Chinese 201 Daily Class Schedule

List of Abbreviations:
CWB: Character Workbook, D: Dialogue, G: Grammar, HW: Homework, L: Lesson, TB: Textbook, Q: Quiz, WB: Workbook

 

WEEK 3 | Sept. 11 – Sept. 15, 2023

 

Week 3

Class Tasks & Activities
E-Textbook & Lab: FluencyLink

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

 

Monday
(9/11)

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 next Wednesday’s class in a Google Doc (about 500 words) using this name: 201Calligraphy_
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Complete Monday by midnight
60-90 min. Quiz 2: L11. Dialogues 1/2 Dictation
Share in Google Doc: 201Quiz2_
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Prepare for this week’s discussion
30-60 min. Review L11 TB P. 32; also review L11 D1 & D2 vocabulary items; be ready to speak up and use the new words and patterns in this lesson

Revise HW2 & Post on Edublogs
Due Friday  (9/15) by midnight
Corrections and review completed by Sun Laoshi
See Tutor Allie for further help

Based on corrections, revise you HW2 paragraph, add a vocabulary list (中秋節zhōngqiūjié; moon festival) to accompany your essay, post on Edublogs Comparison Narrative under Comments

Workbook Assignments HW3:
2 hours
FluencyLink Workbook Assignments
Both Due next Friday (9/22) by midnight
L11-1 Listening & L11-2 Listening
submit online
Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Writing & Grammar exercises submission is NOT required but highly recommended. We will go over some of these exercises in class (online or on paper)

 

Prepare for Quiz 3  Scheduled Monday (9/18)
30-60 min. 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

Complete HW4:  Essay 1st draft
Due before next week’s discussion session
Choose one past essay from 2022 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
Create a file 201HW4_
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perry@pugetsound.edu

hwang@pugetsound.edu

 


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.

Session 1 on Wednesday (9/13) @ 3:00-3:50 pm in Wyatt 209:
Audrey, Bianca, Joe, Hope, Bonacic, Nevan

Session 2 on Thursday (9/14) @ 3:30-4:20pm in Wyatt 209:
Aaron, Devan, Lila, Naomi, Matt, Shota


Week 3 TOPIC: Weather at your hometown Discussion Notes on Jamboard
Warm up with WB 11-2 IV.D Reading
Use guided questions L11 TB P. 32 to talk about weather
Assign HW4: My Hometown Weather; see prompt and past student work My Hometown Weather

 

Wednesday
(9/13)

Warm-up Poll: 你比较喜欢什么   Discuss your assigned idea & present pros/cons
Drill: TB: L 11.2 Vocabulary
Access Fluency Workbook
Reading: WB 11-1 IV.B Reading |
WB 11-1 IV.C Reading

Q&A FluencyLink WB Assignments

Complete before class (on Monday)

Quiz 2: L11. Dialogues 1/2 Dictation

File Name: 201Quiz2_名字

Complete during class:

Group activity on Preference Poll

Q&A HW2 revisions and posting on Edublogs

Know how to access WB online and work under practice mode

 

Friday
(9/15)

WB Assignments
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:
Workbook Assignments
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
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
4. Typing Pinyin: Pinyin Tones

§   Make an appointment to work with Peer Tutor Allie. Office in Howarth 101
See appt. hours and the drop-in hour | how to make an appt.
Mondays 12-2; Wednesdays 6-8pm; Thursday 11am-12pm; Thursday 12-1pm (drop-in)