NCSCSL-Teens-09/07

Hi everyone,

We learned chapter 12 fruit and vegetables and the background knowledge about the development of radicals and characters this Saturday. Do you still remember the differences between monosyllable and two-syllable words? Which one is more popular in modern Mandarin Chinese? Also, Irene came to our class and taught four tones and new words. In the next class, we will continue watching the YouTube video about the silk road first. Then, some new words about fruit and vegetables will be introduced in the next part. Finally, I hope all of you can use the sentence pattern and new words to create your daily recipe. If possible, please remember to bring your color pencils to class so that you can make your recipe look colorful and fancy. After creating the recipe, you will be invited to do a short presentation and introduce how to implement your healthy diet to the whole class.

Homework:

1. Please think about the following question and write down your answer in a piece of paper. Remember to bring it to class next week: What are the differences between monosyllable and two-syllable words in Chinese? Which one is preferred to be used nowadays? Could you use several examples to explain and support your answer? For example: 眼，睛，眼睛；森，林，森林;
2. Complete the exercise book (page91, exercise11 on page94, page95-97);
3. At the beginning of next class, everyone will be randomly invited to show us how to trace the characters. When you do the exercise 13, please pay more attention and try to memorize the correct order of strokes. 
4. Read the text on textbook page 76. Before reading the text, use gesture to practice four tones to guarantee the accuracy of your pronunciation.
5. Use the following online tools to do self-assessment.