Curriculum Template: Fast Food in China
Unit Focus
- Fast Food in China
- 3rd graders, NM speaking proficiency
Unit Title/Subtheme
- McDonald's in China
- (Background setting: an American student visits China, staying with a Chinese host family.)
Targeted students
- K-5 students in Chinese immersion program
- Reading Hanzi and Writing at Zero (no previous experience)
Time Frame
- 450 minutes, approximately 9 class periods of 50 minutes
Unit Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to
- Name fast food items in Chinese
- Buy fast food in China
- Plan a party and buy fasts food for the party with a given budget
- Ask and respond to questions about food preferences
- Read a text with characters using visual and pinyin cues
Can Do Statements
- Name a few fast food items from McDonald's ad menu with pictorial or pinyin cues
- Discover that there are patterns in Chinese characters, such left-right, top-bottom structures
- Discover that Chinese character's structural components of meaning and sound component
- Create and sing a short song about fast food items
- Read and write 8 Characters
- Apply the learned characters in contexts of real life situations
- Understand food items at western style restaurants that may change in a different community according to the local dietary custom through comparison
- Order fast food in China
- Apply grade level math skills to calculate cost
Summative Assessment
Interpretive tasks
- Match food item pictures with sounds
- Match food items pictures with pinyin
- Name some food and drink names
- Read text with visual and pinyin cues
- Identify components in Chinese characters
Interpersonal Tasks
- Ask others what they "want" to eat or drink
- Ask and Respond to a question about one's preference of food
Presentational tasks:
- Assessment task 1: Buy fast food with a small budget.
- Assessment task 2: View and compare fast commercials and buy a fast food item based on the viewed commercials.
- Assessment task 3: plan a party, design a survey and buy fast food for the party with a given budget
Daily Lesson