Chinese 1 (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. John Mahon '84 (P '11)
- Term
- 2014-2015 School Year
- Department
- World Languages
- Description
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Chinese I introduces and develops fundamental skills for the practical use and continued study of the modern Chinese Language. The spoken language of the Han people (Mandarin), the Pinyin system of phonetic representation, and the “simplified” characters of modern China are the key sources of study and learning. Instruction and assessment models emphasize and measure the development in students of practical knowledge and skills necessary to understand and use the Chinese Language in both spoken and written form. With a textbook story set among multi-national students and teachers of the language itself, the course also contributes to greater cultural understanding, particularly of the Chinese themselves.
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Final Exam: Units 1 - 3
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Study Guide for Final Exam.
Students should utilize the checklists on the following pages of their Textbooks in preparing for the final.
Unit 1: page 48
Unit 2: page 84
Unit 3: page 120
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Unit 3 Oral Presentations, based on "Act it Out" on page 120.
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Unit 3 Test (3.1 and 3.2)
Unit 3.2 Workbook due.
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Quiz on time expressions, page 109.
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Lesson 3.2 Vocabulary Quiz
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Lesson 3.2 workbook, pages 81 - 86
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Lesson 3.1 Workbook due for collection.
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Lesson 3.1 Vocabulary Quiz
Workbook Structure Notes A, B, C
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Unit Test for Lesson 2.
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Lesson 2.2 vocabulary quiz. Students should spend 30 minutes per day studying "Lesson" and "Required" vocabulary on pages 71 and 72.
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Lesson 2.2 Workbook, Audio exercises pages 64 - 66. Will need to access online resources for workbook to complete.
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Lesson 2.1 workbook (all) due and will be collected Monday.
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Unit 2.1 workbook, through page 45.
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Unit 2.1 Workbook, page 38 all.
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Homework for the week of Sept. 8 - 12
Due Wednesday (9/10): Workbook pages 32 - 34.
Due Thursday (9/11): simple research into the personal qualities for the year in which they were born in the Chinese Zodiac.
Due Monday (9/15): Workbook through page 37.
Quiz on Unit 2.1 will be Monday, September 15th.
Chapter 1 Unit Test is on Block A Day, either Wednesday Sept. 17th or Thursday, Sept 18th. Because of the change in schedule, I am unsure which day will be Block A and which will be Block B.
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1. Make-up quiz for those wishing to improve grade
2. Lesson 1.2 Workbook: Characters pages 23 - 26
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Unit 1, Lesson 1 (1.1) Workbook is due in its entirety, through page 18.
Also, there is a quiz Friday on Unit 1, Lesson 1.
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Complete Workbook exercises pages 11 - 12. Structure Notes 1.1: A, B, C, and D.
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Complete Workbook pages 4, 5, and 6. We completed 7 - 10 in class.
First quiz will be Block Day, August 29th.
1. Study how to write characters, know how to pronounce them (pinyin spelling and tones, and their English meaning.
2. Know how to greet someone, ask how they are, and ask and answer questions about names. Study the text and structure notes for this purpose.
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Workbook:
Page 1, I and II
page 2, the first row of each character, 8 total per character, done 2 at a time.
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Provided you have received your textbooks and workbooks, I would like all students to register an account at www.betterchinese.com by Monday, August 18th. Students should register under the "Modern Chinese" option with the authorization codes provided on the inside page of the back covers of their textbook and workbook. There is no fee involved for those with NEW books.
Students who bought USED TEXTBOOKS will need to purchase a two year subscription to these online resources for $10, about the cost of a lunch meal at Chili's. The link to do so is here:
Students who bought USED WORKBOOKS will also need to purchase a two year subscription to these online resources for $5. The link to do so is here:
Hopefully, we can all be good to go with this by Monday, August 18th.