HS Chinese Guide

CHINESE LEVEL 1

UNIT 2 DATES, AGE, TELEPHONE NUMBERS

PACING

WL STANDARDS

RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE

5-6 Weeks

Novice Low

● HS DLI/WL PL Canvas Course ● USBE Standards ● World Readiness Standards for Languages

INFORM

WIDA Website

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE LOW PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Novice Low listening pro fi ciency in Chinese, they understand:

When students exhibit Novice Low speaking pro fi ciency in Chinese, they can: 1. Use greetings and farewells. 2. Introduce themselves using memorized words and phrases. 3. Answer simple questions with words or short memorized phrases. 4. Name familiar people, places, objects, and classroom items. 5. Use practiced expressions to meet basic classroom needs. When students exhibit Novice Low writing pro fi ciency in Chinese, they can: 1. Copy and write familiar words and memorized phrases. 2. Write basic personal information (e.g., name, age, hometown). 3. Label familiar people, places, and objects. 4. Respond to simple prompts using words or memorized phrases. WRITING

1. Familiar words, greetings, and memorized expressions. 2. Simple classroom commands supported by gestures or visuals. 3. Basic questions about themselves when spoken slowly and clearly. 4. Frequently used words related to familiar people, places, and objects. When students exhibit Novice Low reading pro fi ciency in Chinese, they understand: 1. Familiar words and memorized phrases. 2. Labels, signs, and classroom vocabulary. 3. Simple words and phrases supported by pictures or visuals. 4. Very short texts containing familiar vocabulary. READING

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS I can describe dates, ages, telephone numbers in text and/or conversation using: ● Days of the week ● Calendar__ __ __ ● Nouns or adverbs like today, tomorrow, yesterday ● Numbers up to 31 ● Asking and giving information about yourself (age, birthday,grade,telephone number) using the calendar vocabulary (eg. How old are you? When is your birthday? What is your phone number? What date is today? ) SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building ● Use a variety of visuals with Chinese characters to de fi ne meaning of words and phrases (eg. pictures of the calendar, visuals that represent things like today, yesterday, tomorrow, images of people on the phone) ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate the Chinese characters, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & characters. ● Use Total Physical Response to review Chinese characters and calendar vocabulary. (eg. hold up the character for Monday ). ● Group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking Chinese. ● Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters (eg.How old are you? I am … years old. What date is today? Today is…When is your birthday? My birthday is … What is your phone number … My phone number is ... ... .. .. ... ... .... ). ● Read simple notes of introduction or information on a form relating to name and age. ● Ask and answer questions about personal information such as age, birthday, and phone number.