the writing session!
TERM 1 WEEK 5 Decoding 汉字
TERM 1 WEEK 5 Decoding 汉字
(5/10/20 - 9/10/20)
Reading Text - acquire the key vocabularies
Reading Text - acquire the key vocabularies
This week, we further our lesson tp acquire Mandarin characters that related to 'Self-Introduction'. Students first read the passage and then identified the key vocabularies that 'related' to 王大力.
Bingo Game
Bingo Game
After that, we played a Bingo game, which students have to write the words on the Bingo sheet provided.
Can you tell which 2 parts should match and form a Mandarin character?
Decode & Encode Mandarin Characters
Decode & Encode Mandarin Characters
In order to reinforce the concepts of how's Mandarin characters form. We executed an exercise - which students had to decode and encode each key vocabulary.
TERM 1 WEEK 4 Presentation & Email
TERM 1 WEEK 4 Presentation & Email
(28/09/20 - 2/10/20)
Continuing from our previous lesson, students designed a self-introduction slide by using pictures and symbols only.
Students' Presentation Slides
Students' Presentation Slides
Students were very creative in designing their slides - can you tell what languages they can / can't speak from the slides?
Write an email
Write an email
After exposure to messages in pictures and symbols, we continue the journey with writing an email to a new friend to introduce ourselves.
TERM 1 WEEK 3 Self-Introduction
TERM 1 WEEK 3 Self-Introduction
(21/09/20 - 25/09/20)
Languages are not limited to words only, pictures and symbol carry meanings as well. What would you do if we only can introduce ourselves with pictures?
This week, Year 6 students begin to explore the different ways in introducing themselves.
About Mary (玛丽）
In the first lesson, students found out the details of 'Mary' from the picture (left) and then wrote a short description of Mary.
In the next lesson, students make their own introduction in Google Slides by using pictures and symbols only. They are going to do a presentation to the whole class next week.
TERM 1 WEEK 2 Mid-Autumn Festival
TERM 1 WEEK 2 Mid-Autumn Festival
(14/09/20 - 18/09/20)
Students continue to explore the legend of Mid-Autumn Festival. They were learning stories of 吴刚伐桂 (wú gāng fá guì) and 玉兔捣药 ( yù tù dǎo yào) and the custom and traditions of the festival.
story of 吴刚伐桂 (wú gāng fá guì)
story of 玉兔捣药 (yù tù dǎo yào)
custom of Mid-Autumn Festival and its meaning
Sample questions for the 'About Me' Bingo game.
"About Me" Bingo template
TERM 1 WEEK 1
TERM 1 WEEK 1
(07/09/20 - 11/09/20)
In the first Mandarin lesson of the year, students were playing a BINGO game to get to know more about me (the new Mandarin teacher - Ms. Ann).
The students wrote down 9 questions in the Bingo template, and they took turn to ask the questions.
In the following lesson, we began our Year 6 Mandarin journey with Chinese culture - Mid-Autumn Festival. Students were able to explain the meaning of the Chinese characters - “中秋节” and summarized the legend of the festival.
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