Step 1A: Enter Basic Information about the Lesson
|Step 1A: Enter Basic Information about the Lesson |
|Name of the Lesson: |Chinese Zodiac |
|Lesson Grade Level: |4th Grade |
|Additional Grade Level: |3rd-5th Grade |
|Step 1B: Specify the Instructional Setting |
|Instructional Setting |
|Materials and Resources used by teachers and|Pictures of the different animals from the Chinese Zodiac |
|students: |A copy of the story “The Chinese Zodiac – The Zodiac Signs of the Chinese |
|Step 2: Lesson Description and Objective(s) |
|General Description of Lesson: |Students will learn the different animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and understand how |
| |the Chinese Calendar works. |
|Objective(s) of Lesson: |How does the Chinese calendar work? |
| |What are the 12 animals of the zodiac and how were they chosen? What traits are |
| |associated with them? How are the animals used as symbols? |
| |What is their animal sign, and what traits does it represent? |
|Step 3: Teacher Procedure |
|ANTICIPATORY SET |Students will break into groups of 3-4 |
| |Each group will be given images of an animal from the Chinese Zodiac |
| |Students will brainstorm characteristics that come to mind about each animal |
| |After about 5 minutes, groups will share out to the class the characteristics they came up with |
|DIRECTED LESSON |Tell the students that these animals are used as symbols in the Chinese calendar. |
| |Explain how the calendar is divided into 12-year cycles, each year being associated with a certain|
| |animals. |
| |Explain that the first two in the list are the rat and the ox |
| |Read aloud the story The Chinese Zodiac which explains how the 12 zodiac animals were chosen. |
| |Explain that this is one of many versions of this particular tale of origins. |
| | |
| |As you read the story, have students listen to the descriptions of each animal and the |
| |characteristics associated with them |
|GUIDED PRACTICE |Working back in their group, students will complete the chart that identifies the positive and |
| |negative traits of each animal |
| |Students may use the list on the whiteboard, or the reading material from Chinese Zodiac from |
| | |
|INDEPENDENT PRACTICE |After completing the chart, students will predict which animal of the zodiac they fall under based|
| |on the characteristics listed |
| |Teacher will then list the years of each animal of zodiac |
| |Students will then make an acrostic poem using their name and adjectives that describe them |
| |Afterwards students may decorate their poem using symbols from the Chinese Zodiac. |
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