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Mandarin Daily Routine — 日常

Seventh graders learn to describe their daily routine in Mandarin — 起床 (qǐchuáng), 吃早饭 (chī zǎofàn), 去学校 (qù xuéxiào), 做作业 (zuò zuòyè), 睡觉 (shuìjiào) — and put a day in order.

Grade 7Rìcháng50 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…

  • ✓Describe a routine.
  • ✓Use daily verbs.
  • ✓Order a day.
  • ✓Talk about your day.
Essential Question

From morning to night, what do you do every day? Let’s describe a daily routine in Mandarin — 日常 (rìcháng)!

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Daily Routine

Project this and have students put a Mandarin daily routine in order, morning to night.

⏰ Put the daily routine in order!Try it
Tap “I get up” first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Morning to Night

5 min

What do you do every day? Let’s describe a daily routine in Mandarin!

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask their morning.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Rìcháng

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present daily verbs.
  • Say the pinyin.
  • Note the order.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Order It

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Daily Routine.
  • Put it in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “我起床…”
  • Describe your day.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name the first step.
  • Say a routine verb.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • 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 (Novice-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a routine.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about a day.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare daily expressions.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Routine picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “我 ___.”
  • Use a day timeline.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with get up and sleep.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add times for each.
  • Write a daily paragraph.
  • Compare with a partner.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ⏰A day timeline
  • 💻Order the Daily Routine
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

日常 (rìcháng)daily routine起床 (qǐchuáng)to get up吃早饭 (chī zǎofàn)eat breakfast去学校 (qù xuéxiào)go to school做作业 (zuò zuòyè)do homework睡觉 (shuìjiào)to sleep早上 (zǎoshang)morning晚上 (wǎnshang)evening
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 a good FIRST step in a daily routine?
我起床 (Wǒ qǐchuáng - I get up).
QUESTION 2
What does “我吃早饭” mean?
I eat breakfast.
QUESTION 3
What does “我睡觉” mean?
I sleep.

Reflect: 日常.

Have students name two things they do each day in Mandarin (like 我起床 and 我睡觉). A printable routine sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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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.

🖨️ Mandarin Daily Routine (Rìcháng)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 做作业 (zuò zuòyè), 去学校 (qù xuéxiào), 吃早饭 (chī zǎofàn), 日常 (rìcháng), 早上 (zǎoshang), 晚上 (wǎnshang), 睡觉 (shuìjiào), 起床 (qǐchuáng)
  1. daily routine
  2. to sleep
  3. morning
  4. do homework
  5. to get up
  6. evening
  7. eat breakfast
  8. go to school

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a good FIRST step in a daily routine?
  2. What does “我吃早饭” mean?
  3. What does “我睡觉” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 日常 (rìcháng) · 2) 睡觉 (shuìjiào) · 3) 早上 (zǎoshang) · 4) 做作业 (zuò zuòyè) · 5) 起床 (qǐchuáng) · 6) 晚上 (wǎnshang) · 7) 吃早饭 (chī zǎofàn) · 8) 去学校 (qù xuéxiào)
Part B: 1) 我起床 (Wǒ qǐchuáng - I get up). 2) I eat breakfast. 3) I sleep.