Online Curriculum Resources - Student Activities  


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Year 7  
   

Greetings

Characters to Colour

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

 
   
Year 8  
   

Family Unit

This is a whole unit of work for the topic of family with a detailed unit plan. It includes sixteen pages of practical activities and practice sheets and also includes a final assignment. (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

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Family Unit Activities - Download pages 1-7
                                - Download pages 8-16
Download Family Assessment
 (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

ANIMALS

This resource has been designed to teach the topic of Animals.

It contains listening speaking, reading, writing, games and activities about animals.

Its purpose is for students to learn the characters about the animals and be familiarized with the Animal Zodiac Story.

Purpose: Vocabulary building and reinforcement
Learning outcome: Recognise and respond to animal's vocabulary in Chinese
Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
Links to units: Animals
Level: Chinese in the New Zealand Curriculum Level 2, and 3.

The Animal Zodiac Game
Students learn about history of the Chinese zodiac and acquire language and vocabulary through drama and play.

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Animal Snap
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Animal Listening Exercise
A simple grid and student listening exercise to practise listening for how many pets children have.
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Animal Reading Exercise
Students practise reading about how many pets children have.
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Animal Writing Exercise
Writing practise that focuses on animal vocabulary.
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Animal Survey
A survey to consolidate vocabulary and learning using four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing.
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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

 
   
Year 9  
   

Unit Objectives

Good teaching means giving students clear objectives and expectations for the year or unit. These 7 pages give a clear outline of what students will be able to do by the end of the unit and provides a table for self, peer and teacher assessment. It can be given to a student at the beginning or end of a unit of work. (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Family

These activities refer to the teaching of greetings, self introduction and introduction of others and talking about family members. It contains listening and reading activities to build and reinforce vocabulary for the unit and relates to Chinese in the NZ Curriculum Level 2 and 3. (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

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 (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)
 
   
Year 10  
   
WEATHER AND SEASONS

Describing Weather and Giving Advice about what to take/wear

This is an information gap pair activity to get students interacting in the target language about weather in various cities. They then can practice giving advice on what to wear or what to take. Language and pictures can be adapted for any level.

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Discussing the weather and seasons

This activity gives students the opportunity to fill out a chart in groups, allowing discussion and interaction. The task allows students to use reinforce vocabulary learnt and discuss and compare the weather in Beijing and Auckland.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Weather Worksheet
This is a worksheet to practise and consolidate weather vocabulary and to practise skills of reading and writing.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Which season do you like best?

This is a template for students to interview their peers on what seasons they like and dislike and to give explanations.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Weather diary

This activity requires students to record the weather for one month, then write a paragraph describing the weather patterns.

Download activity sheet (y10_weather_diary.pdf)
(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

 
   
Year 11  
   
Character Groups

Grouping characters is an effective way to help students summarize and memorize characters at the end of each unit. From this students learn how Chinese characters can be grouped together. It can be used in any unit.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Usage of de

The verb 'de'+ complement is a pattern used to comment on the way an action is performed. Examples and a student worksheet is provided.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Duration of time

These three worksheets are used to learn and practise the structure of duration of time and indefinite time and can be used in sequence.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

Verb + Object

'Verb + object' is a common structure in Chinese learning. This task practises the common VO's and focuses on vocabulary acquisition.

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 (Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

 
   
Year 12  
   

Frequency and Sequencing

These four tasks are aiming at improving Year 11, NCEA Level One Chinese students using frequency and sequence words naturally.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)

My Country: Interactive Close Activity

This activity is an interactive activity to allow students negotiate meaning and practise vocabulary in the target language.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College and Raewyn Ho, Rutherford College)

 
   
Year 13  
   

Vocabulary Classification Chart

This chart can be used in any topic for students to classify vocabulary. Its purpose is for seniors to recognise and reinforce the learning of characters by grouping them together.

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(Compiled by Arima Wang, Marist College)