Term 3 Week 7 Language Home Learning Task

Prep Farm Animals

In the last week, we have explored the Mid-Autumn Festival’s traditions. Today, we

are going to continue learning about the topic of Farm Animals.

Step 1: Learn to ask and answer the question ‘ni shi shui?’ from Li Laoshi’s video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXyvrivrsUc4InDhYZbMIVmPikihWKoe/view?usp=sh

aring

Step 2: Copy the following animals and sentences in your book, and fill their Chinese

names on the lines.

*Background Language Learner

Please copy 2 more animals and their sentences in your LFH book.

Year 1 Vegetables

In the last week, we have explored the Mid-Autumn Festival’s traditions. Today, we

are going to continue learning about the topic of Vegetables.

Step 1: Watch Li Laoshi’s video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWVuItsCVkHQ173rZmyA0Agz97dMh5wi/view?usp=

sharing;

Step 2: Orally repeat the sentence pattern ‘_____ shi ___se de’ along with the

video;

Step 3: Write two sentences in the book to answer Li Laoshi’s questions from the

video: what is the colour of Xīlánhuā, and what is the colour of Yángcōng?

*Background Language Learner

Please also copy three muddled sentences from the video in your LFH book.

Year 2 Fruit

In the last week, we have explored the Mid-Autumn Festival’s traditions. Today, we

are going to continue learning about the topic of Fruit.

Step 1: Watch Li Laoshi’s video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YZrJTDKLnhWPyyFpErdbePs0x1D1xkQh/view?usp=

sharing

Step 2: Orally repeat the short phrase ‘_____sè de ____’ along with the video;

Step 3：Based on the structure of ‘_____sè de ____’, write down the

watermelon, pear and their colours in your book.

*Background Language Learner

Please copy all the fruit and their colours in pinyin on your LFH book.

Year 3 My Garden

Dear wonderful Year 3s,

I hope you all have had a wonderful week of learning. At the beginning of this term,

the Year 3s start to learn the language of rooms/places in a house. We have learned

the names of rooms/places in the first two sessions. Now this week, we will be

focusing on the language of “What’s in the garden” in Mandarin.

Step 1: Watch Wang Laoshi’s video and answer the question in

Chinese:

What are the five things that Wang Laoshi finds in her garden?

https://youtu.be/xtaI8m-FqJI

Step 2: List at least five things that you find in your garden in Chinese.

Step 3: Create a video to share at least 5 things you find in your garden. Don't

forget to upload you video to your class Seesaw and share with your peers

and teachers.

Background Chinese learners

In your video, you will need to describe the things you find with descriptive

language, such as, 我的花园里有一棵结了很多果实的橘子树，这些橘子挂在树

上好像一个个小灯笼。

If you want to review the vocabulary of rooms in a house, please watch this

video attached

https://youtu.be/1KxBkFTw4cc

Year 4 School Subjects

Dear beautiful Year 4s

I hope you all have had a fabulous week of learning so far. At the start of this term,

we learned the vocabulary of school subjects in Mandarin and spent time working on

the timetable of the day. This week we are back to this topic and will focus on the

conversation about school subjects in Mandarin.

Step 1: Watch the conversation between Wang Laoshi and

Minnie.

Answer the question:

What are the subjects that Minnie is going to learn today?

https://youtu.be/8W786-dUAfM

Step 2: List the subjects that Minnie mentioned in the video. You may play the video

again to learn the pronunciation.

Step 3：Apply the conversational language as per below and create a video about

school subjects. You could video yourself like how Wang laoshi did, or you may use

some apps like PuppetPal, ScratchJR etc. Be creative!

Background Chinese learners

When you talk about your timetable of the day, you will need to add vocabulary of

date, time, sessions and conjunctive adjectives. For example, 今天是星期三, 九点到

十点，我有写作。接下来，十点到11点，我有数学。。。

Year 5 Learning topic: Make a phone call

Hello wonderful Year 5s,

I hope everyone is well and stays happy. This week, we will keep learning about our

Term 3 topic: How to make a phone call in Chinese, and recap our everyday

language. Please follow the instructions and complete your learning.

