Modern Language: Mandarin II                                                                                         NAME: Lin Cai                                                                                   

Unit   2                                                                                   Day:   October   31,   2018

Lesson Topic Weather b) Think-pair-share: teacher will ask

Materials  Easy Steps to Chinese 2 weather phrases, students are
 Chinese Made Easy
asked to tell the pair and speak in
 PowerPoint with 
sentences structure and  mandarin together.
learning activities c) Culture differences: remind
 Flash cards of the  students that weather is popular
different weathers topic for British, and food is a hot
 Chinese character cards topic for Chinese people.
 Worksheet
 Quiz
Essential  How to help students to be  Activity One: Weather and temperature 
Questions strategic learners, innovative  in simple sentences. (Listening + 
thinker, altruistic global citizens 
and leaders for future? speaking + reading) (20 minutes)
Student Objectives: Students will be able to describe in 
How we understand and respect 
people from different cultures? speaking and reading the weather and temperature in 
correct sentences.
Content Objectives Students   will   be   able   to  describe
and   write   the  weather   and Presentation:
temperature in correct sentences. Introduce the sentence structures and how to use
“是” and “有, “左右” and “到”
今 天 是 晴 天 。 Today is sunny Q 1:
day. 今天天气怎么样？
How is the weather today?
今 天 有 雷 雨 。 Today has big A1:
rain. 今天是晴天。Today is rainy day.
今天有雷雨。Today has big rain.
气温在二十度左右。The 今天多云. It’s cloudy today.
temperature is about 20 degree.
Q 2:
气温二十五度到三十度。The
今天气温多少度？
temperature is between 25 and
What is the temperature today?
30 degree. A2:
Vocabulary 10 phrases of weather, yesterday,  气温在二十度左右。The temperature is
today, weather, temperature,  about 20 degree.
around, between, degree, how,  气温二十五度到三十度。The
minus
temperature is between 25 and 30 degree.
Extension: 10 cities 
Homework Introduce the weather of a 
Process with practice:
city/country and take the video. 1. Instruction about the activities.
Divide students in to 3 groups.
 Warm­Up (5 minutes) 2. Everyone in each group will have a
number. When teacher shows and
1. Inform students of the learning asks the question, all the members
objectives. from the same group are allowed to
2. Review the 10 phrases: discuss, and use the given words to
a) Let all students come to write 10 make the sentences. Teacher will use
phrases of weather. the spinner to choose the number, and
Modern Language: Mandarin II                                                                                         NAME: Lin Cai                                                                                   
Unit   2                                                                                   Day:   October   31,   2018

the chosen number in each group will 2. Instruction about the activities.
stand to answer the questions. a) Every student will be given a
3. Use the PPT to show the pictures of weather report of a city and
the weather and temperature and worksheet. When a student report
practice sentence structures in groups. the weather, others need to listen
a) Today is overcast day. and write the information on the
b) Today has storm. worksheet.
c) It’s cloudy today.
d) Today is sunny day, and
tomorrow has rain. Scaffolding: teacher modelling correct syntax
e) Today has snow, and there is by using tables as a visual input, and check
windy tomorrow. understanding before students produce their
f) The temperature is around own ones. Students are encouraged to check
minus five degree. and correct their own sentences.
g) The temperature is between
zero and nine degree.
Wrap­Up (10 minutes)
h) It’s cloudy, and the
temperature is around 31 Production
degree. 1. Quiz: describe the weather and
i) Today is rainy day, and the temperature in correct sentences
temperature is between 27 and independently.
32 degree.
2. Exit card to reflect learning.
Differentiation: This activity encourages peer Homework (Due day: November 3,
support and active participation from all 2018):
students. Weaker students will not be
pressured or frustrated by stronger students. 1. Choose a city and introduce the
weather
Activity Two: Report the weather and  2. Search the weather and
temperature of the different cities  temperature on November 1-2,
(L+S+R+W) (25 minutes) 2018.
3. Take the video of your weather
Student Objectives: Students will be able to describe the  report
weather and temperature of different cities for today and  4. Send to Edmodo.
tomorrow in speaking, listening, reading and writing.
1. Teacher model the correct sentences. **** Timing is subject to the energy of the
students and their progress.
曼谷今天有雨，气温在三十度左右。
Bangkok has rain today, and the
temperature is around 30 degree.
明天是晴天，气温三十到三十五度。
Tomorrow is Sunny day, and the
temperature is between 30 and 35
degree.
Modern Language: Mandarin II                                                                                         NAME: Lin Cai                                                                                   
Unit   2                                                                                   Day:   October   31,   2018

Reflections: This
class is little heavy for the students. The informal assessment was used check if students achieve
the learning objectives. Students are also allowed to supplement their own learning objectives. The immediate
feedback was given to every student. If I teach this class again, I will let students have a 5 minutes reflection
between two activities.