DP UNIT 2
主题 zhǔtí theme: Experience
体验 tǐyàn
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Unit 2 dates: 2024年11月13日到12月4日, 2025年1月7日到3月12日 (11个星期)
Guiding principle 指导原则 zhǐdǎo yuánzé:
Explore and tell the stories of the events, experiences and journeys that shape our lives.
探索并讲述塑造我们生活的事件、经历和旅程的故事。
Component topics 话题 huàtí:
Leisure activities 休闲活动
Holidays and travel 假日和旅行
Life stories 生活故事
Rites of passage 生活礼仪
Customs and traditions 风俗与传统
Migration 迁移
Unit questions 单元问题 dānyuán wèntí:
How does travel broaden our horizons?
旅行如何扩展了我们的视野？
How does our past shape our present and our future?
我们的历史如何塑造了我们的现在和将来？
How and why do different cultures mark important moments in life?
不同的文化如何以及为何给人生的重要时刻打上了印记？
How would living in another culture affect our worldview?
生活在另一种文化中会如何影响我们的世界观？
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) questions document；cite as 《TOK 文本》
Unit 2 Big Formative #1
Unit 2 Big Formative #1
文本 (texts) 2025 Fall: 《范梓鹤》 + 《空中菜园》
文本 (texts) 2026 Fall and after:《假期与节日》 + 《清明节》
Day 1
Listening:
( /20): Listen to randomized audio-only clips from 《范梓鹤》. Write the pinyin (7分) tone marks (7分) and English (6分) for all assigned sections.
Reading:
( /20): In 《养宠物》(Pages 2, 3, 4) choose three underlined phrases on each page (total 9).
Draw a sketch to show accurate understanding of the meaning of each underlined phrase you chose, and
write a number to indicate which phrase you chose from the reading (the numbers need to match).
(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)
Day 2
Writing:
( /20分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C; format: diary here, total = 120 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)
Final ProjECT (SPEAKING & LISTENING)
Final ProjECT (SPEAKING & LISTENING)
文本 (texts)：《我爷爷的故事》 + 《养宠物》(Part 1 + Part 2) + 《招聘》 + 《日新百货公司》 + 《今日住客》 + 《中国商务礼仪》 + 《中国人的姓氏》 + 《两头住》
Speaking, presentation: ( /18pts Criterion A + B1, 25% of final exam grade)
Choose one Unit 2 unit question--see above on this page. Give a spoken presentation that uses information from all but one of the texts above to answer to your unit question. Include:
a conventional opening, transitions, and closing following this speech notes format
your unit question on the first slide, only in Chinese characters and English
pictures from all but one of the articles (you choose) to talk about
additional pictures that represent the information in the articles you chose to also talk about
minimal text on the slides
Listening, following presentation: ( /24pts Criterion A + B2 + C, 25% of final exam grade)
The teacher will ask a series of questions about the texts you just presented. The questions will probe through the information you presented on AND other information in those texts. This listening segment is intended to:
check that you really read and understood the information throughout the texts you chose to present
check if you can understand the questions asked
check if you can give relevant answers to the questions asked
Final Exam (Reading & Writing)
Final Exam (Reading & Writing)
文本 (texts)：《我爷爷的故事》 + 《养宠物》(Part 1 + Part 2) + 《招聘》 + 《日新百货公司》 + 《今日住客》 + 《中国商务礼仪》 + 《中国人的姓氏》 + 《两头住》
Reading:
All of the texts from this section will be provided in a stapled packet. Each text will have five phrases underlined and numbered. From each text, choose three underlined phrases. Draw a sketch to show accurate understanding of the meaning of each underlined phrase you chose, and write a number to indicate which phrase you chose from the reading (the numbers need to match).
Writing:
( /90分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format, choose: speech notes, blog, or diary here, total = 145 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.
Winter Packet
Winter Packet
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Unit 2 FIRST Summative
Unit 2 FIRST Summative
文本 (texts)： 《范梓鹤》 + 《空中菜园》+ 《情人节》 + 《两头住》
文本 (texts) 2026 Fall and after:《假期与节日》 + 《清明节》 + 《情人节》 + 《两头住》
Day 1
Listening:
( /30): Watching separated clips from the 《咖啡还是茶》, transcribe into pinyin with tone marks and English all assigned sections (see document).
"Transcribe-draw-number": From the 《两头住》 video:
hear one or more sentences together in the video, but chosen at random
write the pinyin (no tones required!) for the sentence/s
draw a simple picture to show understanding of what the person said
write the number of the prompt
You should watch the original video and this explainer video many times.
Reading:
( /30): Put seven instruction screenshots from the 《取出香兰汁》 video in the correct order. Here is the read-aloud explainer video.
(if time allows, begin preparing for writing and speaking presentations)
Day 2
Writing:
( /30分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: diary here, total = 145 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)
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):
explain all text info in the images for 4 minutes,
then discuss for 5 minutes (answer and expand on teacher's questions), and
then discuss the same texts and images on a different DP theme for 6 minutes.
Unit 2 Big Formative #2
Unit 2 Big Formative #2
Day 1
Listening:
( /30): Listen to selected audio clips from required portions of 《脱口秀》to transcribe into pinyin (10pts) with accurate tone marks (10pts) and English (10pts).
Reading:
( /30): Choose 6 underlined phrases in《白节》(1 only) to transcribe into pinyin (10pts) with accurate tone marks (10pts) and English (10pts).
Day 2
Writing:
( /20分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: email here, body = 168 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)
Unit 2 SECOND Summative
Unit 2 SECOND Summative
文本 (texts)：《取出香兰汁》 + 《咖啡还是茶》 + 《脱口秀》 + 《白节》(1 only)
Day 1
Listening:
( /30): Watching separated clips from the 《清明节》with the English cut out. Transcribe into standard Mandarin pinyin (10pts) with tone marks (10pts) and English (10pts) for all assigned sections (see document).
Reading:
( /18): In 《白节》(1 & 2) choose five underlined phrases in each section (total 10).
Draw a sketch to show accurate understanding of the meaning of each underlined phrase you chose, and
write a number to indicate which phrase you chose from the reading (the numbers need to match).
(if time allows, begin preparing for writing and speaking summatives)
Day 2
Writing:
( /30分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: email here, body = 192 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)
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):
explain all text info in the images for 4 minutes,
then discuss for 5 minutes (answer and expand on teacher's questions), and
then discuss the same texts and images on a different DP theme for 6 minutes.
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