Week 14 Learning and Homework Plan

Week 13 Learning and Homework plan

How to look up a Chinese Character in a Chinese dictionary?

How to look up a chinese character in a Chinese dictionary?
Copy the following link and Paste it on the address bar. It will take you to the web page.

http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/OnlineTutorials/UseDictionary/Index.html

Sample word searching in online Chinese-English dictionary

How to look up a character?

1. Copy into address bar
2.It will take you to the dictionary site, then type in any English word you desire
3. click on "search"
4. A sample below is demonstrated.

Cheng Laoshi

Online English-Chinese Dictionary

The following online English-Chinese dictionaries can help you to find the characters.

1. Basic word dictionary
This dictionary allows you input English and comes out traditional/simplified Chinese characters, pinying, also it speaks.
 http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

2. Traditional/Simplified online Chinese-English Dictionary
This dictionary allows you to input English, and comes out either simplified or traditional characters at your choice, and the related   words. 
http://eyegene.ophthy.med.umich.edu/hanyu/index.php

3. Chinese/English Picture Dictionary
http://classes.yale.edu/chns130/Dictionary/index.html
This dictionary shows you picture, pinyin, English and Chinese simplified characters.

Unit 7 Preparation sheet- Homework Nov.10-13

Make sure you prepare these pages for Unit 7 exam. Answer the questions by writing "yes" to confirm your preparation.
After completing it, hand it to your TA on Thursday (Nov.13)!

When you ask a question on this blog....

Dear students,

When you submit a question to this blog, you don't need to say your school name or your name.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Cheng Laoshi

Your Unit 7 Exam

Your Unit 7 paper exam will include:

1. Workbook - Page 82
2. Workbook - Page 86, Part II
3. Textbook - Key Sentences Structures
4. Textbook - New words.

TEST date will be on the coming Thursday and Friday. Thursday will be the paper exam and Friday will be the speaking exam. Some of you have half day on Friday or Thursday, so you may still have same exam, but may continue to the following Monday.
Greenwood Lake will be Speaking exam first on Thursday, and paper exam on Friday.

Your Unit 7 speaking exam is to have a conversation (create a dialogue) with your partner.

1. Each one needs to speak ten sentences; ”你好“ is not included.
2. You will be graded as a group.
3. You cannot bring a cheat sheet for exam; if you bring a cheat sheet, I will send you both back. Therefore, I recommend you to be responsible to each other. That is your obligation to practice.

Also don't forget to review the handouts I gave you for reviewing workbook page 82 and 86 for your test.

Have a great weekend!

Cheng Laoshi

What is your Chinese Zodiac animal?

Look at the following chart and find what is your Chinese zodiac animal.
If you want to look up what personality of your animal is, please click on the following link.



Once you click on it, it will take you to the web page. To ensure you click on the right information, you need to identify:

1. the characters of your Chinese ZODIAC ANIMAL;
2. and these two characters: 性 （xing4), 格 （ge2). When they are together, it means personality.

I will slow down and you have to catch up!

Dear 7th grade Mandarin students,

Some of you have suggested me to slow down the path, and I will.
However, you have to catch up and spend some time, outside of classroom, to study.

Cheng Laoshi

Your Learning and Homework Plan for Week 9.

Print or view your Your Learning and Homework Plan for Week 9.

Your Learning and Homework Plan for Week 10

View or Print your Learning and Homework Plan for Week 10.

Your homework over the weekend (Oct 17-19.)

This is your homework over the weekend.
Please hand your complete work to your TA on Monday.

Week 8 Learning Plan and Homework

Please print the weekly learning and homework plan for your reference.
This plan has been just modified again on Tuesday. The homework column for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday have been Changed.

Chinese Folk Song: Mòlìhuā 茉莉花 Jasmine Flower

This is a performance of the famous Chinese folk song Mòlìhuā 茉莉花 Jasmine Flower. The name Jasmine means "The gift from God" in Western culture.



Click on images below for a larger image.





Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Li_Hua

Workbook Listening Page 68 - Listening Task 6

Script of Listening Task 1-5 on Workbook page 68

Workbook Page 68 - Listening Tasks

Textbook Page 63 - Interpersonal Communication

Textbook Page 63 - Presentational Communication

Sentence Speaking