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Term 2 LESSON 1
Term 2 LESSON 1
Learning intention
To know the topic and aim of this unit of work.
To compare differences between birthday celebrations in China and Australia.
To know some cultural related celebration activities for Chinese birthdays.
To research on some birthday traditions in different countries
Success criteria
I can tell 3 traditions/activities that Chinese people have on their birthdays.
I can tell the differences in terms of celebrating birthdays in China and in Australia.
I can tell some interesting things about celebrating birthdays in a country other than China or Australia.
Activity 1
Activity 1
Listen to the birthday song and brainstorm: what do Australian people usually do for their birthday? What ages are especially important to celebrate in Australia? You will need a pen and piece of paper to write down your answers.
Listen and learn how to sing the birthday song in Chinese.
Brainstorm and discuss on the right:
What do Australian people usually do for their birthday?
What ages are especially important to celebrate in Australia?
Learn Happy Birthday Song 生日快乐 in Mandarin Chinese_ _ Learn Chinese wi 1m8s - 3m1s (fUz2UVdNC1I) 2400.mp4Activity 2
Activity 2
Watch the videos of Chinese birthdays, compare them with your birthdays in Australia, and vote for three most interesting facts you have learned in the birthday timeline below by clicking the "like" buttons.
Activity 3
Activity 3
Read through the reading materials birthdays around the world and vote for the ones that you are most interested in by clicking the like button.
Birthdays Around the world - Click me
Birthdays Around the world - Click me
Birthdays in Australia
At birthday parties in Australia, families serve small bites of food. They eat with their fingers. Australians love lamingtons. These are small squares of cake dipped in chocolate and coconut. Another favorite treat is fairy bread. This is buttered bread dipped into sugar sprinkles. Then it is cut into small triangles and enjoyed.
Birthdays in Egypt
People in Egypt invite so many people to their parties that they have two birthday cakes. Only one cake has candles. They decorate their homes with paper garlands called seena (ZEE-nah). These look like chains of snowflakes.
People in Egypt celebrate when a baby is one week old. This is called the Sebou (sih-B00-uh). Friends and family come to see the newborn. They carry lighted candles and bring flowers and fruits. These are symbols of life and growth. They celebrate again when the baby turns one year old. Then there is lots of singing and dancing.
Birthdays in China
In China, the biggest celebrations are for newborns and the very old. Chinese people have great respect for their elders. They celebrate bringing a newborn into the family, too.
The parents of a new baby give red eggs to friends and family. They give even numbers of eggs for good luck. The color red means happiness in Chinese culture.
Relatives and friends of the family will give the child useful presents. The baby might get food or silverware,
Most get money wrapped in red paper. Adults eat longevity noodles on their birthdays.
These noodles are very long. People try to eat the noodles without breaking them. This means they will have a long life!
Birthdays in Mexico
Mexican girl's 15th birthday is a very special day. It is called quinceañera (keen-see-ah-NYAIR-ah). It is the day she becomes a grown-up.
Her family has a huge party. They save money for years to pay for it. The family goes to a special church service. The birthday girl wears a beautiful, fancy dress.
Then everyone goes to the party. There is dancing and music. There is food and a huge cake. The cake is dyed to match the birthday girl's dress!
Birthdays in Korea
Koreans hold a feast 100 days after a baby's birth.
They celebrate the baby's health and life. If the baby nas been sick, the family has no party. It would be bad uck for the baby. Koreans honor the samshin halmoni SAM-shin hal-MON-nee), or grandmother spirit. They give ner offerings of rice and seaweed soup. They thank her for caring for the infant and mother. Family and friends celebrate with rice cakes and wine.
They take the rice cakes from dishes. They replace the rice cakes with bundles of thread. They wish for a long life for the child. Koreans also eat red and black bean cakes sweetened with sugar or honey.
