Topic ----family

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED
GOALS
Standards for foreign
language learning
1.1 Interpersonal
Communication
1.2 Interpretive
Communication

Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to

1identify more members in a family, describe members of their

own family by age, occupation, as well as likes and dislikes, in addition,
express their relationship to those members.
2continue to build their recognition of Chinese characters from
the unit vocabulary. They begin to explore Pinyin and writing
characters.

4.2 comparing culture

2.1 culture
understanding
3.1 Knowledge
Students reinforce
and further their
knowledge of other
disciplines through
the world language.

Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS

ESSENTIAL

the concepts of family relationships

and family order in China and their
own
2.the differences in describing birth
dates and age in Chinese and the year
of birth represented by the Chinese
zodiac.

QUESTIONS

1.

1. What does family mean to a

person?
2. What is Chinese
philosophy?

Acquisition

Students will
1Identify family members
related terms , such as age and
relationship and professions;
2Describe family members
likes and dislikes;
3Ask and respond to questions
about age, appearance, personality and
professions of their family members.

Students will be skilled at

developing a communication by
exchanging information about
family members, professions,
etc. in a culturally
comfortable manner.

Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria

Assessment Evidence

Performance

4Develop a conversation with the prop of family photo, sharing

information with one another on the related topic.
5Speaking test: based on the family picture given as prompt,
develop a short description about the picture.
6Interview a classmate asking for a description of a favorite

assessment

family member

Other
assessment

7Online review and self-evaluation (www.quizlet.com)

8Peer/group evaluation (flashcard activities)
9Speaking focused assignment (recording and upload to Google
drive/Google classroom)
10Test/quiz
11Writing focused assignment
Stage 3 Learning Plan

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Vocab study and

game
Grammar points
on TB p107 A

Read the text

and
listening
comprehension
Answer the WB
questions
HW:
WB p62 C, 64 C,
65 D
Bring laptop to
class on
Wednesday

Make a short video

based on lesson 4-1
conversation,
show
Mandarin III students
examples.
2 students make a video,
story can be modified as
well.
Bonus video project:
WB p65 D

Pass out the bell work

package
Lesson 4-1 test review
sheets
Test explanation

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Activity -- Show
PPT of what
does do over
weekends?
Grammar pp108
... (use

Read the text in L 4-1 conversation sheet

class
and WB 60 B
transfer
the
conversation into
a narration.
Listening
107 picture, asking comprehension
of WB 59-60

108 C
Listen and take
notes of lesson
4-1
Answer
the
questions

Test lesson 4-1

HW: WB 60-A

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Chinese culture
video
Lesson
4-2
grammar
Grammar
TB
p112 6, 114-E
HW: pass out the
word
practice
paper.

Lesson
4-2
flashcard , pass
out the word quiz
paper, quiz on
Wed.

Listening comprehension Speaking test

on WB
WB pp 68-70
Speaking session WB 68
II B