(Vocabulary and grammar adopted from UVA Startalk 2015) 1 · 2017-08-25 · (Vocabulary and grammar adopted from UVA Startalk 2015) 1 Unit 1 Name, nationality and phone number Essential

Chinese Curriculum I SY 2017-2018

(Vocabulary and grammar adopted from UVA Startalk 2015) 1

Unit 1 Name, nationality and phone number Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Greet people in Chinese • Tell his/her nationality in Chinese • Ask basic questions using the question word 吗 • Count from 0‐10 • Show culturally appropriate hand gestures to indicate numbers 0‐10 • Tell one’s telephone number • Call each other to introduce themselves

Strategies/Activities /Assessments

• Interview: walk along music, stop and interview • Exchanging business cards • Information gap: who he/she is • Review board game *In each unit, students work on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They have one speaking and one writing

task accompanying a summative assessment (including grammar, listening, and reading) to assess if they have achieved the objectives listed above, through the three communicative modes, at the end of the unit. *The approach of flipped classroom is followed. In that, students are assigned to work on grammars that they will need to learn for the unit and that they are able to learn on their own from home in advance. The class focuses on meaningful communications that need teacher instruction and supervision. 90% of classroom instruction will stay in the target language. Thus, students are provided as much input in the target language and the teacher will push for student output through a variety of learner‐centered activities.

VOCABULARY 你好, 很, 请问, 我, 你, 叫, 什么, 名字,

中国, 美国, 人, 是/不是, 吗, 也, 一,

二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十

五, 他, 她, 的, 学, 认识, 非常好, 高

兴

Grammar 你好，我叫美美。

你是美国人吗？是，我是美国人。不是，我不是美国人。

你的电话号码是什么？我的电话号码是…….



Unit 2 Family and occupations Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Identify the different kinship terms • Ask questions using the question word: 谁 • Tell the number of their family members • Use measure word: 个 • Use verb: 有 • Ask questions using the question word: 几 • Tell family members’ occupations • Introduce your family


• Inner circle, outer circle • Show and tell: My family in a photo • Peer interview: Your name, number of family members, and who they are • Gallery walk: review dialogues • Family size and occupation interview • Family bingo: review dialogues

VOCABULARY 家, 家人, 照片, 有/没有, 几, 个, 爸爸,

妈妈, 哥哥，姐姐, 弟弟, 妹妹, 和, 这, 谁,

做, 工作, 什么, 医生, 商人, 老师, 律师, 工

程师, 护士, 家庭主妇, 小学生, 中学生, 初

中生, 高中生, 大学生, 十七, 二十, 的, 我

们, 他们, 都, 谢谢

Grammar 我家有七个人，爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟、妹妹和我。

你爸爸做什么工作？

我爸爸是商人。



Unit 3 My birthday Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Name dates • Name days of the week • Introduce the date, month, and year of one’s birthday • Ask and answer one’s age • Ask and answer one’s zodiac • Tell what food Chinese people eat for birthday • Sing happy birthday song in Chinese • Tell time


• Spinner game: Chinese zodiac animals • Peer interview: My family, birthday, and zodiac • Information gap: celebrities and their birthdays and zodiac

VOCABULARY 今天,昨天,明天,星期,星期三, 星期天, 几,

号, 月, 年, 现在,上午,下午,点, 分,

可以, 来,生日,生日会,岁, 见,属,龙,猪,祝,

生日快乐,礼物,给,吃,蛋糕,长寿面,不客气,

那, 一起,唱,歌,您,鼠,牛,虎,兔,蛇,马,羊,猴,

鸡,狗

Grammar 你今年几岁？

我今年十五岁。

你属什么？我属蛇。

你呢？

我也属蛇。



Unit 4 My hobbies Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Talk about their hobbies and exchange information with others • Express when and what they do for fun • Invite friends to do an activity together • Use 喜欢

• Use 想 as would like to

• Use 去 with 想


• Bingo: Likes and dislikes • Survey: What is your weekend plan • Weekend plan charade • Review board game

VOCABULARY 唱歌, 跳舞, 听音乐, 看电视, 看电影, 打球,

打乒乓球, 打美式足球, 打棒球, 踢足球,

打太极拳, 上网, 打电动, 篮球, 看书, 睡觉,

吃饭, 逛街, 喜欢, 中文課, 好玩, 星期六,

周末, 想, 要, 去, 两点, 对不起, 那 (么)

Grammar 你喜欢做什么？

我喜欢看电影。

你周末想做什么?

