Topic ----Birthday Party

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED
GOALS
Standards for foreign
language learning

Transfer

Students will be able to independently use their learning to arrange

a birthday party in Chinese language and talk about the Chinese
zodiac sign

1.1 Interpersonal
Communication

Meaning

1.2 Interpretive
Communication
4.2 comparing culture
2.1 culture
understanding
3.1 Knowledge
Students reinforce
and further their
knowledge of other

UNDERSTANDINGS

ESSENTIAL

1)

Students will understand that QUESTIONS

peoples celebration of
1Why do we
birthday is varied from culture celebrate birthday?
to culture;
2Why are there 12
2) Gift-giving is a common
zodiac symbols in Chinese
practice among the world but culture?
differs in many aspects.

disciplines through
the world language.

Acquisition

Students will be skilled at

Students will know:
1) The simple procedures and
1) Arranging a birthday
related expressions to arrange
party in Chinese
a birthday party in Chinese;
language;
2) Chinese zodiac sign;
2) Giving a simple
3) Sentence structure of ...
description of
4) Time duration
someones facial
features;
3) Writing a thank-you
note in Email manner
4) Discussion Chinese
zodiac sign
Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative
Criteria

Assessment Evidence

Performance
assessment
Other
assessment

1)
2)

Arrange a birthday party for the students of the month

Transfer the textbook conversation into a 4-pictures story, film the
story to a video.
1Write an picture narration (story telling) related to the topic
2Speaking test
3Self evaluation assessment
4Chinese zodiac poster

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

1st day of school

Reviewing
questions
in
Chinese.
Essential question
and
group
discussion on the
topic

Students break
into groups to
make
a
conversation
script draft on
shopping
clothes
in
China.
(TB
pp131)
List the things
and situation
they need to
learn within the
topic and make
a learning plan.

Teacher help students to

make their own script
and move to make a
scenario

Grammar
...
pp108 A
Pass out practice sheet
for word quiz
HW WB pp74 B

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Check and go
over HW,
Check New Words
TB pp107 read
and explain
WB pp75 C

Flashcard
pp104 11-18
TB pp109-111
Lesson 14 text
study
Listen
and
answer
the
question,
students
can
take
notes
while listening.

Read the text and correct

producing problems
Go over line by line
Lesson 14 WB pp69-70

Students read aloud the

text in class
Pp 131 see English and
say it in Chinese
Pass out conversation
sheet
Work
on
the
conversation sheet
HW: TB pp111

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Base
on
the Write an picture narration (story telling)
introduction
related to the topic
conversation, try Present the video
to put more info
into it and present
in class.
HW: 14-1-1 test
next week, make
review sheet on
their own, turn in

Day 12
Sentence structure of
...
Time duration
Speaking test

Chapter project day 13- day 15

Chinese zodiac poster

Watch the video
Discussion
Essential question

Why are there 12 zodiac symbols in Chinese culture?

Chinese zodiac symbols and make a zodiac card
Design, draw each animal and find each animal with an Chinese idiom.
Reference
http://www.gochengdoo.com/en/blog/item/2977/mandarin_made_easier_fun_with_chines
e_zodiac_idioms
Day 20

Day 21

Extra package, speaking Lesson 14-1 test

part
Lesson 14-1 test review
Test on Thursday
Pass
out
the
test
explanation
Writing part practice