Monday 12 Mar 2012 Week7 Term 1

Day3

A 9CHIN

Present

A 9CHIN

Arabi, Estella 9BR 12020

Carter, Xin-Yi 9DX 12528

Feasey-Weiss, Emara Madita 9DX 12485

Hing, Holly Katrina 9BR 12162

Houching, Imogen Georgina 9GK 12166

Kang, Min Ha (Min Ha) 9WE 12600

Kang, Seol Hwa (Seol Hwa) 9HF 12614

Lee, Sue In (Sue-In) 9BR 12229

Na, Hae In (Hae In) 9BR 12287

Price, Chelsea 9WT 12336

Salam, Joanne 9GK 12360

Back ,

-		--
	Chelsea	Joanne	Emara	Xin-Yi
	----	Holly	Estella	Imogen
Hae In	Sue-In	Min Ha	Seol Hwa

Front Teacher

Absent

No Gear

Estella,

Class Work Done/Completed All Tasks Set Before Today (according to what students said)

Class Work hasn’t Completed All Task Set Before Today (according to students said honestly)

Joanne, Imogen, Chelsea, Estella, Sue-In,

Students actually haven’t Completed Class Work Before Today (students were lack of honesty after checking)

Home Work

Collect at least 20 correct sentences

Bring to class all the time

Introduce Yourself - Letter to a Friend

http://yr9achinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/introduce-yourself-letter-to-friend.html

Wǒ xǐhuan chī ròu

我喜欢吃肉V

i like to eat meat

Wǒ zuì xǐ'ài de ròu lèi shì niúròu

我最喜爱的肉类是牛肉V

my favorite meat is beef

Chinese word	Pin Yin	English
我V	Wǒ	I / me / my
喜欢V	xǐhuan	to like / to be fond of
吃V	chī	to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer
肉V	ròu	meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit)
最V	zuì	most / the most / -est (superlative suffix)
爱V	ài	to love / affection / to be fond of / to like
类V	lèi	kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble
牛肉V	niúròu	beef

Wǒ shì chūshēng zài měiguó

我是出生在美国

我是在美国出生V

i was born in America

Měiguó shì yīgè fēicháng dà de guójiā

美国是一个非常大的国家V

America is a very big country

Chinese Word(s)	Pin Yin	English translation
我	Wǒ	I / me / my
是	shì	is / are / am / yes / to be
出生	chūshēng	to be born
在	zài	(located) at / (to be) in / to exist / in the middle of doing sth / (indicating an action in progress)
美国	měiguó	United States / USA / US
一个	yīgè	one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
非常	fēicháng	unusual / extraordinary / extreme / very / exceptional
大	dà	big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest
国家	guójiā	country / nation / state /

shù dǎo hú sūn sàn

树倒猢狲散

Literally: When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

Meaning: When a leader loses power, his followers become disorganized.

Figurative: An opportunist abandons an unfavourable cause.

Another idiom: Rats leave a sinking ship

Sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī

死马当活马医

Literally: Try to save the dead horse as if it is still alive

Meaning: Do the impossible, for it may truly be possible.

Figurative: To keep trying everything in a desperate situation

Chinese Character	Pinyin	English Translation
树倒猢狲散	shùdǎohúsūnsàn	When the tree topples the monkeys scatter (idiom)
死马当活马医	sǐmǎdānghuómǎyī	Literally: to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom).

Zhōngguó gòngyǒu 56 gè mínzú;

中国共有56个民族；

There's a total of 56 ethnic groups in China.

Āchāng zú, báizú, bǎo'ān zú, bùlǎng zú, bùyī zú, cháoxiǎn zú, děng děng.

阿昌族, 白族, 保安族, 布朗族, 布依族, 朝鲜族, 等等。

Including A chang, Bai, Bao an, Bu lang, Bu yi, Chao xian etc.

