Sports Charades, Mandarin Chinese, Intermediate-Low

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Hannah Steiner, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

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3. Adapt for Another Language:

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Sports Charades

Description:

Charades! Students will be playing charades about the sports they are learning about and other vocabulary about sports

Proficiency Level:

Intermediate-Low

Keywords:

Chinese, sports, charades, language games, group activities, games, exercise

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.1-Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions in Chinese
  • Standard 1.2-Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics in Chinese
  • Standard 1.3- Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 3.1-Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the study of Chinese

Idaho State World Language Standards:

  • COMM 1.1-Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
  • COMM 2.1:Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • COMM 3.1: Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
  • CONN 1.2: Relate information studied in other subjects to the target language and culture.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can explain my preference for various sports and activities
  • I can recognize high frequency vocabulary terms
  • I can narrate a past experience

Materials Needed:

Google slideshow

Cup 

Charades Cards

Warm Up

Watch the short video on the Google Slideshow

After the video, ask students what they were able to understand from the text on screen. Review how you can create meaning from context based on vocabulary they know.  

Main Activity

1. Students will take turns acting out the clues on the cards

One student will go up in front of the class and pick a word from the jar

They will then act out that activity, no speaking, and the other students will try to guess what it is 

The first student to guess the word will get to keep the card of the word they guessed

Each card is one point

2. Rotate students and keep playing until all the cards are guessed

3. After all the cards have been guessed, students will go around in the group and be asked a few questions about the cards they have

The questions will be on the google slide

End of lab: Can-Do statement check in..."Where are we?"

  • Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with cards
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self evaluation
  • Pay attention and try to use feedback for future labs!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can explain my preference for various sports and activities
  • I can recognize high frequency vocabulary terms
  • I can narrate a past experience



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