大考！学习！Exam! Study!

Flashcard sets from all lessons covered in the first semester.
Happy studying :)

Lessons 1-4

Lessons 5-7

Lessons 8-10

Semester 1 Review Jeopardy!

Semester 1 Exam Speaking: can you say this?

Lesson 10: 教室里有什么？

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Lesson 8-9: 今天是几月几号？今天是星期几？

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Lesson 7: 你住在哪儿？

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Lesson 6: 我爱我的家

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Lesson 5: 我上大华高中。

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Lesson 4: 你是哪国人？

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Lesson 3: 你多大？

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Hello!

How are you?

What is your name?

How old are you?

Goodbye!

中秋节！

Mid Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. That's today, September 19th, 2013!

Overview:

• Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhongqiujie /jong-chyoh-jyeah/
• Importance: the second most important (traditional) Chinese Festival after Chinese New Year
• Date: the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese Calendar
• Popular food: mooncakes
• Celebrations: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes
• Origin: A harvest festival with origins in moon worship.
• History: Over 3,000 years
• Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐).
• Most Famous Mid-Autumn Festival poem: "The Moon Festival" (水调歌头 'Water Tone Song') by Su Shi (苏轼)

Intro 1
Intro 2

Modern Celebrations:

Hong Kong 2013
Moon Cake Prep

How to Enjoy Moon Festival
Coloring Pages
Photography: TagGalaxy MoonFestival
Visual Discovery

Vocabulary:

中  zhōng - center, middle
秋 qiū - autumn, fall
节 - jié festival
中秋节 zhōng qiū jié - mid autumn festival
快乐 kuài lè - happy, joyous
中秋快乐 zhōng qiū kuài lè - happy mid autumn festival
月亮 yuè liàng - the moon
赏月 shǎng yuè - to admire the moon
月饼 yuè bǐng - moon cake

过节日 guò jié rì - to celebrate a holiday
传统节日 chuán tǒng jié rì - a traditional holiday
农历八月十五 nóng lì bā yuè shí wǔ - month 8 day 15 on the lunar calendar
团圆节 tuán yuán jié  - reunion festical
传说 chuán shuō - a legend
嫦娥 cháng é - lady on the moon
后羿 hòu yì - legendary archer

Video Clips:

Guide to Mooncakes - 

Legend of Moon Festival -




Chinese Language Account -


Newbie Clip -

Lesson 2: 你叫什么名字？

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Lesson 1: 你好！

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Intro to Chinese Characters:

Radicals:

An introduction to Chinese Characters: video

Link to Top 40 Radicals Flashcards

Radical Stories 1: video
Radical Stories 2: video
Radical Stories 3: video

Stroke Order:

Writing characters in the correct order is essential for the character to look correct. Two basic rules are followed:


Stroke Order

1. Top before bottom


2. Left before right


These rules conflict whenever one stroke is to the bottom and left of another. Several additional rules resolve many of these conflicts.

3. Left vertical stroke (usually) before top horizontal stroke


4. Bottom horizontal stroke last



5. Center stroke before wings



6. Horizontal strokes before intersecting vertical strokes


7. Left-falling strokes before right-falling srokes


A final rule can contradict the others:

8. Minor strokes (often) last
 

Despite these conflicts between rules most students quickly acquire a natural feel for the proper stroke order.

Radical Order  -  Most Chinese characters are combinations of simpler, radical components. 

Usually the two parts are written at top and bottom

or left and right

so that the main two stroke order rules readily apply. Occasionally these rules also conflict with respect to components. 

When one component is at the bottom-left, and the other at the top-right, the top-right component is sometimes written first.


When there are several components, top components are written first.


These rules usually imply each component is written in its entirety before another component is written. 

Exceptions may arise when one component divides another,

encompasses another,

or the individual components are no longer discernible in modern writing.

(source: www.zhongwen.com)

Remember! most online dictionaries offer stroke order animations, so check there when you're not sure how to write a character.  

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Visual Aid: here

A Calligrapher's Stroke Order: video

The Most Complicated Character: video

Q1, W1: Chinese Pronunciation 汉语发音

Before we talk about tones, we need to have an introduction to Chinese phonetics: the sounds of the language.  

Guiding Questions:

What is pīn yīn ?

What are 3 essential parts of a syllable?

What are common initial sounds?

What are common final sounds?

Which are simple finals and which are compound?

Click HERE for a spoken version of the alphabet.

Click HERE for a song version of the alphabet.

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HERE: a video from YangYang that recaps some basic ideas about Chinese phonetics.

HERE: is an advanced chart of Chinese phonetics, including all possible sounds in this language.

HERE: advanced information on the rules of the Hanyu Pinyin system.

New School Year!

新学期，新开始，新希望！欢迎回来！
New year, new beginnings, new hopes!  Welcome back!

考试复习：生词卡片 / Exam Review: Vocab Flashcards

Lesson 1-4 Vocabulary and Sentences: click 这里

Lesson 5-8 Vocabulary and Sentences: click 这里

Lesson 9-12 Vocabulary and Sentences: click 这里

For Lesson 13-14 flashcards, click 这里

For Lesson 15-16 flashcards, click 这里

For Lesson 17-18 flashcards, click 这里

To access Lesson 19-20 flashcards, click 这里

To access Lesson 21-22 flashcards, click 这里

Lesson 22: 今天天气很好。

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天气预报：Weather Forecast

www.TianQi.com
Forecast Example 1
Forecast Example 2

Lesson 21: 我会说华语。

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Lesson 20: 多少钱？

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Lesson 19: 怎么走？

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Lesson 18: 我坐校车去上学。

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Lesson 17: 你家有什么小动物？

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Lesson 16: 我喜欢运动。

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Lesson 15: 他的眼睛很大。

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Lesson 14: 你今天穿什么？

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做饺子

Basic Chinese Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients 
Ready Made Dumpling Pastry (about 200g worth)
175g minced pork
50g peeled shrimps minced
1 teaspoon salt, pinch of fresh ground pepper (white)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 table spoon finely chop spring onion
1 table spoon finely chop root ginger
1 teaspoon sugar
200g Chinese cabbage, finely shredded and blanched

Instructions
Mix together the minced pork, shrimps, spring onion, ginger, soy sauce, salt, sugar and cabbage until well blended. Place 1 teaspoon of stuffing on each dumpling pastry, then fold the pastry in half, wet the edge of the pastry with water, and pinch the edges together to close.

Boil the dumplings in boiling water for 2 minute and its ready to serve with vinegar in finely cut fresh root ginger (tradition style) or any sauce you prefer.

More Recipes!

Happy New Year! 新年快乐！

click 这里 for photos of this weekend's Lunar New Year celebration 2013!

click 这里 for an incredible photographic recap of Chinese New Year 2011.

thanks Boston Big Picture for the photos!

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To send a New Year greeting card, click 这里 .  Be sure to say

恭喜发财！Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái!   Congratulations and wealth!
新年快乐！Xīn Nián Kuài Lè!   Happy new year!
万事如意！Wàn Shì Rú Yì!   May your dreams come true!

send to family and friends, and to you teacher!
sara.epperly@charlottesvilleschools.org

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for video clips of the famous Gōng Xǐ song click:
song 1
song 2

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for basic info that can help with our scavenger hunt, click 这里。

you'll find other pics and resources here.

Lesson 13: 你喜欢什么颜色的书包？

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声调 Shēng Diào TONES

Try these practice exercises.

And this drill.

And please use this chart!

Chinese Food Essentials

很地道的中饭，看这里！
See the presentation at the link above.

Lesson 12: 你想吃什么？

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Lesson 11: 我喜欢吃水果。

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