Chinese 201 Daily Class Schedule

WEEK 3 | Sept. 16 – Sept. 20, 2024

 

Week 3

Class Tasks & Activities
E-Textbook & Lab: FluencyLink

Preparation & Work Due
(after today’s class and before next period)

 

Monday
(9/16)

No Class

You should have attended the Tacoma Moon Festival and experienced first-hand a community-based activity.

If you did not attend, please visit the online National Museum of Asian Art and share your notes and reflection by Wednesday’s class in a Google Doc (about 500 words) using this name: 201Calligraphy_
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Quiz 2: Complete take-home dictation
Due Wednesday (9/18) by midnight
Quiz 2 uses vocabulary items from both L11. Dialogues ½. Know the new words and then
listen to this Dictation recording. Type out what you hear into characters. Annotate new words if needed. Share in Google Doc: 201Quiz2_
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Prepare for this week’s discussion
Review L11 TB P. 32; learn L11
D1 & D2 vocabulary; be ready to speak up
and use the new words and patterns

HW2: Revise & Post on Edublogs
Due Friday  (9/20) by midnight
See edits and revise your work
Based on corrections, revise you HW2, add a vocabulary list (
中秋zhōngqiū; mid-autumn)
to accompany your essay, post on Edublogs Comparison Narrative Page under Comments

Quiz 3: study L11 D2 vocabulary items 
Scheduled in class next Monday (9/23)
Study L11 Dialogue 2 vocabulary:
 Use Skritter, or  TB: L 11.2 
√ Can connect Characters to Pinyin, and learn the meaning in English to the corresponding word

HW3 My Hometown Weather Writing
Due before next week’s discussion session
Choose one past essay posted under Comments on My Hometown Weather and read carefully; identify all the patterns

Read the essay prompt, and start writing your own; list vocabulary items along the way
Complete 1st draft, and create a file
201HW3_
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Work with Peer Tutor Rhae in CWL (Howarth 105) during Sunday’s Drop-In hours 6-8pm. No need to make an appointment.


 


Weekly
Discussion
Sessions

Weekly Discussion starts this week. Preparing for Discussion: During this 50-minute small session, we focus on oral skills. We will cover conversational topics related to the lesson, introduce more ‘personalized’ vocabulary, troubleshoot difficult grammatical points, and hone presentational skills.

Discussion Schedule (Confirmed):
Monday 4:00-4:50 in Wy 209 Kenny, Hailey, Xiao Miao, Madilyn
Thursday 9:00-9:50 in Wy 301 Ava, Julio
Thursday 3:30-4:20  in Wy 206 AlikaFrannie, Sandra, Brandon


Week 3 TOPIC:
Weather at your hometown See past Class Notes on Jamboard
Warm up with WB 11-2 IV.D Reading
Use guided questions L11 TB P. 32 to talk about weather
Assign HW3: My Hometown Weather; see prompt and past student work My Hometown Weather

 

Wednesday
(9/18)

Warm-up Poll: 你比较喜欢什么   
Drill: TB: L 11.2 Vocabulary
Workbook Reading:
WB 11-1 IV.B Reading
WB 11-1 IV.C Reading

HW2 & Set up Edublogs Account
Go over HW3
My Hometown Weather
Q&A
FluencyLink and Skritter access

Work on before class (on Wednesday)

Quiz 2: L11. Dialogues 1/2 Dictation

File Name: 201Quiz2_名字
Due Wednesday (9/18) by midnight

Complete during class:

Group activity on Preference Poll

Q&A HW2 revisions and posting on Edublogs Comparison Narrative Page

Know how to access e-Textbook and join Skritter classroom group

 

Friday
(9/20)

Go over HW3 My Hometown Weather
Listen to WB 11-2 I.A: L11 D2 Video Questions
Reading: WB 11-2 IV.B Reading
Pattern Review:
PP. 6-9 /PP. 9-11 /一点儿
PP. 21-27 //......可是/還是…吧

Before Class:
Work on HW3 writing

During Class:
Prep for Quiz 3 (next Monday)
Listen to Dialogue 2 via audio file

Practice comparative patterns:
/比較/
Adverbs:
非常/特別/比較/

 


Online tools and tutor support to keep in mind for work to be completed during Week 3
:

§   Know how to use the following online tools smartly and responsibly:
1. Annotation tools: Purple Culture, MandarinSpot
2. Character/vocabulary practicing tool: Skritter (check email for authorization code) | Join Chin201 Classroom
3. Essay writing/check sentence structure: Google/ChatGPT (always credit and reference your use in the essay, adding notes and
    thorough vocabulary list to demonstrate your own work – only use it to check grammar usage in each sentence – never translate entire essay)
4. Typing Pinyin: Pinyin Tones

§   Work with Peer Tutor Rhae. Office in Howarth 105
See appt. hours and the drop-in hour | how to make an appt.
Wednesdays 6-8pm (conversation); Thursdays 3-5pm (individual appointments); Sunday 6-8pm (drop-in)