Chinese+21H+(Green)+中级中文（绿色）


 * Homework for Wednesday, September 1, 2010**

1. Email me at chris_holownia@wellesley.k12.ma.us. In your message, please include your name and an interesting fact about yourself that few people know. 2. Please bring in a check for $28.75 made payable either to Wellesley Public Schools or Wellesley High School. 3. Have your parent/guardian read and sign the syllabus with you, and hand it in tomorrow 4. Read all the documents I gave you (classroom vocabulary, effective tools for language learning, rubric, etc.). 5. OPTIONAL: Browse the WebQuest I created at http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=33745 and start reviewing your Chinese!


 * Homework for Friday, September 3, 2010**

1. Due on Tuesday:

Please hand-write a composition of 1-2 paragraphs about yourself using as much vocabulary and structure as you can from last year. You should include (but are not limited to)...

NAME, FAMILY/FAMILY MEMBERS, OCCUPATION, FREE TIME/WEEKEND/VACATION, SHOPPING, WEATHER, BIRTHDAY, SCHOOL/CLASSES, HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS, HOBBIES, etc.

Of course, you may use your textbook and any notes you might have to aid you in writing this, but please refrain from using any sort of online translator.


 * Homework for Tuesday, September 7, 2010**

1. 学生词: 4-5页 2. Use the sheet I gave you and choose one method. Bring evidence of your work to next class.


 * Homework for Friday, September 10, 2010**

1. MINIQUIZ on 天气，比，下雪， 滑冰，公园. DAY 7. 2. Worksheet #1-6, translate into English and transliterate in to characters. Use another sheet (or the back) if necessary.


 * Homework for Monday, September 13, 2010**

1. Choose two people or things to compare. Use each “form” of comparison once in your paragraph, and make sure to say how they are alike, too. 4 sentences total: one with just the adjective, one with 一点, one with 得多／多了, and one with 一样. Remember that 一样 not a comparison, so you must join the two things with 和 or 跟. p. 6-7 in text will help you if you are confused


 * Homework for Tuesday, September 14, 2010**

1. Packet. Reading (Part III) A-C. 2. Character Review Sheet #7-12. Transliterate to characters and translate to English.


 * Homework for Thursday, September 16, 2010**

2. FIND A FUNNY OR WEIRD PICTURE AND WRITE THREE SENTENCES WITH 不但. . . 而且. . . TO DESCRIBE IT


 * Homework for Friday, September 17, 2010**

1. Study for MQ on Day 7: 约 (yue=to make an appt)，刚才(gang1cai2 = just now)，预报(yu4bao4=forecast)，更 (geng4=even more).


 * Homework for Tuesday, September 21, 2010**

1. WB packet: first four pages (5-8). 2. Study for MQ on Day 7 -- Wednesday.


 * Homework for Wednesday, September 22, 2010**

1. Finish translating -- My older sister likes to shop online. She bought a TV two weeks ago. Last week she bought a computer. She likes it very much, so yesterday she bought another one. This afternoon she’s (probably) going to go online again to buy stuff. She really has a lot of money.


 * Homework for Monday, September 27, 2010**

1. Choose another vocabulary learning strategy and use it to study the vocabulary from 11.2.


 * Homework for Tuesday, September 28, 2010**

1. Please answer the following questions in Chinese: a. What is the weather like in Massachusetts (麻州） in the four seasons? b.Which season is most fun? Why? c. When do you most like to go outside? 2. Miniquiz Day 7: Words #1-8 from Part 2 of Chapter 11.


