Authentic Cultural Activities in the Chinese Language ClassroomGrace WangK497, School for International StudiesBrooklyn, New York

Why authentic?

We use language everyday to communicate

Should create meaningful conversations

Market Unit

6 weeks

Project- based

Unit Planner

Date SubthemeFunctional Objective Language Expectations

Cultural, Interpersonal, Presentational Homework Notes

Day 1 The MarketplaceIdentify things that can be bought in a market

市場，小商品，禮物，燈籠，扇子，草帽，鞭炮，東西，歡迎光臨， place+ 有…

Culture- Discuss: What do you think you would find in a Chinese market vs an American one?

2 items you've seen in Chinese markets that you don't normally see

Day 2 CurrencyIdentify the currency for different countries 錢，美元，台幣，人民幣，塊，元，毛，角，分

Culture - What are currency rates? How much do things cost?

converting currency for items

Day 3 SellingDetermine how much things cost

一到十，二十， 百，千，買賣，你想買什麽，幾個，找你。。。錢

Presentational - how much is this item? (U.S. dollars)- Price is right

Day 4 Buying Inquire how much things cost多少錢，貴，便宜，夠，我想買。。，把，頂，件(m.w.) ，去 +place, 送給。。

Interpersonal - Ask how much things cost (u.s. $, then convert)

Day 5 Clothes Identify pieces of clothing

衣服，襯衫，汗衫，大衣，外套，夾克，褲子，長褲，短褲，牛仔褲，裙子，條， 。。穿。。，。。比較。。

旗袍

Culture - What are traditional Chinese clothes?

Day 6(Continuation) Clothes

Identify pieces of clothing (preferences)

Day 7 Accessories Identify accessories 帽子，寫字，外資，雙，戴Interpersonal - What are your favorite accessories?

Day 8 Clothes (weather)Identify appropriate clothing (weather) 颳風，下雨，很熱，下雪，晴天，。。因爲。。。

Interpersonal - How would you dress someone for NYC in today's weather?

Day 9 Size & FitCompare/identify clothes that are too big/small

舒服，幾號，大好，正好，試，名牌，時髦，雖然。。可是。。， 不但，而且。。。

Interpersonal- How to tell someone big/small

Day 10 Bargaining

Recognize that different cultures have various styles of shopping 太貴，走吧，。。吧。。， 打折

Culture- Bargaining, when do you walk away? (pg 80)

Write a convo between a shopper and a store worker

Day 11Market Conversations

Incorporate/initiate a conversation 去 +place, 。。送給。。， 多少錢

Presentational - Act out conversation with partner

Date SubthemeFunctional Objective Language Expectations

Cultural, Interpersonal, Presentational Homework Notes

Day 12 Night markets

Distinguish the differences between American markets and Chinese markets 夜市，市場，小吃，

Culture- Nightmarkets & what do they sell?

Write down store ideas- minimum 2

Day 13 PricesIdentify how much clothing items cost 買一送一，打折，減價，價錢，上當

Culture - 70% off versus 打三折

Day 14 Project Begin projectHow can we incorporate the vocabulary used/challenge ourselves?

Day 15 Project Continue projectHow can we better use the vocabulary? Is it accurate?

Day 16 Project Finalize project

Day 17 Display projects 1/2 class presents Listening & speaking skills for shoppers/sellers

Day 18 Display projects Second 1/2 presents Listening & speaking skills for shoppers/sellers

Day 19 Review Review unit

Jeopardy game - incorporate cultural aspects, interpersonal (skits), presentational skills when they answer

Day 20 Test

Activities

Do-nows, discussions, formatives, mini project, summative

Do-Nows

Should be used to your advantage!!

Give them 2 choices to answer

Currency

USD -> RMB -> NTD conversions

Mini-Project: Clothes

Middle school – dress a classmate

High school – create an outfitPresentation on outfit

Project to be typed on a computer

Market Conversation Rearranging

Different colored sheets

Label for buyer/seller

Differentiated for Ss who are reading characters/those who are still struggling (use pinyin as a scaffold)

Heterogeneous pairing

Project the conversation to read together after completion

Partners must read sentences together

Final project

Pick an item to sellSomething they are interested in/like

Given limited money to spend

Who is able to get the most out of their money? Who is happy with their purchase?

Incentive Trip

Trip to Chinatown

Common Core State Standards

CCSS. ELA-Literacy. L.9-10.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

CCSS. ELA-Literacy.L9-10.4a Use context (e.g. the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

CCSS. ELA-Literacy.L9-10.4c Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g. dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.

How can this be used to show your

effectiveness?EdTPA

Formal observations

Student choice

Differentiation

Thanks for listening!