A Sample Lesson Plan on Teaching ‘Culture’ in the Chine Language Classrooms
石景山万达
by Deling Maxon
Subject: Chopsticks
Goals:
• To introduce to the students Basic Chopsticks Etiquette
高考英语作文常用句型• To expo students to chopsticks usage
• To learn the Chine characters “筷子” and measure word “双，雙”over the love
Time for the lesson: 30-40 minutes
Leve l: 3rd grade and above
Materials:
• A short video on “How to u chopsticks” (A good one is a 3:42 Youtube video with the same title.)
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• Sets of chopsticks
• Pompoms of different sizes and colors
• Paper plates or bowls
• Chine table tting realias
• Food items if permissible by your school
Procedures:
1. Show and ask students to do some movements, such as walking, running in place, waving.
Command them to be SLOW and FAST in Chine, emphasizing the pronunciation of
FAST “kuai”
2. Introducing the object and written characters “筷子”. Connecting the meaning of 快 (fast)
with the pronunciation of chopsticks and the possibility of chopsticks was invented to
make eating faster, thus called the name with a bamboo radical. (Higher grades can add
对路
an extended character writing activity.)
3. Read some questions for the video to remind students the attention points.
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4. Show the short video
5. Ask questions about the video and have a classroom discussion
6. Distribute chopsticks
7. Show how to u chopsticks
8. Let students practice using chopsticks using pompoms. Ask students who already know
how to u chopsticks to help.
Asssment:
• Written test on chopsticks etiquette as well as the written characters and origin of “筷子”
• Have a prentation on how to u chopsticks.
Some questions to the students after showing video:
Some questions to ask students after showing video:
matty b(The can also be u as part of the asssment.)
解释英文1. Why do we rub wooden disposable chopsticks together before using them?
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2. Which end of chopsticks is for picking up food, narrow end or broad end?
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3. Which is not a good practice when dishing out food from the rving plate or bowl? Why?
a) U rving chopsticks or spoon
b) U the broad end of one’s own chopsticks
c) U the narrow end of one’s own chopsticks
4. Where should one rest his/her chopsticks?
a) On the edge of one’s own bowl
b) On the chopstick stand
c) Any where convenient
5. Which is considered bad manner when using chopsticks?
a) Do not finish all the food in your bowl
b) Digging around in the rving plate or bowl to find your choice
c) Picking up food by stabbing at it
d) All of the above
6. True or fal? Never stick and rest chopsticks in a bowl becau it is a funeral ritual and
is considered a symbol of death.
