2016年12月24日星期六

Simon's Cat Presentation

Your final grade for this project will made up of 
10 points for 1st draft, 20 points for final draft (handwritten) and 100 points for presenation

Tuesday, 01/03/2017: Draft script for Simon's Cat narration due.
Monday, 01/09/2017: Presentation

Sample narration:







Your final draft will be graded on length, correct use of grammar, content and complexity of sentences. 
 Your script must contain:
1. An Opening that greets the audience and introduces the title of your presentation.  Ex.大家好, 我叫。 我今天报告的题目是...
2. Narration that includes at least 5  of the grammatical structures suggested.
3. Closing that wraps up and thank the audience. Ex.  我的演讲   就到这里(or 完毕)。 谢谢大家!

Suggested grammatical structure:
又+ Verb, 正(在)+V to indicate ongoing action,  开始+V or V+起来 for action that is starting,
Subject + 把+ Object +Verb +Complement,O+被+S+ VC,  transition words:先, 再, 然后, 最后, 不但。。。而且。。。, 因为。。。多以。。。, 一边V...一边...,  V+以后, 想要+V, adjective+地  as an adverb (ex , 慢慢地 slowly), 一 ...就... , 马上+V
  
Simon’s Cat Presentation Rubric


1—Needs Improvement
2—Fair
3—Good
4—Excellent
   Mechanics
Presentation has  more than 5 grammatical errors.
Presentation has 3-5 grammatical errors.
Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors.
Presentation has no grammatical errors.
Eye Contact
Student reads all of report with no eye contact.
Student occasionally uses eye contact, but still reads most of report.
Student maintains eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes.
Student maintains eye contact with audience,   seldom returning to notes.
Elocution
Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, and speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to hear.
Student's voice is low. Student incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing presentation.
Student's voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation.
Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience members can hear presentation.

   Transition
Use of transition words minimum or absent
Could have used more transition words to make presentation flow better
Used sufficient transitional words to make presentation flow better
Consistently used transition words at the appropriate time. 
Sensory Detail
Includes no details that appeal to one of the five senses.
Includes details that appeal to only one of the five senses. 

Includes details that appeal to fewer than three of the five senses.
Essay includes details that appeal to at least three of the five senses (taste, touch, sound, sight, smell).
Elaboration
Elaboration is absent, insufficient narration to the film, did not develop the story
Attempted at elaboration, omitted significant portion of the film, the story telling is incomplete 
Told a complete story with most episodes and reactions elaborated with specific detail
Successfully elaborated to tell a complete story, all episodes and reactions elaborated with specific detail

2016年12月21日星期三

12/21 HW and Quiz Tomorrow

Copy 3 times the character and Pinyin and make sentences for those
1. 亲戚
2. 见面
3. 去世
4. 结婚
5. 未来
6. 演员

Copy 3 times the character and Pinyin and explain those terms.
1. 大伯
2. 伯母
3. 叔叔
4. 婶婶
5. 姨妈
6. 姨夫
7. 舅舅
8. 舅妈
9. 堂兄弟姐妹 (堂兄弟姐妹是谁的孩子?List by answering all types of aunts and uncles, you don't have to specify their spouses)
10. 表兄弟姐妹(表兄弟姐妹是谁的孩子?List by answering all types of aunts and uncles, you don't have to specify their spouses)

Ex. 大伯是爸爸的哥哥。(You can copy this one) 

Quiz on ALL vocabulary on the sheet  +叔叔 tomorrow

2016年12月20日星期二

亲戚

Erya(尔雅), the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known dating back to 3rd Century BCE, defined 亲戚 as ““亲指族内,戚言族外” (Qin refers to those in your clan and Qi refers to those outside of your clan). Chinese kinship differentiates paternal and maternal sides. 

To start, you only need to know 5 characters to refer to your parents' siblings: 叔伯姑舅姨。Generally, you don't have to differentiate elder and younger except for your father's brothers. 叔叔 is your father‘s younger brother,  伯伯 is your father's older brother. 姑姑 is  father‘s sister. 舅舅 is your mother's brother and 阿姨 is your mother's sister. Only Children of your father's brothers can have "堂" in front of “哥弟姐妹”, Children from 姑姑, 舅舅 and 阿姨 are have prefix “表”。

The following table are aunts and uncles in Chinese kinship. Spouses are in parenthesis. The children in  green  box use "堂" Ex. 堂弟, 堂妹.  The children (cousins) in orange boxes use "表“ Ex. 表哥, 表姐。


