1. 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?

2. My family LO: Understand the use of ‘and’ in Chinese
Use a measure word to talk about the total amount of people in your family

3. rén 人
person/people

4. kǒu 口
m.w. people in family

5. 我家有五口人 wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén My family has five people
There are five people in his family

6. 我家有三口人 wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén My family has three people
There are three people in his family

7. Only links nouns, NOT sentenceshé 和
and
Only links nouns, NOT sentences

8. 
bà ba hé mā ma
爸爸和妈妈
Dad and Mum

9. Dad is called Simon and Mum is called Sarah
bà ba jiào Simon hé mā mā jiào Sarah
爸爸叫Simon和妈妈叫Sarah
Dad is called Simon and Mum is called Sarah

10. 爸爸和妈妈 爸爸叫Robert, 妈妈叫Selina
大家说！
爸爸和妈妈 爸爸叫Robert, 妈妈叫Selina

11. 和 only links nouns, NOT sentences (verbs)
Task 1 - 写
Write out the new words into your vocabulary book.
人 口 和
rén
kǒu hé
person/people
m.w. – people in family
and
Task 2 - Grammar 和
Write out the grammar note in your exercise book.
和 only links nouns, NOT sentences (verbs)
e.g. 爸爸和妈妈
Task 3 – Complete ex. 4
EXT: Write a sentence in Chinese characters describing how many people are in each family using 口 e.g. Derry family has ….. people.

12. 听力
第二十一页， 练习五
EXT= What family members doesn’t he have?

13. There are …people in my family说
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
你家有几口人？
Your family has how many people?
How many people are in your family?
wǒ jiā yǒu ...kǒu rén
我家有...口人
My family has … people
There are …people in my family

14. EXT: Translate the sentence into English.阅读
Read the sentences and decide if 和 can be used in the blank. Write  for yes and  for no.
EXT: Translate the sentence into English. 
一。 爸爸四十三岁， ______ 妈妈四十岁。
二。 我有一个姐姐______ 一个妹妹。
三。 姐姐叫Amy, ______ 妹妹叫 Zoe。
四。 我家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，哥哥 ____ 我。
五。 我有弟弟____ 我没有哥哥。    

15. René: aged 11, 4 people in her family
Lisa: aged 9, people in her family
Cody: aged 13, 6 people in his family
Harry: aged 12, 5 people in his family
Dongdong: aged 10, 3 people in his family
Look at the profiles of these five children. Write a sentence for each one.
e.g. 我叫……，我….岁， 我家有…口人。
EXT: Describe who is in their family based on the total number give – you can make it up!

16. Bingo
Use family members to complete your bingo sheet.Use two members twice.
Write in English.