Lesson Plan

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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Mandarin Chinese
Lesson Topic: The built environment (e.g. buildings and services, shopping)
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe various types of buildings, services and shopping facilities in a city using Mandarin vocabulary.
  • Use sentence patterns to compare locations and express preferences about the built environment.
  • Apply cultural knowledge by linking modern commercial areas with traditional neighborhoods in spoken or written Chinese.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector or interactive whiteboard
  • Printed vocabulary and sentence‑pattern handouts
  • Audio recording of the dialogue
  • Matching and fill‑in‑the‑blank worksheets
  • Blank city map for the speaking activity
  • Exit‑ticket slips
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick photo of a bustling Chinese shopping district to spark interest. Ask students what places they see and connect to prior knowledge of city landmarks. Explain that today they will learn language to describe and discuss the built environment, and the success criteria are accurate vocabulary, correct sentence patterns, and cultural reference.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students label a simple city map with Chinese terms they already know.
  2. Vocabulary input (10'): Teacher presents new words with pictures; students repeat, write pinyin, and add to a class word wall.
  3. Sentence‑pattern practice (10'): Guided choral drilling of the five patterns, then pair work creating sentences about their own city.
  4. Dialogue listening & role‑play (10'): Play the audio dialogue, students fill gaps, then rehearse the conversation in pairs.
  5. Interactive worksheet (15'): Matching, fill‑in‑the‑blank and translation tasks; teacher circulates for feedback.
  6. Speaking prompt (10'): Students produce an 80‑120 character description of their local commercial area using the blank map; peer assessment using a checklist.
  7. Exit ticket (5'): Write one new word and one sentence they can use tomorrow.
Conclusion:
Summarise that students can now name key parts of the built environment and describe their location and personal preferences in Mandarin. Collect exit tickets to check understanding, and assign homework to write a short paragraph about a favourite shop using today’s vocabulary and sentence patterns.