学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

I can use yesterday's idiom and the two new ones from today AND

I can use "it looks like..." and "it sounds like" to describe colors of clothing that we want to buy. These patterns especially work well with the next idiom will learn: 三心二意 (to be indecisive/flip flip back & forth on a decision)

We will do a new idiom and an old one at the end of this lesson, but in the meantime we will return to our packet---->

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Please do the character practice for 一心一意（wholeheartedly）that is on the back of the idiom page that we taped to the front of our packet.
If you finish this quickly, and you haven't already finished the character practices on pages 9.1 - 9.7 (on back of page 9.6) complete those too.

When you are done with both, click on both of the below:

I have finished the character practice of 一心一意.

I have finished all of the character practices on pages 9.1 - 9.7 (on back of page 9.6)

I was done with everything and wrote Chinese brush calligraphy with the water pens (earns extra Oar in Synergy)

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What are the reasons + one more reason Chinese language may place an extra importance on 4 character idioms, when compared to other languages?

More syllables
Less confusion between different words
English writing values academic language and idioms don't fall in that category
Much fewer syllables
There are too many short words that have the same sound
There is confusion between the sounds of short syllable words.
Chinese writing values idioms because academic language in Chinese includes idioms.

Other languages
Chinese

For the next activity the meanings of the scrambled sentences that I took and corrected from your repsonses from the last formative are here: (efer to these as you unscramble them by dragging and dropping the tiles to unscramble the sentence(s).in the next activity) Please avoid clicking on EXIT because then all your work is lost.

Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo Zhōngwén
I wholeheartedly want to learn Chinese well.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng qù Ōuzhōu wán
I wholeheartedly want to go to Europe to have fun.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo dǎ wǎngqiú
I wholeheartedly want to learn to play tennis well.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng zuò hǎo shùxué
I wholeheartedly want to do well in math.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì de xiǎng zuò hǎo wǒ de zuòyè
I wholeheartedly want to do my homework well.
Wǒ zhège jiérì yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng yào yí gè gèng hǎo de lánqiú
I wholeheartedly want a better basketball this holiday.

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You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

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For the unscrambled sentence above that mentioned a holiday, where did that holiday go in the sentence?

Near the end of the sentence

Near the middle of the sentence

Near the front of the sentence

Now go back to the packet and turn to page 16 and let's describe these images with "it looks..." 看起来...” in Chinese. null

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这个汤看起来怎么样？

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这件毛衣看起来怎么样？

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这双黑袜子，看起来怎么样？

Because many students didn't finish this activity yesterday, I am adding it here with more hints, so you can get it done--you will get a full 5 minutes to complete this.

For the activity on your left, the meanings of the scrambled sentences that I took and corrected from your repsonses from the last formative are here: (refer to these as you unscramble them by dragging and dropping the tiles to unscramble the sentence(s)--they are in the traditional vertical Chinese format. Please avoid clicking on EXIT because then all your work is lost. **If you can't see the whole sentence on the left beause it is too long vertically, then hit the keystroke, CTRL- to zoom out)

Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo Zhōngwén
I wholeheartedly want to learn Chinese well.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng qù Ōuzhōu wán
I wholeheartedly want to go to Europe to have fun.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo dǎ wǎngqiú
I wholeheartedly want to learn to play tennis well.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng zuò hǎo shùxué
I wholeheartedly want to do well in math.
Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì de xiǎng zuò hǎo wǒ de zuòyè
I wholeheartedly want to do my homework well.
Wǒ zhège jiérì yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng yào yí gè gèng hǎo de lánqiú
I wholeheartedly want a better basketball this holiday.

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You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

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For the above sentences that you unscrambled that used 一心一意，what adjective/adverb did you notice was often added after the verb? For example, Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo Zhōngwén= I wholeheartedly want to learn Chinese well.

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In addition for one the above sentences that you unscrambled that used 一心一意: Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì de xiǎng zuò hǎo wǒ de zuòyè=I wholeheartedly want to do my homework well, what Chinese character and pinyin did you notice could be added right after 一心一意？(you can click on 2 selections)

的

地

de

得

Now listen to me as I describe two things that "sound..."--use 听起来。。。 null null

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Share in Chinese how this thing I describe sounds to you (refer to 1st image).

