Lesson+9-10

Lesson 9 Part 1: Review these characters that you know: **人大太天日明朋月又友文这** Now review your numbers:

Chinese has many beautifully simple words. For example, the Chinese months are simple and absolutely consistent. Remember that 月 can mean month (//this makes sense when you realize that China's months traditionally were based on the moon--they were lunar months//):

January is 一月, February is 二月, March is 三月, April is 四月, May is 五月 and June is 六月. I bet you can guess the rest of the months--and you'd be right. It's absolutely consistent. By the next character lesson you will be able to write and say all the months of the year.

Part 2: Read this language weave 天天人人all try to find happiness. In 一月they have New Years. 这 is a 大 celebration in China. 二月 has Valentine's day were boy朋友and girl 朋友hang out. 三月has the beginning of Spring when the 日comes out more and leaves and blossoms are seen. 四月has Easter, where families get together and eat, children hunt for Easter eggs that are 太 sweet and many 人 go to church. 五月often is the end of school and children go out and play. 六月is a time of relaxing and laughing. If a child gets angry, his or her mother can have him count to 六. Can you count to 六? 一二三四五六.

Now write your own language weave using the Chinese vocabulary and the characters that you know. Be creative. Smile while you write your story. ** Characters you know: 人大太天日明朋月又友文这** ** 一二三四五六 Combined characters that from words: 大人，人人，太太，天天，明天， 天明， 朋友，文人，这天，一月， 二月，三月，四月，五月，六月 ** Remember that at the bottom of the home page you can open up the spreadsheet that has the definitions and pinyin of these words.

Today enjoy exploring a new website that will show you how the characters you know can be put in sentences. Print off the instructions below then click on the following webpage: [] On the upper right-hand side is the words "handwrite characters." Click on this. Now there are two square graphs. On the left-hand graph, and with your mouse or touchpad, write the characters that you know in as close to the correct stroke order. The computer should recognize the characters and give you choices of characters most likely to be what you want. Find the character you want and click on it. Now click on "search" and the computer will use each character in sentences. Listen to several of the sentences for each character.
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