1. Area of interaction focus
Unit title: 你家在哪儿 – Where do you live?
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?
Environment
This AoI was chosen so that we can consider how the Chinese environment influences the types of homes and towns that people in China live in.
Our environment and culture has a strong influence on where and how we choose to live.
MYP unit question
What are the similarities and differences between Chinese and English homes and towns?

2. 我住的地方 今天的话题: My town Learning objectives:
1. Learn the words for different places in a town
2. Describe what your town does or does not have in it

3. 一. 动 二. 馆 三. 影 四. 共汽车 五. 车 A. 电 B. 公 C. 运 D. 火 E. 博物
Without using your books, can you match the characters together to form a word you have already learnt?
EXT – What does that word mean?
A. 电
一. 动
B. 公
二. 馆
C. 运
三. 影
D. 火
四. 共汽车
E. 博物
五. 车

4. gōng​yuán 公园

5. yùn​dòng zhōng​xīn
运动中心

6. diàn​yǐng​yuàn
电影院

7. tú​shū​guǎn
图书馆

8. huǒ​chē​zhàn
火车站

9. shāng​diàn 商店

17. 我住的地方 - My town
1. Write out the new words from today’s lesson (pg. 44)
EXT:
Note down the two new places introduced on pg. 45. Can you think of any other places you know of?
Using your previous vocab and grammar structures, what sentences can you come up with using the new words from today’s lesson?
You have:

18. 听力 - How to improve our listening skills?
Which of the following should you be doing？
Shut out other thoughts
Think in English
Keep going, even if you miss some words/phrases
Listen out for important words and phrases
Talk while the tape is on
Guess meanings if you are not sure
Use clues such as noises, pictures, etc
Give up if they miss a word/phrase

19. 听力 – pg. 44, ex. 2 一。 e a f d c b 二。 d c f b a e

20.  Learning objectives: 1. Learn the words for some places in a town
2. Describe what your town does or does not have in it 

21. My town has/doesn’t have…..
(wo zhu de difang)
我住的地方
+ 有/没有 …… 

22. My town has/doesn’t have…..
(wǒ zhù de dì fang )
我住的地方
+ 有/没有 …… 

23. My town has/doesn’t have…..
(wǒ zhù de dì fang )
我住的地方
+ 有/没有 …… +  

24. My town has/doesn’t have…..
(wǒ zhù de dì fang )
我住的地方
+ 有/没有 …… +  

25. 看一下
Work book p. 26, ex. 1
Match the correct picture with the description – write out the number and letter.
EXT: For the extra picture, write out the sentence describing it based on the example sentences.

26. 该你了！写一下
你住的地方有什么？
Write a couple of sentences to describe where you live.
EXT:
Use connectives to link sentences together.
Give an opinion about your town.
Say when you go to any of these places.

27.   Learning objectives: 1. Learn the words for some places in a town
2. Describe what your town does or does not have in it  