我周末想和朋友一起去逛街。

我也想去逛街。那我们周末一起去逛街，好吗？

没问题。



Unit 5 Visiting a Chinese family Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Give and respond to compliments in a culturally appropriate way • Act in a culturally appropriate way to visit a Chinese family’s house: giving your hosts presents, (offering and)

accepting foods and beverage, thanking them, etc. • Ask and tell their preference of beverages • Make plans with their Chinese host siblings and other family members to do different things during their visit in

Beijing


• Role play: Knock, knock, knock… • Skit: Offer and accept beverage • Survey and interview: Where would you like to visit this weekend • Role play: Visit my host family

VOCABULARY 欢迎，请进，请坐, 漂亮, 很, 大, 中国节,

想, 喝, 好喝, 杯, 瓶, 饮料, 雪碧, 果汁, 咖

啡, 茶，珍珠奶茶，可乐，水，礼物，

哪儿，玩，先，再，故宫，王府井，

长城，玩得高兴，鸟巢，天坛

Grammar 欢迎，欢迎。请进，请进。请坐，请坐。

这是礼物给你。

你周末想去哪儿玩儿？

我想去故宫玩。你呢？

我想去长城玩儿。

那我们先区故宫，再去长城，怎么样？

太好了！我们星期六见。



Unit 6 Dining in a Chinese restaurant Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Order Chinese dishes at a Chinese restaurant • Describe the flavor of Chinese dishes • Pay the bill and get the exact change • Act in culturally appropriate table manners


• Peer interview: what food do you like • Skit: eating in a Chinese restaurant • Role play: pay the bill • Food ordering from a local Chinese restaurant

VOCABULARY 服务员, 菜单, 中国菜, 酸辣汤, 蛋花汤, 春

卷, 麻婆豆腐, 甜酸鸡, 北京烤鸭, 饺子, 糖

醋鱼, 米饭, 炒饭, 炒面, 盘, 碗, 杯, 瓶, 酸,

甜, 辣, 咸, 好吃, 好喝, 冰水, 一共, 多少,

钱, 百, 块

Grammar 你想吃什么?

请给我一盘麻婆豆腐和一碗酸辣汤。

酸辣汤好喝吗？

酸辣汤酸酸的、辣辣的，很好喝。

一共多少钱？

八十八块钱。

给你一百块。找你十二块。



Unit 7 Clothes and colors Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Tell names of clothing, colors, and price in Chinese • Express your likes and dislikes about clothes and colors • Describe a person’s outfit • Negotiate, bargain, and complete a transaction at a Chinese store in a culturally appropriate way


• Pair work: Fill up your suitcase before traveling • Survey and report: what color, size, and item of clothes would you like to buy? • Guess who • Role play: bargaining • Project: Shopping online at taobao.com a well‐known Chinese website like amazon.com and present

VOCABULARY 服务员买, 衬衫, T 恤衫, 裤子, 裙子, 袜

子, 鞋, 条, 件, 双, 大号, 中号, 小号, 多少,

钱, 百, 便宜, 贵, 一共, 找钱, 颜色, 橙色,衣

服, 黄色 , 红色, 蓝色, 紫色, 绿色, 棕色,

黑色, 白色, 灰色, 穿, 戴

Grammar 你想买什么?

请给我一条大号的、粉红色的裙子。

一条裙子多少钱？

八百八十八块钱。

太贵了！便宜一点儿！

四百块，怎么样？

好吧。



Unit 8 Sightseeing in Beijing Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Identify and name the transportation modes • Express how to get to a tourist sight • Express the sequence of events using 先，再 • Ask for options • Use particle 吧


• Survey and report: where would you like to visit in Beijing? • Flashcards: what transportation would you like to take? • Interview: find a tourist buddy •

VOCABULARY 故宫, 长城, 鸟巢, 天安门, 天坛, 天气, 怎

么样, 怎么, 下雨, 打雷, 会, 晴天, 不好, 坐,

公共汽车, 地铁, 出租车, 骑自行车, 走路,

开车, 还是, 先, 再

Grammar 你周末想去哪儿玩儿?

