Chinese Radical Project

Chinese Radicals

Exemplar:

 Show Chinese radicals by body postures

Objective:

I can use my body postures to show a Chinese radical. 

Task: 

Scholars need to learn the 8 basic Chinese radicals that includes know the strokes of the 8 radicals, memorize the meaning of the 8 radicals, and able to recognize the 8 radicals. Scholars need to work in group and try to help each other to show the basic radicals by using their body postures. 

Vocabulary: 

2^nd to 3^rd grade:

4^th to 6^th grade:

Assessment:

Score 4.0: The scholar demonstrates the advanced beginning level performance.

Score 3.5: The scholar demonstrates some advanced beginning level performance.

Score 3.0: The scholar has mastered the beginning level performance. This obvious when:

Scholars can write characters correctly.  (2^nd to 3^rd grade)

Scholars can write characters correctly and can write the sentence completely. (4^th to 5^th grade)

Scholars can write characters correctly, can write the sentence completely, and use sentence pattern correctly. (6^th grade)

Score 2.5: The scholar has a basic understanding and its progressing towards mastery.

Score 2.0: The scholar has achieved basic understanding.

Score 1.5: The scholar has demonstrated basic understanding with some assistance.

Score 1.0: The scholar has demonstrated basic understanding only with assistance.

Score 0.5: The scholar has demonstrated some basic understanding only with assistance.

Task Description: 

The radical  is an essential element of the Chinese dictionary. The list of Chinese radicals is a rough equivalent of a Chinese "alphabet". Every Chinese character is classified under a radical, the radicals being sorted by the number of strokes  used in writing them.

This unit is an introduction of Chinese radicals. Scholars have been introduced several basic Chinese radicals and their evolutional history. The essential questions for this unit are: How is a Chinese character formed? How do I learn and remember Chinese characters? What are the advantages of leaning the radicals? After scholars learnt this unit, 80% of them are able to answer these questions above. 

The task for this unit is that scholars need to learn the 8 basic Chinese radicals that includes know the strokes of the 8 radicals, memorize the meaning of the 8 radicals, and able to recognize the 8 radicals. Scholars need to work in group and try to help each other to show the basic radicals by using their body postures. Thought out this in class actively, scholars will obtain an deeper understanding of Chinese characters. 

Two trees on the top and a fire at the bottom. This character is“burning”. In order to present this character well, Jaiden stand on the ground to be the first layer and Hasaani and Isiaah stand on the table to be the second layer.  

A person inside a “mouth” so he can’t go anywhere. This radical is prisoner. Two girls tried to make a square to form the mouth radical; one girl folded her hands in order to make the person radical. Well done, girls!

Two arms plus the head is “mountain”. If two mountains put together that means “exit” because the emperor put exit between mountains in the old time.