DP UNIT 1

Welcome slides

Lesson slides (class of '26)

IA practice document (class of '26)

Text formats

Rubrics

Class jobs

Writing paper (544 squares, 下载 xiàzǎi “download”)

Theory of Knowledge (TOK) questions document, cite as 《TOK 文本》

文本 wénběn "texts"：《李子柒》 + 《招聘》

Day 1

1. Listening:

( /20分 fēn "points"): Listen to audio-only clips from the 《李子柒》video, transcribe the pinyin (7分) tone marks (7分) and English (6分) for all assigned sections in the document. Listen to this in different ways--with English subs, with only Character subs (move the window off screen or resize the window to block English subs, and audio only (minimize the window, turn your computer around, etc.)

2. Reading:

( /20分): In《招聘》, transcribe the pinyin (7分) tone marks (7分) and English (6分) for every line.

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2

3. Writing:

( /20分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: speech notes here, body = 50 多字 zì "characters")

Choose one unit question above. Answer your unit question using information from all 文本 listed above. 

You will not have any of the 文本 at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the 文本, on one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have anything other than direct quotes from the main 文本 listed above. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to promote learning through practicing reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences in the texts you intend to use in your writing.

(there will no speaking formative)

文本：《李子柒》 + 《招聘》 + 《今日住客》 + 《华人姓氏1》

Day 1

1. Listening:

( /30分): In 《华人姓氏1》, where the 1 refers to just the first question and response, listen to the teacher's questions in Mandarin and underline the information in the text that answers the teacher's question. Add a number near your marking to match the number of the question.

2. Reading: 

( /30分): Look at a copy of 《今日住客》, read questions about the sign, and use text from the sign to write answers to the questions.

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2

3. Writing:

( /30分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C; format: speech notes here, body = 60 多字 zì "characters")

Choose any TOK question (in Unit Resources, above). Answer your TOK question using information from all 文本 listed above.

You will not have any of the 文本 at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the 文本, on one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have anything other than direct quotes from the main 文本 listed above. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to promote learning through practicing reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences in the texts you intend to use in your writing.

Lunch mock IA time (sign up on Classroom > Resources > Mandarin Calendar > Office Hours Doc)

4. Speaking: 

( /30, scored on criteria A, B1, B2, C): Bring a printout containing pictures from all assigned texts for this summative. To practice for the IA individual oral exam (final exam week, Fall 2025): 

1. 1. explain all text info in the images for 4 minutes, 

   2. then discuss for 5 minutes (answer and expand on teacher's questions), and 

   3. then discuss the same texts and images on a different DP theme for 6 minutes.

文本 wénběn "texts"：《养宠物》 + 《33种》

Day 1

1. Listening:

( /20): For the article,《33种》, listen to audio-only clips and transcribe the pinyin (7分) tone marks (7分) and English (6分). Listen to this to practice.

2. Reading: 

( /20): In the text 《养宠物》, transcribe into standard Mandarin pinyin (7分) tone marks (7分) and English (6分) for all assigned sections (see document).

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2

3. Writing:

( /20分 fēn "points"; scored on criteria A, B, C, format: blog here, total = 72多字 zì "characters") 

Choose one unit question above. Answer your unit question using information from all 文本 listed above. 

You will not have any of the 文本 at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the 文本, on one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have anything other than direct quotes from the main 文本 listed above. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to promote learning through practicing reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences in the texts you intend to use in your writing.

(there will no speaking formative)

Day 1

1. Listening:

( /30分): Listen to audio-only clips from the 《搜救犬》video. Transcribe into standard Mandarin pinyin (10pts) with tone marks (10pts) and English (10pts) for all assigned sections (see document). You should watch the explainer videos at the top of the document, linked above, as well as read through the pinyin by pasting the text into Google Translate, where you can also hear a different voice read to train your ears for this text.

2. Reading: 

( /30分): In 《35岁以上》, read questions about the info, and use that info to write answers to the questions.

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2

3. Writing:

( /30分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: blog here, total = 96多字 zì "characters") 

Choose any TOK question (in Unit Resources, above). Answer your TOK question using information from all 文本 listed above.

You will not have any of the 文本 at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the 文本, on one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have anything other than direct quotes from the main 文本 listed above. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to promote learning through practicing reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences in the texts you intend to use in your writing.

Lunch mock IA time (sign up on Classroom > Resources > Mandarin Calendar > Office Hours Doc)

4. Speaking: 

( /30, scored on criteria A, B1, B2, C): Bring a printout containing pictures from all assigned texts for this summative. To practice for the IA individual oral exam (final exam week, Fall 2025): 

1. 1. explain all text info in the images for 4 minutes, 

   2. then discuss for 5 minutes (answer and expand on teacher's questions), and 

   3. then discuss the same texts and images on a different DP theme for 6 minutes.