Friday, May 10, 2013

Week 5/6 to 6/7 (Weeks 34,35,36,37,38)

For the remaining of the school year, we will
  • Work on Final Project
Due Dates:
  • Project Outline-- By end of class Wednesday 5/22
  • 2 page report-- By end of class Friday 5/31
  • Project Presentation-- In class Friday 6/7 
Please try your best to be in school on presentation day (Friday 6/7). If you have to miss it for any reason, your make-up date would be Monday 6/10 afternoon (during 3rd block exam). 

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Week 4/29 to 5/3 (Week 33)

This week we will:

  • Cook food on Monday
  • Review sports speaking
  • Start Lesson 19
Homework: 
-Lesson 19 vocabulary quiz on Wednesday


Friday, April 19, 2013

Week 4/22 to 4/26 (Week 32)

This week we will:

  • Practice speaking and reading sports
  • Learn sports idioms 
  • Work on food preparation with Chinese 4
  • Start Lesson 19 Animal and Men 
Homework: 
-Sports WFR Quiz on Wednesday 
-Study Lesson 19 vocabulary for next Monday 

Monday, April 15, 2013

Week 4/15 to 4/19 (Week 31)

This week we will:

  • Continue Lesson 13 
  • Learn sports 
  • Do email practice and story writing 
Homework: 
-Culture presentation on Wednesday for Quiz grade 

Friday, April 5, 2013

Week 4/8 to 4/12 (Week 30)

This week we will:

  • Watch a video on Monday
  • Take Lesson 13 vocabulary quiz on Wednesday
  • Start Lesson 13 on Sports
  • Learn sports names 
  • Sports culture presentation
Homework:
-Study Lesson 13 vocabulary for Wednesday
-Chinese traditional sports Culture presentation bullet points due Thursday at 8:00pm. 

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Week 3/27 and 3/29 (Week 29)

This week we will:

  • Review for Unit Test 2
  • Culture presentation on holidays
  • Go over holiday ads
Homework: 
-Unit Test 2 on Friday 

Monday, March 18, 2013

Week 3/18 to 3/22 (Week 28)

This week we will:

  • Go over travel reading comprehension 
  • Start Lesson 12, do reading questions
  • Culture presentation quiz on Monday
  • Chinese holidays culture presentation 
Homework: 
-Study Lesson 12 vocabulary for Wednesday (possible quiz) 
-Holiday culture presentation due Friday 

Friday, March 8, 2013

Week 3/11 to 3/15 (Week 27)

This week we will:

  • Go over city map assignment
  • Go over additional vocabulary for flights and practice buying plane tickets online
  • Work on reading comprehensions
  • Take email quiz on travel 
  • Start Lesson 12 Chinese Holidays, study vocabulary 
Homework: 
-Study additional vocabulary for email quiz on Wednesday
-Study Lesson 12 Chinese Holidays vocabulary 

Friday, March 1, 2013

Character list


Chapter 3A:
            饿          菜单,常
客,嫩,素菜,新鲜,健康,片面,总的来说,其实,清淡
菠菜    豆腐    清蒸    味精    卡路里  也许

Chapter 3B:
拿手,味道,芥兰,牛肉,香,汤,麻烦,同意,盐,
说法,老板,也许,极了,并,

Chapter 4A:
收据      挑剔    标准    争论    减价   
合适    打折    名牌    厚薄    质量    现金
信用卡  签字    无论    物美价廉    付钱    化妆品
购物中心    需要    于是    长短    厚薄   

Chapter 4B:
穿    牙膏        香皂        卫生纸    洗衣粉    杯子        浴巾
价钱        纯棉        不可        在乎        难道        百分之   
T恤衫     毛衣        牛仔裤    运动服   
   
Chapter 5A:
专业,准备,讨论,至于,毕业,学分,文科,理科,赚钱,愿意,申请,考虑,实习,经验
Chapter 5B:
系,修,学院,研究所,履历,工学院,商学院,(the majors you want to go into),  4 of the idioms
Chapter 6A:
受影响,(出)租,室,厅,环境,交通,理想,卧室,套,间,隔壁,楼梯,自从,
Chapter 6B:
卫,公寓,装修,配套,设施,(设)备,厨房,面积,宽带,空调,(有)线电视,地毯
Chapter 7A:
感情,背景,经济环境,兴趣,吸引,适合,文化,家庭,外表,4 descriptions each for 男人和女人的外表,4 性格descriptions
Lesson 8A
影响,电影,种类,难免,负责任,纪录(片),艺术(片),战争(片),喜剧,(卡)通(片),恐怖(片),冒险(片),动作(片),科幻(片)
Chapter 11A
游览                名胜古迹        建筑                游客        人山人海
吸引                别具风格        印象                壮观        上海外滩
北京故宫        四川九寨沟    西安兵马俑    北京长城 

Week 3/4 to 3/8 (Week 26)

This week we will:

