新年快乐 !

1. Chinese New Year Celebration Snake Year 蛇年 新年快乐 !

2. 春节chūn jiéSpring Festival (二月十一日~二月十二号) 春节 = Chinese New Year Celebration • When什么时候? 多久? • Why legend, symbolism, stories • What说什么? 做什么? 吃什么? 穿chuān什么? 玩什么? • How calligraphy, games, food, tai chi, sing, movie • Who C2,C3,C4,C5 (participation is required)

3. Team Presentations – C2, C3,C4,C5 ，李老师 <by team of 3 and 4> • Chinese New Year Legends – story, history, zodiac • Chinese New Year Traditional practices (do’s and don’ts) • Calligraphy and special red scrolls - from 2011 • Chinese New Year special greetings and rituals • Chinese New Year Dress and Mannerism • Chinese New Year must-have food and their symbolism • Chinese New Year products (decorations, firecrackers...) • Chinese New Year arts (paper folding/cutting) • Beijing Opera – a popular entertainment • Popular Chinese games, pastimes

4. Assessment of the outcome is based on: • Participation and manner • Knowledge obtained from presentations and activities • Personal experience • Usage of target language中文 – the more the better • Presentation assignment • Due星期五 – C2,C4,C5 • Due星期四 – C3 • OK to edit or enhance the old presentation from 2012 with more 中文 • 红包 = red envelope • Manner - Open it discretely

5. 春节Day 1 (二月十一日星期一) • 写书法 - 有一些人 • On newspaper - some strokes, 春, 福, 2 idioms,名字 • On rice paper – some characters,春, 福, 2 idioms,名字 • 打太极 - 有一些人 • 三~四个人 - 十二分钟

6. Common Spoken and Displayed Idioms/Characters for Chinese New Year Celebration • 新年快乐xīn nián kuài lè • 恭喜发财 gōng xǐ fā cái(恭喜=congratulations, 发财= prosperity) • 年年有余nián nián yǒu yú(年年=every year , 有余=abundance) • 大吉大利dà jí dà lì(吉利= luck) • 岁岁平安suì suì píng ān(岁岁=every year, 平安= safe and sound) • 四季平安sì jì píng ān (四季= four seasons,平安= safe and sound) • 六六大順liù liù dà shùn(smooth in all directions) • 一帆风顺yī fán fēng shùn (smooth sailing) • 心想事成xīn xiǎng shì chéng (succeed wherever your heart takes you to) • 十全十美shí quán shí měi(a fullest and complete life) • 春chūn (spring) • 福fú(blessing, good fortune) • 龙 / 龍lóng (dragon)

7. rice paper ink stick ink stone/plate writing brush Chinese Calligraphy中文書法shū fǎ • Stationery 文房四宝wén fáng sì bǎo House/Room Treasure (Four Treasures of The Study) • Five major styles – Standard, Clerical, Seal, Running, Walking • Numerous branches under each major style • http://www.art-virtue.com/tutorial/index.htm - five golden rules • Posture – lesson 3 • Hands • Head & shoulders • Body & torso • Legs & feet

8. Model handout and practice in sequence Strokes  Radicals  Characters  New Year idioms • 3Ps Posture, Precision, Practice • Clean up • Rinse the ink off the brush thoroughly • Hang it up and let the water drip completely • Final product  New Year Red Scrolls

9. Posture- http://www.art-virtue.com/tutorial/index.htm#3 • Hands • Hold the brush correctly to guarantee the success in the art. • Keep the brush and brush hair as straight and vertical as possible • Never ever bend the brush and the hairs • May rotate the brush when necessary with your fingertips • Head & shoulders • Keep the head straight in a natural position. • Relax the shoulders • Rest left palm under the right wrist • Do not tilt or strain the neck • Body & torso • Keep the torso straight • Sit only on one half or two thirds of the chair • Never lean back on a chair • Legs & feet • Keep feet on the ground • Do not cross legs, keep legs parallel and relaxed

10. Write Basic Strokes - http://www.art-virtue.com/tutorial/index.htm#4 • The strokes of a Chinese character are regarded as the building blocks of each character • The complete cycle for writing each stroke contains start, connecting,turning, and closing steps • Do not use the same force all the time as we are writing each character or even a single stroke • Writing involves to lift and press the brush with different forces • Understand basic strokes and follow the sequence of strokes

11. Write Radicals • Follow stroke order rules • Write Characters • Common characters to start with • Common idioms and words used for Chinese New Year • Our Final product  New Year Red Scrolls

12. 新年 - Commonly Greeting Idioms /Characters • 新年快乐龙年快乐兔年快乐虎年快乐 • 恭喜发(發)财gōng xǐ fā cái(congratulations, prosperity) • 大吉大利dà jí dà lì(吉, 利= lucky) • 岁岁(歲)平安suì suì píng ān(平安= safe and sound) • 四季平安sì jì píng ān (季=season) • 六六大顺liù liù dà shùn(smooth, in right direction) • 一帆风(風)顺yī fán fēng shùn (smooth sailing, success) • 心想事成xīn xiǎng shì chéng(成=accomplished) • 十全十美shí quán shí měi(全=full, complete) • 年年有余nián nián yǒu yú(abundance,余 sounds like魚fish) • 春chūn (spring) • 福fú(blessing, good fortune)

