Unit5LanguagesaroundtheworldReadingandThinking(p62)TeachingobjectivesBytheendoftheclass,youwillbeableto:applypredictionandscanningstrategiesformainideasinreading
010203identifythemainstructureofthepassageandtalkaboutatopicthroughtimeline
04getfamiliarwiththedevelopmenthistoryoftheChinesecharacterswritingsystem
usesomeimportantwordsandphrasestodescribethedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem1
Canyourecognizethefollowingsymbols
马鱼鹿牛人大子止picture-basedsymbolssimplifiedChinesecharactersLeadin2
Whatdowecallthiswritingartform
Chinesecalligraphy/kə'lɪgrəfɪ/3
DoyouknowhowChinesecharactersdevelop
LeadinWhile-readingTheChineseWritingSystem:connectingthepastandthepresentActivity1Predictwhatwilltalkaboutinthispassage
MakepredictionsLookatthetitlesandpicturesandthinkaboutthecontentbeforereading
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