Chinese: Second Language Learner F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Communicating / Creating
Content description
Create short written imaginative texts using simple characters and short sentences
Elaborations
comparing the themes and content of nursery rhymes (童谣) (such as 小蜜蜂，嗡嗡嗡，飞到东，飞到西； 小白兔，白又白， 两只耳朵竖起来；小燕子，穿花衣， 年年春天来这里), for example, noting the frequent appearance of particular animals in童谣 and recognising how this relates to traditional agricultural life
creating a storyboard to describe characters and key events in planning a story
creating plot diagrams using characters provided by teacher to annotate diagram
using pictographs such as 马, 田，山 to create cartoons to illustrate a story
designing play props and costumes appropriate to the context and setting of a story read or listened to in class, and identifying traditional Chinese clothes and accessories
