Planning Planning Preparing Preparing Producing Producing Presenting Presenting How to design a booklet?

1.Decide the subject( 主题 ). 2.Search the information needed. Methods: the Internet, the library, newspapers, magazines …

M3U2 Language

鱼 象 鸡 虎 龟 鹿 鸟 马

Skim the passage and divide it into 3 parts. Think about the main idea of each part. Para. 1. Paras.2-4 Para. 5 Simplified Chinese characters Simplified Chinese characters. Brief introduction of Chinese characters. The origin, types and development of Chinese characters.

one part of the character indicating meaning and the other showing pronunciation （形声字） drawings of physical objects ( 象形字 ) 山 mountain 休 rest characters made by combining 2 or more elements （会意字 ) 上 up characters developed for directions and numbers ( 指事字 ) oxygen one part indicating the meaning and the other suggesting the pronunciation ( 形声字 )

Braille These characters contributed a lot to the development of modern Chinese, but to blind people they are of little use. Then what language do blind people use?

Who invented the language Braille to blind people? What were the books for blind people like at Braille’s time? What gave him the idea of creating Braille? How can the blind read and write today? Louis Braille. Heavy and inconvenient. A soldier’s story about passing messages at night during war. They read with the fingers and write with a special typewriter. Read and answer

TopicPagesContentDesigner The development of Chinese characters or The story of Braille Page 1cover Page 2introduction Page 3… Page 4… … 1.Work in small groups. Have a discussion and then decide the topic of your booklet, the pages it contains and the contents of each page. 2.Choose a group leader, some designers and a reporter. 3. The reporter is going to present your booklet or the idea.

1. Put what has been written together. 2. Add some pictures where necessary. 3. Correct mistakes if there are any. 3. New ideas can be added. 4. Now the booklet is finished.

Present the booklet to the whole class by talking about each page.

It’s show time!

Tomorrow, we will hold a booklet competition. Please work in groups and present your work.

Thank you!

Cover

Introduction: The Chinese character is one of the oldest and most widely used writing systems in the world. It has a history of five or six thousand years. Follow us to the next few pages, and you will find more about Chinese characters. Page 1 Introduction

Page 2 Character: 木 mu (tree) Method: the Internet Findings: It shows a trunk and two leafless branches of a tree. The bottom half of the character may be hanging branches or the roots of a tree. The character doubles to represent “forest ” and triples to represent “dense forest.” Conclusion: people in ancient China used shapes or pictures to represent different objects.