2016年12月17日星期六

Test 6 Review Sheet

Review Sheet for Test 6
Vocabulary: You need to know character, Pinyin and meaning of these:
我的学校 Vocabulary 1, 2.
                 Text: 12
No.
Character
Pinyin
Meaning
1
早上/上午
Zǎoshang/shàngwǔ
Morning
2
中午
zhōng 
Noon
3
下午
xià 
Afternoon
4
晚上
wǎn shàng
 Evening
5
点/点
diǎn/diǎn zhōng
O’clock
6
bàn
Half past
7
Quarter
8
xiǎoshí
Hour
9
分/分
fēn/fēnzhōng
Minute
10
xiànzài
Now
11
下个月
xià gè yuè/
Last month 
12
下个星期
xià gè xīngqí
Next week
13
Course
14
西班牙
xībānyá yǔ
Spanish
15
课程表
kè chéng biǎo
Schedule
16
数学
shùxué
Math
17
体育
tǐyù
Physical Education
18
生物
shēng wù
Biology
19
化学
huàxué
Chemistry
20
物理
wùlǐ
Physics
21
kǎoshì
Test
22
mén (kè)
Measure Word for Class
23
jié (kè)
Measure Word for Period






































1
听说读写
Tīng shuō dú xiě
Listen, speak, read, write
 2
简体字
jiǎn tǐ zì
Simplified (characters)
3
繁体字
fán tǐ zì
Traditional (characters)
4
声调
shēng diào
 Tones
5
发音
fāyīn
Pronunciation
6
语法
yǔ fǎ
Grammar
7
词汇
cí huì
Vocabulary
8
忘记
wàng jì
Forget
9
记住
jì zhù
Remember
10
dǒng
Understand
11
néng
Be able to
12
应该
yīng gāi
Should
13
认为
rèn wéi
Think (formal)
14
口语
kǒu yǔ
Oral/spoken
15
写作
xiě zuò
Writing
16
流利
liú lì
Fluent
17
笔顺
 shùn
Stroke order
18
笔画
 huà
Strokes
19
练习
liàn 
Practice
20
重要
zhòng yào
Important
21
容易
róng yì
Easy
22
nán
Hard
23
觉得/认为
jué de/rèn wéi
Think







































No.
Characters
Pinyin
Meaning
1
xuéxiào
school
2
jiàoshì
classroom, schoolroom
3
教学
jiàoxuélóu
teaching building, floor, multi-story building, story
4
shíyànshì
laboratory, lab
5
电脑
diànnăoshì
computer lab
6
shítáng
dining hall,  refectory, canteen
7
lĭtáng
assembly hall, auditorium
8
túshūguăn
library
9
tĭyùguăn/ chăng
gymnasium, gym
10
lóu shàng/ xià
upstairs, on the upper floor /downstairs
11
qián miàn
in front of, ahead, the front side, in front
12
hòu miàn
behind, later, back, rear, after
13
zuŏ biān
(to the) left, left
14
yoù biān
(to the) right
15
zhōng jiān
between
16
páng biān
(near) side
17
栋/
dòng/zhuàng
MW for high rise buildings

Grammar
* Give advice: 多 [verb]/ 少 [verb] (do more.../do less…) . Ex: 中文要进步,就应该多听、多说、多读、多写中文,少说英文。
* Progressive change over time: 越来越+Adj.        Ex:  中文的生词越来越多,语法也越来越难。
* To describe the degree of something you can use 不 (not),很(very), 有一点(a little bit), or 一点都不 (not at all.  中文一点儿都不难。中文有点难。 中文不难。 中文很难。
*一。。。就。。。:我一起床(point), 就去刷牙。我一吃晚饭, 就去做功课。Notice you have add 完 if first event is a process that take extended period of time
* 对+#+ adj:对。。。感兴趣(interested in something), 对+person+最有用 (useful for me)
*为/给+#+ verb: Ex:为我提供了, 给我量体温, 为我开药, 给我请家教
* Chinese word order: Who When Where What or When Who Where What
* Transition words:   先, 然后, 再, 最后, 但是, 因为, 所以
* Direction:A在B的+direction, A的+direction+是B.  EX. 我的前面是 John。 John 在我的前面
*Verv+得 to assess skills: 她的足球踢得很好。 他的汉语说得很流利。他的字写得很好。
**Know difference of 门 vs 节, 幢 vs 栋 vs 座

Writing:
You have to be able to write in Chinese letter format telling your class schedule (See December 3, 2016 post)
You have to be able to narrate your daily schedule.
You have to be able to reflect on you past and present Chinese study.