Chinese Characters	Pin Yin	Meanings
中国	Zhōngguó	China
共	gòng	total
有	yǒu	have
民族	mínzú	ethnic groups
等等	děng děng	etc.

and

Make a conversation table

http://yr10chinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/make-conversation-table.html

by the following contents

Learn Chinese Free online mandarin audio courses Lesson 01 to Lesson 05

http://yr9chinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/learn-chinese-free-online-mandarin.html

Learn Chinese Free online mandarin audio courses Lesson 06 to Lesson 10

http://yr9chinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/learn-chinese-free-online-mandarin_19.html

Questions		Answers
What's your hobby?	你的爱好是什么？V	I like reading.	我喜欢读书。V
What do you do in weekends?	你在周末做什么？V	I play golf in the weekends.	我在周末打高尔夫球。V
What's your favourite subject ?	你最喜欢的科目是什么？V	My favourite subject is Science.	我最喜欢的科目是科学。V
Can I borrow___?	我可以借用__吗？V	Sure.	当然可以。V
What's your favourite colour?	你最喜欢的颜色是什么颜色？V	My favourite colour is blue.	我最喜欢的颜色是蓝色。V

Year 9 Chinese End of Trimester Test

http://yr9achinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/year-9-chinese-end-of-trimester-test.html

Express and write the following concept(with English expression examples) in Chinese (pinyins, tones and characters)

UNIT ONE: IN THE CLASSROOM
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line1: hello (to elder), teacher, dad, mum, stand up
Line2: present (or arrived),
EXTENSION
Line2 continue: please sit, hello(plural), how’s it going?,
Line3: very well (I am fine), ok (not bad), let’s go
CULTURAL TARGETS
Line3 continue: happy New Year,
KEY LEARNING LINKS
Line4: Chinese money(2expressions), red packet, hello, good bye, thanks
CULTURAL INFORMATION
Line5: China, the New Year greeting involves putting hands together in a clasp and saying:

UNIT TWO: HI HAO WO SHI LILI
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line6: I (me), you, he, she, to be called, I am Lili Zhang
Line7: this is Jackie Chan, how about you? (and you?)
EXTENSION
Line7 continue: my surname is Zhang, we
CULTURAL TARGETS
Line8: Wang Xiaoming, XiePengpeng, Teacher Wang
KEY LEARNING LINKS
CHARACTERS

UNIT THREE: ONE TWO THREE
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line9: zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
Line10: ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty,
Line11: sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred
EXTENSION
Line12: what is your phone number?
Line13: my phone number is…….
CULTURAL TARGETS
Line14: lucky number, 66success, prosperity, long (life)
KEY LEARNING LINKS
CHARACTERS

UNIT FOUR: I LIKE CHINESE FOOD
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line15: I don’t like to eat Chinese food
EXTENSION
Line16: I like to eat sweet and sour pork
Line17: what do you like to eat? Delicious!
CULTURAL TARGETS
Line18: steam rice, fried rice, fried noodles, steamed stuffed bun, dumpling
Line19: spring roll, hot and spicy bean curd, chicken corn soup
KEY LEARNING LINKS
CHARACTERS

UNIT FIVE: IN MY PENCIL CASE
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line20: I have pen, pencil, ruler, and eraser
Line21: I don’t have pencil sharpener and homework
Line22: what do you have in your pencil case?
EXTENSION
Line23: do you have book, schoolbag, text book, exercise book, and dictionary?
Line24: classroom, table (desk), chair, white board, map, clock

UNIT SIX: WHAT’S YOUR SIGN
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line25: what is your birth sign? My birth sign is tiger.
Line26: older brother, older sister, younger brother, younger sister
EXTENSION
Line27: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig

UNIT SEVEN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILI
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line28: my birthday is April 10
Line29: my sister’s birthday is March 2
Line30: January, February, May, June, July
Line31: August, September, October, November, December
Line32: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Line33: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
EXTENSION
Line34: When is your birthday?
Line35: Today is August 4

UNIT EIGHT: THE GOLDEN DRAGON
LANGUAGE TARGETS
Line36: I have a blue pen. Colour.
Line37: What colour do you like?
Line38: I like green. I don’t like black.
Line39: red, white, yellow, brown, gold.
EXTENSION
Line40: pink, grey, purple, orange.

UNIT NINE: IT'S ME
LANGUAGE TARGETS
EXTENSION
Line41: I have a dog, I don’t have a cat.
Line42: I have a pet. fish, bird.
CULTURAL TARGETS
KEY LEARNING LINKS

http://yr9achinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/year-9-chinese-end-of-trimester-test.html

End of Term Tests

All tests you are allowed to open your any of your books, notes or bring your recording

But close book first, then open book

Year-9-Chinese-end-of-trimester-test

http://yr9achinesewghs2012.blogspot.co.nz/2012/03/year-9-chinese-end-of-trimester-test.html

Answer Sheet

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