 * Homework for Thursday, September 30, 2010**

1. Miniquiz Day 7: Words #1-8 from Part 2 of Chapter 11.


 * Homework for Friday, October 1, 2010**

1. Finish your short anecdotes about the dog using the following structures.

Haishi…ba (why don’t you…) Bu dan… erqie (not only, but also) Yi bian… yibian (while) You4 (again, in the past)

Zhengzai (“happening right now”) Chule…yiwai, hai… (in addition to… also…) He…yiyang (the same) Bi… duole/de duo/yi dian (comparison)

De shihou, yiqian, yihou (when, before, after) Xian…zai (first, then) Yong (use); na’me; zenme ban? Mei…dou (every…)

Suiran, keshi (although…) Hui (“probably going to happen”) Yao…le (soon…) Le (change)

2. New workbook packet.

3. Start thinking about your weather project (due 10/12) and reviewing for the quest on Friday.

Groups: Andrew L. & Kali; Conor & Nick K; Andrew U & Elizabeth; Chris & Nick S; Alan & Sara; Mingo & Ben


 * Homework for Wednesday, October 13, 2010**

1. Study for miniquiz on the rest of the vocabulary from Chapter 11 (after 回去)


 * Homework for Thursday, October 14, 2010**

1. Bring in three foods that you'd like to know how to say in Chinese. 2. Read Chapter 12.1 dialogue.


 * Homework for Friday, October 15, 2010**

1. Choose a third (different) mode of learning vocabulary and apply it to the Chapter 12.1 vocab list.


 * Homework for Tuesday, October 19, 2010**

1. Write three things that a teacher would say to a student, and three things a student would say to a teacher, that suggests how to make class as fruitful as possible. Use 少(shao3), 多(duo1), and 别(bie2) once each. For example...

你得少聊天. 多复习汉字. 别上厕所. 少给功课. 多说英文. 别忘我们的名字


 * Homework for Wednesday, October 20, 2010**

1 Workbook p. 25-28.


 * Ｈomework for Friday, October 22, 2010**

-- 我们买单吧. (mai3dan1) -- Let's pay the bill -- 热巧克力 （re4 qiao3ke4li4) -- Hot chocolate -- 西兰花 （xi1 lan2hua1) -- broccoli -- 椰子 （ye2zi) -- coconut -- 橘子 （ju2zi) -- orange -- 椒盐脆饼 (jiao1yan2 cui4bing3) -- pretzel -- 汉堡包 （han4 bao3bao1) -- hamburger -- 贝果 （bei4guo3) = bagel -- 烤土豆 （kao3 tu3dou4) - baked potato -- 布朗尼 （bu4lang3ni) = brownie -- 塔科 (ta3ke1) = taco -- 咖喱 （ga1li2) = curry -- 糖果 （tang2guo3) = candy -- 牛排（niu2pai2) = steak -- 烤宽面条 （kao3kuan1 mian4tiao2) = lasagna

1. Miniquiz on Monday: Characters from 12.1, #1-12 2. Composition due Thursday.


 * Homework for Thursday, October 28, 2010**

1. Answer the 10 questions on pp. 56-57**.** Handwrite your responses. (Exercise I "Recap and Narrate")


 * Homework for Friday, October 29, 2010**

1. Workbook pp. 34-37 A-D


 * Homework for Tuesday, November 2, 2010**

1. Miniquiz on Day 7 -- Lesson 12.1, Characters 13, 15 (just 汤）, 16, 18, 20-26


 * Homework for Thursday, November 4, 2010**

Translate the following into pinyin.

The book is on top of the desk. The textbook is in my backpack. Dad is waiting for me outside the school. The pen is next to the computer. A bottle of coke is under that chair. (chair = yi3zi, MW ba3) The library is to the right of the sports field. (yun4 dong4 chang3) A plate of dumplings is in the middle of the table. Mr. Holownia is behind you!


 * Homework for Friday, November 12, 2010**

1. Study for miniquiz: 鱼，极了， 牛， 凉， 黄，红， 米饭，忘，带，错，清楚，没关系，上海.


 * Classwork for last week**

Workbook 48-53, Reading Comp A-D and Writing A,C,D Workbook 57-63**,** Reading Comp A-E and Writing A,C Textbook p. 94 J according to the text on 79-80 Read textbook 83-89


 * Homework for Friday, December 3, 2010**

Step 1: Read an article and view the video footage on library’s wikispaces page **http://whsresearch.wikispaces.com/China** under your topic. Be prepared to discuss your homework in class.

You will work in groups and give a presentation to the class about one of the following topics.

