Unit title: 家 Family and Home Area of interaction focus Which area of interaction will be our focus? Why have we chosen this? Significant concepts What are the big ideas? What do we want our students to retain for years into the future? Community and Service Exploring the concepts of self, culture and identity. Reflecting on the similarities and differences between my community and other communities around the world Family life in other countries can differ to that of our own country. Differences in the way families exist in other countries can affect the social norms of that country. MYP unit question How is family life in China different to the UK?
我的宠物 LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets Learn how to say the date Learn how to say: my, your, his/her Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is
Why are the characters in the box in the following order? a.一 b. 小 c. 只 d. 有 e. 我 f. 狗 Give a reason, then put them in the correct order to make a sentence. Reason: Correct order: e _ _ _ _ _ They are in the order of stroke order – 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 d a c b f
Team Sentence Organising 一 My father has two big fish 二 My mother has three small dogs 三 My elder sister has one extremely big cat 四 My elder brother has two very small birds 五 My family has five people 六 ????????????????
一 我 爸爸 有 两 条 大 鱼 二 我 妈妈 有 三 只 小 狗 三 我 姐姐 有 一 只 非常 大 猫 四 我 哥哥 有 两 只 很 小 鸟 五 我 家 有 五 口 人 六 我 有 一 个 妹妹 一 个 弟弟
我是一只小小鸟 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv3ECRn7Axg&feature=related
Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets Learn how to say the date Learn how to say: my, your, his/her Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is
yuè 月 month (moon)
sān yuè 三月 March
bā yuè 八月 August
rì 日 date (sun)
qī rì 七日 7th
shí wǔ rì 十五日 15th
Chinese date = Month + Date 四月二十二日 22nd April
Chinese date = Month + Date 九月三十日 30th September
Chinese date = Month + Date 写 yuè rì 月 日 month (moon) date (sun) Grammar To say the month or date in Chinese, just put the correct number before the character for month/date. To say the date in Chinese, always put the month before the day: Chinese date = Month + Date EXT: Write today’s date in Chinese and pinyin.
阅读 第二十四页， 练习一。 EXT：Write the pinyin for each date given.
听力 第二十四页， 练习二。 EXT= Write the characters for each date you hear.
Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets Learn how to say the date Learn how to say: my, your, his/her Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is
de 的 possessive marker
wǒ de 我的 my
nǐ de 你的 your
tā de 他的 his
shēngrì 生日 birthday
shì 是 is
jīntiān 今天 today
我的生日是。。。
我妈妈的生日是。。。
我姐姐的生日是。。。
今天是。。。
写 Write out the new words below in your vocab book and copy the grid explaining the use of 的. shēngrì shì 生日 是 is birthday EXT: Write out when your or members of your family’s birthdays are using the following dates: 4 February 12 October 14 July
Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets Learn how to say the date Learn how to say: my, your, his/her Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is