Marking Period 4 Booklet Project: Countries, Nationalities and Languages

Countries, Nationalities and Languages Booklet Project

*Click here to view or print the handout to help you with the project

Due date:   Week of 05/13- 05/17    

Mr. Shi’s E-mail:  mrshi@theemersonschool.org

Mr. Shi’s Blog:   "Mr. Shi's Chinese classroom" @ shilaoshichinese.blogspot.com

For this project, you are going to create a mini booklet with 4 pages. ALL writing should be in BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH

Requirements for this project (check off before submitting your project):

 Cover page:

  1. Title: Either    Countries, Nationalities and Languages/Guójiā, Guójí hé Yǔyán

                                            or     A Diverse World /Duóyuán huà de Shìjiè

  2. Your name and Class number

  3. A picture symbolizing diversity.    Examples: a salad bowl,   a globe, a collage with many languages etc.

1^st Page:

 Question for asking nationality in both Chinese and English.

 Answer for yourself (use hé-and if you use multiple) *Refer to handout Sentences 1.

 Pick a famous person who is the same nationality as you are and say “-- yě shì XX rén” / -- is also…” *

 Have a picture of that famous person AND/OR country map or flag representing the nationality.

2^nd Page:

 Question for asking “What language can you speak” in both Chinese and English.

 Answer for yourself (use hé-and if you use multiple) *Refer to handout Sentences 2.

 Pick a famous person who can speak the same language and say “-- yě huì shuō… /-- can also speak…”

 Have a picture of that famous person AND/OR country map or flag representing the language.

3^rd Page:

 Question for asking “What language do you speak at home” in both Chinese and English.

 Answer for yourself (use hé-and if you use multiple) *Refer to handout Sentences 3.

 Pick a famous person who speaks the language at home and say “--zài jiā yě shuō… /-- also speaks… at home”

 Have a picture of that famous person AND/OR country map or flag representing the nationality.

*You have to put yě/also in front of shì or huì, otherwise, it is wrong.

Project Rubrics:

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Adherence to Project Directions	Project does a poor job of adhering to directions	Project does a fair job adhering to directions	Project does a good job adhering to directions	Project does an excellent job adhering to directions
Accuracy of information	Generally not accurate, has errors consistent throughout the book	Somewhat accurate, has large amount of (7-8) errors in writing or grammar	Generally accurate, has occasional (3-4) errors in writing or grammar	Very accurate information with no errors in writing or grammar
Creativity/ Appeal to readers	Shows no creativity, ways of presenting not appealing to readers	Shows some creativity, ways of presenting not appealing to readers	Shows good creativity, ways of presenting catches readers’ attention	Shows great creativity, ways of presenting very appealing to readers
Appearance	No bounding, the product doesn’t resemble the format of a book/poster	The product minimally resembles the format of a book/poster	Clean, the product resembles the format of a book/poster	Appealing aesthetically, ready-to-publish-format book/poster

Extra Credits: 3 points for paper submission, 3 points for submitting project before Week of 05/13-05/17,  3 points for writing Chinese characters instead of Pinyin.

Sample Cover

Sample 1st page:

Sample 2nd page

Sample 3rd page:

Jericho Chinese Flagship Now on Facebook

Hi All,

Jericho Chinese Flagship is now on Facebook! Like us on Facebook to get announcements, news & events and much more! Please like, share and comment on our site! 

Shi Laoshi （施老師）

Little Moose's Penpal Letter in Chinese (Traditional Characters)

1. Listen to how Little Moose speaks to penpal. 
2. Replace the red part with your own information. 

3. Practice many times until you have perfect pronuncaition. 

4. Record your penpal letter in the Audio Dropbox on the right. 

Self Introduction in Chinese

Chinese Pinyin in 6 Mins

三字經 sān zì jīng: Three Character Classic

To know meaning of each line, click here

1.Rén zhī chū, xìng běnshàn; xìng xiāngjìn, xíxiāngyuǎn.
人之初，性本善；性相近，習相遠。

2.Gǒu bù jiào, xìng nǎi qiān; jiàozhī dào, guì yǐ zhuān.

苟不教，性乃遷；教之道，貴以專。
3.Xī mèng mǔ, zé lín chù; zi bù xué, duàn jīzhù.

昔孟母，擇鄰處；子不學，斷機杼。
4.Dòu yànshān, yǒu yì fāng; jiào wǔzǐ, míng jù yáng.

竇燕山，有義方；教五子，名俱揚。

5. Yǎng bù jiào, fǔ zhīguò; jiào bù yán, shī zhī duò.

養不教，父之過；教不嚴，師之惰。

6. Zi bù xué, fēi suǒ yí; yòu bù xué, lǎo hé wèi?

子不學，非所宜；幼不學，老何為？

7. Yù bù zuó, bùchéngqì; rén bù xué, bùzhī yì.

玉不琢，不成器；人不學，不知義。

8. Wéi rén zǐ, fāng shǎo shí; qīn shīyǒu, xí lǐyí.

為人子，方少時；親師友，習禮儀。

9.Xiāng jiǔ líng, néng wēn xí; xiào yú qīn, suǒ dāng zhí.

香九齡，能溫席；孝於親，所當執。

10.Róng sì suì, néng ràng lí; tì yú zhǎng, yí xiānzhī.

融四歲，能讓梨；弟於長，宜先知。

11.Shǒu xiàotì, cì jiànwén; zhī mǒu shù, shí mǒu wén.

首孝弟，次見聞；知某數，識某文。

12.Yī ér shí, shí ér bǎi, bǎi ér qiān, qiān ér wàn.

一而十，十而百，百而千，千而萬。

13.Sāncái zhě, tiāndì rén. Sānguāng zhě, rì yuè xīng.

三才者，天地人。三光者，日月星。

14.Sān gāng zhě, jūnchén yì, fùzǐ qīn, fūfù shùn.

三綱者，君臣義，父子親，夫婦順。

15.Yuē chūn xià, yuē qiūdōng; cǐ sì shí, yùn bù qióng.

曰春夏，曰秋冬；此四時，運不窮。

16.Yuē nánběi, yuē xīdōng; cǐ sìfāng, yīng hū zhōng.

曰南北，曰西東；此四方，應乎中。

17.Yuē shuǐhuǒ, mù jīn tǔ; cǐ wǔháng, běn hū shù.

曰水火，木金土；此五行，本乎數。

18.Yuē rényì, lǐ zhìxìn; cǐ wǔcháng, bùróng wěn.

曰仁義，禮智信；此五常，不容紊。