Grade 11: Experiencing Creative Works

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• view, listen to, and read creative works, and respond to them in various ways

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Suggest that students view famous Chinese sites in different regions of the world (e.g., through photographs, slides, videos, or information found on the Internet). Have students share findings with classmates in reports, presentations, or small-group discussions.
• Ask students to work in groups to interpret a short story by acting out the plot. Each group could be responsible for one scene.
• Read a short story with students and note the characters, setting, problem, resolution, and so on. As a class, create a new story using similar elements. Invite the class to use their story to create an illustrated Big Book and donate it to the school library.
• Invite Chinese artists to teach basic techniques in Chinese art forms (e.g., painting, calligraphy, knot tying, paper cutting). Students could then create their own works modelled after the Chinese examples.
• Using music videos or audiotapes, introduce a selection of popular, traditional, and contemporary Chinese songs and encourage students to learn them by singing along, alone or in groups.
• Have students study some aspects of Chinese music (e.g., use of Chinese wind instruments) and present short demonstrations to their classmates.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• Provide students with popular or classical poems. Ask them to work in small groups to select poems to recite or read and to research the background of the poems. Then have them work independently to create and illustrate poems in similar styles. Assess students' work using criteria such as:
  • reciting or reading shows expression, fluency of speech, and accurate intonation and pronunciation; recitation is from memory
  • research is thorough, relevant, and accurate; includes information about authors, historical background, content, mood, theme, and style
  • created poems effectively use elements of theme, content, or style of Chinese poetry; show originality and creativity; and include effective illustrations
• Ask students to write short stories describing memorable personal experiences. Work with them to review some of the expressions and structures they may need. When they present their work, note the extent to which they are able to:
  • present clear and complete ideas
  • write with some fluidity
  • sequence ideas and events logically
  • form Chinese characters correctly so that their writing is understandable
  • use increasingly varied and complex vocabulary and sentence structures

• Favourite Folktales of China
• A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night
• Old Tales of China

• China's Cosmopolitan Age

• Chinese Folk Songs
• Chinese Mandarin Resource Book - Volumes 1, 2, and 3
• The Chinese People
• Hanyu (Revised Edition)
• Out of the East Horizon
• Zhongguotong

• Chinese and Characters

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