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 * Week 1: Intro Unit to China**

**Tuesday** DO NOW: SSR BIG IDEA: Hook to new Unit AGENDA: **Wednesday** DO NOW: Grammar BIG IDEA: Using context clues for find meaning AGENDA: HOMEWORK **Thursday** DO NOW: SSR BIG IDEA: Using a text to create a timeline AGENDA - Date and Length of Dynasty - Interesting fact or accomplishment - How did the Dynasty end? 5. Share out of timelines
 * 1) Have students read essay on origami
 * 2) Have students look at the instructions on how to make a paper crane
 * 3) After letting students play with the instructions, walk them through the process
 * 4) At the end of class have students hang their cranes from the ceiling.
 * 1) Grammar activity: Correcting a paragraph for consistent verb tense.
 * 2) Have students partner up and give them the vocabulary for the story “Cranes”. Each term is used in a sentence; students must use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word.
 * 3) Share out
 * 4) Give background information on Korea needed to understand “Cranes”
 * 5) Begin reading
 * Finish Story and guided questions
 * 1) Grammar Activity – Sentence Strips
 * 2) Review Story and discussion questions
 * 3) Transition into China and introduce the concept of Dynasties
 * 4) In pair have students create a timeline for the different Dynasties of China

**Week 2: Chinese Poetry and Japan**

**Monday: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism** DO NOW: Grammar BIG IDEA: Reading for Information Connecting a different culture to ours AGENDA:
 * 1) Grammar activity: Run - On Practice
 * 2) Dynasty share-out and review

**QUOTES** “A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker”
 * 1) Guided Notes: Give students the background information packet and have them fill out the graphic organizer for each philosophy.
 * 2) After students have a firm understanding of the different philosophies, have them try to match the quotes to the correct philosophy. (First 2 quotes are Buddhism; the 2 nd set is Confucianism; the 3 rd set is Taoism)
 * 3) Read selected passages from Tao Te Ching & The Analects (Textbook pages240-244) and answer review questions.

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. “

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and stars.”

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

**Tuesday** DO NOW:SSR BIG IDEA: Chinese Poetry AGENDA: **Song w/refrain**: “I Beg of You, Chung Tzu” **Song w/incremental variation:** “Thick Grow the Rush Leaves” **Ballad:** “The River-Merchants Wife: A Letter” **Shih: ?**
 * 1) Grammar Activity
 * 2) Put Web we made at PD on Board and review with students
 * 3) Look at the Vocabulary Box and tell students that at the end of class, they will know each of these terms separately and look at examples from the textbook
 * **These poems were originally set to a melody.** If time permits, put the class in groups and assign each group a stanza. Have them put their stanza to a melody. EX: Stanza one will be sung to the melody of “Old McDonald”.
 * 1) While studying each poem, have students fill out the guided notes for each form.

**Wednesday** DO NOW: Grammar BIG IDEA: Japanese Poetry AGENDA:
 * 1) Japanese Background (Review of Buddhism) and Themes the Japanese focused on
 * 2) Choka Form of Poetry and examples

**Thursday** DO NOW: SSR BIG IDEA: Japanese Poetry AGENDA:
 * 1) Tanka Form of Poetry and examples
 * 2) Haiku Form of Poetry and examples

**Friday** DO NOW: Grammar BIG IDEA: Applying Knowledge AGENDA
 * 1) Grammar Activity
 * 2) Hand out Poetry Book Assignment and Rubric
 * 3) Look at examples and grade according to rubric