  • Continue Lesson 11
  • Review characters for previous characters 
  • Learn idioms 
  • Learn major city names 
Homework:
-Character quiz on Wednesday (see website for character list) 

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Week 2/25 to 3/1 (Week 25)

This week we will:

  • Start Lesson 11
  • Learn additional vocabulary 
  • Do culture presentation 
Homework: 
-Culture presentation on Monday 
-Answer lesson reading questions for Wednesday 

Monday, February 18, 2013

Week 2/20 to 2/22 (Week 24)

This week we will:

  • Start Lesson 11
  • Do culture presentation 
  • Practice speaking assignments 

Homework: 
-Culture presentation on Wednesday 
-Study Lesson 11 vocabulary for Friday 


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Week 2/11 to 2/15 (Week 23)

This week we will:

  • Continue Lesson 8 debate
  • Review culture presentations
  • Learn TV and movie related idioms and additional vocabulary 
  • Do conversation reviews 
  • Do story writing 
Homework: 
-Finish movie reading comprehension worksheet for Wednesday 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Week 2/4 to 2/8 (Week 22)

This week we will:

  • Start Lesson 8 
  • Learn vocabulary for Lesson 8
  • Work on debate questions 
  • Learn additional vocabulary 
  • Learn character Lesson 8A 
Homework: 
-Debate points due Wednesday 
-Character Lesson 8A due Friday 

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Week 2/4 to 2/8 (Week 22)

This week we will:
-Start Lesson 8
-Learn movie related idioms
-Learn additional movie vocabulary
-Work on debate question

Homework:
-Work on debate question for Wednesday
-Character sheet for lesson 18 character for Friday

By the end of Lesson 8, you should be able to:

  • Debate the influence TV and movies have on teens
  • Describe different types of movies and TV shows
  • Mastery of lesson grammar 

Week 1/28 to 2/1 (Week 21)

This week we will:
-Take Midterm exam on Monday
-Do translation practice on Friday

Homework:
-Learn Lesson 8 vocabulary for next Monday

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Midterm Study Guide


AP Midterm Study Guide                                          Speaking Exam: Wednesday 1/23
                                                                                    Midterm Exam: Monday 1/28
Lesson 3 在饭馆
生词,语法,吃东西的成语,additional vocabulary 食物的文化presentation
Lesson 4买东西
生词,语法, Reading ads, 中国的服装presentation
Lesson 5 选专业
生词,语法,学习的成语,additional vocabulary, 文房四宝presentation
Lesson 6 租房子
生词,语法, additional vocabulary,中国的建筑presentation  
Lesson 7 男朋友
生词,语法,感情/交朋友的成语,性格和外表生词 (additional), 传统结婚presentation
Chapter 3A:
            饿          菜单,常
客,嫩,素菜,新鲜,健康,片面,总的来说,其实,清淡
菠菜    豆腐    清蒸    味精    卡路里  也许

Chapter 3B:
拿手,味道,芥兰,牛肉,香,汤,麻烦,同意,盐,
说法,老板,也许,极了,并,

Chapter 4A:
收据      挑剔    标准    争论    减价   
合适    打折    名牌    厚薄    质量    现金
信用卡  签字    无论    物美价廉    付钱    化妆品
购物中心    需要    于是    长短    厚薄   

Chapter 4B:
穿    牙膏        香皂        卫生纸    洗衣粉    杯子        浴巾
价钱        纯棉        不可        在乎        难道        百分之   
T恤衫     毛衣        牛仔裤    运动服   
   
Chapter 5A:
专业,准备,讨论,至于,毕业,学分,文科,理科,赚钱,愿意,申请,考虑,实习,经验
Chapter 5B:
系,修,学院,研究所,履历,工学院,商学院,(the majors you want to go into),  4 of the idioms
Chapter 6A:
受影响,(出)租,室,厅,环境,交通,理想,卧室,套,间,隔壁,楼梯,自从,
Chapter 6B:
卫,公寓,装修,配套,设施,(设)备,厨房,面积,宽带,空调,(有)线电视,地毯
Chapter 7A:
感情,背景,经济环境,兴趣,吸引,适合,文化,家庭,外表,4 descriptions each for 男人和女人的外表,4 性格descriptions 

Friday, January 11, 2013

Week 1/14 to 1/18 (Week 19)

This week we will:

  • Take quiz on Lesson 7 vocabulary 
  • Learn relationship idioms
  • Learn Lesson 7 grammar 
  • Practice Lesson 7 conversation on ideal boy/girl friends
Homework: 
-Review culture presentations (all of them) for Wednesday 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Week 1/7 to 1/11 (Week 18)

This week we will:

  • Continue Lesson 7 on boyfriend
  • Learn relationship idioms
  • Practice wedding culture presentation 
Homework: 
-Practice culture presentation
-Learn relationship additional vocabulary

By the end of Lesson 7, you should be able to:

  • Describe your ideal boyfriend/girlfriend
  • Describe a relationship 
  • Present culture presentation on Chinese weddings
  • Mastery of lesson grammar