Chinese I, II and III
March 1 for Chinese IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA and IIIB courses.
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Reminders for March 2-20
Please make sure that you complete the following assignments according to your planner as below:
Chinese IA:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 13 to unit 2 lesson 16
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 17 to unit 3 lesson 4
Chinese IB:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 9 to unit 2 lesson 13
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 14 to unit 2 lesson 18
Chinese IIA:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 3 to unit 2 lesson 4
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 4 to unit 3 lesson 6
Chinese IIB:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 4 to unit 2 lesson 5
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 6 to unit 2 lesson 7
Chinese IIIA:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 5 to unit 2 lesson 6
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 7 to unit 2 lesson 7
Chinese IIIB:
Mar 02 - 06 unit 2 lesson 1 to unit 2 lesson 2
Mar 09 - 13 unit 2 lesson 3 to unit 2 lesson 4
Know where to find the helpful handouts and review sheets
Please set a specific time to study Chinese for 45-60 minutes daily in a very quiet learning environment.
Find the helpful handouts and review sheets of quiz/test in the message board before completing your assignments. You will click on left 3 pink purple pin at the bottom of lessons then it will take you to message board. Please click on 6. Study Guides and Review Material. These handouts may help you to do well in the following assignments as below:
1 voice activities
2 portfolio
3 construction site
4 quiz/exam
It is very important to study well from the lessons and review sheets in order to have a better score in your grade book.
Make Flashcard
Chinese sentences pattern and usage
Please pay attention to grammar knowledge and sentence pattern areas.
Sentence pattern:
- How to greeting people and reply back?
When someone say hello to you as你好(ni hao) then you should reply same back as你好(ni hao). The following people as A and B in below Chinese conversations.
A你好- ni hao - hello
B你好- ni hao – hello
- How to ask/reply when someone asks your name?
Sentence pattern:
Subject + 叫(jiao – to be called)+什么(shen me- what)+名字(ming zi-name)?
Please see the examples below:
A你叫什么名字?
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
(What is your name?)
B我叫李丽。
Wǒ jiào Lǐ Lì.
My name is Li Li.
Good Diet 吃的营养
1. Start your day with a bowl of oatmeal.
2. Watch your portion by using a smaller bowl and spoon.
3. Top your oatmeal with sliced banana.
4. Include a bean soup for lunch.
5. Snack on a handful of mixed nuts.
6. Start your dinner with a colorful salad.
7. Dress it with olive oil.
8. Cook dinner at home.
9. Enjoy grilled salmon or arctic char as your main course.
10. Have cauliflower as a side dish.
11. Enjoy a small piece of dark chocolate for dessert.
Balance Exercise in Sport适度运动
Why is important that children should do exercise daily?p://www.acefitness.org/updateable/update_display.aspx?pageID=638
Here are ACE’s top reasons kids should get plenty of exercise:
- Kids who exercise are more likely to keep exercising as an adult.
- Exercise helps kids achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.
- Regular physical activity helps build and maintain strong, healthy muscles, bones and joints.
- Exercise aids in the development of important interpersonal skills—this is especially true for participation in team sports.
and more....
Why should kids to get up early and sleep early?
The best way is to get up between 6-7am and sleep before 9pm for Chinese old saying of old master.
Of course, you can do a litter adjustment according to your health and workload.
平溪天燈,夢想 (Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival at Taiwan)
There are several activities to celebrate on this day such as parade, guessing riddles, firework and sending lanterns to sky which is most popular and world famous activity. It attracts many people from other countries to just see this event at “平溪ping xi” in Taipei, Taiwan. Please click on the link at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUbNrGVU0U and enjoy the video.
Chinese New Year Activity 羊年
The first day of Chinese New Year is on Thursday Feb 19. Chinese people will count as “chu yi初一”. The last day of Chinese New Year will be the fifteenth day on Thursday March 5. Chinese people will count as “shi wu十五”. Therefore, Chinese New Year will last 15 days in Chinese community. It is called “元宵节yuan xiao jie” on the last day of Chinese New Year.
Please visit at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJusyaRAq1I and enjoy watching this video.
Chinese New Year Dinner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYHrDi_BAs 6:18 The story of Nian(年獸)and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAJSk_xXSI 7:10 How to Make Chinese Turnip Cakes (蘿蔔糕) | Dim Sum Style. Enjoy watching 2 video and tell me what do you learn from these videos.
Weekly LiveLesson
Please join us our LiveLesson on Mondays at the following schedule
Chinese IA - 4:00-4:30pm
Chinese IB - 4:30-5:00pm
Chinese IIA/IIIA/IIIB - 5:00-5:30pm
Chinese IIB- 5:30-6:00pm
Please click on the link at lling@connectionseducation.com
to join weekly LiveLesson time and be on time during session.
Teacher Contact Information
Loyee Ling
Chinese teacher
Georgia Connections Academy
Phone: (470) 377-1089
Office Hour : 4pm -6pm Monday weekly
lling@connectionseducation.com
Resource Center
Yellow Bridge . Please watch the Jing video at Chinese Dictionary Handain to learn how to use Chinese dictionary online.