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This lesson:

• Introduces the preposition 在 , ‘in/on’

• Introduces the structure of how to say one’s address • Introduces 封

This Reader introduces the Chinese way of giving an address, which in keeping with norms in the Chinese language is from the general to the par ticular – the exact opposite of English, which star ts at the par ticular and proceeds to the general. The English translation doesn’t show this, but the Reader offers teachers a good setting in which to introduce the idea.

Learning objectives:

• To be able to understand and use the correct structure to refer to an address

• To know the vocabulary associated with addresses and dwellings

• To use the classifer 封 to refer to sealed objects, such as letters

Learning outcomes:

After this lesson, children should be able to:

• Understand the correct structure for naming an address • Know and use words that refer to addresses and dwellings

Assessment:

• I can write my address in Chinese • I understand address-related vocabulary • I can use 封 to talk about sealed objects

Where Do You Live?

Target characters:

哪兒，九龍，街，號，地址，寫，封，信

Main grammatical point: 在

Theme: Places

PYP curriculum link: Where We Are In Place And Time

Subject summary: Addresses

Differentiation:

Ask children to write their address in Mandarin. Provide some sample addresses of varying diffculty for children who don’t know their address.

Related Readers:

House-related vocabulary was introduced in House (Orange Book 05).

Vocabulary used to talk about where one lives was introduced in We Live In China (Purple Book 06).

BROWN LEVEL | BOOK 08