DP ab initio UNIT 5

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IA practice doc (class of '25)

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文本 (text)：《卫星宝宝》

Day 1 Formative Tasks

1. Listening:

( /30): "Listen-look-underline-number": From the 《卫星宝宝》 text:

• the teacher will ask a question about the text in Mandarin

• find the answer to the question in the text

• underline the information in the text that answers the teacher's question

• write the number of the prompt

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): In 《卫星宝宝》 choose eight 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).

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2 Formative Task

3. Writing:

( /30分; 160多字 zì "characters", format: survey report (5. 采访稿（总结性）here, and explainer video here); scored on criteria A, B, C) 

     Explore one unit question, above, by writing a using information from《卫星宝宝》. Your overall survey report should be written as if you have interviewed someone in the article. This could be a researcher, a person who was a "卫星宝宝" or a family member of a "卫星宝宝". At the beginning, end, or both, your survey report needs to directly answer the unit question you chose.

Internal Examination

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文本 (text)：《卫星宝宝》 + 《国际影片角》

Day 1 Summative Tasks

1. Listening:

( /30): "Listen-look-underline-number": From the 《国际影片角》 text:

• the teacher will ask a question about the text in Mandarin

• find the answer to the question in the text

• underline the information in the text that answers the teacher's question

• write the number of the prompt

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): In 《国际影片角》 choose eight 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).

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2 Summative Task

3. Writing:

( /30分; 135多字 zì "characters", format: blog (1. 博客 here)); scored on criteria A, B, C) 

     You will not have the texts at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the texts, one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have draft sentences to copy directly for your writing. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to practice reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences you intend to use in your writing. 

4. Speaking: 

( /18, scored on criteria A, B1): Choose one unit question from above. Record a visual slideshow that answers this question using information from all assigned texts for this summative. Submit a link to your video on Classroom. Include on your slides:

• The unit question in Chinese characters and English

• Images representing the information in the assigned texts that you want to present about

• Minimal text, but Chinese character labels are okay

     Once you are finished presenting, meet with the teacher to answer questions about your presentation. You should not read from anything when presenting, but some keywords can be on the slides as reminders of what to talk about.

文本 (text)：《假期与节日》 + 《清明节》

Day 1 Formative Tasks

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).

2. Reading:

( /30): Choose three schedules in 《假期与节日》. Transcribe into standard Mandarin pinyin (10pts) with tone marks (10pts) and English (10pts) for all assigned sections (see document).

Day 2 Formative Tasks

3. Writing:

( /30): (150+ characters, scored on criteria A, B, C) You want to share with your school about similarities and differences in holidays across Chinese-speaking places. Write speech notes (3. 演讲稿 yǎnjiǎng gǎo here) based on information from all texts. You will not have the texts at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the texts, one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have draft sentences to copy directly for your writing. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to practice reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences you intend to use in your writing. 

(there will no speaking formative)

文本 (text)：《假期与节日》 + 《清明节》+ 《到英國》 + 《空气》

Day 1 Summative Tasks

1. Listening:

( /30): Watching separated clips from the 《空气》. 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): Ten screen frames will be printed from 《到英國》 . Choose eight frames to write pinyin with tones (12 pts) and draw pictures to show accurate understanding of meaning (18 pts). 

(if time allows, begin preparing for writing)

Day 2 Summative Task

3. Writing:

( /30): (150+ characters, scored on criteria A, B, C) 

Write speech notes (3. 演讲稿 yǎnjiǎng gǎo here) based on information from all texts above. You will not have the texts at the time of writing, but you can bring a single sheet of paper with your own hand-copied sentences from the texts, one side only. Your single sheet of paper cannot have draft sentences to copy directly for your writing. The goal of making this "cheat sheet" is to practice reading, understanding, and thinking about the sentences you intend to use in your writing, the process itself promoting learning. 

4. Speaking: 

( /30, scored on criteria A, B1, B2, C): Choose one unit question from above. Record a visual slideshow that answers this question using information from all assigned texts for this summative. Submit a link to your video on Classroom. Include on your slides:

• The unit question in Chinese characters and English

• Images representing the information in the assigned texts that you want to present about

• Minimal text, but Chinese character labels are okay

     Once you are finished presenting, meet with the teacher to answer questions about your presentation. You should not read from anything when presenting, but some keywords can be on the slides as reminders of what to talk about.