1、ProjectDesigning a bookletThe development of Chinese charactersThe development of Chinese charactersFast reading Who first invented Chinese writing?When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters?Cang Jie(who had four eyes)In the 1950sListen to the tape and read the text agai
2、n.Find the main idea of each paragraph.Careful readingA.Brief introduction of Chinese charactersB.Characters used to express ideasC.Pictophonetic charactersD.Simplified Chinese charactersE.Characters used to express directions and numbersF.Origin of Chinese charactersG.PictographsP1P2P3&4P5P6P7P8Int
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7、Blank-fillingGroup workDesigning a booklet-PlanningWhat task did the leader assign to you?How will you find out your information?Do you need any help?Groupmembers:Leader:What Chinese characters would your group like to research?And why?How did you assign the task to your group members?Proofread the
8、drafts before your group members can make a final version.Make revisions and add all the final versions together to create a booklet.Display your booklet at the back of our classroom.HomeworkThank you Cang Jie,who is believed to have invented Chinese characters,used to work as a history official und
9、er the Yellow Emperor in ancient China.It is said that the inscriptions(刻字)on bones and tortoise shells(龟壳)were also invented by him.He has been taken as a legendary figure in Chinese history and culture.In what way does the Chinese language differ from many western languages?The Chinese language us
10、es characters meanings&as wordsWhat kind of Chinese characters did CangJieinvent,pictographs or pictophonetic characters?pictographsAre pictographs in ancient China different from those of today?Are all Chinese characters used to describe objects?Do pictographs show how we can pronounce them?What ab
11、out pictophonetic characters?BookletContentWho will write and research this?CoverIntroduction IntroductionPage 2Page 3Page 4Page 5The layout of your bookletResources for your referenceAbout About pictophoneticpictophonetic characters:characters:http:/ About CangCang JieJie:1.http:/ pictographs:About pictographs:http:/faculty.virginia.edu/cll/chinese/introduction.htmlAbout Pinyin:About Pinyin:1.http:/www.pinyin.info/2.http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