我想先去故宫，再去王府井。

你想怎么去故宫？

我想先坐公共汽车，再走路去故宫。

我们走吧。

Unit 1 Weather in Beijing Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena • Describe simple weather changes • Compare the weather of two places • Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weathers • Present a simple weather forecast


• Pair work: guess who • Peer interview: expert traveler • Exchange program survey: student conducts a survey among the rest of the class • Pre‐talent show survey

*In each unit, students work on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They have one speaking and one writing


VOCABULARY 天气，雨，下雪，约，公园，滑冰，

会，刚才，网上，预报，更，不但…而且，暖和，冷，办，碟，

Grammar 今天天气比昨天好，不下雨了。明天不但不会下雨，而且会暖和一点。昨天早上下雪，今天早上又下雪了。我想出去玩，可是下雨了。别出去了，还是在家爱看电视吧。加州好是好，可是我更喜欢纽约。

Unit 2 In the school cafeteria Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask the restaurant host if there are seats available • Tell the waiter meal preferences and dietary restrictions • Ask the waiter to recommend dishes and to rush the order if he/she is a hurry • Pay the bill after the meal • Get the correct change after the payment



VOCABULARY 饭馆，好像，位子，桌子，点菜，

素，家常，放，味精，盐，白菜，

刚，卖完，青菜，些，够，上菜，红

烧，牛肉，凉拌，黄瓜，忘带，饭

卡，错，清楚

Grammar 好像一个位子都没有了。服务员，请来两杯冰茶。我不喜欢甜，请少放点糖。小白菜刚卖完。我们都饿了。请上菜快一点。师傅，钱你找错了，多找了一块钱。

Unit 3 Asking for directions Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask for and give directions • Locate places using landmark references • Tell someone whether a place is far from or close to another place • Provide information about where he/she is going and why



VOCABULARY 上，下，左，右，前，后，里，外，

东，西，南，北里边，外面，旁边，

中间，远，近，离，活动，中心，运

动场，书店，听说，地方，中国城，

地图，路口，红绿灯，从，一直，

往，过，拐，次，拿，日本，东京

Grammar 听说电脑中心就在运动场旁边。电脑中心没有运动场那么远。电脑中心离图书馆很近，就在图书馆和学生活动中心中间。一直往前开，过三个红绿灯，往右一拐就到了。

Chinese Curriculum III SY 2017-2018


Unit 1 In the airport Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask and respond to an immigration officer during the check‐out process about

o where they are from o the destination o purposes of this visit o duration of their visit

• Greet family or friends when being picked up on arrival • Ask and answer how long it takes someone using a transportation to move from one place to another • Describe the quality of one’s rest and the food one has using V + 得 as a verb compliment



*In each unit, students work on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They have one speaking and one writing


VOCABULARY 机场，在，哪个，国家，来，交换，

入境卡，准备，取，吵，呆，地道，

外国人，多，好，学生，帮，护照，

本，拿出来，这边，排队，接(机)，

时间，检查，海关，人员，累，行

李，见到，长，久，…的时候，现

在，差不多

Grammar 你是从哪个国家来的？我是从美国来的。你来过中国吗？我没来过中国。从美国坐飞机到中国一共要差不多十四个小时。在飞机上，你睡觉睡得怎么样？飞机在飞的时候太吵了，我睡觉睡得不好。



Unit 2 Homestay I: My host family’s home Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask and answer about one’s address • Compare the transportation modes between China and USA using 跟…(不)一样 • Welcome and greet a guest in a culturally appropriate way • Describe a family photo • Describe personal traits and occupations • Describe a floor plan and location of each room in a house


• Class interview: My address • Peer interview: where are you from? What is your job? • Small group survey: what do you like to … • Design and describe my home

