DP ab initio UNIT 3

Lesson slides

IA practice doc (class of '25)

Text formats

Class jobs

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

文本 wénběn "texts"：《李子柒》 + 《喜欢汉服(1)》

Day 1 Formative Tasks

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): In the text 《喜欢汉服(1)》, 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 Formative Task

3. Writing:

( /20分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: email/电邮 here, body = 90|198 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.

Day 1 Summative Tasks

1. Listening:

( /30): "Listen-look-underline-number": For the new text, the teacher will ask a series of questions in Mandarin. Understand each question, find the information in the text, underline it, and write the number of the prompt onto your copy of the text.

2. Reading: 

( /24): Write out all pinyin with tone marks and English for one section of your choice. 

( /6): From the TOK questions document, choose one TOK language question to write a reflection in English (100+ words) about usage of words in the text.

(if time allows, begin speaking presentations)

Day 2 Summative Tasks

3. Writing: 

( /20分 fēn "points", scored on criteria A, B, C, format: email/电邮 here, body = 108|216 多字 zì "characters")

( /24): From the TOK questions document, choose one TOK content question to handwrite a reflection in Chinese characters (flyer format, 120+ characters) about the information in the text. 

( /6): From the TOK questions document, choose one TOK language question to write a reflection in English (100+ words) about usage of words in your writing.