Submitted by Cristobal Alvarez
Objectives:
Content:
Students will...
- demonstrate an understanding of the different characteristics of the celebration of the Chinese New year.
Cultural:
Students will...
- gain knowledge about the differences between the Chinese New Year celebration and other celebrations in the United States.
Language: Content Obligatory
Students will...
- use the present tense in third person plural with the following verbs: llevar, comer, bailar, escuchar, and ir to describe what people do during the Chinese New Year celebration and other celebrations in the United states .
- use the following vocabulary items and expressions like ropa hecha de seda, arroz, palillos,música tradicional, villancico to describe what people do during the Chinese New Year celebration and other celebrations in the United States.
- use the present and conditional time of the verb querer in the first person to express their desire to learn things about the Chinese New Year with vocabulary items/phrases/expressions like como, si... ,porque...
Language: Content Compatible
Students will...
- use the following conjuctions and expressions sin embargo, a diferencia que and mientras que to express the differences between what people in China and the United States do in both celebrations.
Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will...
- practice their note taking skills during the video about a specific concept
- work in groups to share their notes with the rest of the students in the assigned group.
Time Frame:
3 periods of 50 minutes.
Materials Needed:
- Video: Celebrate with me a Chinese New Year. (Duration:13 minutes.)
- Graphic organizers (see attachments below):
- Want to Know/What I know/ Learned.
- Venn Diagram
- 5W chart
Description of Assessment (Performance Project):
Prior Knowledge Activity:
The students will complete the Chart What I Know/ What I want to Know/ What I learned by themselves. The teacher will record all the students' sharings in a transparency, leaving the last piece of the chart for the end of the unit.Pre task:
Students in pairs will use a chart to write a list of different things that people in the United States do to celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving, and 4th of July. The students will focus on the following aspects: Clothes, Music, Food, Dance and Family. They will share their findings to rest of the class. The teacher will record their answers in a transparency of the same chart.During task:
The students will watch the video "Celebrate with me a Chinese New Year".This video of the Chinese New Year celebration shows different aspects of this celebration. The duration of the video is 13 minutes.Jigsaw Activity:
The students will be in different groups. Each student in the group will look at a different assigned aspect of the celebration. The students will focus on the visual and listening aspects of the video. The students have already worked on the same assigment before. The students will take notes about that specific aspect. The aspects to look at are: Clothes, Music, Food, Dances, and Family. The students that looked the same aspect will meet together to review their findings.After that review, they will be back to their home group to share their information. The teacher will record the sharings from the different groups.
Post Task: Venn Diagram.
Small groups will develop a Venn Diagram, comparing the chinese New Year with Christmas. The small groups will share their comparisons with the rest of the classroom.
Assessment:
Play Jeopardy Game(Chinese new Year) with Power Point. The categories are:Food, family, dance, music, and clothes.
References and Resources:
Celebrate with Me: A Chinese New Year
In this video, a nine year old Chinese American girl narrates her family's preparation for and celebration of the Chinese New Year. The extended family celebrates the holiday by gathering for dinner on New Year's Eve and by attending a parade on New Year's Day. The video ends with images of many families sharing special moments in their lives and celebrating important events..To purchase the video:
Phone: 1-800-848-9500
Reference #: ISBN 0-382-20796-3
Silver Burdett & Ginn
Morristown, NJ Needham, MA
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Graphic organizers: