十二生肖

Agenda 1. video 2. vocabularies 3. activities 4. dialogues 5. character writing Objective: I can tell what my Chinese zodiac animal is.

Video Time Website for Chinese Zodiac Animals in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0fgAFe-h0 After watching the video, please answer the following questions: 1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned. 2. And what are those animals?

lǎo shǔ 老 鼠

niú 牛

lǎo hǔ 老 虎

tù zi 兔 子

lónɡ 龙

shé 蛇

mǎ 马

yánɡ 羊

hóu zi 猴 子

jī 鸡

ɡǒu 狗

zhū 猪

Activity 1: Fly Swatter Competition Stand in two lines and group members take turns to pat the picture once only when hearing the animal’s name is said in Chinese. 2. Remember to pat the picture once only and the student who pats the picture correctly gets one point. The group who gets highest score get stickers!

Activity 2: “Image Searching” Each of you would get a bag of animal images, please find out the animal I say. The first one who can find the animal will get a sticker.

Assignment Fill in the blank with correct pin yin.

Cultural Links: Chinese Zodiac The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12 year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year. According to this legend, the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime. People born in that year will become that animal, taking on its characteristics and identifying with it for their entire lives.   The animals, in order they appear in the cycle are the ratrat, oxrat, ox, tigerrat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbitrat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragonrat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragon, snakerat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragon, snake,horserat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragon, snake,horse, sheep/goat/ramrat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragon, snake,horse, sheep/goat/ram, monkeyrat, ox, tiger, hare/rabbit, dragon, snake,horse, sheep/goat/ram, monkey, rooster/cock, dog, dog, and boar/pig. Find the year that you were born in.

Handout of the animal Find out which year you were born and what your Chinese zodiac animal is.

Activity 3: Wang lao shi will play some music on, and you have to pass a ball one by one. When the music stops, the student who has the ball needs to say: 我属….. which means my Chinese zodiac animal is….. wǒ shǔ 我 属 ........

Question tā shǔ 她 属 ………. tā shǔ.... 他 属 .... How can we express what’s his/her/sb’s Chinese zodiac animal is? tā shǔ.... 他 属 .... tā shǔ 她 属 ……….

Question How to ask “what’s your Chinese Zodiac animal” is in Chinese?

Dialogue nǐ shǔ shén me 你 属 什 么 ？ A: wǒ shǔ 我 属 ..... B:

Pair Work Work with your partner to practice the dialogue.

Exit Ticket Please use pin yin to write down what your and your partner’s Chinese zodiac animal is.

再见！