Mandarin 2-4 (Calmeca Academy of Fine Arts) //www.calmecaacademy.com/apps/classes/976700/assignments/ Class Name: Mandarin 2-4 Instructor(s): Qi Deng en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 06/07/2020]]> //www.calmecaacademy.com/homeworkItem5808482 //www.calmecaacademy.com/apps/classes/976700/assignments/

Due date: Saturday, 6/6/2020

Welcome to our Week 8 Mandarin remote learning.  Due to the current situation, I know that many families are facing different challenges, therefore, this week's assignment is optional.  It will be excused if you couldn't do it.  
 

This week, you are going to learn one last thing for our family and zodiac animals unit.   

Here are what you need to do:

  1. Review the family members in Mandarin:
  1. Review 12 Zodiac Animals in Mandain:
  1. Watch Ms. Deng’s recorded lesson to learn how to tell someone’s zodiac animal in complete Chinese sentence.  The sentence structure we are going to learn is “____属/Shú _____.”

 

Assignment for this week:

In previous weeks, you have done several written assignments.  Therefore, you will have a speaking assignment for this week. 

  1. Use the sentence structure “我属/Wǒ Shú _____.” to SAY your own zodiac animal in Mandarin.
  2. Next, use the sentence structure “____属/Shú_____.” to SAY one of your family members’ zodiac animals in Mandarin.  It’s totally fine if you want to do more than 1 family members.
  • Click to see this example for your reference.

In order for me to hear your speaking, please record a video or an audio when you are saying the sentences.  You could send the video/audio to my email or upload it to Portfolio on ClassDojo.   

If you have any questions about this assignment or anything you want to discuss, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Tuesday, 06/02/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM tomorrow. 


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Due date: Saturday, 5/30/2020
 
Welcome to our Week 7 Mandarin remote learning.  After a few weeks of practicing new vocabulary, and writing Chinese characters, this week, we are going to do an art & craft project and have some fun. J 
 

Last week you should already find out you own zodiac animal.  If you missed last week's assignment, here are the links might help you:

 

Assignment for this week:

In this assignment, please use any materials that you could find at home to create a puppet of you zodiac animal. 

Here are some materials you may use: Play-Doh, plastic cups, egg cartons, cardboard, paper plates, colored paper, toilet paper roll, and so on.

If you need some ideas, please click the links below: 

Show me your creativity and have fun!! J Please color or paint it to make it colorful!  Also, don't forget to practice how to say your zodiac animal in Mandarin.

Note: You only need to make a puppet of your own zodiac animal.  Of course, you could also make your family members’ zodiac animals as well, if you want to. 

Please Take a picture of your puppet and send it to me by email or ClassDojo message, you could also upload it to Portfolio on ClassDojo.

If you have any questions about this assignment, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Wednesday, 05/27/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM tomorrow. 


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Due date: Saturday, 5/23/2020
NOTE: Your Quarter 4 progress report is due on Wednesday, 5/20/2020. However, this assignment is NOT counted toward your progress report.  It will count toward your final report card.
 

Welcome to our Week 6 Mandarin remote learning.  This week, we are going to learn 12 Chinese zodiac animals.

Here are what you need to do:

1. Click this link 12 zodiac animals to learn which 12 animals are Chinese zodiac animals.

2. Now watch this video to learn How to say 12 zodiac animals in Mandarin.
 

3. Next, watch the following videos to learn about the legendary story of 12 zodiac animals.

4. Lastly, watch the video to learn a Chinese zodiac song:

 

Assignment for this week:

Last week, we had learned how to say family members in Mandarin.  Therefore, this week, you need to find out your own zodiac animal and your family members’.   

If you don’t know your zodiac animals, please click this link “Find Your Zodiac Animal” and then enter the date of your birthday to find out. Please note that certain zodiac animals may have different translations.  For example, 羊/Yang could be sheep or goat.  牛/Niu could be ox, cow or bull.

In this assignment, you need to write down your family members in Chinese, then write down each family member’s zodiac animals in Chinese.

Click the example for your reference.

Here is a note if you forget how to say family members in Chinese:  Family Members Note

 

Please take a picture of your work then send it to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo.  If you want to send a video, you could send it to my email or upload it to ClassDojo portfolio.  
 
If you have any questions about this assignment or need help with the new words, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Tuesday, 05/19/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM tomorrow. 

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Due date: Saturday, 5/16/2020

Welcome to our Week 5 Mandarin remote learning.  This week, we are going to learn how to say family members in Mandarin. 

Here are what you need to do:

1. Please take a loot at the 8 vocabulary:

Bà ba

爸爸

Mā mā

妈妈

Gē gē

哥哥

Jiě jiě

姐姐

Dì dì

弟弟

Mèi mei

妹妹

Yé yé

爷爷

Nǎi nai

奶奶

 

2. Watch the follow videos to learn how to say the words:

3. Last week, we learned the expression: “我爱你. /Wǒ ài nǐ / I love you.” For Mother’s Day.  Now let’s learn the family song that would practice the family vocabulary and this expression.

 

Assignment for this week:

Option 1:  Draw your family members or place one of your family photo on a paper.  Then label each family members in Chinese characters.  If you don’t want to use your own family photo, you could print out a picture of a famous family, such as The Simpsons.