13. 准备煮zhǔ/做中国菜Project • What: each team presents one dish from • How much: serve 》＝8 • Who: four teams of four or five • When: 星期三 • How: next slide

14. Player 1 – ingredients & instructions in ppt • Research on-line or cookbook • Contains pictures, ingredients, instructions (中文和英文) • Communicate with team (everyone) and email me • Team meetings • In class and after school, until everyone knows what to doandbring • Player 2 & 3 – 买菜 & 准备 • Buy ingredients , Wash, Cut, Marinatefood and label them • Spread expenses with teammates • Bring to L10 D block星期四 • Player 4 –煮菜- 星期三 • Bring prepared food & ingredients, sauce and spice • plus a large serving plate, server,cooking utensils

15. 春节Day 1／2(二月十二日星期二) • 写书法 - 有一些人 • On rice paper – some characters,春, 福, 2 idioms,名字 • On red scrolls - 春, 福, 2 idioms,名字 • Post it on walls – after sign it and show me • 打太极 - 有一些人 • 三~四个人 - 十二分钟

16. 今天的功课 (二月十二日星期二) • Prepare New Year presentation • 准备中国菜 Project Player3 bring • prepared food & ingredients, sauce and spice • a large servingplate, server, cooking utensils

17. 春节Day 2，4 Chinese Pastimes • 打麻将Mahjiang - #20 • 下象棋Chess - #24 • 下跳棋Checker - # • 折纸zhézhǐ • 玩筷子kuàizǐ (Chopstick) • Ex 1. 老虎吃鸡(chicken) ,鸡吃虫(bug) • Ex 2. Peas competition • 看戏三月十六号！ • Beijing Opera 京剧（slides） • Angel Dancing • Folk Art （D

19. 春节Day 2，4 Chinese Pastimes • 打乒乓Ping-Pong • 踢毽子 tījiànzihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ6rxnlO_QQ • 扯鈴chělínghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NfUBIUapSE • 打太极

20. 十六张麻将má jiàng 東风 南风 西风 北风 万(萬)wàn • 饼bǐng 条tiáo

22. Suites and characters ＃20 • 万(萬) wàn10,000 • 饼bǐng • 条tiáo • 東风 • 南风 • 西风 • 北风 • 发(發) prosperous, fortune • 中 • 白 • 春Spring • 夏Summer • 秋Autumn/Fall • 冬Winter 碰，槓，吃, 胡 3 same suite in sequence 4 melds and a pair - win 3 identical 4 identical Bonus point

23. Four players sit at four sides: 東,南,西, 北 • Make four walls of tiles. Each wall consists of 18 pairs stack up tiles. • Dice to decide who is the opener • Take two pairs of tile from the number of the dice at the opener’s side.  counter clock • Stop after you collect 16 tles, the opener takes 1 extra • Organize your tiles by suites • Starting from the opener, take one tile to see if you can use it to making a hand of 5 sets of 3 tiles and a pair. Note that 5 × 3 + 2 = 16 • The 3 tilesshould be either one of the kind or 3 consecutive numbers • Call out 碰pèngor 吃when you want to take in the tile someone just discarded. • 碰is when you can make three one of the kind. • 吃is when you need the tile on your left side to make 3 consecutive number. • When you get 5 sets of 3 tiles and a pair, you call 胡了!! (hú le)

24. 象棋xiàng qí King Whoever takes the king wins!! 将 = 帅 相 = 象 卒 = 兵 士 = 仕 Chu River Soldier Cannon General Security King Horse Wagon

25. Two players WhoHowRule • 将, 帅 (King) 1 grid horizontal can’t go out of castle • 士, 仕 (Security) 1 grid diagonal can’t go out of castle • 相, 象 (General) 4 grids diagonal can’t go over Chu River • 马 (Horse) 2 grids diagonal can’t go if next grid is blocked • 车 (Wagon) any straight line with no obstacle • 炮 (Cannon) any jump (over ) • 卒,兵 (Soldier) 1 grid horizontal/vertical can’t go back Goal: Whoever 吃takes the king wins!! • http://www.chessvariants.org/xiangqi.html

26. 围棋wéiqí

27. 春节Day 4 (二月十三日星期三) • 中文二,中文三中文四,中文五 - Cooking Party • Each team has a staging table and 十分钟 cooking • camera ! 辛辛苦苦地做，快快乐乐地吃!

28. 春节Day 5 (二○一二年二月三日星期五) • 中文三,中文四,中文五 - Movie #1 • 中文二 – Movie #2