Birthdays in Greece
Any people think the Greeks made the first birthday cake. They wanted to honor the goddess Artemis. One of her symbols is the moon. Ancient Greeks put candles on a cake to make it glow like the moon. They hoped the smoke from the candles would carry birthday wishes up to heaven.
Birthdays in Israel
In Israel the birthday child wears a crown made from leaves or flowers. He or she sits in a chair decorated with streamers. Parents raise and lower the chair with the child in it one time for each year of age. They add one more lift for good luck. Guests sing and dance around the chair. The guests run races as they balance potatoes on spoons.
Many children in Israel are Jewish. The 13th birthday is special for a Jewish boy. On that day, he celebrates his Bar Mitzvah. A girl celebrates her Bat Mitzvah when she turns 12. Children are expected to obey Jewish laws after these ages. They are supposed to act like adults.
Activity 4
Activity 4
What are some of similarities and differences of celebrating birthdays in China and Australia? Submit your answer by filling in the survey below.
Reflection
Reflection
What have you learned today? Can you share anything with your family?
Is there anything you don’t understand? Can you try to go back to the resources and find the answer?
Term 2 LESSON 2
Term 2 LESSON 2
Learning intention
To make an attractive vocabulary poster, to be displayed in your home or bedroom.
To begin to recognise and say our new birthday invitation vocabulary.
If you have some extra time on your hands and would like to learn the Renegade dance for our class party, please begin to practice!
Success criteria
I have made a poster with the vocabulary on it needed for next week’s lesson.
I have put my poster up in my house where I can see it regularly.
Note from your teacher:
When we meet again, we will be organising a Chinese class birthday party! There will be food, games, singing and dancing. What fun!
There are lots of new Chinese words and phrases we need for our special day.
As I am sure you know, the first step in planning a party is sending out party invitations.
Over the next two lessons, we are going to begin to learn the vocabulary we need to create our very own party invitation in Chinese.
Activity 1
Activity 1
Print out balloons for new vocabulary. Print out party invitation vocabulary. Go through the slide 'Making a Party Invitation Vocabulary Poster' and follow the instructions. If you can't print them, you will need to draw and write them on a few piece of paper. Have a look at the slide and you will understand what you need to do. You will need this poster for next week’s lesson.
partyinvitationvocabulary.pdfballoons for new vocabulary.pdfActivity 2
Activity 2
Use Quizlet to learn the new vocabulary. Begin with the flashcards and when the new words become a little familiar, move to the ‘learn’, ‘test’ and ‘match’ options.
Activity 3
Activity 3
Look at the first video clip below that shows what a Chinese principal taught his students to keep active! If you have some spare time, follow the steps to learn the moves in the second video The Renegade for our class party Hopefully we can look as co-ordinated as the Chinese students and teachers did!
CHINESE BIRTHDAY SONG SINGING COMPETITION
CHINESE BIRTHDAY SONG SINGING COMPETITION
Why not showcase your learning in the past two weeks! Join the singing competition online. To participate, you need to:
use the Chrome browser to open this page.
double click on the following board to add a post
when the post pops up, choose the choose the upload icon to upload your recording file on your laptop
use your school name and class for the post title.
let you teacher know your participation when you meet them at the school again.
the teachers will choose the best 5 posts for each schools.
If you cannot remeber the Chinese lyrics, you can refer to the following
iPad users can download Padlet app to be able to record.
Lyrics
Lyrics
Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè
Double click and chooes "..." icon
choose voice to record
Reflection
Reflection
What have you learned today? Can you share anything with your family.
Is there anything you don’t understand? Can you try to go back to the resources and find the answer?
Are there any questions you want to ask? You can contact the teacher if you can not solve the question by yourself. (insert teacher’s e-mail address)
Term 2 LESSON 3
Term 2 LESSON 3
Learning intention
To refresh the vocabulary we put on our vocabulary poster last week.
To use our vocabulary poster to translate the Top Secret Birthday Invitation from Chinese into excellent English.
Continue learning our class dance!
