Project - China Town
Building
Step 1: List of buildings
Students discuss and brainstorm with teacher what to build and write them down;
Step 2: Localization
Students look up on the web what the buildings look like in China and what the popular brands there are in China. Pay attention to the words used in Chinese for brands.
Revise the "construction list"
Students come up with Chinese names for streets and buildings.
Step 3: Siting --> Blueprint
Teacher discuss plans for the locations of different buildings with students;
Teacher draw a rough draft on board;
After finalizing the Siting, Teacher draw a final blueprint on board and Each student draw the blueprint on a piece of paper following the teacher.
Step 4: Assign Task
Go through "construction list" and divide the work among students.
Step 5: Scale and Materials
Discuss with students the size of the final project and how big each building should be;
Discuss how the project will be displayed in/outside of classroom.
Step 6: Deadlines
Provide dates for when the work should be completed.
Project Learning
Classwork
Teacher print out small pictures of students. Students choose a house to live in.
Classwork: Students write down everyone’s location in Chinese.
Example: 我是白大卫，我住在第三大街二十八号。
我的同学王小文住在公园路十九号。
Homework (advanced)
Introduce Building & Describe Job
Each student makes a PowerPoint to introduce the building built by the student. Student must pretend to work in the building.
The PowerPoint should be done on Prezi.com and must include the following:
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Page 1: pictures of the student and buildings built by this student, Chinese and English names of the student and buildings.
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Page 2: introduce one building as your workplace, provide building address.
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Page 3: Pretend you work in this building and introduce yourself and your job.
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Page 4: describe the routine of your job.
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Page 5: tell us your home address and your neighbors
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Page 6: Concluding page
Share your Prezi link with teacher.
Expanded Materials
Students can create materials such as flyers, coupons, ads, posters, menu, etc for each building and expand the depth in developing the town.
For example,
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Chinese dinner menu
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Flyer for School
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Grocery store flyer
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Ad poster for Huawei
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Apt building application form
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Soccer Practice schedule
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Things to watch out for:
Students might not know how to make a building with cardboard
solution: paper building template; small tea boxes and other packaging boxes from home.
It will make the job easier and the final product prettier if the cardboard is painted before glued together.
solution: provide colorful acrylic paint (try using white paint first to cover up cardboard paper)
The final product will be more proportional if the buildings are made during class time. Students can take their buildings home to decorate.
Video Presentation Pinyin Script - 2019 Spring
wǒ men de zhōng guó chéng yǒu sì tiáo jiē.
tā men shì kuàilè jiē, jiě mèi jiē, gōng yuán lù, dì sān dà jiē.
zhōng guó chéng yǒu dà jiā miàn guǎn, dà huá chá, nǐ hǎo chāo shì, huá wéi shǒu jī, zhōng měi shāng chǎng, shàng hǎi xué xiào, dà wèi fàn diàn, píng guǒ shāng diàn, zhōng guó yín háng hé ài jiā xiǎo lóu.
wǒ jiào ___________, wǒ zhù zài DìSānDàJiē __ hào.
