Perso
As we learned the names of the different jobs in Chinese, we made personalized business cards that reflected our dream job. In the future, I see myself being a photographer.
Halloween Mask
As Halloween came, Ms. Tung taught us about Halloween in Chinese. We each designed a Chinese Halloween mask to celebrate the holiday.
Chinese New Year 新年快乐
Here is a picture of the play that some of Ms. Tung's students put on about the story of the Chinese Zodiac at the Los Altos Public Library.
Dragon
This is a picture of a paper dragon made by student Melissa Chan. The paper dragon symbolizes the animal representing this year, 2012.
Red Envelope
This is a picture of red envelopes are often given to the younger generation by adults. They contain money and symbolize good luck.
My Calendar
This assignment was designed to help students learn how to write, read, and say the dates of months. Students were asked to make their own calendar of an assigned month and include important holidays and dates.
Chinese House
我叫川上婷婷。我十中国人。我是一九九七年出生的。我的生日是七月二十九日。今年我是是四岁。我属牛。我爸爸是一九五六年出生的。他属猴。我妈妈是一九五七年出生的。她属鸡。我弟弟是一九九九年出生的。他属兔。
Mandarin Interactive Wax Museum
To develop our speech-giving skills in Mandarin, Ms. Tung assigned us a project requiring us to act as a famous person that we admire. I chose to become Andrew Luck and gave a speech about his life, career, and achievements.
Daily Routines Diary
In this unit, we learned to write, say, and recognize daily routines in Chinese. We learned phrases like 洗澡 and 刷牙, which mean take a shower or bath and brush your teeth. In this project, I wrote and illustrated eight sentences that talked about what my mother and I would do on a Saturday. Here is my flipbook project:
Spring Roll Activity
清明节 or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival, which occurs around about early April. Tomb Sweeping Day is on the first day of the fifth solar term, which is called 清明. Tomb Sweeping Day is a day for people to go outside and enjoy the newly-arrived spring, and for people to pay respect to their lost loved ones. The Cold Food Festival begins the day before Tomb Sweeping Day and continues for two more days. During this holiday, people do not use fire to cook, so people eat Spring Rolls, which consists of fresh vegetables. In class, we had the oppurtunity to make spring rolls and celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day and Cold Food Festival.
Mother's Day Painting
Ms. Tung had our class make Mother's Day gifts for our mothers. Everyone that attended class that day was provided with the materials and oppurtunity to create a Chinese painting of a cherry blossom tree to give to their mothers. To create this painting, a drop or two of ink was put at the bottom corner of the page and blow across the paper to create lines that look like the branches of the cherry blossom tree. The cherry blossoms are later painted on to complete the painting. 妈妈,母亲节快乐五月十三日川上婷婷。
Chinese Lantern Project
元宵节 or the Chinese Lantern Festival occurs on January 15 or the first full moon of the year. On this day many people go to the temple to pray for a good new year and like lanterns in spirit of the celebrations. On this holiday, many people eat 元宵 or rice balls believing that the roundness of the food and the bowl that they are served in symbolizes a family's togetherness. In this assignment, we were asked to decorate a paper lanter with our zodiac symbol and a phrase of good luck for the new year.