Section outline

  • 同学们好!

    Learning intentions: we are learning to (walt)...

    • Recognise the names of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac

    • Share our personal Chinese zodiac information with others

    • Say numbers in Chinese to 20

    Success criteria: I can

    • Match the names of the animals with their pictures

    • Tell others how old I am and which animal sign I belong to according to Chinese zodiac

    • Match symbols of numbers with their pinyin and Chinese characters.

    Motivation

    Chinese zodiac story on

    Watch a video on

    Activities:


    1. Students go around greet each other in Mandarin and then ask for each other’s telephone numbers. They have to talk to at least 10 people in the class.

    2. Activities on Duolingo classroom

    3. Mandarin readers. Read out aloud.

    4. Language Perfect task Unit 4

    5. Quizlet game on https://quizlet.com/30846634/flashcards



    Glossary

    岁 (suì) years old

    Sentence pattern

    Nǐ jǐ suì?

    你几 岁? ( How old are you?)

    Wǒ shí èr suì

    我 十 二 岁 。 ( I am 12 years old)

    Nǐ shǔ shén me ?

    你 属 什 么? ( what is your birth sign?)

    Wǒ shǔ gǒu

    我 属 狗 。  ( My birth sign is a dog)