DRAFT Lesson Plan

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Hello, Ying! Hope you're having a great weekend! Would you please email me your lesson plan? My email is: [email protected].
Thanks in advance!

Arana

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Hi Ying,

Your lesson plan is very sequential and easy to understand. I like your rationale's emphasis on the importance of learning the culture and the ideology of the language. It is so important that our students learn the similarities and differences not only about the language but the culture the language is from. For that reason, I also admire your day one preteaching activity and how it brings together the students' thinking about American and Chinese cultures. I am not sure what a double bubble map is, but I do like the idea of comparing and contrasting the ideas about the two cultures' values. I also like the chart of the ten values that you provided.

Looking at day two, I really like the use of video clips to bring home the ideas taught the day before. Your instruction and practice all tie together really well and reinforce the lesson. When you stop the video for the sudents to reflect, is their reflection oral or written? I am assuming written since there is an over all oral discussion later followed by a revision of ideas for homework.

On day three, it is great that the groups have a chance to collaborate. Do you choose the groups based on the students' ability level, or is there other criteria? Also, is the topic they choose one of the ten original topics presented on day one?

As you can see, most of my questions have to do with very minor needs for clarification. Your lessons are interesting, varied, and flow from one to the next quite naturally. The students will learn some new characters, and they will also be able to reinforce past learning. Plus, they have the opportunity to explore Confucian ideals and compare them with modern day American. Good luck with this lesson! I believe the students will really get into it and learn a lot from it.

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I loved your lesson plan. I add the Chinese characters to your Banzhou PPT because it took me a while to figure out which person she was and so on. Some time it is nice to have the original terms available to help some students grasp the concept better and faster

Attached the PPT. Hopefully the cahracters can be displayed properly on your computer. Some time it turns into weird codes

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Ying! It was really nice of you to take the time to do that. The characters look fine (as far as I can tell).

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The lesson plan is an introduction to Chinese Calligraphy, however I do not believe that you could evaluate the students work with only two 55 minute sessions. Specifically, the opening 15 minute segment cannot be achieved in 15 minutes. Also the steps defined in the table do not add up to two 55 minute segments. If you are addressing 1. Culture, 2. People, Places, Environment 3. Time, Continuity, and Change, I do not see it addressed in the lesson plan.

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Wayne:
Your lesson plan objective is stated as: Introduce the Art of Calligraphy and Its Relationship to Leadership Training. However, I would like to better understand where in the lesson is this relationship explained. Some detail about how this relationship will be addressed will be helpful.
The thematic standards addressed are:
1. Culture
2. People, Places, Environment
3. Time, Continuity and Change
Again, it is unclear where these themes belong in the lesson plan; perhaps a little more detail about where in the lesson these themes appear might clarify this.
The most difficult time I had was in the way you have broken down the timing of the lesson (I have to work on that as well). I do not understand what the objective is for Part I vs. Part II and the two parts are not clearly labelled in your table; like Dan, I think that being able to cover everything in two 55 minute segments may be very ambitious for kids in K-12, and your breakdown of the timing does not add up to two 55 minute sessions as I see it.

Another question I have is how history is integrated into the lesson; it seems to focus on the mechanical aspects of calligraphy. Are there primary sources that can be found to show historically how important calligraphy is in Chinese culture? I really like your emphasis on the mind/body connection, though.

Having a video tutorial is interesting, and I think that it may be useful to break that down into video clips for in class presentation or assigning the video as extra credit (you suggest it as homework). Having the students discuss the video might add an interesting group dimension for the beginning of the second day. Hope this helps,
Arana

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Dear Ying:

Like Robin, I really enjoyed the very clear and sequential nature of your lesson plan. I will probably revise mine based on the way you've handled the subject matter. It is easy to follow the flow of the lesson, and your presentation is very precise. Most exciting to me is that you have taken calligraphy and integrated ancient history and schools of thought into your course in Mandarin.

I love the idea of using a double bubble chart for thinking and reflection about American and Chinese cultures. That is a very creative and visual way to address comparing and contrasting the cultures. Robin, a double map, or spider gram, is a thinking tool that allows students to visually represent, compare and contrast ideas, much like a Mind Map, or any of the visualization tools for thinking.

Focusing on the 10 Virtues is a great way to focus on an aspect of calligraphy that I think is very meaningful and applicable to students' lives - and breaks down a very long process into achievable goals for each of your three sessions.

Breaking the sessions down into Learning, Application of Learning, and Assessment is very useful, as are the way you mix individualized and group sessions. I always like to see peer review in a lesson. Sadly, I don't speak Mandarin - because I would love to take this class. Very well done and impressive, Ying.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info, Arana. I googled "double bubble map" and found a wealth of material. Weird I had not seen these before! Cute little guys-- kind of a cross between Venn diagrams and mind mapping. Guess what I'll be using in class soon....

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Trying to attach my file of my lesson plan. This is a test.
Dylis

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I believe it worked! Dylis

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Hi Wayne and Vivian,
I am having problems trying to attach my three lessons. Wayne, I have already e-mailed you my three lessons. Could you e-mail back my lessons with your critique? Vivian I will e-mail my lessons to you for review.
Thank you, Marlyn
Below are the objectives for the 3 lessons to show that I have a plan in place:
Lesson 1 Objectives (Write 2-5 objectives stating expected learner outcomes.):
To understand the history and progression of Chinese Characters as an enduring written language.
To understand the cultural and artistic aspects of Chinese characters
To understand the rhythm, discipline, and attention to detail that are required to replicate the basic stokes.
To demonstrate the ability to replicate the basic strokes by creating a one word character.
To demonstrate critical thinking skills by comparing the culture and aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy with modern modes of written communication
Suggested Procedure: This three part lesson will consist of teacher lecturers accompanied by online resources and video clips. Interactive online tutorials will guide students as they practice the basic Chinese Calligraphy strokes.
Lesson 2 Objectives (Write 2-5 objectives stating expected learner outcomes.):
To understand the rhythm, discipline, and attention to detail that are required to replicate the basic stokes.
To demonstrate the ability to replicate the basic strokes by creating a one word character
To demonstrate critical thinking skills by comparing the culture and aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy with modern modes of written communication
Lesson 3 Objectives (Write 2-5 objectives stating expected learner outcomes.):
To recognize the evolution of modern calligraphy as a new art form
To recognize graffiti as an art form
To recognize the calligraphy influences present in calligraffiti
To demonstrate the use of calligraffiti in international marketing
To demonstrate a basic knowledge of Chinese protocol
Suggested Procedure
Lesson 3: Teacher will provide instruction using the internet and video clips to provide the background for modern Chinese Calligraphy and calligraffiti
edited by mjones on 9/1/2011

[Anonymous]

Hi Dylis,
It was a pleasure to work with you during the US China workshop. I loved your story about your day at the race track.
I am unable to open your lesson plan. Did you save it from a Mac? Is it possible to save it as a Word Doc? Arana Greenberg may be able to shed some light on this as she resaved her lesson that was t saved in pages with the doc file extension.
I look forward to reviewing your lesson plan. You offered great ideas during our discussion the last day.
I do trust your school year is going well. My e-mail is [email protected] if it would work to send your lesson plan as e-mail (I still need it with the doc extension)
Marlyn

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Here's my draft lesson. I still need to include some handout and bibliographical info. Thanks,
Tony
edited by tchan on 9/1/2011

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[Anonymous]

Hello Shelly,
I think you have a fram work or structure for the lesson plan, but there are some unclear questions, please see the attached file.
Thanks,
Wayne
edited by wchu on 9/1/2011

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