Learning tasks:

Step 1: Preparation

Prepare a notebook or paper to write down some notes. Now it’s time for you to start

to analyse useful/interesting information, create a phone call scenario and plan for

your role play when you go through your learning journey this week.

Step 2: review everyday language

Watch Guo laoshi’s video and practice everyday language with your confident voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZhDdn2JSo

Step 3: watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovxKebCgMic and review the

sentences and vocabulary that we learnt earlier in school, and write down your notes

for the conversation and practice how to start a phone call.

Please see the example for your notes:

Step 4: Choose one of the following scenarios to focus on, and think about how to

plan your role play with that scenario. You will be asked to take a video of your role

play at the end of the term.

Step 5: In your role play you need to use the following checklist:

Checklist Tick Miss

1. Greeting

2. Ask who do you want to talk with

3. What is this phone call about

4. What is the issue

5. How to solve the problem

6. Show your appreciation

7. Say goodbye

Step 6: Now it’s time for you to make your decision, start to write a draft and

sequence your conversation for a role play. You do not need to upload your work

this week.

Background language learners

-- Please complete a narrative in Chinese to describe your experience when you

make a phone call to solve a problem.

文章需要包括以下内容：

1. 时间、地点、和主要人物

2. 交待文章的背景

3. 发生了什么事情

4. 如何解决了问题，经历了哪些困难？等等

-- Please keep your work in a safe place and bring it to school when we get back.

Year 6 Learning topic: Cities

Hello amazing Year 6s,

I hope everyone is well and stays happy. This week, we will keep learning about our

Term 3 topic: Cities, and recap our everyday language. Please follow the instructions

and complete your learning. Enjoy your learning journey and I am looking forward to

watching your presentation.

Learning tasks:

Step 1: Preparation

prepare a notebook or paper for you to write down some notes. Now it’s time for you

to start to analyse useful/interesting information about the city or trip that you chose

earlier in school and start to prepare for your presentation.

Step 2: review everyday language

Watch Guo laoshi’s video and practice everyday language with your confident voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZhDdn2JSo

Step 3: watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcLTt7qFwp0

open your mind and think about the most interesting city you would like to explore.

The reasons might because of the:

● Stunning sights ● Unique natural landscapes ● Exotic Eastern cultures and customs ● Unique animals ● Mysterious places ● Various Chinese foods ● It is your hometown

Step 4: Choose one city to focus on, and think about how to plan your presentation.

You will need to make a PowerPoint presentation with key sentences in Chinese to

introduce your explored city. Here are some examples for the key sentences you will

need to include in the details of your presentation:

Step 5: In your role play you need to refer to the following checklist:

Checklist Tick Miss / need to improve

1. Quality of Information

(Required information: city name, location, area, population, special fact/attraction name, location or distance, special fact/food name, special fact)

2. Creativity

（The presentation is unique, contains a lot of

interesting points with corresponding pictures.）

3. Organisation and neatness

(The presentation has different sections, is easy to follow and is complete. The pictures and texts are neat and eye-catching. )

4. Spelling

(There are no spelling mistakes.)

5. Oral presentation (The presentation is delivered in a logical sequence in a

clear, loud and inviting voice that can be heard by all the audience. The presenter uses some body language and frequent eye contact with the audience.)

Step 6: Now it’s time for you to make your decision, start your inquiry unit and plan

for your presentation. You do not need to upload your work this week.

Background language learners

-- Please complete the PowerPoint presentation in Chinese or an information report

in Chinese to introduce a city.

文章/幻灯片需要包括以下内容：

1. 介绍城市特色

2. 介绍城市主要地标建筑

3. 介绍城市历史及文化

4. 介绍当地小吃

5. 介绍当地人口及经济发展

6. 介绍当地民众的主要生活