Sept+1,+2

Homework: 9/1 Listen to The Polite Frog for 15 minutes straight. 9/2 You do not need to do lesson 5 in China characters, but besides that lesson, work through lesson 7 on http://china-characters.wikispaces.com/ and do all the assignments asked.

Here are the verbs you should know. Below them is a recording of them as if you were reading the from left to right. Listen to the recording to confirm that you know what each verb means. shi4 is/are/were/was bu2shi4 is not/was not/ were not Kan4, look, see Shuo1 say, speak Wen4 ask Zou3 walk Pao3 run Tiao4 jump Fei1 fly You 3 have Mei2you3 don’t have Rang4 allow Jian4 build (as in build a house) Chui1 blow Jin4lai2 come in   Chi1 eat (sounds like “chir—p” without the “p”) Si3 (die) Zhi1dao4 know Ming2bai3 comprehend Dong3 understand He1 drink Shui4jiao4 sleep Zuo3 walk



Today we worked on the story "The Polite Frog" and Chinese politeness.

1. We worked on polite phrases with me (qing3zuo4 /please sit down, qing3chi1 /please eat, qing3he1/ please drink, na3li/ where?, bu2ke4qi4/ don't be polite, bu2xie4 /you don't need to thank, xiuxi/rest, xiuxi yixia rest a bit, ma2fan3 ni3/may a bother you?

2. We made up stories combining the stories //Are You My Mother? Self Introduction, The Three Little Pigs, There is a mountain and The Polite Frog.//

3. We will perform our stories for each other on Thursday. Each partnership will have 15 minutes to prepare before they present their story.