- Read the course expectation sheet with your parent/guardian, go over details, sign the sheet, and place the sheet in your Mandarin binder.
- Start preparing materials needed for this class (binder, pencils, markers in ziplock bag, and a composition book). Bring them to school as soon as you have them but no later than Friday.
- Preview two websites:
- http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php
- click on some of the links to explore the origins of Chinese language
- http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php
- click on some of the words and listen to the pronunciations
Tuesday, 8/27
- Finish the front page of handout from yesterday. Practice writing the 4 radicals (follow the stroke order you learned in class today) and memorize.
- Study the back side of the handout. Memorize the four expressions you learned. The website to look up pronunciation is:
- http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php
Thursday, 8/29
- Review notes on pinyin tones
- go to this website to practice on tones (do 15 minutes) and write down your scores.
- http://pinyinpractice.com/tones.htm
Friday, 8/30