Erica Pollard

This is a packet (69 pages total!) of supplementary materials to be used with the book Anna Mei Banfa. It contains reading guides for each chapter, homework and character practice exercises, quizzes and chapter tests, and a final exam. Also included are reading practice exercises and materials for a research assignment on Taiwan.

This is a unit comprised of five lesson plans using "The Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle in Chinese. Through the unit, students will learn to use correct sentence structure to identify what a subject does at different times, use correct measure words for different foods and animals, discuss what someone eats or likes to eat, and learn vocabulary relating to animals and foods. The lessons were originally used with high school students in a foreign language class, but could also be adapted for u

This set of activities includes the following: 1. A reading activity in which students read restaurant views and identify the speaker's opinions about the restaurant 2. A speaking activity in which students discuss the pros and cons of visiting this restaurant 3. A writing activity (with rubric) in which students write their own restaurant review.

王美英的问题 is a short story intended for beginning students of Chinese. The vocabulary and grammar in this story are aligned with the first five chapters of the popular textbook Integrated Chinese so that the story can be used in the classroom or independently to supplement that text. The text includes only six unique characters not found in the first five chapters of Integrated Chinese. Those unfamiliar words are defined in a vocabulary section to accompany the text. This packet includes four vers

王美英的新朋友 is a short story for beginning readers of Chinese. The vocabulary of the story is carefully controlled so that students can read it independently. The vocabulary used is aligned with the popular textbook Integrated Chinese and drawn from the first seven chapters of that textbook. The story also guides students to develop skills in reading independently by skimming, scanning, and predicting. The story consists of nine parts, and invites students to create their own ending to the story, dr

This project can be used in a variety of educational settings, but was designed for use in a third-year high school Chinese class to supplement the textbook Integrated Chinese, Lesson 19: Travel. In this project, students are assigned a specific identity and asked to choose the itinerary that best meets their needs. Once they have selected their itinerary, students will develop a presentation describing their flight plan and itinerary and explaining why this itinerary meets their needs. This ass

This is a viewing guide for the Zhang Yimou film "The Road Home". This product includes: Useful words and phrases in pinyin and characters A plot synopsis Previewing questions Historical background information on China in the 1950s and the Hundred Flowers Movement Viewing questions A post-viewing writing assignment This guide was written for use in a Chinese language course, but could be easily adapted for use in a Social Studies/History course.

An editable template for a free homework pass for Chinese New Year. Print, cut, and hand out to students instead of hongbao!

Coming up with Chinese names for a hundred new students each year can be time consuming! I use this assignment to allow students to come up with their own names using an easy-to-use online name generator. This assignment gives some background information on Chinese names and guidelines for creating their own. After students have come up with their names, I collect them and check for errors or inappropriate names.