Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7

Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

ATTAINMENT
CORE VOCABULARY GRAMMAR ADDITIONAL TARGETiv
TIME TOPIC KEY TASKS CSDiii
&CONSTRUCTIONSi (LS)ii RESOURCES 1 2 3 4
L/R S R/R W
Basic 你好,谢谢,再见, 我叫… ICT  Production of 5a L1/2 L2/3
Term 1 greetings Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? short spoken role
Wǒ jiào…, Nǐdūo dà le? play
Wǒ shí yī suì.
Introducti Country: Internet, photos,  Production of a L1 L1/2
on to Location, size, population, postcards, stamps booklet on a
China and rivers, cities given topic (pair
Chinese Vocab.: Běijīng, Shànghǎi, work is
Xī’an, guǎngzhōu, Xiāngǎng, permitted)
Chángchéng

Language: Internet, Chinese

Characters magazines and
Mandarin and other dialects books
Basic Hěn hǎo, fēicháng hǎo, jǔ shǒu, Imperatives, politeness in  Acting in a mime L1/2 L1/2
classroom ānjìng, dǎkāi běnzi, diǎnmíng, expression
instruction lǎo shī, qǐng
s:
Number 一 – 一百, 个 The importance of the key Euro talk Mandarin  Spoken and 5a L1/2 L2/3
numbers Rules to make software. written simple
numbers. Students make up Science book (title calculations for
numbers according to the rule to be checked) homework
[LS25] Measure words: (numeracy)
quantifying 多少人? 二十八个.
几个人? 三个.
Structure Strokes of characters
of Stroke name, stroke counting,
Characters stroke order, Structure of
individual characters Left/right,
top/bottom/, inside/outside/,
single character

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 Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7
Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

Time 点,分,半 Hour + half, hour + minutes A clock  time drawing L1-2 L2/3
[LS36] Word order in time on clock faces
expressions: year, month, day, according to
time of day, hour, minute what has been
heard or read
Term 2 Pinyin Initials and finals, four tones Focus on those different from Pinyin  Pinyin quiz
Type pinyin on computers English alphabet pronunciation with
the help of English,
Dictionary
Basic Xià wǔ hǎo, wǎn shàng hǎo, wǎn ICT e.g. Hot  Exchange 5a L1/2 L2/3
greetings ān, Dùi bù qǐ, méi guān xi potatoes greetings
Family 爸爸, 妈妈, 姐姐, 妹妹, 哥哥, Singular and plural ICT  Family tree L1/2 L2/3
and 弟弟, 朋友, 个 Measure word “gè” drawing
friends [LS13] subject + action verb + according to the
Radical: “女” object 我有爸爸. characters
[LS16] subject + (negative) +  Read a simple
object + question marker 你没有 description
弟弟吗? containing
personal
information
about family

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Core Vocabulary & Constructions: based on “GCSE Chinese minimum core vocabulary” Specification Edexcel GCSE in Chinese March 2001
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LS – Linguistic Structures: based on “GCSE Chinese Linguistic Structures” Specification Edexcel GCSE in Chinese March 2001
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CSD – Common Structure and Design: based on Modern Foreign Language: The National Curriculum for England1999
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Attainment Target: based on “The Attainment Targets for Modern Foreign Languages” Modern Foreign Language: The National Curriculum for England1999
L/R = Listening and Responding
S = Speaking
R/R = Reading and Responding
W = Writing

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 Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7
Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

Countries 中国, 英国, 法国, 德国, 亚洲, Zhè shì… ICT e.g Hot  Describing L2 L2/3
欧洲, 在 Zài potatoes different
Běijīng, lún dūn [LS11] question word + verb 谁 A map of world countries and
在中国? National flags their capitals
from a map of
the world
 Countries and
flags
Mid- 中秋节, 月饼, ICT internet  Production of 3e L1 L1
autumn Zhōng qiū jié, yuè bing an introduction
festival to Mid-autumn
festival
Term 3 Months 日, 月, 年, 星期, 今天, Possessive adj. Euro talk software  Read a passage L2/3 L3
dates and 生日,的, 我的, 我妈妈的, Modification of noun with “de” to find out the
days related
information
 Survey of
brothers and
sisters

Nationaliti 中国人, 英国人, 法国人, 德国 Rén  Read a passage L2/3 L3

es 人 Personal pronouns and find the
我, 是 [LS7] noun phrase + related
classificatory verb + noun phrase information
你, 她, 他, 是,不是, 她是中国人.  Production of
[LS8] noun phrase + negative + spoken and
classificatory verb + noun phrase written piece
他不是英国人. of personal
[LS9] noun phrase + (negative) information
+ classificatory verb + noun
phrase + question marker “ma”
他(不)是中国人吗?
你&您

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 Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7
Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

Festivals 春节, 圣诞节, 新年, 福, 快乐 Good wishes expressions Internet  Present an L1 L1/2
wǔ shī, wǔ long introduction to
the Spring
Festival
 Production of a 4d
list of
differences
between Spring
Festival and
Christmas
 Production of a
poster on
Chinese new
year
 Christmas and
new year card
making with
good
expressions in
Chinese
characters
Character radicals Chinese-English  Use the 3d
structure Dictionary dictionary to
look up
characters
Term 4 Food and 面包, 牛奶, 鸡蛋, 喜欢, 不, 不 Express like/dislike Hot potatoes or  Interview on 5c L2/3 L3
drinks 喜欢, 好吃, 常常 Yes/no questions quia asking and 5a
[LS14] subject + adverb + action answering
verb + object 他常常吃面包. questions about
[LS3] subject + negative + what food they
adverbial modifier + stative verb like and dislike,
鸡蛋不好吃. and present the
result
 Read a
description
containing

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 Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7
Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

someone’s
likeness and
dislikeness
toward food
and drinks
Pets 宠物, 狗, 猫, 熊猫,, , 可爱, 不可 [LS1] Subject + stative verb 狗 Hot potatoes or  Survey on 5c L1/2 L2/3
爱 可爱. quia family or friend 5a
[LS2] subject + negative + Dictionary about what pets
Radical “狗” stative ver b 猫不可爱. or animals they
like and dislike

Four 春天, 夏天, 秋天, 冬天, 冷, 热, Opinion and reasons  Interview on 5c L2/3 L1/2
seasons 因为 asking and 5a
and answering
weather questions about
what seasons they
like and dislike,
and present the
result
Dragon 端午节, 粽子, 龙舟, 比赛 Internet  Find the key L1 L1/2
boat Pictures and photos information on
Festival the festival and
make an ICT
poster
 Describe in
target language
the basic
information
about the
festival.
Term 5 Cities 北京, 上海, 广州, 长城, 天安门 Future tense  Mark the cities L1/2 L2
广场 , 去 on the map of
China
 Production of a
pamphlet for
travelling

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 Djanolgy City Academy Mandarin Scheme of Work – Year 7
Created by Xiaoming Zhu & Xiaohui Yan

School 中文, 英文, 法文, 德国, 有意思, Give opinions and reasons  Production of a L2/3 L3
subjects 没意思 spoken and
written piece
toward one’s
likeness and
dislikeness of
the school
subjects
Directions 银行, 邮局, 商店, 书店, 超级市 Open-ended questions with  Asking and L1-2 L2-3
场,去, 哪儿, yī zhí zǒu, duì miàn question word 哪儿; answering
Past tense with 了 questions on
directions