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Go Fish: Chinese Lesson 3

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我有, 你沒有, 他有吗?

  • Action: Students will be able to play a card game 步步高升 (simplified version) in Chinese.
    • Students will be able to ask and answer if someone has a card of number 1 to 10 or not in Chinese.

Instructional Design

  1. Review: With PowerPoint or poster, show characters 一二三四五六七八九十 and ask students race to say the number in Chinese.
  2. review: With PPT, show 3 telephone numbers in Chinese characters and make students figure out what they are. (School office, Teacher's office number, and teacher's cell phone.)
  3. Review: ask students to close eyes so they can't see other people's reaction. Teacher says numbers randomly and students resond by showing fingers. (practice more on “一,七"; "四,十"; ”六,九")
  4. With PowerPoint, show characters 我,你,他 (I, you, he/she)。Teacher models TPR approach: pointing and saying 我,你,他,to show the meaning of the vocabulary. Make students follow and act out.
  5. Ask students to close eyes again. Teacher says new vocabulary and students respond to the vocabulary by pointing. Add numbers to make it more challenging if needed.
  6. With PowerPoint, show characters "有,没有"(have, have not). Teacher models TPR approach: act out and saying 有,没有,to show the meaning of the vocabulary. Holding up playcards, model “我有 三,我 没有五",etc. (I have three, I don't have 5).
  7. With a volunteer, teacher models "我有..., 你有..., 我没有...,你没有..."
  8. 4 to 5 students as a group and share a deck of flash cards (Chinese characters). They play a card game 步步高升,which they tacke turns to put out a card with announcement "我有...”。 The card must be bigger in number than the prior one. They have to get rid of their cards as soon as possbile.
  9. With PowerPoint showing a comic “你有七吗?”(stress on question particle 吗?) Teacher models asking a yes/no question with 吗?
  10. Teacher asks students randomly “你有... 吗?" Make students repsond according to the cards they hold in hands.
  11. Pair up, each pair share a set of flashcards 1-10. Each student get 4 cards. Make them ask their partner if partner has a certain card. Whoever find out partner's hand win.
  12. Make students report to the class what their partners have in hand. "他有... 他没有..."
  13. Wrap up: make students replect on what they do and learn in this lesson.


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