1. Big Books in the Chinese Classroom ( Upper Elementary School ) 愚公移山 By Yun Qin & Yana Yu Special Thanks to Yue Jiang
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12. 2. Students learn new vocabulary. 座 (zuò) ： Measure Word for mountain. 一座山 ： a mountain 方便 (fāngbiàn) ： convenient; easy Ex. 在纽约，出门很方便。 (Getting around is rather convenient in New York.) 搬 (bān) ： move from one place to another 搬 = 移 搬家： move house 搬走 (bānzǒu): move out; move away Ex. 他已经搬走了。 (He has moved out.) 《谁搬走了我的奶酪？ 》 ( Who Moved My Cheese? ) 接着 (jiēzhe): follow; continue E x. 我 讲完了你接着讲。 (I’ll speak first and then you follow.) 黑夜 接着白天。 (Night follows day.) Teacher teaches words by using PPT and dramatic body language.
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15. Objective: SWBAT know how to use "Ba" structure . Do Now: TPR Ss respond to teacher’s commands that require physical movement. T: 把窗打开。 把脚抬起来。 把椅子搬走。 请走到门口，把灯关上。 请把书包打开，把作业拿出来，把作业教给老师。 Teaching: Review and continue to instruct other usage of "Ba" structure . 愚公移山（ 3 ）
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17. 4) Put them in pairs. （ 1 ） Student One has a picture of a classroom with classroom items in certain places (paper on desk, textbook on bookshelf, chalk on blackboard, etc.) （ 2 ） Student two has a picture of a classroom and cut-outs of the classroom items. （ 3 ） Student one instructs student two where to place the items, using the "Ba" structure. (4) Students check each others work to see if they got it right. 5) Game: King and soldier (1) Each students writes down three orders. They must use "Ba" structure at least once. (2) Students draw lots to decide who is the king and who is the soldier. (3) The soldier should follow the king’s orders.
18. 愚公移山（ 4 ） Objective : SWBAT know details of the story. Do Now: Read Aloud the story Activity: Interview Yu Gong T: 现在我想请一个小朋友做愚公，其他小朋友可以问他问题。 (Ask one student to be Yu Gong, and the rest of Ss will interview him and ask him whatever you want.) 比如说，“你是谁？” “你住在哪里？” (For example, “Who are you?” “Where do you live?” Ss can use: how, why, when, where, etc.) Teaching: T: 在这个故事中，有一个人也有问题要问愚公。 (In the story, a man also had a question to ask Yu Gong.) 他是谁？他问了什么问题？ (Who was he? And what did he ask?) 愚公怎么回答他？ (How did Yu Gong answer his question?)
19. Final Project: Students create their own pocket books including pinyin and illustrations based on the story. They are encouraged to use their own words and expressions to write their version of Yu Gong’s story. Reflection: The reason why I picked Yu Gong’s story is that it is a well-known ancient Chinese fable which taught us that as long as we never give up and all family members work together, we can finally remove obstacles one day. I want my students to be in Yu Gong’s shoes when they read the story. I’d like to close the distance between Yu Gong and the students so that they won’t think that Yu Gong is just a character appeared in a Chinese fable long long ago.
