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  • Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...Appreciate and participate in Chinese New Year celebrations 

    Success Criteria: I can 

    • Retell a Chinese New Year story 

    • Greet people with "Happy New Year" in Mandarin and sing a " Happy New Year" song 

    • Make Chinese New Year paper cutting

    Motivation 

    Watch a promotion video on http://www.ilep.ac.nz/about/news-and-events/ilep-video

    Activities:

    1. Icebreaker. In Mandarin, introduce yourself to others and ask for their names. Write down at least 10 students' names.  

    2. Watch  a Chinese New Year story "Nian" on Youtube. Answer the following questions.

    • What is "Nian"?

    • Why is New Year called " guo Nian"? 

    • What were the things "Nian" was afraid of?

    • Explain the reasons why Chinese  people use bright red colours and let off fireworks for the New Year.  

          4. Paper cutting Chinese character "春“,“新年”

          5. Learn a Chinese New Year song "xin nian hao ya"

    6. Kahoot games on

    https://create.kahoot.it/details/chinese-new-year-quiz-mhjc/01c3b416-e9b1-4fd2-b704-75b3e522eb4f

    Glossary

    新 xīn new

    年 nián year

    春 chūn spring

    你                   nǐ                      you

    好                   hǎo                   good

    我                   wǒ I, me

    呢                  ne   used at the end of a sentence, indicates it is a question

    Formulaic Expressions

    nǐ  jiào shén me?

    你  叫   什 么 ？                             What is your name?

    wǒ    jiào

    我    叫.......                                        My name is ......

    Nǐ    ne

    你   呢？                                              How about you?


    "Nathan"  zěn me pīn

    "Nathan"  怎   么    拼？              How do you spell "Nathan"?  


    Homework

    Sing along the songs uploaded on  your Mandarin Google classroom.

    Follow Up Tasks:

    Quizlet on https://quizlet.com/263969930/spring-festival-mhjc-flash-cards/