1. Area of interaction focus Which area of interaction will be our focus? Why have we chosen this? Environment This AoI was chosen so that we can consider how the Chinese environment influences the types of homes and towns that people in China live in. Significant concepts What are the big ideas? What do we want our students to retain for years into the future? Our environment and culture has a strong influence on where and how we choose to live. MYP unit question What are the similarities and differences between Chinese and English homes and towns? Unit title: 你家在哪儿 – Where do you live?

2. Without using your books, match the correct preposition to its Chinese equivalent. EXT – What verb do we use when describing where something is? How would we describe where Stewie is? A. on B. inside C. under 一. 下 二. 上 三. 里

3. 今天的题目 : Describe the location of something using ‘place words’

4. Learning objectives: ALL of you will be able to recognise the new ‘place words’ in Chinese and describe where something is. MOST of you will be able to use ‘place words’ to describe where a place in town is relative to another place. SOME of you will be able to describe places in town using extended sentences.

5. qián ​ bian 前边

6. hòu ​ bian 后边

7. zuǒ ​ bian 左边

8. yòu ​ bian 右边

9. páng ​ biān 旁边

10. duì ​ miàn 对面

23. 今天的题目 – Describe the location of something using ‘place words’ 1. Write out the new words from today’s lesson (pg. 62) EXT: Based on your previous knowledge of prepositions how do you think we would use these new place words in a sentence? What sentences can you come up with?

24. 商店在右边. The shop is on the right. Noun 1+ 在 +Place word

25. 电影院在前边. The cinema is in front. Noun 1+ 在 +Place word

26. 公园在运动中心 ( 的 ) 后边. The park is behind the sports centre. Noun 1+ 在 +Place wordNoun 2+ (的)(的) +

27. 学校在博物馆 ( 的 ) 旁边. The school is next to the museum. Noun 1+ 在 +Place wordNoun 2+ (的)(的) +

28. 图书馆在电影院 ( 的 ) 右边. The library is to the right of the cinema. Noun 1+ 在 +Place wordNoun 2+ (的)(的) +

29. 1. Write out the two grammar structures and include an example sentence for each structure. Grammar 1. Noun 1 + 在 + Place word 2. Noun 1 + 在 + Noun 2 + ( 的 ) + Place word 2. Complete exercise 2 on page 46. EXT: Write out the pinyin for each sentence.

30. 听力 第四十六页， 练习一 前边 b. 电影院 后边 1. 2. 3. 4. a. 银行 左边 右边 d. 火车站 c. 邮局

31. How many different direction words can you hear? Can you point to the correct direction when you hear it??! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aosRl nxg9I

32. Choose a map and write 3 sentences about where places are using the new place words and grammar structure, then we will see if other people can identify your chosen map. EXT: Include sentences about places which aren’t on the map to confuse people! Using the vocab you already know, how would we say ‘bus stop’ in Chinese?

39. 该你说话！ Battleships! 1. Hide your sheet from your partner. Choose 3 squares and put a cross in each one. 2. To guess a square you must find out where the shop is. Guess a square by choosing a place in town and a place word to make a full sentence describing the location of the shop ： e.g. 商店在图书馆旁边 3.Winner is the first person to guess all 3 squares. WARNING: If your partner doesn’t say the sentence correctly they miss their go. If you choose correctly you can guess again. 加油！