This document provides an overview of Unit 7 in Chinese class. Students will learn to recognize dates (month, date, year, day of week), say when their birthday is, wish someone a happy birthday, and write the characters for 'moon', 'sun', and 'day'. It introduces vocabulary for months and days of the week in Chinese pinyin and English. Example dialogues are provided for asking and telling someone your birthday. Language notes explain how adding 'de' changes a word from a noun to a possessive noun (e.g. changing 'I' to 'my').

1. Hao Unit 7
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2. 丽丽，生日快乐-Happy Birthday, Lili!
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
 Recognize and say the date (year, month,
date, day of the week).
Say when their birthday is
Wish someone a happy birthday
Write the characters for ‘moon’ 月, ‘sun’ 日,
‘day’ 天.

3. Target Language Practice: - page 21 of your workbook
Chinese pinyin English
一月 Yī yuè. January
二月 Èr yuè. February
三月 Sān yuè. March
四月 Sì yuè. April
五月 Wǔ yuè. May
六月 Liù yuè. June
七月 qi yuè. July
八月 Bā yuè. August
九月 Jiǔ yuè. September
十月 Shí yuè. October
十一月 Shíyī yuè. November
十二月 Shí'èr yuè. December

4. Target Language Practice: - page 21 of your workbook
Chinese pinyin English
星期一 Xīngqí yī. Monday
星期三 Xīngqísān. Wednesday
星期五 Xīngqíwǔ. Friday
星期天 Xīngqítiān. Sunday
星期二 Xīngqí'èr. Tuesday
星期四 Xīngqísì. Thursday
星期六 Xīngqíliù. Saturday
星期日 XīngqíRì Sunday

5. Watch Video
你的生日是几月几号？- When is your birthday?
我的生日是四月一号。- My birthday is the first of
April.
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H:ASUSChinese classes at Westlake Girls
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In class task: to complete Unit 7 speaking and
writing table, birthday, scenario 1 and2 .

6. Introduce the sentence- asking and giving your replay
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
你 的 生日 是几月 几号？
-When is your birthday?
Wǒ de shēngrì shì sì yuè yī hào.
我 的 生日 是 四 月 一号。
- My birthday is the first of April.

7. Language Note
• Look at the following to see how 的 ‘de’ changes
word meanings:
我 Wǒ – I 我的 Wǒ de - my
你 Nǐ – you 你的 Nǐ de - your
他 Tā – he 他的 Tā de - his
她 Tā – she 她的 Tā de - her
它 Tā – it 它的 Tā de - its

8. Language Note for advance/gifted learners
• Look at the following to see how 的 ‘de’ changes
word meanings:
爸爸 Bàba – Dad 爸爸的 Bàba de - dad’s
妈妈 Māmā – Mom 妈妈的 Māmā de – mom’s
哥哥 Gēgē Tā – Older brother 哥哥的 Gēgē de – Older brother’s
姐姐 Jiějiě – Older sister 姐姐的 Jiějiě de – Older sister’s
弟弟 Dìdì – Younger brother 弟弟的 Dìdì de - Younger brother’s
妹妹 Mèimei - Younger sister 妹妹的 Mèimei de - Younger
sister’s