Area of interaction focus Unit title: 在上海买东西– Shopping in Shanghai Area of interaction focus Which area of interaction will be our focus? Why have we chosen this? Significant concepts What are the big ideas? What do we want our students to retain for years into the future? Environment This AoI was chosen so that we can consider how the Chinese environment influences people’s shopping. Our environment and culture has a strong influence on where and how we go shopping. MYP unit question What are the similarities and differences between Chinese and English shopping?
Can you match the characters together to form a word you have already learnt? EXT – What does that word mean? A. 高 一. 网 B. 上 二. 市 C. 商 三. 楼 D. 超 四. 店
Learning objectives: Learn the words in the postcard on page 92 Ex. 1
yǒu shíhòu sometimes 有时候
lǐwù 礼物
kěài lovable; cute 可爱
míngxìnpiàn 明信片
Lovable; cute sometimes
hànzi 汉字
de linking word between a verb and an adverb 得
huàhuà (ér) 画画（儿）
huà 画
linking word between a verb and an adverb
该你写！ Please write down the new characters according to their strokes. Each one five times.
汉
字
写
信
画
可
片
该你说！ Let’s say the following words in Mandarin:
sometimes
Linking word between a verb and an adverb
该你做！Fill in the blanks. 你好！我叫小明。我住在上海。上海的天气不冷不热，但是（ ）下大雨。上海有很多很好的商店，上个星期我去给妹妹买了很多（ ），还给她寄（post）了（ ）。我妹妹很漂亮也很（ ），她写（ ）写（ ）很好。她也很喜欢（ ），她的（ ）很漂亮，我很喜欢。 有时候 礼物 明信片 可爱 汉字 得 画画儿 画