Hang up your Dream House Poster along the walls of the classroom.
Divide into two groups, "Visitors" and "Owners."
Visitors: Walk around the classroom to look at all the Dream House Posters and talk to the Owners. Use the Worksheet to rate everyone's Dream House.
Owners: Stand next to your Dream House Poster and talk about your house. Describe its features, layout, surroundings, etc. Explain why your Dream House is so great.
Switch groups! The Visitors become Owners and vice versa.
Vote on the best Dream House (you cannot vote for your own). Winners receive prizes!
PROJECT: NATIVE CHAT
Challenge:
Record a video with a native speaker of Chinese. In this video, please talk about your living quarters and about your school campus. Perform all the following tasks:
Talk about the number, size, and appearance of the buildings at your school.
Talk about the layout and furniture of buildings at your school.
Talk about the surrounding environment at your school.
Talk about the layout and furniture of your living quarters.
Talk about the environment of your living quarters.
Must be at least 5 minutes long.
TARGET: see rubric for details.
PROJECT: STORYBOOK
Challenge:
Write a creative story or dialogue about "starting school." Make your story come alive with pictures.
Use every word and structure in Level 22.
Add pictures or photographs to every scene in the story.