Unit title: 嗨！Hi! Introducing yourself in Chinese Area of interaction focus Which area of interaction will be our focus? Why have we chosen this? Significant concepts What are the big ideas? What do we want our students to retain for years into the future? Human Ingenuity The creation and use of language as a means of communicating. Exploring grammatical patterns as a way of building and creating language. Language is a foundation for everyday life, human interaction and general learning. Communication with others always depends on some form of language. MYP unit question How can we benefit from learning a foreign language? How is learning a symbol/character-based language different to learning an alphabet based language?

My name is… LO: Introduce yourself Talk about other people using he/she

He & She Same Pronunciation but…….. Different Character

Same Pronunciation… tā

Different Character.. She 她

Different Character.. He 他

她 他 他 她 他 她 他

jiào​ 叫 to be called

shén​me​ 什么 what

你叫什么? + + nǐ jiào shén​me​ What are you called? You called what? Subject​ + Verb​ + 什么?​ nǐ jiào shén​me​ 你叫什么? You called what? What are you called?

wǒ jiào .....​ 我叫... I am called…

tā jiào .....​ 他叫... He is called…

叫

她

什么

他

他 叫 她 什么

Writing Write the phrases into your vocabulary book. Use the character sheet to practise your writing.

jiào​ shén​me​ tā​ tā​

听力 第八页 – 练习一

读 d b e a

写 第九页 – 练习三 Write two sentences for each picture. Include: Name Age Remember to use the correct 他 or 她!

Bingo he she to be called I you years old what good busy

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