1. Useful balanced literacy strategies in teaching Chinese ZiJie HU New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math
2. Read a story, book of fiction, news article, picture book, essay, poem, etc to another person. Develop vocabulary knowledge, focused listening skills or critical thinking skills. The Literacy Collaborative Model 1. Interactive Read Aloud
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13. Interactive Read aloud Activity: Pre-reading: Discuss the type of advertisement it is. 寻 xún= 找 启 qǐ = 开 During reading: Pair work: high light the facial feature and body part. 眉 = 眉毛 ; 眼 = 眼睛 ; 嘴 = 嘴巴 Circle the new vocabulary and write down the meaning you think it is. Word study: 微 = 有点儿 偏 =tend to (be). Post-reading: Create a missing person ad.
14. 2. Working with words-Character study Components of words/radicals can help students “spell” the Chinese characters Intermediate level: Break down characters into components and radicals Analyze each new character to students on a daily base: E.g.: Word family: Make connections of the character with the same radical. Make connections between the components the character contains. Explain the original meaning of the character. Ask students to make their own story. Introduce basic radicals Character Radicals/components 取 qǔ 耳 ěr 又 yòu
15. 2.Working with words-Character study Components of words/word roots Beginning level (6 th grade): introduce photographic characters.
16. Use the components to make character meaningful 剧 jù: TV series, opera 尸 shī 古 gǔ 刂(刀) dāo 岁 suì : Years; age 山 shān : 夕 xī :
17. Word family: Make connections of the character with the same radical. 看 kàn 手 shǒu 目 mù 眼 睛 眉
18. 3.Interactive Writing for creating stories, writing poems The teacher may fill in parts of words or whole words, depending upon the group's stage of writing development. E.g.: creating stories, chants and poems. 3. 疾病 / 症状 1. 课余活动 / 体育运动 / 兴趣爱好 4. 天气 / 四季 2. 学校建筑 / 衣服 / 兴趣爱好
20. A person’s name Country A room (place) An activity A Place An activity (7)An activity (8)The verb in the activity (7) (9)An Animal (10)A Color (11) A type of clothes (12) A place (13) An activity Mad Libs: 7th grade Beginning level
22. For vocabulary review 2. 痛苦之歌: 1. _____________,______________, _____________; Headache, toothache, throat in pain; 2. _____________,______________, _____________; Hand hurts, foot hurts, arm in pain; 3. _____________,______________, _____________; Leg hurts, waist hurts, abdominal pain; 4. __________________________________________; Don’t ask me where (is) not comfortable where in pain . *Translate underlined words according to the word order 5. __________________________________________; I (am) wherever (all) not comfortable wherever (all) in pain !
28. 4. Shared writing Teacher and students work together to compose messages and stories: *S read out loud in his/her seat. *T models writing on the board. 3. 看图写作: 2. 提供 3-4 个学过的新词写作: 1. 提供场景写作:
29. 1. 提供场景写作: Write 2 sentences according to the following scenarios. Begin with “ 哎哟!” /“ 啊!” Someone stepped on your foot. You broke your leg. The door smashed your finger.
30. 2. 提供 3-4 个学过的新词写作: Use the following words to write a short story: 1. 恐怖片;没有;头 2. 打棒球 ; 哎哟 ; 流血
31. 3. 看图写作: A. Find out the injured body parts in the pictures below and write a scenario/story for each.