Chinese 101 Daily Class Schedule

WEEK 1 | Sept. 1 – Sept. 5, 2025

Week 1	Class Topics/Activities (Click links for course material & worksheets)	Work Due (in-class assignments or HW assigned)	Preparation (after today’s class and before next period)
Monday (9/1) Labor Day Wednesday (9/3) First day of CHIN 101	Intro Greetings | About this course Why Study Chinese? About Pinyin Chart | Tones | Tone Graphs Learn #0-#10 Count #0-10 | Write #1-10 Meet Classmates Greetings in Chinese About Weekly Speaking Practice	Submit Student Survey ASAP Complete during class: Exchange names and phone #s Volunteer at the outdoor festival on 9/12 and 9/13; learn more about 2025 Tacoma Moon Festival	Complete before Friday’s class 30 min. Listen and Repeat: Numbers #0-10 Write Numbers #1-10 (use Workbook Practice Sheets) 15 min. Watch this video: learn about the Chinese Writing System with Sun Laoshi 15 min. Go over About this course
Online Lab Work Self-Paced complete before next Monday’s Class	Online Study & Speaking Practice – This weekly session is REQUIRED and will start Week 3 led by Assistant Teacher, Andy or Lei Laoshi. Sign up: Speaking Session Sign up on Miro Board (TBA) For this week, you are working on your own, by setting aside about 30-40 minutes to complete this self-paced study: 1. Suggested self-study time 10 min. Access Pinyin Chart check out selected sounds to get a general idea of how Mandarin sounds like 2.10-20 min. Read through the explanations about and listen to 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and neural Tones; listen a couple of times and see if you can distinguish them; save the tone rules until later 3. 10 min. Watch video clips and repeat Pinyin - Shu and Xu | Pinyin - Chi and Qi | Pinyin - Zhi and Ji
Friday (9/5)	Practice Greetings in Chinese Review and Learn Count #0-10 | Write #1-10 Goals 1. Count #0-10 with accurate tones 2. Write Numbers #1-10 with correct stroke order 3. Know #0-10 in Pinyin with tones Assign HW1 (via Miro frame to post) Prepare for Quiz 1: Schedule on Monday (9/8) 1. Can count numbers 0-10 out loud 2. Can write out in Pinyin, know how to spell out in Pinyin w/tone marks for 0-10 3. Can handwrite the 1-10 in characters 一二三四五六七八九十	Complete during class: 1. Practice character writings #1-10 and learn to spell them in Pinyin 2. Learn to say #0-10 accurately 3. Understand the weekly schedule layout and daily assignments 4. Can access Miro board for HW1 Meet ‘N Greet upsChinese Friday 3:30-5:00 in Wyatt Atrium Additional Resources: All about numbers	20 min. HW1: Work on writing Numbers #1-10 Quiz 1 Due next Monday before class Practice handwrite 1-10 (Pinyin + characters) on paper, take a photo of your practice sheet or final best effort (including your name) and upload onto this Miro Board: 101A 9am Session HW1 #s 101B 11am Session HW1 #s 30 min. Study for Quiz 1 Check list: 1. Complete HW1 2. Understand Pinyin and how to mark the four tones 3. Understand the basics of character writing: left to right and top to bottom 4. Know your numbers
To-do List by the end of Week 2 Wednesday’s Class (9/10): § Make sure you can access all online resource pages and tools. If not, try another browser and/or update your browser. § Set up a Voicethread account: register under UPS Chinese Program; upload a headshot of you as the profile avatar. Tips on Studying Chinese: § Read and follow course schedule closely and keep track of homework deadlines and quiz schedule. § Use class time as STUDY time! Eliminate possible distraction during class time to allow your full and attentive participation. § Work on course material DAILY for about 30 minutes. § Make sure all the required online tools and mobile apps work for you. Ask for help ASAP if you need tech support. Supplementary cultural topics & linguistic info (articles, video clips and additional reading): § View video clip w/hand gestures (5:30-9:30) | Music Video about Numbers § All about numbers, vividchinese.com (Infographics about Learning Chinese). § Introduction to Chinese Characters, Brown University. § Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning, Hacking Chinese. § Ha Jin’s Self-Revealing Study of the Chinese Poet Li Bai, The New Yorker.