ChinaLesson6ChinaStations

Overview ThislessoniscomprisedofthreestationsthatexploredifferentpartsofChineseculture.Throughthree 15minutestationsstudentswillhaveanopportunitytocreatetheirownChineseartifacts.Thestudents willhaveanopportunitytoseehowtheirlivescompareandcontrastwithachildinChina,tomake paperandtocreateaChineseNewYearMask. Understandings Landandweatheraffectpeoplesculture(food,clothing,shelter,traditions). EssentialQuestions Howdoesenvironmentaffectculture(food,clothing,shelter,traditions)? Standards ReadingStandardsforInformationalTextGrade2 Identifythemainpurposeofatext,includingwhattheauthorwantstoanswer,explain,ordescribe. Knowandusevarioustextfeatures(e.g.captions,boldprint,subheadings,glossaries,indexes, electronicmenus,icons)tolocatekeyfactsorinformationinatextefficiently. Objectives Studentswillbeableto Constructwrittenandpictorialproductstoreflectunderstandingofinformation. CompareandcontrastYikangslifeandtheirownlives. ConstructaChineseNewYearMask. Makerecycledpaperwiththehelpofateacher. Assessment ChineseNewYearMask ChineseTravelJournalpage13aboutYikang Papermaking InstructionalApproach Eachstationwillbe15minuteslongandhaveateachertoleadtheminilesson. Station1MakingPaper Minilessonontheinventionofpaperandtheimportanceofrecycling. PaperwasinventedinancientChinainabout105C.E.duringtheHanDynasty. Wecanuserecycledpapertocreatenewpaper. PaperMakingSteps 1. Eachstudentwilltearuprecycledpaper 2. Thestudentswillputthepaperinablenderwithwater. 1

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Theteacherwillblendthepaper. Usingthepapermakingstrainerthestudentsandteacherwillmakeflattenthepulpintoasheet. Letthepaperdry. Giveeachstudentsapremadepieceofrecycledpaper.

Station2YikangsLife&MyLife ReadaloudthebookYikangsDayFromDawntoDuskinaChineseCity DiscusshowYikangslifeissimilaranddifferenttothestudentslives. Completepage13intheChinaTravelJournalYikangsLife&MyLife Station3ChineseNewYearMask MiniLesson ReadBriningintheNewYearbyGraceLin DiscusstheChineseNewYearandwhytheywearmasks CutandcolortheChineseNewYearmask Sponge ChineseNewYearcoloringpages Materialsneeded ChinaTravelJournal YikangsDayFromDawntoDuskinAChineseCity ReadBriningintheNewYearbyGraceLin Papermakingsupplies ChineseNewYearmask