Chinese I: change of schedule

As most of you noticed, the vocab test was today, and thus the actual unit test will NOT be next time. So it's ok, you can stop sweating bullets. We'll just push back the schedule a few days and be fine with that. I expect to take the test next Wednesday (October 15th). So be prepared for that! Great job on the test today guys!

Book List

You can try to find these books anywhere, from any library; but be flexible in case you can't find the one you first choose! Most of you already have a book anyway, but if you don't have one yet, or you change your mind and want to switch books, here is a list already checked out with me:
(It is listed title author - (and maybe a brief description)
Fiction
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck - (ancient china)
Brothers: a novel Da Chen -(cultural revolution)
Knife Edge Douglas Reeman - (Hong Kong and Britain)
Bound Donna Jo Napoli
Chu Ju's House Gloria Whelan
Sons of Heaven: a novel Terrence Cheng - (Tiananmen Square)
The Kite Rider: a novel Geraldine McCaughrean - (13th century china)
The Master of Rain Tom Bradby
Lili: a novel of Tiananmen Annie Wang
Ties that bind, ties that break: a novel Lensey Namioka
The excluded wife Yuen-fong Woon
Mei Fuh: memories from China Edith Schaeffer
The middle heart Bette Lord
The plum in the golden vase, or, Chin P'ing Mei Hsiao-hsiao-sheng
Flashman and the dragon George MacDonald Fraser
Noble house: a novel of contemporary Hong Kong James Clavell
Snowflakes Shuo Yang
Three kingdoms: China's epic drama Guanzhong Luo
The Time of the Dragon Dorothy Eden
Tai-Pan: a novel of Hong Kong James Clavell
The Bonesetter's daughter Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
The Hundred Secret Senses Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan

Non-Fiction
Wild Swans: three daughters of China Jung Chang
Mao: the unknown story Jung Chang
Struggling giant: China in the 21st Century Kerry Brown
Dragon rising: an inside look at China today Jasper Becker
One China, many paths Chaohua Wang - (collection of essays)
China: empire and civilization Edward Shaughnessy
Understanding contemporary China Robert E. Gamer
The Subject of gender: daughters and mothers in urban China Harriet Evans
Qian zi wen yu Gui xun qian zi wen / Master essays in a thousand characters trans. Herbert Allen Giles
Gentlemen's prescriptions for women's lives: a thousand years of biographies of Chinese women Sherry J. Mou

So there you go! Have fun; these books are meant to broaden your minds, improve your reading (because if you can read well, you will write and remember things better), and help you get a little different taste of China. Happy reading!

October 1st

Shi yue kuai le! Today in chinese one we practiced the vocabulary and reviewed it's usage. In chinese two we wrote a short story (10 sentences) using the character vocab we've been reviewing, and then started (or re-started from last year) the unit on hobbies. Since it's not entirely new, the vocab test will also be on Tuesday for Chinese two students. Enjoy the first day of October!