Life of a Teenager

Conor Chinitz Nick Kantor

The Environment

Kali Karakasidou Liza Klenk

Intellectual Piracy

Andrew Lazaro Mingo Sánchez

Popular Culture

Ben Scammell Nick Shepard

Internet Censorship

Andrew Uebelein Sara Uebelein

Shanghai Yesterday and Today

Alan Xie Chris Yee


 * Tuesday, December 7, 2010**

1. GPS project due Monday, December 13. It should be written in characters, but you may bring a copy in pinyin/tones if you believe it will help you with the recording.


 * Wednesday, January 5, 2011**

1. Please study for a miniquiz next class on Chapter 14.1, Characters #1-10.


 * Friday, January 7, 2011**

1. p. 80-84 WB. 2. Make sure you're ready to present on the crazy/weird/funny activity:

What did you do? For how long? Where? When? How? With whom? 还（没） = still 又.. . 又. . . （both...and...)


 * Monday, January 10, 2011**

1. MQ, pp. 104-105 #10-18.


 * Monday, January 31, 2011**

1. MQ p. 137 #1-10


 * Thursday, February 3, 2011**

Happy Year of the Rabbit! WB 96-98


 * Monday, February 7, 2011**

1. MQ on the rest of the words from the first part of Chapter 15.


 * Monday, February 10, 2011**

1. WB 99


 * Friday, February 11, 2011**

1. Please study the following characters for a MQ on Monday. （See p.116-117)

钟头，以为，聪明，用功，班，长大，可爱，去年，圆，眼睛，一定，蛋糕


 * Homework for February 14, 2011**

1. Read the second dialogue in Chapter 15 and write 5 reading comprehension questions that you might ask your students to answer if you were giving a quiz on its content. 2. Test on Chapter 15 (translation: English-Chinese and Chinese-English) the THURSDAY after vacation (March 3).


 * Homework for February 16, 2011**

1. WB 102-106 reading


 * Homework for March 3, 2011**

1. Please read the first dialogue in Chapter 16 and write 5 reading comprehension questions, in Chinese or English, about it.


 * Homework for March 14, 2011**

1. Workbook pp. 128-132


 * Homework for March 18, 2011**

1. WB 134-135 E, F, G.


 * Homework for March 28, 2011**

1. Write a short, one-paragraph summary of Ch 18.1 dialogue, using some new vocabulary and the new grammar structures we learned in class today (连. . . 都／也. . . ； 多 （approx. #); and. . . 了.. . 了**）**

1. Create a list of characteristics of two completely different/opposite people, using 哪儿，谁，什么，什么时候，and perhaps one more question word. For example, Aisha 什么都喜欢吃，可是Mona什么都不喜欢吃.
 * Homework for March 30, 2011**


 * Homework for March 31, 2011**

1. 144D, 153D, 161B


 * Homework for April 1, 2011**

1. Learn characters on p. 230.


 * Homework for April 5, 2011**

1. WB 162C-165C


 * Homework for April 11, 2011**

1. Finish WB 18.1


 * Homework for April 13, 2011**

1. Workbook 18.2 pp. 168-170


 * Homework for April 25, 2011**

1. Workbook 171-174.


 * Homework for April 27, 2011**

1. WB 175


 * Homework for April 29, 2011**

1. Test Tuesday.


 * Homework for May 9, 2011**

1. WB 181-183


 * Homework for May 11, 2011**

1. Miniquiz on Ch 19 #1-10 Friday.


 * Homework for May 13, 2011**

1. Write an essay (like the one you will write on the exam) based on the question from WB p. 187. You may do this however you like -- using notes, without notes, using the book, without the book, using a dictionary, without a dictionary, etc. Whatever you think will help you MOST to study for the final. Try to use lots of vocabulary and structures from this year! :-)


 * Homework for May 16, 2011**

1. Answer the comprehension questions at the end of Ch 19 about dialogue 19.2 in Chinese.


 * Homework for May 20, 2011**

1. www.lingtlanguage.com/cholownia, due SUNDAY by midnight