
This Mandarin Chinese Position and Direction lesson plan is an action-based unit focusing on movement verbs and directions. All is done for you. Just print and teach these developmentally appropriate activities for young Chinese beginning learners. This lesson provides a great opportunity for students to review body parts vocabulary while getting active and having fun.
What Your Students Will Learn
This lesson is designed to take around forty five minutes to 1 hour and can be extended over multiple classes. It focuses on core concepts and skills related to position and direction:
Objectives:
- Talk about position words: left (左), right (右), front (前), back (后).
- Use action verbs and learn to give directions.
***Key Phrases (Structures)***:
- 在前边/后边/左边/右边 (zài qiánbiān/hòubiān/zuǒbiān/yòubiān) - In front/behind/left/right of.
- 向前/后/左/右 + verb (xiàng qián/hòu/zuǒ/yòu) - Towards front/back/left/right.
- Target Vocabulary:
- 左, 右, 前, 后, 左边, 右边, 前边, 后边, 向前, 向后, 向左, 向右.
Engaging Activities Included:
Keep your students excited and participating with a variety of hands-on activities:
- Active Games: Play a “Tapping Game” to learn left and right, an action-packed version of “Simon Says,” and the classic “Pin the Tail on the Horse” to practice giving directions.
- Stuffed Animal Demonstrations: Use stuffed animals to visually teach the concepts of “front” (前边) and “back” (后边).
- Targeted Worksheets: Reinforce learning with worksheets like “Left or Right,” “Where is the cat?,” and other fun coloring and position-based tasks.
What You’ll Get (Everything You Need!)
This resource is a complete package, saving you hours of preparation.
- Detailed 4-Page Lesson Plan: Clear, step-by-step instructions from warm-up to wrap-up.
- Printable: Position & Direction Flashcards
- Printable: Position & Direction Poster
- Printable: Left or Right Worksheet
- Printable: Where is the cat? Worksheet
- Printable: Color the Teddy Bear Worksheet
- Printable: Position Worksheet
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