Year 1 Mandarin Overview Term Topic: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 好饿的毛毛虫

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1 Unit descriptions Year 1 Mandarin Overview Term Topic: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 好饿的 This term, Year 1 students will learn about bugs minibeast and relevant describing words. By the end of the term, students will be able to introduce and describe caterpillars and butterflies using a range of related vocabulary. Students will explore how to express meaning in Chinese using stories about minibeasts, online activities, flipcharts, games, origami, songs and role plays. Their prior knowledge and language acquisition in the new topic will be enhanced through Mandarin version of the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Students will be able to revise numbers, days of the week, fruits, describing words and gradually develop the skill of applying these words, together with new vocabulary in the context of caterpillar s life cycle and weekly diary. At the end of the term, students are expected to present information about caterpillars using a variety of sentence structures. Advanced learners are challenged to a higher level of competency of the skills required in the key learning areas e.g. listening, speaking, character recognition and writing. These students are strongly encouraged to attempt tasks which involve more advanced words and phrases. They will be expected to engage in communicative activities which include longer texts and worksheets designed to promote a higher degree of character recognition and writing. Learning outcomes Students are able to: explain the life cycle of a butterfly present information on caterpillars and butterflies using a variety of sentence structures. compose a weekly diary for a caterpillar using taught language use their learnt knowledge to appreciate stories/songs/rhymes about caterpillar or butterfly. Assessment Assessment will be carried out before the end of week 6 on the topic The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It will include the following: Listening and understanding the spoken word Reading and pronouncing the vocabulary Being able to construct sentences using taught words

2 Main vocabulary egg chóng caterpillar 茧 jiǎn cocoon butterfly 李 lǐ zi plum 橘 jú zi mandarin 樱 yīng 桃 táo cherry 糕 gāo cake 巧 qiǎo 克 kè 力 chocolate 冰 bīng 淇 qí 淋 lín ice cream 奶 nǎi 酪 lào cheese 香 xiāng 肠 cháng sausages bàng bàng 糖 táng lollipop 派 pài pie

3 Phrases xiǎo xiǎo de chóng 小小的 dù zǐ hǎo è 肚好饿 xīng qī yī chóng 星期一, xīng qī chī le 吃了 le chī 星期五 ( 八点 ),... 吃了... yí gè yī zhī 一个 / 一只... è féi téng 饿 / 肥 / 疼 biàn 变 qiǎo kè gāo 巧克力糕... a little caterpillar very hungry On Monday, the caterpillar ate On Friday (at eight o clock), ate basic measure words hungry/fat/painful became chocolate cake Additional words/phrases for extension students: yòuxiǎoyòu è 又小又饿 yòu dà yòu féi 又大又肥 yīngtáo pài 樱桃派 piàoliang de 漂亮的 biànchéng le 变 成 了 little and hungry big and fat cherry pie beautiful transformed into

4 Sentences 一只小小的 它肚好饿! (a little caterpillar) (He is very hungry!) 星期一, 吃了一个红色的苹果 (On Monday, the caterpillar ate a red apple) 变 (Caterpillar became a butterfly) Additional sentences for advance students: 一只又小又饿的 肚还是好饿! (A little hungry caterpillar) (Still very hungry!) 星期六, 它吃了一个樱桃派和巧克力糕 (On Saturday, it ate a cherry pie and a chocolate cake) 小变成了一只漂亮的 Learning activities include: (Little caterpillar transformed into a beautiful butterfly) (a) Investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. (b) Learn new vocabulary in a meaningful and fun manner using the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. (c) Explore and compare the shapes of different fruits and food using measure words. (d) Explore and compare the characteristics of different bugs and food using describing words. (e) Construct a weekly diary about the caterpillar s diet.

5 Resources: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 好饿的 ebook: 16/2265.html Chubby loves to eat 乔比真贪吃 ebook: 15/2109.html Quizlet: 1- the- very- hungry- caterpiller- flash- cards/ Life cycle of caterpillar through songs and story : (song) (song) (story) tóu 头 dài 戴 生得真美丽 nǐ 你 nǐ 你 zhe 着 ài 爱 huì 会 jīn 金 tiào 跳 sī 丝 shēng 生 ér 儿 wǔ 舞 shēn 身 tā 它 dé 得 zhēn 真 cn 穿 yě 也 yǒu 有 ài 爱 tián 甜 měi 美 nǐ 你, 丽, mì 蜜 yī 衣,

6 2014 Year 1 Term 4 好饿的 chóng shí / 食 wù 物 chóng jiǎn 茧 lǐ 李 zi jú 橘 zǐ

7 yīng 樱 táo 桃 qiǎo 巧 kè 克 力 gāo 糕 bīng 冰 qí 淇 lín 淋 nǎi 奶 lào 酪 xiāngcháng 香 肠 bàng bàngtáng 糖 pài 派