Dear all,
All of the nine students attended school today:) Nathan and Lauren have won their first prize by collecting 5 stickers from Ms. Li. Congratulations! Other kids, come on :P
We reviewed Unit 4, and had the introduction to Chinese Calligraphy. Everyone was excited to get the brush and "magic paper" to write with. Please take good care of them, and remember to bring them back to school each week. By the end of the school year, you can keep them as your own.
Here come the videos for more knowledge of traditional Chinese Calligraphy:
1. An Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBAJ4GwGcA
2. Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration (for Middle School Students) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM4BuhTFxho Pay close attention how to hold the brush!
3. How to Use a Chinese Calligraphy Brush:
http://www.artisoo.com/blog/how-to-use-a-chinese-calligraphy-brush/
You can practice the basic Chinese strokes at home.
Chinese character stroke order rules:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MCnjfws0XQ
Have fun!
See you next week!
Important hint:
Next week (Nov. 4th) we will have our midterm test (Oral test + writing test). And on Nov. 11th, we will have our third online course this year.
I will give each student test paper to write with. Students should know:
1) numbers from 1-10 in Chinese 一二三四五六七八九十, basic Chinese characters (remember those in workbooks of tracing: 老师您早你好再见，对不起没关系不客气
2) pinyin of a o e i u ü with 4 tones, and pinyin of b p m f
3) the basic strokes/radicals/ structures of a Chinese character, and count how many strokes are there in a character;
and each kid needs to come to me, to 1) read the words in the textbook, 2) have a short conversation with me in Chinese.
If you cannot come, please inform me ahead.
I will try to make the test simple and basic. Everyone, please get yourself well prepared.