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Share in Chinese how this place I describe sounds to you (refer to 2nd image).

Please go to page 16 of your packet, and write your response--type just two (any two) of your answers here.

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The first of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16.

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The second of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16 (in other words, just type what you've handwritten).

学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

I can use 三心二意(idiom) and the one new one from today AND continue

I can use "it looks like..." and "it sounds like" to describe colors of clothing that we want to buy. PLUS

Review and Practice of Comparison--what you did for homework.

We will do a new idiom and an old one at the end of this lesson, but in the meantime we will return to our packet---->

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Please do the character practice for 三心二意（indecisive）that is on the back of the idiom page that we taped to the front of our packet.
If you finish this quickly, and you haven't already finished the character practices on pages 9.1 - 9.7 (on back of page 9.6) complete those too.

When you are done with both, click on both of the below:

I have finished the character practice of 三心二意.

I have finished all of the character practices on pages 9.1 - 9.7 (on back of page 9.6)

I was done with everything and wrote Chinese brush calligraphy with the water pens (earns extra Oar in Synergy)

Quick REMINDER about Chinese adjectives---there are very few rules to follow but here is the key one:

In GENERAL EVERYDAY use of adjectives, they ALMOST ALWAYS have to have something come right before it:

很 or 不 in front of it, For example: 很好。OR 不好。

BUT

When used in any type of COMPARISON, which we practiced when we learned:

比较 bi3jiao4 (comparatively/relatively)

Example: 这件衬衫比较好。This button down shirt is better.

NO 很 OR 不 or any other character comes in front of the adjective, there is only the "COMPARISON" marker. In this case 比较 (bi3jiao4）

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With this REMINDER on the left in mind, continue using the packet by going to page 12 with the list of Review Adjectives. These are perfect with using with the pattern to express: "...looks..." or "...sounds....". Using this list, pick any 3 to create 3 unique sentences either using "看起来“ OR ”听起来” and translate them into English. This is the format you should use in typing your response: 1. 这件衬衫看起来很好。This button down shirt looks good.

Question 17

00:09

Question 18

00:19

Question 19

00:27

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Please draw your understanding of 三心二意。

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Please write a sentence using 三心二意。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

Please go back to your packet and do the character exercise for 三心二意。

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

便宜

比

袜子

鞋子

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Drag the images and text to represent the correct word order in Chinese to mean: "That green T-shirt is bigger than that white T-shirt."

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

比

大

null

1

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

白T恤衫

件

比

大

那

绿T恤衫

1

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

黄T恤衫

一点儿

大

件

比

白T恤衫

那

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Drag the images and text to represent the correct word order in Chinese to mean: "That green T-shirt is much bigger than that white T-shirt."

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

大多了

null

比

null

1

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

多

了

白T恤衫

那

比

大

件

绿T恤衫

1

Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

那

大

更(geng4)

绿T恤衫

比

件

黄T恤衫

Today's Learning Target学习目标：

1. Finalize learning ways to compare: add on how to say "A is not as (many/less/any adjective) as B..."
2. Review an idiom: "work smarter, not harder"

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

比

杯

苦

那

茶

更

这

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

这

那

没有

苦

比

茶

杯

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Please draw your understanding of 事半功倍。

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Please write a sentence using 事半功倍。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

Read along with Wang Laoshi this first part of our idiom story (by the end of this and your recording yourself reading it, be able to answer questions regarding the idiom related to the story : 丁丁一心一意想做什么？What did Dingding wholeheartedly want to do?)

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Now we will play "Wheel of Fortune in Chinese"

Here are the rules:

If you guess the correct character, you earn movie points $100=1 pt.

DO now if you aren't guessing: You can repeat the character just guessed for a movie point.

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Read along with Wang Laoshi this first part of our idiom story (by the end of this and your recording yourself reading it, be able to answer questions regarding the idiom related to the story : 丁丁一心一意想做什么？What did Dingding wholeheartedly want to do?)

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

没

高

我

Victor Wembanyama

有

比

Odle Chinese 2 Lesson 6.1.2 Idioms about buying/sellling/donating (12/9/2025)

Today's Learning Target学习目标：

1. Finalize learning ways to compare: add on how to say "A is not as (many/less/any adjective) as B..."2. Review an idiom: "work smarter, not harder"

Odle Chinese 2 Lesson 6.1.2 Idioms about buying/sellling/donating (12/9/2025)

学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

What are the reasons + one more reason Chinese language may place an extra importance on 4 character idioms, when compared to other languages?

