Eleventh graders learn to discuss the environment in Mandarin — 保护环境 (protect the environment), 污染 (pollution), 回收 (recycle), 地球 (Earth) — so they can talk about one of the world’s biggest topics in Chinese.
Students will be able to…
Protecting our planet matters everywhere. How do you talk about the environment — 环境 (huánjìng) — in Mandarin?
Project each item and have students answer about the environment in Mandarin.
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How do you talk about the environment in Mandarin?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-High).
Interpretive: understand eco words.
Connect to science and society.
Explore eco-values.
Interpersonal: discuss the environment.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students name one way to protect the environment in Mandarin (like 回收 — recycle). A printable environment sheet is in the World Languages library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.