Week 14: Chinese New Year and Cultural Experience

January 24th, 2012 by Pei-Yi No comments »

This is a quick review of what we learned this week. Please review or catch up, if you missed the class. ^0^

I’d like to say: Great jobs!! My super students!
I hope you all have fun this week^0^
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Handout and Homework

Handout and homework can be downloaded here.

Chinese New Year and Cultural Experience

What did I learn?

Spring Festival (春節) is the first day of the lunar calendar year. The family will have a gathering and get together.

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A. Dragon Head station

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B. Drawing on my “luck and fortune” hu2 lu2 station

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C. Calligraphy station

You can write spring couplets!
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D. Paper cutting station

Cut two “spring” then bring it to station E.

E. Stamp and picture station

Make your own spring picture with “spring” and stamps.
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F. Password time

Say “恭喜發財,新年快樂” (gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4) to your teacher in order to get you a red envelope (紅包).
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Note:

Please come to the class at 8:40 this week (January 28). We are going to practice a little bit then go to the auditorium together.
Please check your e-mail again to review the rap and gongxigongxi song!!^O^

Week 13: Lesson 22, Gongxi Song, and Chinese rap

January 15th, 2012 by Pei-Yi No comments »

This is a quick review of what we learned this week. Please review or catch up, if you missed the class. ^o^

Review

Lesson 5 The balloons flew away. “What color do you like?”
Lesson 16 What date is today? (Related to Lesson 16)

Learn

Lesson 22 Daddy drew a purple balloon.
This is the combination of family and lesson 5.

Activities

Complete poster of I like (color) and my _____ likes (color).
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Complete poster of My birthday is on _____. Happy Birthday.
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Dragon head (will continue next week.)
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Homework

  1. Please bring newspapers and water bottle caps next week for our Chinese New Year craft activities!!
  2. Read the rundown of our performance
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  4. Practice gongxigongxi song. Click to listen to your voice (at the end of song)!
  5. Your voice
  6. Follow the rap speed and memorize your part!
  7. Example rap

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