Language Resident Name: Manxi Wang
Day and Date: Tue 240418
Language and Level (please circle): Advanced
Class theme/topics discussed: Folk story Rap Battle
Goals of the class:
Know the basic knowledge of Chinese Rap.
Know three folk Chinese stories: Monkey and the moon; A Foolish Old man moves the mountain; Chang’e and the moon.
Understand the characters in each stories
How did you structure the class?
Warm-up: Brief introduction to Chinese Rap
Vocabulary:
-Showing three videos of each story. And then let students choose which one they would love to battle.
-After choosing the story, introducing words about it. Like: 倒影、灿烂…
-Showing website that has Chinese rhyme:
https://zh.azrhymes.com/?%E6%8A%BC%E9%9F%B5=rap
Activity:
Based on the resources, student divided into two groups, representing different characters in the story. Like: Monkey and Moon. And then write down the lyrics.
Lyrics should have three parts:
Introduce yourself.
What good things you have.
“Diss” the other group.
What technology, media or props did you use? (Internet resources, handouts, etc.)
Powerpoint, Chiense rhyme website.
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
Worked well:
Students love the rap form-which make it interesting. It’s better for them to understand the story before hand.
Did not work：No
How could this class be improved/ modified?
I think next time, I should split it into two classes. The first class is to introduce Chinese folk stories first. Students could have a better and deeper understanding on topics. And then next class, we could have a rap battle.