HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Lesson 13 of 18
学校环境和课后活动
校园生活
38 minute lesson · task-based course
学校环境和课后活动
Describe classrooms, floors, movement around school and simple after-class activities.
By the end of this lesson
- Describe classrooms, school facilities and after-class activities.
- Understand movement and location language around school.
- Read short descriptions of campus activities.
Step 2 · Listening
Listen before reading
First listen for the situation and repeated words. Do not try to translate every sentence.
First play
Identify who is speaking and the main purpose of the exchange.
Second play
Listen for names, times, places, quantities or other task information.
Step 3 · Vocabulary
Lesson vocabulary
Learn the word, then read it again in a sentence or mini-scene from this lesson. A vocabulary card by itself does not count as taught course language.
classroom
to go forward; to advance; to go in
to come in
to go in
to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]; (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
below; under; next
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
schoolbag; satchel; bookbag
book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
doorway; gate
to move; to exercise; sports
Step 4 · Sentence patterns
Build usable sentences
Study the pattern, then replace the example information with details from your own situation.
Common phrase structures
verb-object / verb-complement / adverb-verb / coordination / number-classifierRecognizing phrase structure helps you read longer sentences without translating word by word.
N + V着 + quantity + N
place/object + V着 + number-classifier-NUse this pattern to describe people or objects in an ongoing position or state.
Left and right
左边 / 右边 + 是 / 有 + NUse 左边 and 右边 to describe where a place or object is.
Location with 有 and 是
place + 有 + N / place + 是 + identified NUse 有 to introduce something that exists at a place and 是 to identify what occupies a known position.
Step 5 · Dialogue
Read and replay the exchange
Follow each line with pinyin above the Chinese text. Use the sentence button to isolate one line.
Step 6 · Guided practice
Submit the quiz to unlock lesson completion.
Step 7 · Communication task
Guide a student around school
A new student asks where a classroom is and what students do after class.
Your task
- Give the floor or location.
- Use one movement direction.
- Describe what is happening in a classroom or school area.
- Mention one after-class activity.
View a lesson model
你的教室在哪一层？ 在三楼。上楼以后往右边走。 教室里现在有人吗？ 有，里面坐着十几个学生。 下课以后你们去哪儿？ 我们常去学校前面打篮球。
This is a model built from the lesson dialogue. Adapt the information instead of copying it.
Self-check rubric
- At least three lesson words are used accurately.
- At least one lesson pattern is complete.
- The response completes the communication target.
- The Chinese can be read aloud without relying on English.
Step 8 · Review
Complete the mastery check
A lesson is complete only after the quiz, communication task and self-review requirements are met.
Reach at least 70%.
Write at least 28 non-space characters.
Complete all three self-checks.
Learning goals
What this lesson helps you do
This lesson develops 校园生活 through the communication goal 交流学校情况、课后活动.
- Describe classrooms, school facilities and after-class activities.
- Understand movement and location language around school.
- Read short descriptions of campus activities.