In-class essay: describe appearance

Goal: I can describe a person’s appearance in Mandarin.

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Agenda:

• Do Now

• Review

• Draft in Pinyin

• Peer assessment

• Reflection

Multiple Choice

Do Now: Read the picture, select the correct answer. "This is a _A_ ID, he is from _B_. His last name is _C_. His birthday is _D_"

• A: teacher

  B: China

  C: 张

  D. 2001/7/23

• A: student

  B: America

  C: 张

  D. 2001/7/23

• A: College student

  B: China

  C: 文雨

  D. 2021/9/1

• A: student

  B: America

  C: 雨

  D. 2021/7/23

Review:

Making a comment on a person overall appearance

Grammar structure difference:

English: She is very pretty.

Chinese: She very pretty.​ (NO "IS"- shì)

Multiple Choice

Which following structure is wrong?

• tā hěn chǒu

• tā shì hěn chǒu

• tā shì xué shēng

Multiple Choice

Which following structure is wrong?

• tā bú pàng

• tā shì měi guó rén

• tā bú shì piào liàng

Open Ended

Make a comment on someone you know in Pinyin

Review:

Describing a person's appearance in details

starts with, "she/he has...." (tā yǒu ....)

She has a tall nose.

tā yǒu gāo bí zi.​

Open Ended

Use one sentence to describe "xiǎo huáng rén"(minions) in Pinyin

→ Writing Task:  

**Topic: Select ONE of the following topics for your writing: 

1.Create a monster（guài wù = 怪物） OR

2. Create your ideal (理想 lǐ xiǎng) boyfriend or girlfriend OR

3. Describe someone you know (your friend, family member, artist, etc)

In the writing, you should include:

• Opening sentence: introduce his/her name

• Body of the paragraph: 

  • Make a comment on her/his appearance: he/she is very…. 

  • Describe the color/size/length of  ALL Facial characteristics

  • -  eyes, mouth, ears, nose, face, hair, teeth

    • Start with, “he/she has…”

  • Describe height: tall/ short?

• Ending sentence: Do you like him/her?

**Student example: Read the following students’ example, what score would you give it to the student according to our rubric (Project requirement; Task completion; language use ).

Goal:

04/28 --> Due Pinyin draft & Peer assessment + picture

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05/01 --> Revise your essay in characters + picture + speaking practice

05/02 --> Presentation

Poll

Which topic would you pick for your writing

• Create a monster（guài wù = 怪物）

• Create your ideal (理想 lǐ xiǎng) boyfriend or girlfriend

• Describe someone you know (your friend, family member, artist, etc)

In-class writing: Pick one topic and include following details, (20 mins)

• Opening sentence: introduce his/her name

• Body of the paragraph: 

  • Make a comment on her/his appearance: he/she is very…. 

  • Describe the color/size/length of  ALL facial characteristics -  eyes, mouth, ears, nose, face, hair, teeth

    • Start with, “he/she has…”

  • Describe height: tall/ short?

• Ending sentence: Do you like him/her?

Exchange your Pinyin draft with peers, provide score and feedback to your peer's paragraph based on the rubric (5 mins)

Open Ended

Reflection time: Read your peer's feedback, do you agree with the score and comments? How will you improve your writing on Monday? (For example, if there are more details you will add or change in your writing; or are there any incorrect structure you need to revise)