Here are some examples for your reference.   Example 1 ,   Example 2

Option 2: Record a short video.  In the video, please show your drawing, your family photo or a picture of a famous family, then say the family members in Mandarin.

Click here to watch an example: Example: Introduce Family Members

 

Note 1: You don’t have to use all 8 family words in your assignment.  For example, if you don’t have older sister, you don’t need to write older sister. 
 
Note 2: I usually choose some students’ work to showcase on Calmeca website.  If you use your own family photo for this assignment, and you don’t want it to be shown to public, please let me know when you turn in your work.
 
Please send the picture to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo.  If you want to send a video, you could send it to my email or upload it to ClassDojo portfolio.  
 
If you have any questions about this assignment or need help with the new words, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Tuesday, 05/12/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM tomorrow. 

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Due date: Saturday, 5/9/2020

This Sunday is Mother's Day.  Therefore, we are going to learn 2 sentences this week:

  1. 母亲节快乐！/ Mǔ qīn jié kuài lè!
  2. 妈妈，我爱你! / Mā mā, wǒ ài nǐ!
 

I recorded a video that will teach these two sentences, and I will explain the assignment you need to do for this week.

 

Learn the song “Mom, I love you”

 

Assignment for this week:

Make a Mother’s card for your mom, and write down the message in Chinese characters.  Of course, you could write more in English or Spanish.  Please decorate the card nicely! 

You could choose 1 of the messages to write, or you could write both of them.  Here are the messages:

  • 母亲节快乐！/ Mǔ qīn jié kuài lè!
  • 妈妈，我爱你! / Mā mā, wǒ ài nǐ!
Please take a picture of the card that you make, then send it to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo.
 
If you have any questions about this assignment or the class, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Tuesday, 05/05/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM on Tuesday. 
 

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Due date: Saturday, 5/2/2020

Hi everyone, we are going to learn how to tell date in Chinese this week.

First, this is the date format we should know: "____月____日". 月/Yuè means month.  日/Rì means day.  

Now, watch the videos to learn how to tell date in Chinese:

We need to know Chinese numbers in order to tell date.  We have already reviewed Chinese numbers in previous weeks.  Here are a few videos to refresh your memory:

If you are not so familiar with the order of the months in a year, then you could watch the following videos first:

Assignment for this week:

Option 1:  Step 1: Write down the following sentence structure and fill in the blanks with your own birthday. “我的生日是_____月_____日.”  (My birthday is _____.)  Step 2: write down 2 of your family members’ birthdays in Chinese, by using “___月____日”.  Here is the example for your reference.  

Option 2: Step 1: Record a short video while you say your birthday in complete sentence: “我的生日是_____月_____日.”  (My birthday is _____.). Step 2: you say two of your family members’ birthday by using “___月____日”.   Click here to watch an example: Say birthday in Mandarin 

If you feel it’s too hard to do both step 1 and 2, you could just do Step 1. 

You ONLY need to choose ONE option to complete the assignment.  Of course, it's okay to do both if you like. 
 
Please send the picture to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo.  If you want to send a video, you could send to my email or upload to ClassDojo portfolio.  
 
If you have any questions about this assignment or the class, please join my video conference at 1:30PM on Tuesday, 04/28/2020.  I will post the link in ClassDojo 5 minute before 1:30PM on Tuesday. 

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Due date: Friday, 4/24/2020

Hi everyone, this week, we are going to review two dialogues about asking name and age in Mandarin.

First, watch the videos to learn the following two dialogues:

1. Name asking:

Q: 你叫什么名字? / Nǐ jiào shén me míng zì (What is your name?)

A: 我叫 / Wǒ jiào ______。(My name is_____.)

Asking Age:

Q: 你几岁? / Nǐ jǐ suì (How old are you?)

A: 我___岁 / Wǒ____suì。(I am _____ years old.)

Your assignment for this week:

Option 1: Write down the two dialogues by complete the sentences with your name and your age on a piece of paper, then take a picture of the paper.  Here is the example for your reference.  

Option 2: Record a short video while you say the two dialogues.  You may simply say the two dialogues on your own.  Or you could ask a family member to do the dialogues with you. Example: Example for Name and Age Asking Dialogues
 
You ONLY need to choose ONE option to complete the assignment.  Of course, it's okay to do both if you like.  
 
Please send the picture to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo.  If you want to send a video, you could send to my email or upload to ClassDojo portfolio.  
 
If you have any questions about this assignment or the class, please join my video conference on Tuesday, 04/21/2020.  I will post announcement about the time and the link in ClassDojo.  

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Due date: Friday, 4.17.2020 by 3:00 P.M.
 
Watch the videos to review Chinese numbers 1-20.  Read it aloud and practice writing on a piece of paper. 
Next, practice the numbers with the following online games:
Learn some number songs:
Your assignment for this week:
Option 1: Write Chinese numbers 1-20 on a piece of paper, and take a picture of the paper.
OR
Option 2: Record a video to count numbers 1-20 in Mandarin, or sing one of the number song.  
 
You ONLY need to choose ONE option to complete the assignment.  Of course, it's okay to do both if you like.  
Please send the picture or the video to my email: qdeng@cps.edu or message me through ClassDojo via ClassDojo app.  

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