You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

For the unscrambled sentence above that mentioned a holiday, where did that holiday go in the sentence?

这个汤看起来怎么样？

这件毛衣看起来怎么样？

这双黑袜子，看起来怎么样？

You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

For the above sentences that you unscrambled that used 一心一意，what adjective/adverb did you notice was often added after the verb? For example, Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo Zhōngwén= I wholeheartedly want to learn Chinese well.

Share in Chinese how this thing I describe sounds to you (refer to 1st image).

Share in Chinese how this place I describe sounds to you (refer to 2nd image).

The first of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16.

The second of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16 (in other words, just type what you've handwritten).

学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

Quick REMINDER about Chinese adjectives---there are very few rules to follow but here is the key one:

In GENERAL EVERYDAY use of adjectives, they ALMOST ALWAYS have to have something come right before it:

很 or 不 in front of it, For example: 很好。OR 不好。

BUT

When used in any type of COMPARISON, which we practiced when we learned:

比较 bi3jiao4 (comparatively/relatively)

Example: 这件衬衫比较好。This button down shirt is better.

NO 很 OR 不 or any other character comes in front of the adjective, there is only the "COMPARISON" marker. In this case 比较 (bi3jiao4）

Please draw your understanding of 三心二意。

Please write a sentence using 三心二意。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

Today's Learning Target学习目标：

1. Finalize learning ways to compare: add on how to say "A is not as (many/less/any adjective) as B..."2. Review an idiom: "work smarter, not harder"

Please draw your understanding of 事半功倍。

Please write a sentence using 事半功倍。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

DO now if you aren't guessing: You can repeat the character just guessed for a movie point.

学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

What are the reasons + one more reason Chinese language may place an extra importance on 4 character idioms, when compared to other languages?

You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

For the unscrambled sentence above that mentioned a holiday, where did that holiday go in the sentence?

这个汤看起来怎么样？

这件毛衣看起来怎么样？

这双黑袜子，看起来怎么样？

You clicked "CHECK" for each sentence you unscrambled and got ___ correct out of the 6 sentences in the unscramble activity. (Please don't worry if when you make your selection below, you don't get the point, I will manually check your answers and give you the point.)

For the above sentences that you unscrambled that used 一心一意，what adjective/adverb did you notice was often added after the verb? For example, Wǒ yìxīn-yíyì xiǎng xuéhǎo Zhōngwén= I wholeheartedly want to learn Chinese well.

Share in Chinese how this thing I describe sounds to you (refer to 1st image).

Share in Chinese how this place I describe sounds to you (refer to 2nd image).

The first of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16.

The second of any of the 5 responses you've already handwritten on page 16 (in other words, just type what you've handwritten).

学习目标 Xué xí mù biāo (Learning Target)

Quick REMINDER about Chinese adjectives---there are very few rules to follow but here is the key one:

In GENERAL EVERYDAY use of adjectives, they ALMOST ALWAYS have to have something come right before it:

很 or 不 in front of it, For example: 很好。OR 不好。

BUT

When used in any type of COMPARISON, which we practiced when we learned:

比较 bi3jiao4 (comparatively/relatively)

Example: 这件衬衫比较好。This button down shirt is better.

NO 很 OR 不 or any other character comes in front of the adjective, there is only the "COMPARISON" marker. In this case 比较 (bi3jiao4）

Please draw your understanding of 三心二意。

Please write a sentence using 三心二意。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

Please draw your understanding of 事半功倍。

Please write a sentence using 事半功倍。RL: 10 characters EL: 15 characters.

DO now if you aren't guessing: You can repeat the character just guessed for a movie point.

小明有哪两个活动that he can choose from?

小明为什么没有参加(participate in)一个活动？

1. Finalize learning ways to compare: add on how to say "A is not as (many/less/any adjective) as B..."
2. Review an idiom: "work smarter, not harder"

1. Finalize learning ways to compare: add on how to say "A is not as (many/less/any adjective) as B..."
2. Review an idiom: "work smarter, not harder"