Marietta City Schools Pacing Guide

Subject: Chinese 2

Grade Level: 9-12th grade Time Frame: Year Long

Month / Week
	
CCS Benchmarks
	
Skills/Activities
	
Resources
	
Assessment

Aug
		
Pre-test

Sep
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication

(Novice Mid)

Cultures Standard: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
Review
Review all previously learned vocabulary, sentence patterns, grammar, and culture.

●	Interpersonal communication
○	Students interacting with other students in the target language
●	Interpretive communication
○	Students understanding information presented in the target language from the teacher or other students
●	Presentation communication
○	Students create dialogues or projects and present them to their peers or teacher in the target language
●	Comparisons
○	Learn about the target culture and compare it to their own
	
Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.

PPT

Quizlet
	
Pre and post test
· Periodic formative assessment (classroom discussion, worksheets, daily warm ups)

Create a fictional character, draw, and write a brief biography about that character

Oct
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication
	
Sports and Health

Lesson 31: Ni nar bu shufu?
·	Inquire about one’s physical/health condition ·	Describe physical illness in a health clinic Lesson 32: Yisheng, wo yateng.
·	Inquire and tell the location of items ·	Count with ordinal numbers
	
Text book: Learn Chinese with Me

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.
Youtube video：看牙医
	
- Oral and listening assessment: asking and answer about symptoms; - Writing and reading assessment: Characters and compounds.
- Unit test

PROJECTS:
- Video dubbing of 看牙医

	
(Novice Mid)
	
Lesson 33: Ni hui youyong ma?
Inquire about and discuss one’s favorite sports

Nov
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)

CULTURES STANDARD: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
Lesson 34: Qu youyong chi zenme zou? ·	Ask and give directions

Lesson 35: Ni qu nar du shujia?
·	Inquire about and explain one’s holiday plan

Lesson 36: Yundongchang shang you hen duo ren
·	Explain a process
·	Describe the scene of an activity

Unit test
	
Text book: Learn Chinese with Me

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.

PPT
	
-Writing and reading assessments: Fill in the blank with correct characters and compounds
-Speaking and listening assessments: Voicethread

PROJECTS:
Campus tour video making

Dec
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)

CULTURES STANDARD: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
Topics: Concepts of humility
·	How do American students and Chinese students interpret “high maintenance” behavior? ·	Compliments: humility and honest feedback ·	What does virtue and humility mean in the
Chinese culture? American culture? ·	“Being humble is a great virtue.”
·	“Humility brings progress.”
·	Nali nali role in conversation

6 forms of creating Chinese characters – liu shu

formation of Chinese characters

1st semester exam.
	
Movie

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.

PPT

TED video about characters
	
PROJECTS:
- PowerPoint presentation of what similarity and difference of Christmas and Chinese Spring Festival.

- Write to a Chinese pen-pal and tell him/her about what you do with your friends.

Exam

Jan
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational
	
School Life
In this unit of study, students learn about school life in China including the role of teachers and student leaders.

They compare Chinese and American parents’ expectations of their high school students.
	
Textbook: Integrated Chinese

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.
	
·	Pre and post test
·	Periodic formative assessment (classroom discussion, worksheets, daily warm ups)
·	Create survey and ask classmates
·	Design a school and label rooms in Chinese

	
Communication
	
Students also learn about and communicate about school routines and personal responsibilities such as study habits, high school schedules, extracurricular activities, movement of teachers from class to class, graduation requirements and preparation for the national high-stakes exams.
		
·	Create and present a dialogue to the class

Feb
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)

CULTURES STANDARD: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
Topic: The art of shopping

In this unit of study, students learn about the art of shopping in China. Students describe items and negotiate prices. They learn to buy, return and exchange merchandise. They compare Chinese and American shopping products and practices as well as the buying power of Chinese and USA currency.
	
Textbook: Integrated Chinese

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.

PPT
	
·	Pre and post test
·	Periodic formative assessment (classroom discussion, worksheets, daily warm ups)
·	Design a traditional Chinese dress and write a poem about it
·	Create an advertisement for a business and present it to the class ·	Work in a group to create a fashion show in Chinese

Mar
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)

CULTURES STANDARD: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
Topic: Weather
In this unit of study, students learn to describe weather in different seasons in Chinese. They listen to a weather report and made decisions about which activities and clothing are appropriate given the forecast. Students identify indigenous seasonal products grown in China and how these products influenced the Chinese die. They are able to compare weather and seasons in major cities of the world.
	
Textbook: Integrated Chinese

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout.
	
-Create a PowerPoint presentation of China’s geographic climate and annual weather report.

- Research and report on a Chinese region with a history of extreme temperature or weather pattern.

- Test

Apr
	
Communication
	
Topic: Travel and Transportation
	
Textbook: Integrated Chinese
	
·	Pre and post test
·	Periodic formative assessment

	
Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)

CULTURES STANDARD: Gain and use knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
	
In this unit of study, students identify various modes of public transportation used in Chinese daily life and for vacations. They learn to read a schedule and make plans to travel from one location to another. Students compare the use of public transportation in USA and China. Students explore how families in both countries plan vacations. In addition, they learn to offer holiday greetings and express personal gratitude for help received from others while traveling.

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout

PPT
	
(classroom discussion, worksheets, daily warm ups)

Make travel plan for imaginary trip to China.

May
	
Communication Standard: Interpretive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Presentational Communication (Novice Mid)
	
Topic: Asking directions

Review for final exam

Final exam
	
Textbook: Integrated Chinese

Teacher-created packets for practice and handout

PPT.
	
Listening and speaking: Ask and tell someone about the direction. ·

Reading and writing: Fill in the blank with correct characters and compounds.

PROJECTS:Design a city and tell directions from one location to another

Exam

Jun
		
Final Exam