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Lesson plan An Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

by Lv Yinmei

Content Teacher’s Activities Students’


Activities
Lesson objective Introduce a special form of art--- take great interest
Chinese Calligraphy in art and want to
learn something
really Chinese
Show a sample of Chinese Watch the sample
Calligraphy and ask students to and discuss with
discuss the difference between each other the
Chinese Characters and English, difference between
thus help them to analyze how Chinese Characters
Chinese Characters are and English
composed. In this way, students
can have a first impression of
Chinese Calligraphy and
appreciate that Chinese
Characters are made up of
different strokes.

Presentation(15’ Introduce the 8 strokes that make Observe Chinese


) up Chinese Characters. The basic characters and
procedure: show sample learn to write the 8
characters---show the stroke--- strokes
name the stroke (see powerpoint
presentation)
Practice(15’) Explain the three steps used to Use thin paper to
practice writing Chinese
cover the
Characters--- trace, copy and Characters and
write and ask students to practice
trace them.
writing Characters in pencil Remove the paper
and copy the
characters. Finally
practice writing
them by
themselves.
Reinforce(5’) Give students homework to Practice and finish
practice the writing of Chinese the project after
Characters in pencil and make a class
project--- The introduction of

1
Chinese Characters
Revision(5’) 1. Go over the 8 strokes of Go over the 8
Chinese Characters using a stokes and make
preparations
typical character--- 永 which for
contains the 8 strokes. writing Chinese
Characters in
2. In the next period, make
brush
preparations for teaching

students to write Chinese

Characters with a brush.

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