1. Unit title: 家 Family and Home
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?
Community and Service
Exploring the concepts of self, culture and identity.
Reflecting on the similarities and differences between my community and other communities around the world
Family life in other countries can differ to that of our own country.
Differences in the way families exist in other countries can affect the social norms of that country.
MYP unit question
How is family life in China different to the UK?

2. 我的宠物 LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets
Learn how to say the date
Learn how to say: my, your, his/her
Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is

3. Why are the characters in the box in the following order?
a.一 b. 小 c. 只 d. 有 e. 我 f. 狗
Give a reason, then put them in the correct order to make a sentence.
Reason:
Correct order: e _ _ _ _ _
They are in the order of stroke order – 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 d a c b f

4. Team Sentence Organising
一 My father has two big fish
二 My mother has three small dogs
三 My elder sister has one extremely big cat
四 My elder brother has two very small birds
五 My family has five people
六 ????????????????

5. 一 我 爸爸 有 两 条 大 鱼
二 我 妈妈 有 三 只 小 狗
三 我 姐姐 有 一 只 非常 大 猫
四 我 哥哥 有 两 只 很 小 鸟
五 我 家 有 五 口 人
六 我 有 一 个 妹妹 一 个 弟弟

6. 我是一只小小鸟

7. Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets
Learn how to say the date
Learn how to say: my, your, his/her
Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is

8. yuè​ 月
month (moon)

9. sān​ yuè​ 三月
March

10. bā​​ yuè​ 八月
August

11. rì​​ 日
date (sun)

12. qī​ rì​​ 七日
7th

13. shí​ wǔ​ rì​​
十五日
15th

14. Chinese date = Month + Date
四月二十二日
22nd April

15. Chinese date = Month + Date
九月三十日
30th September

16. Chinese date = Month + Date写
yuè​
rì​​ 月 日
month (moon)
date (sun)
Grammar
To say the month or date in Chinese, just put the correct number before the character for month/date.
To say the date in Chinese, always put the month before the day:
Chinese date = Month + Date
EXT: Write today’s date in Chinese and pinyin.

17. 阅读
第二十四页， 练习一。
EXT：Write the pinyin for each date given.

18. 听力
第二十四页， 练习二。
EXT= Write the characters for each date you hear.

19. Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets
Learn how to say the date
Learn how to say: my, your, his/her
Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is

20. de​ 的
possessive marker

21. wǒ​ de 我的 my

22. nǐ​ de 你的
your

23. tā​ de 他的
his

24. shēng​rì​ 生日
birthday

25. shì​ 是 is

26. jīn​tiān​​ 今天
today

27. 我的生日是。。。

28. 我妈妈的生日是。。。

29. 我姐姐的生日是。。。

30. 今天是。。。

31. 写
Write out the new words below in your vocab book and copy the grid explaining the use of 的.
shēng​rì​
shì​ 生日 是 is
birthday
EXT: Write out when your or members of your family’s birthdays are using the following dates:
4 February October July

32. Date LO: Practise word order of Chinese sentences describing pets
Learn how to say the date
Learn how to say: my, your, his/her
Learn how to say when somebody’s birthday is