Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I just had a very full meal last night. In case you want to know how to say 'Happy Thanksgiving' and related food in Chinese, hope this site helps.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!
感  恩 节  快  乐
gǎn ēn jié kuài lè

 

huǒ jī
火鸡

Apple Cinnamon cake with Rum Raspberry
山莓甜酒苹果肉桂蛋糕

First 4 Chinese teaching lesson plans

Thanks for reading my blog, I have received tremendous number of requests regarding my Chinese lesson plans. I posted four for now. Keep checking, I will post more soon!

Chinese Lesson Plan #4 for Youth (Beginner Level)

Lesson #4

#Topic:

·      Review Lesson 2 homework

o   手，足，大，小，多，少

·      Learn Lesson 3

o   New words: 日（太阳），月（月亮），山，石，田,  土

·      Pin Yin

#Class Schedule:

9:10 – 9:40: Review Lesson 2 homework and words

9:40 – 9:50: Break

9:50 – 10:50: Learn Lesson 3 Homework

10:50 – 11:00: Break

11:00 – 11:25: Video

11:25 – 11:55: Chinese writing

#Class Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsmNtRQ45ek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTDfXFxVG2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZpMSI0P-GU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDtKusZyT0

 

#Homework

·      Book A- Lesson 3: page 13, page 14, 15

·      Write the following Chinese characters with pinyin, see book page 11 for reference:

o   日 　rì , -Sun/Day

o   月     yuè , -Moon/month

o   山     shān , -Mountain

o   石     shí , -Stone

o   田     tián , -Farm land

o   土　 tǔ, -Dust/land

hinese Lesson Plan #3 for Youth (Beginner Level)

Lesson #3

#Topic: 

• Objectives:

Be able to write numbers in Chinese from 1-20
Be able to write the time in Chinese (Reading the clock)
Pin Yin

• Learn new words- 

Clock
Time
Hour
Minute

9:10 – 10:00 Review numbers, writing numbers in Chinese

10 minutes break time

10:10 – 10:30: Video time

10:30 – 11:15: Pin Yin

11:15 - 11:55: Reading the clock, Writing the time in Chinese

Homework

-Practise how to read the clock

-Please write down your Chinese name if any

-Pin Yin sheet

Chinese Lesson Plan #2 for Youth (Beginner Level)

Lesson #2

#Topic:

·      Review Lesson 1 homework

·      Chinese Tradition – Mid-Autumn Festival

o   Objective I:

§  Know the story

§  Learn how to write the holiday in Chinese

§  Speak

#Class Schedule:

9:10 – 9:30: Review Lesson 1

9:30 – 10:30 Review Lesson 1 Homework

15 minutes break

10:45 – 11:15: Pin Yin

11:15 – 11:55: About Mid-Autumn Festival

#Class work:

1.     Watch Video about Mid-Autumn Festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyZAWq5Qnxc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ap97nhpy9c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbC2tO8fzRo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhrznjfeJI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g70nG4rIHsc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXT7WEnLdrE

http://baike.baidu.com/view/2568.htm

 

#Homework

·      Tell your parents in Chinese what Chinese holiday you learn in class

·      Share with your parents and friends what you know like the most about Mid-Autumn Festival (the moon cake?  The story? The song? The lantern? Etc.)

Chinese Lesson Plan #1 for Youth (Beginner Level)

Lesson plan #1

#Topic:

·      Lesson 1: Pg 1 – Pg 4

o   Objective I:

§  Be able to write: counting strokes

§  Be able to count: Picking objects from the class

§  Be able to speak: Asking and Answering questions

o   Objective II:

§  Pin Yin

#Class Schedule:

9:10 – 9:40: Lesson 1 pg 1 – pg 4 (one through ten, hundred)

10 minutes Break time

9:50 – 10:20: Pin Yin

10 minutes break time

10:30 – 11:00: Writing Chinese

5 minutes break time

11:05 – 11:30: Chinese Videos/Class work
5 minutes break time

11:35 – 11:55: Fun time: Drawing

#Class work:

1.     Book A: Lesson 1 –

a.     Pg 1- 1

b.     Pg 2

c.     Pg 3

d.     Pg 4- 4

e.     Pg 5- 5

 

 

#Homework 

Book A: Lesson 1 –

o   Pg 6

o   Pg 7

o   Pg 8 – 6

o   Pg 9

o   Pg 10

o   Pg 11