Course Overview
Chinese
2 will continue to emphasize on listening, speaking, reading and
writing aspects of the language. Students will be given more authentic
materials for their readings. They will also be exposed to different
media and native-speakers to experience how the language is used
in the real world.
Theme: My Life
Topic 1: The People Around Me Weeks
1-12
Objectives
Students will be able to:
a) exchange and
interpret past and present physical description and character
traits.
b) address people
appropriately within the community
c) interpret and
summarize biographical data about a native-speaking family
d) present autobiographical
and extended family information
e) compare the
similarities and difference of a Chinese family and families from
a Western culture or other cultures
f) identity idiomatic
expressions (4 characters chengyu) related to the vocabulary
learned
Topic 2: Occupations Weeks
13-19
Objectives
Students will be able to:
a) exchange information
about occupational choices
b) describe the
professions of their extended family members and friends
c) expand vocabulary
in different professions
d) express and
exchange information about their interest or hobby
e) compare the
preference of profession between people in Chinese speaking cultures
and in the United States
Grading Policy
The following policies
are consistent with the new MCPS Grading and Reporting policy
as outline in Learning, Grading and Reporting Guidelines (MCPS,
2006):
Assessments:
90%
Assessments include
graded assignments, quizzes, projects, unit tests, classroom participation
and the use of target language, and oral presentations.
Homework
and practice: 10%
Homework and practice
include assignments graded for completion only.
Late and
missing work
Each assignment
will have a due date. This is the date by which
the student is expected to submit the assignment. Grades will
drop one letter grade if the assignment is not turned in by the
due date. The deadline is the last day an assignment
will be accepted for a grade. In some cases, the due date and
the deadline may be the same. Work not turned in by the deadline
will be considered missing. Missing work will be recorded in the
grade book as a zero.
Reassessment
Some formative
assessments (i.e., quizzes) may be taken a second time; the second
of the two scores will be counted. In order to retake an assessment,
the student must attend a tutoring session with the Chinese Honor
Society or the teacher and must have completed
all homework assignments leading up to that quiz. The student
is responsible for attending the tutoring session and for demonstrating
proper homework completion before retaking the
formative assessment. Deadlines after which retakes
may not be taken will be announced in class.
Each
student can only retake quizzes twice for each
quarter.
Summative
assessments (i.e., unit tests, projects, final exams) may not
be retaken.
Extra credit
MCPS grading policy
does not allow extra credit.
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