Eleventh graders learn to tell a story in Mandarin using connectors — 首先 (first), 然后 (then), 接着 (next), 后来 (later), 最后 (finally) — and order a short tale from beginning to end.
Students will be able to…
A good story flows in order. Mandarin uses connectors like 首先, 然后, 最后. Can you order the tale?
Project this and have students put the Mandarin story in order using the connectors.
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Mandarin uses connectors like 首先, 然后, 最后 — can you order the tale?
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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-High).
Presentational: tell a story.
Interpretive: follow a narrative.
Compare connectors.
Connect to narrative structure.
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Have students tell a two-step story in Mandarin using 首先 and 然后. A printable storytelling sheet is in the World Languages library.
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