Lesson 4: Basic Classroom Commands

Another word that will be included in next quiz will be 再见 Zàijiàn - Goodbye

Lesson 3: Evolution of Chinese Scripts

Lesson 2: How are Chinese Characters Formed

LO:

• I will be able to describe how the pictograms are formed
• I will be identify 8 basic pictograms
  
  
  
  * 門 is the Traditional character used in Taiwan and Hong Kong and 门 is the Simplified Character used in China.
  - 人口 （people+mouth）means “population”
  - 火山 （fire + mountain） means “volcano”

Lesson 1: Introduction to Chinese Characters

Learning Objective:  Students will be able to describe how the pictograms are formed

Components are the meaningful parts that when you divide a character, you don't cut through any line.

Strokes are the continuous motions (without lifting the pen off the paper) you need to write a character .

36 Chinese Characters 三十六个汉字Sān shí liù gè hàn zì