Success criteria
I have used my poster from last week to translate the TOP SECRET BIRTHDAY INVITATION into excellent English. I have this ready to show my teacher when we meet again.
I am beginning to be able to read some of the new vocabulary without looking at my vocabulary poster.
Note from your teacher:
You are a secret spy. You have intercepted a top-secret birthday invitation. Your mission, should you accept, is to translate this into excellent English. You will need your vocabulary poster created last week.
Activity 1
Activity 1
Refresh the new vocabulary from last week using Quizlet for 10-15 minutes
Activity 2
Activity 2
Top Secret Birthday Invitation
Top Secret Birthday Invitation
Set yourself up and collect the following items:
The Birthday Invitation Vocabulary Poster you made last week;
A grey lead pencil;
A piece of lined paper.
Open the Top Secret Birthday Invitation and translate this into excellent English on your piece of lined paper.
Top Secret Birthday Invitation.pdfClick on the Online Bomb Timer link to create a 30 minute timer for the task
Activity 3
Activity 3
Challenge
Challenge
If you would like an extra challenge, PRINT out the invitation, and with the help of your vocabulary poster, read the invitation aloud in Chinese. You can listen to the audio file to assist you with tones. Keep practicing until you are as fast and fluent as the recording! Read it to your family members – they will be so impressed!
Birthday Invitation audio file.mp3Click PLAY button, listen to the recording of the birthday invitation and read after it.
Activity 4
Activity 4
Follow the steps to learn the moves to The Renegade for our class party
Reflection
Reflection
What have you learned today? Can you share anything with your family?
Is there anything you don’t understand? Can you try to go back to the resources and find the answer?
Are there any questions you want to ask? You can contact the teacher if you can not solve the question by yourself.
Term 2 LESSON 4
Term 2 LESSON 4
Learning intention
To review the numbers from 1 to 60;
To learn how to describe the month and date in Chinese (月 and 日);
To learn how to write the month and date in Chinese (月 and 日).
Success criteria
I can recognise Chinese numbers from 1 to 60;
I can speak the month and day in Chinese;
I can write the month and day in Chinese.
Activity 1
Activity 1
Go through the PowerPoint slides - month and date, listen to the audio for each slide and follow the instruction to learn and practice. You will need a piece of paper or a workbook and a pencil for this activity.
Activity 2
Activity 2
Play the video and read these months in Chinese. Then finish the match game in the video.
Activity 3
Activity 3
Write dates in Chinese (Australian holidays in 2020)
Write dates in Chinese (Australian holidays in 2020)
You are given the dates in English, and you need then write these dates in Chinese.
Activity 3 - Worksheet -Austrlian Holidays.pdfActivity 3 - Worksheet -Austrlian Holidays with answers.pdfReflection
Reflection
What have you learned today? Can you share anything with your family?
Is there anything you don’t understand? If so, please go back to the slides and resources to find the answers.
Term 2 LESSON 5
Term 2 LESSON 5
Learning Intention
To revise and brush up on what you have learnt via online Chinese learning over the past four weeks of term 2.
To attempt the mid-term assessment which covers Chinese knowledge and culture you have learnt over the past four weeks of term 2.
Success criteria
I have revised and studied the learning materials in lesson 1-4 before attempting the mid-term assessment.
I have completed and submitted the mid-term assessment online by the end of today.
Mid-term Assessment
Mid-term Assessment
Please watch the video below to understand the instruction for the Mid-term Assessment. You will then complete your mid-term assessment via the link below the video.
Remember to press submit when you finish the assessment.
Mid-term Assessment Entry:
Look up the join code in the school list below
click link: www.goformative.com/join
enter the join code for your school you just look up
enter as a guest: fill in your First name and Surname
start the assessment
- For Cardross PS Grade 5-6 students, your join code is XLKQN9
Reflection
Reflection
How did you go with the assessment? Did you find it challenging at all?
Is there anything you could do in future online learning to do better in the end-of-term assessment?
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