VOCABULARY 花园, 小区, 外面, 单元, 层, 附近, 超市, 超级市场, 站, 方便, 就, 好像, 听说, 以后, 贴, 倒, 福, 发音, 拖鞋, 心意, 客气 , 麻烦, 照片, 爷爷, 奶奶, 帅, 精神, 公寓, 四室三厅两卫, 房子, 院子, 厨房, 餐厅, 客厅, 卫生间, 书房, 卧室, 旁边, 左边, 对面, 干净

Grammar 我家住在北京市东城区九龙花园小区三号楼一单元九层二十九号。这儿跟美国很不一样。我的卧室在书房和卫生间的对面，我爸爸妈妈的卧室在我的卧室左边。我住的地方是一个房子。



Unit 3 Homestay II: Talking with a visitor Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask and answer about one’s job using an attributive phrase followed by the particle 的 • Ask and answer about one’s hobbies • Retell one’s past experience by using the past tense particle 过 • Use 跟 the preposition to express doing something with sb. • Ask and answer about one’s skills and abilities using the auxiliary verb 会

• Use 的时候 in an adverbial phrase when describing one’s past experience • Use topic‐comment sentences


• Class interview: Your weekend plan • Peer survey: what is your hobby and (skills) • Small group discussion: how to phrase the two concurrent events

VOCABULARY 同学, 兴趣, 爱好, 跟, 教, 会知道, 棒, 别, 渴, 喝, 冰, 热, 红茶, 绿茶, 瓶, 盘, 特色, 小吃, 驴打滚, 绿豆糕, 香, 吃吃看

Grammar 我喜欢跟朋友去 KTV 唱卡拉 OK。你会唱中文歌吗？我在美国学中文的时候，老师教我唱过中文歌。冰红茶、冰绿茶，我都喜欢。



Unit 4 Talking about classes in a high school Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask and answer the basic info about a school, including numbers of grades, classes, and students • Ask and answer one’s daily class schedule including number of classes each day • Ask and answer the name of each class and location of the classroom • Retell the class transitions by using …以后，…要到…


• Gallery walk: school basic information introduced by principles • Write and peer interview: My class schedule

VOCABULARY 礼堂, 大家, 参观, 历史, 聪明, 可爱, 全校, 总共, 回到, 以后, 更多, 知道, 每天, 数学, 第一节课, 课, 上课, 完, 教室, 化学, 操场, 课间操, 广播体操, 眼, 保健操, 得, 体育, 美术, 音乐

Grammar 全校有三个年级，十八个班，总共有八百多名学生。

你们每天上几节课？我们每天上八节课。

你们在哪个教室上数学课？

上完第二节课以后，我们要到操场做课间操。



Unit 5 Talking about activities in a high school Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to • Ask and answer one’s daily routines using 每 (天)…都…

• Answer one’s daily activities using 有的时候 • Use 就 to mean something happens earlier than expected when answering about a student daily routine • Use 才 to mean something happens later than expected when answering about one’s daily routines • Compare the school activities in Chinese and American secondary schools


• Peer interview: what is your New Year plan • Bingo: what is your daily routine • Information gap: My daily routine – as early as, or as late as

VOCABULARY 以前 , 前边 , 后边, 最, 有（的）时候 , 体育馆, 羽毛球, 可以, 就, 下课, 上学, 放学, 已经, 饿, 墙, 牛, 方向, 进步, 要是...就..., 加油, 一定

Grammar 你每天放学以后都去打篮球吗？

我和同学有的时候去打篮球，有的时候去体育馆打羽毛球。

我们美国学校 3 点就放学了。

你们班的同学比我们多。

要是你每天学中文，你的中文就会有很大的进步。



Unit 6 Eating in a cafeteria Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to Compare the degree of difficulties of classes using …比…多了 List a variety of things such as food using adjective/noun + 的 Express the result of a verb (such as learn, see, hear, think of) using verb+ 到 as result compliment Express one’s plan or someone wants to do something using 要


• Pair interview and compare: which period is harder or easier • Interview and report: what is your choice among the options • Listen, look, write, and peer interview: Picasso’s works & Chopin’s minute waltz • Write and share: what do you want?

