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Travel in China — 旅游

Tenth graders take a tour of China in Mandarin — 长城 (the Great Wall), 北京 (Beijing), 上海 (Shanghai), 兵马俑 (the Terracotta Army), 熊猫 (pandas) — exploring the country’s famous places and treasures.

Grade 10Lǜyóu55 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name Chinese places.
  • ✓Know famous sites.
  • ✓Connect to geography.
  • ✓Plan a trip.
Essential Question

From the Great Wall to the pandas of Sichuan — where would you travel in China? Let’s explore 旅游 (lǜyóu)!

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Lǜyóu Explorer

Project this and tap each place. Have students explore famous destinations in China.

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The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

55 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Where in China?

6 min

From the Great Wall to the pandas — where would you travel in China?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show the Great Wall.
  • Ask where it is.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Lǜyóu

13 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Lǜyóu Explorer.
  • Present each place.
  • Note the treasures.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

15 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place to visit.
  • Match sites to cities.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Match.
  • Say.
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Speak — Speak

15 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “我想去…” (I want to go to…).
  • Plan a trip.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Plan it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place.
  • Say what’s there.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Mid).

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Cultures 2.1

Explore Chinese places.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.2

Explore cultural landmarks.

ACTFL
Connections 3.2

Connect to geography.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand place names.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Place picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “我想去 ___.”
  • Use a China map.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with 长城 and 熊猫.
  • Use a map.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Plan a 3-city trip.
  • Research a landmark.
  • Map your route.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗺️A China map
  • 💻The Lǜyóu Explorer
  • 📚Travel books
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

旅游 (lǜyóu)travel/tourism长城 (chángchéng)Great Wall北京 (běijīng)Beijing上海 (shànghǎi)Shanghai故宫 (gùgōng)Forbidden City兵马俑 (bīngmǎyǒng)Terracotta Army熊猫 (xióngmāo)panda地方 (dìfang)place
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is 长城 (Chángchéng)?
The Great Wall — over 21,000 km long.
QUESTION 2
What famous site is in Beijing?
The Forbidden City (故宫).
QUESTION 3
What is 兵马俑 (Bīngmǎyǒng)?
The Terracotta Army in Xi’an.

Reflect: 旅游.

Have students name one place in China they’d like to visit and say it in Mandarin (“我想去长城”). A printable travel sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Travel in China (Lǜyóu)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 上海 (shànghǎi), 兵马俑 (bīngmǎyǒng), 北京 (běijīng), 地方 (dìfang), 故宫 (gùgōng), 旅游 (lǜyóu), 熊猫 (xióngmāo), 长城 (chángchéng)
  1. travel/tourism
  2. Shanghai
  3. Terracotta Army
  4. place
  5. Great Wall
  6. Forbidden City
  7. panda
  8. Beijing

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is 长城 (Chángchéng)?
  2. What famous site is in Beijing?
  3. What is 兵马俑 (Bīngmǎyǒng)?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 旅游 (lǜyóu) · 2) 上海 (shànghǎi) · 3) 兵马俑 (bīngmǎyǒng) · 4) 地方 (dìfang) · 5) 长城 (chángchéng) · 6) 故宫 (gùgōng) · 7) 熊猫 (xióngmāo) · 8) 北京 (běijīng)
Part B: 1) The Great Wall — over 21,000 km long. 2) The Forbidden City (故宫). 3) The Terracotta Army in Xi’an.