Notes from attending different sessions Copied from Yiyi Xu (a Chinese teacher in the CI facebook group)'s facebook about how she does the My Chinese Story Book Project; put it here so I can find it in the future for inspiration "My Chinese Story Book Yiyi Xu These were the stories the students wrote along the year. They didn't write all of them at the end of the school year. Probably they wrote 10-12 stories last year (different prompts: giving an ending for a class story, use the structures/phrases they acquired to create something new, picture narration...etc). They posted all these stories/assignments on Google Classroom. All they need to do is to go back to their posts and pick 8 best stories. They will proofread and copy paste the stories to Google doc book template, then print them out. I staple it for them at the end. My job in this project is to make sure they have a book that doesn't have typos or wrong grammar. They read each other's story in class. I will give award this week- the best book cover, the most creative story, the most unexpected ending story....etc."

1. 2018 NCLC Notes
Please note that the ideas come from different sessions I attended, so I take no credit for the
content; Just a note-taker and sharing what I have learned
STEM and Chinese
IPA style
例子：人工智能
Collect materials, discussion, debate
人工智能在生活各方面的使用
无人汽车—讨论如何利用多出来的不开车的时间，设计广告推广无人汽车
个人助手—Siri and Alexa
初级：列出智能助手可以帮助的事情
中级：邻居中国老人不知道怎么用子女送的，教他们怎么用
快餐智能化本土化 M 未来 2.0, 移动支付，触屏点餐，送餐到桌子，刷脸支付，大数据的
信息
高级：机器人取代工作还是创造更多的工作
贫富差距和新的产业革命，全球经济格局
例子：Traditional Chinese Medicine
看图（中医诊断）和讨论
初级: list items you see; 中级: sentences you can say about the pictures; 高级: story-telling in
paragraphs
Compare pictures of 中医和阿拉伯医生诊断
Meriden points for 针灸 – name the points and touch the area
传统医生 望闻问切，看脸色，舌头，金木水火土和对应的身体部位

2. The biological clock； Human body energy clock 阴阳，chinese medicine health clock – each
body organ is optimal for 2 hours 把时间和 daily routine 和中医相联系
看名人的作息表和根据中医理论提出建议（哪个时间对身体不好）
Making Real Life Connections in Designing Chinese Projects
教育
例子：做辩论赛，去大学学什么专业，因为专业吵架的漫画
购物
例子：写购物故事，设计购物网站做网红店主，商场热卖 Black Friday 再现 3D 小书
爱好
例子：学生根据学习的生词创作歌词和歌曲，然后做自己的新歌发布会
Class video projects
中国新年
例子：学生自己找菜谱做中国菜，用自己的方式介绍新年美食给别人
Allow students to acquire new vocabulary while doing their own projects
情景设计（让学生理解课堂学习的东西某天在中国会用到）
1. Oral voice record, role plat, dubbing
2. Visual manga book, animation videos,
3. Text magazine, newspaper, expo, website, blogs, write a book
4. combination
二十四节气做自己的科学日历

3. 报纸 project
每个学生自己选择一个报纸感兴趣的板块
家具 project
重新设计自己的房间/家
设计样板房
理想的大学宿舍
我的家/家人介绍
Use US movie clips to dub scenes
中文故事 project
National Novel Writing month 学生自己把自己的故事整理成书，加目录，采访
写作格式，写对话的方式复习，use Writer’s Workshop by Columbia Univ.
网站帮学生免费出书，一个班出版一本书
中国神话故事改编 project
神话背后的文化深意，只要学生的改编（现代化，美国化）体现了文化深度，就可以
总之，connect with real life, connect with student interest and learning styles, create a context in
which have students use what they like to demonstrate their Chinese
如何设计：
1. Why (why do I need to teach this; why important, what can ss do)
2. Backward design (expectation, sample work, rubric, check progress)
3. Modify (accept ss ideas, think in the shoes of ss, give choice)
4. Reflect/Feedback

4. 5. Tools: flipgrid, edpuzzle, screencast, audiolingua
Humanizing Teaching Language Through Drama
把话剧学习中的很多语言练习技巧和游戏使用于中文教学
Hot Seat
把自己放到历史人物的角色，让学生来采访“历史人物“问问题（类似于 Friday
Celebrity/Who is the Star/Secret Speaker 超级明星采访）
Beach Ball Questions
把中文问题贴到软球上然后扔给学生，学生选择一个问题回答，不可以重复（similar;
paper ball toss, 飞纸飞机，animal toss）
需要学生安静的时候说古诗最后一个字 call and response idea
One word story
每个学生说一个词，集体创造一个故事，可以重来
Pinky Elbow Toe
老师给一个问题/任务，学生先找到一个 pinky partner, 把小指相碰，然后回答老师的问
题，然后有 elbow, toe partners, 听力，复述别人说了什么
In the matter of the word
一组看了秘密词汇，然后第二组说一个词，然后第一组按照第二组词汇的要求加上自己的
秘密动词表演，第二组和第三组猜第一组什么词；例如 浪漫的刷牙
I Love My Neighbor 我爱我的邻居

5. 学生坐下，一个出来，说“我爱我的邻居，特别是爱吃火锅的邻居” 然后下面坐着的人
如果有爱吃火锅的就要站起来，然后抓紧时间跑到一个椅子坐下来，发言的人也要跑到椅
子坐下，最后站着的人开始新的句子
异口同声 (I call it the 6th sense )
给学生一个 vocab category, 让学生想一个词，同时说，看那一组说到了同样的词
Group Tongue Twister (Similar to the “swish” game we did many years ago)
说整个的连串的绕口令，但是学生做手势来决定下一个说话的人
Do The Opposite
老师说学生做相反了，向前一大步（往后一小步）
Land Mine 地雷（类似于我玩的大小声/Hot or Cold）
一个学生闭上眼睛，想要不碰到地上的障碍走到前方的椅子（我们也玩了这个给指令，声
音大小）
Across the Circle (I forgot the game, kind of like 大风吹)
一个学生代表一个词汇，说了哪个词汇那个学生就需要找新的地方
Sheep and Shepard (I forgot this as well)
How to scaffold the activities to maximize the language input is important
Novice Level Speaking
Rules: No notes, no translation, participate; don’t be afraid of making mistakes
Used a video of buying fruits in a market to design listening activities

6. SWAPSHOP
1. 故事教学和写作
情绪卡，性格卡（通过颜色的深度来展示词汇的情绪深度，词汇温度计）
阅读的时候让学生看词汇卡来 visualize
如何深化故事：
Discuss emotion
Discuss personality
How to do decision making
Perspectives after reading
Writing prompts (one focus per step) scaffolding along the writing process
2. 科技应用
Seesaw, hellochinese.cc
3. 动手活动
手工扇子，青花瓷，金鱼，感恩节卡，厕纸桶
4. 新年
5. 中文相关的 coding
6. Visible Thinking Routine
Making Thinking Visiable
I think, I see, I wonder
7. QTalk card 对语序有帮助，结合让学生自己站对位置
大脑不能接受孤立的信息，vocab has to be connected, 单词网
8. Movie Talk link for Chinese
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1GrbD1zlR0eY3NXZUNjaks4QWs
9. Cup Game 杯子游戏和中文朗读结合（韵律） as a brain break