VOCABULARY 难, 容易, 当然, 近, 远, 主食, 牛肉, 猪肉, 鸡肉, 蔬菜, 中餐馆, 师傅, 别的, 筷子, 饮水

机, 联欢, 表演, 糟糕, 准备, 精彩, 告诉, 节目, 功夫, 开始, 结束, 掌声, 不断, 糖醋肉, 芥蓝牛, 珍珠奶茶, 牛肉炒面, 鸡肉炒饭

Grammar 中国高中的数学比我们难多了。菜有牛肉的、猪肉的、鸡肉的，还有蔬菜的。你看到饮水机了吗？我回美国以后，也要学功夫。



Unit 7 Sightseeing, having breakfast, and shopping in Beijing Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to List options of food using 有的+noun 是…有的+noun 是… to express some …and others

Describe the appearance of food using simile 像

Describe the property of food or clothes using 又…又…with adjectives to mean both…and

Bargain in a culturally appropriately way and use 能


• Pair interview, write and report: My afterschool and summer activities（review with the new structure） • Group interview: My favorite Chinese breakfast items • Skit: bargain with a vendor on the Great Wall

VOCABULARY 早餐, 比较, 简单, 牛奶, 麦片, 面包, 香肠,

煎蛋, 包子, 铺, 豆腐脑, 豆浆, 油条, 一下,

油炸, 三明治, 素, 脆, 煎饼, 香, 丰富, 饱, 名

胜古迹, 找钱, 拍, 照片, 自拍, 杆, 平常, 茄

子

Grammar 在美国，早餐比较简单，有的人喜欢吃麦片和牛奶，有的人喜欢吃面包、香肠、煎蛋和

培根。油条有点像美国的 churro, 因为他们都是炸的。中国早餐又丰富又好吃。太贵了，能不能便宜一点儿？



Unit 8 Sightseeing in Beijing‐at Wangfujing Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to List a variety of stores in a typical commercial area in Beijing Order food in a restaurant in Beijing using the pro‐verb 来 Describe the sequence of eating after ordering a hot pot in a Chinese restaurant Retell the sequence of cooking a hot pot in general Chinese culinary tradition


• Tourist fair: Major attractions in Beijing • Role play: Bargaining • Skit: Visiting a hot pot restaurant in Beijing and ordering • Skit: Eating a hot pot in a Chinese restaurant Donglaishun

VOCABULARY 王府井, 商业, 街, 不但, 也, 商店, 地道, 小

吃, 礼物, 丝巾, 旗袍, 项链, 条, 火锅, 特色,

菜, 选, 然后, 放进, 煮, 涮, 羊肉, 服务员, 面

条, 生肉, 汤, 最后

Grammar 这里不但有很多商店，也有很多地道的北京小吃。你可以选自己喜欢吃的东西，然后再放进火锅里煮。服务员，来两盘羊肉、一盘牛肉和一盘鸡肉，再来一盘蔬菜和一盘面条。中国人是这么吃火锅的。先放肉，再放菜，最后放面条。



Unit 9 Sightseeing in Beijing‐at Forbidden City and Quanjude Restaurant Essential Knowledge (Facts & Skills)

Students will be able to List a variety of stores in a typical commercial area in Beijing Describe the itinerary to a destination using a variety of transportation modes in Beijing Order food in a restaurant in Beijing using the pro‐verb 来 Describe the sequence of eating after ordering a hot pot in a Chinese restaurant Retell the sequence of cooking a hot pot in Chinese culinary tradition


• Role play: Tourist guide in Beijing • Skit: describe how to prepare a typical Chinese food after it is cooked but before it is eaten

VOCABULARY 故宫, 雄伟, 明代, 清代, 皇宫, 扇子, 中国

画, 文房四宝, 笔墨, 纸, 砚, 书法, 公交车,

天安门, 全聚德, 黄瓜, 葱, 饼, 甜面酱, 烤

鸭, 抹, 卷, 尝

Grammar 一说到北京烤鸭，就要流口水了。

我们先走到天安门广场，然后坐 2 路公交车，最后在全聚德烤鸭店下车。

先把甜面酱抹在饼上，然后放葱、黄瓜和鸭肉，最后再把饼卷起来。

我从来没有吃过这么好吃的东西。

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