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  • 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. Language Perfect tasks ( Chinese Zodiac,  greetings & numbers). I have emailed you the link to these three tasks. 

    2.  Quizlet game on https://quizlet.com/277301418/chinese-zodiac-flash-cards/

    3. Mandarin readers. Read out aloud.



    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 。