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Assignments

In addition to the daily assignments, a set of sight reading exercises are available to download.

Sight Reading Exercises
  • Exercise 1 (PDF)
  • Exercise 2 (PDF)
  • Exercise 3 (PDF)
  • Exercise 4 (PDF)
  • Exercise 5 (PDF)
  • Exercise 6 (PDF)
  • Exercise 7 (PDF)
  • Exercise 8 (PDF)
  • Exercise 9 (PDF)

SES # ASSIGNMENTS (BEFORE CLASS) ASSIGNMENTS (IN CLASS)
 1 Students who did not take 21F.107/157 should fill out the questionnaire and have an interview with instructor. Introduction to 21F.108/158
Student Self-introductions
 2 Listen to Lesson 13 (CH053) recording and read along. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 13.
Do Vocabulary Exercise.
Read Grammar Notes on pp. 224-225
Lesson 13 Drill
Vocab Quiz on Lesson 13 Characters
 (PDF)
 3 Learn to write the required Lesson 13 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Hand-write Exercise 1 on p. 231 (Copy the questions and then complete the dialogues.)
 Lesson 13 Oral Practice
 4 Listen to Lesson 14 (CH053) recording and read along. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 14.
Read Grammar Notes on pp. 243-245

Exercise 1 on pp. 231 due.
Dictation of Lesson 13 Required Characters
Vocab Quiz on Lesson 14 Characters
Lesson 14 Drill

 5 Learn to write the required Lesson 14 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Lesson 14 Oral Practice
 6 Write an essay with at least 25 new words and 5 new sentence structures in lessons 13 & 14 (underline them). Pay attention to the structure of the essay. Your point of view should be stated early on and defended, and there should be a brief conclusion. You can write with pen and paper or with your computer (you'll need to print it out in this case.)

When you get your essay back from me, revise it and then post it on the Discussion Board before we start the next lesson.

Review Session
Essay Due
Dictation of Lesson 14 Required Characters
Reading Exercises
Oral Practice
 7 Review Lessons 13, 14 (new characters, grammar, texts) Quiz 1 (Fantizi) (PDF)
 8 Post your revised essay on Discussion Board.
Listen to Lesson 16 (CH053) recording and read along. Read the grammar notes on pp 270-72. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 16.
Lesson 16 Drill
Vocab Quiz (Fanti) on Lesson 16 Characters
 9 Learn to write the required Lesson 16 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Hand-write Exercise 3 on pp. 278-79 (Copy the questions, please.)
Lesson 16 Oral Practice
 10 Listen to Lesson 17 (CH053) recording and read along. Read Grammar Notes on pp. 284-85. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 17. Exercise 3 on pp. 278-79 due.
Dictation of Lesson 16 required characters
Vocab Quiz (Jianti) on Lesson 17 characters
Lesson 17 Drill
 11 Learn to write the required Lesson 17 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.

Lesson 17 Oral Practice

 12 Please let me know what your topic for Final Project will be, and whom you will be doing the project with (if you have a group) in person or by email.

Write an essay with at least 20 new words and 5 new sentence structures in lessons 16 & 17 (underline them). Pay attention to the structure of the essay. Your point of view should be stated early on and defended, and there should be a brief conclusion. You can write with pen and paper or with your computer (you'll need to print it out in this case.)

When you get your essay back from me, revise it and then post it on the Discussion Board before we start the next lesson.
Review Session
Essay Due
Dictation of Lesson 17 required characters
Reading Exercises
Oral Practice
 13 Review Lessons 16, 17 (new characters, grammar, texts) Quiz 2 (Jiantizi) (PDF)
 14 Post your revised essay (Lesson 16 & Lesson 17) on Discussion Board.
Listen to Lesson 18 (CH053) recording and read along. Read the grammar notes. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 18.
Lesson 18 Vocab Quiz (Fanti) of Lesson 18 Characters
 15 Learn to write the required Lesson 18 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Hand-write Exercise 1 & Exercise 4 on pp. 306.
Lesson 18 Practice
 16 Listen to Lesson 19 (CH053) recording and read along. Read the grammar notes. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 19. Exercise 1 & Exercise 4 on p. 306 due.
Dictation of Lesson 18 required characters
Vocab Quiz (Jianti) of Lesson 19 characters
Lesson 19 Drill
 17 Learn to write the required Lesson 19 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Lesson 19 Practice
 18 Write an essay with at least 20 new words and 5 new sentence structures in lessons 18 & 19 (underline them). Pay attention to the structure of the essay. Your point of view should be stated early on and defended, and there should be a brief conclusion. You can write with pen and paper or with your computer (you'll need to print it out in this case.)

When you get your essay back from me, revise it and then post it on the Discussion Board before we start the next lesson.

Review Session
Essay due
Dictation of Lesson 19 Required Characters
-Reading Exercises
Oral Practice
 19 Review Lessons 18 & 19 (new characters, grammar, texts) Quiz 3 (Fantizi) (PDF)
 20 Review Review of Lessons 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, & 19

Start to think about your final film project (PDF). A plan stating how many parts it will consist of, if there are any interviews, etc. and each group member's responsibilities will be due on Fri. Apr. 4 right after the break. (Each students has 4-5 minutes. And please use original footage, pictures, etc to avoid copyright violation.)

 21

Post your revised essay (Lesson 18& Lesson 19) on Discussion Board.
Listen to Lesson 21(CH053) recording and read along. Read the grammar notes. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 21.

Lesson 21 Drill
Vocab Quiz (Fanti) of Lesson 21 Characters
 22 Learn to write the required Lesson 21 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Hand-write Exercise 2 on pp. 342 & Exercise 4 on pp. 343.
Lesson 21 Exercises
 23 Listen to Lesson 22 (CH053) recording and read along. Read the grammar notes. Make sure that you understand the main idea and that you recognize all the new characters in Lesson 22. Final project plan due: state the topic, how many parts it will consist of, if there are any interviews, etc. and each group member's responsibilities. The preliminary plan can be hand-written or typed.
Exercise 2 on pp. 342 & Exercise 4 on pp. 343 due.
Dictation of Lesson 21 required characters
Vocab Quiz (Jianti) of Lesson 22 characters
Lesson 22 Drill
 24 Learn to write the required Lesson 22 characters (PDF).
Read what others are saying and post your comments on Discussion Board.
Lesson 22 Exercises
 25

Write an essay with at least 20 new words (not just 20 new characters) and 5 new sentence structures in lessons 21 & 22 (underline them). Pay attention to the structure of the essay. Your point of view should be stated early on and defended, and there should be a brief conclusion. You can write with pen and paper or with your computer (you'll need to print it out in this case).

When you get your essay back from me, revise it and then post it on the Discussion Board before we start lesson 25.

Review Session
Essay Due
Dictation of Lesson 22 Required Characters
Reading Exercises
Oral Practice
 26 Review Lessons 21 & 22 (new characters, grammar, texts) Quiz 4(Jiantizi)
 27 Lesson 25 (Guangdong Province)
 28 Lesson 28 (Zhongwen? Hanyu? Guoyu? Putonghua?)
 29 Lesson 28 (Zhongwen? Hanyu? Guoyu? Putonghua?)
 30 Review
 31 Quiz 5
 32 Lesson 32 (Rong Hong, the first Chinese student in America)
 33 Lesson 32 (Rong Hong, the first Chinese student in America)
 34 Lesson 33 Qiu Jin, a Chinese Feminist Forerunner
 35 Lesson 33 Qiu Jin, a Chinese Feminist Forerunner
 36 Review
 37 Quiz 6
 38 Final Project Screening
 39 Final Project Screening