We had a language lesson today. We learned how to ask another person's name and how to ask what your name is. Please keep praticing them.

Your homework is do some research and find out answers to the following questions:
1. Do Chinese people celebrate Christmas now?

2. What is the biggest holiday in China? How do Chinese people celebrate it?

Please be specific when you are presenting your finding.

Today we cooked delicous Chinese spring roll.  It is a pretty complicated process, but you all did a great job. Thanks Kyle to hel pme cleaning the kitchen.

Since you need to get specialty ingridients, I won't ask you to make the spring roll on your own. If you want a receipe, please come to me and ask for it.

zaijian !

Today we watched an interesting documentary film called " Please vote for me". Through three 8 elementary school students' election for Ban Zhang( similiar to class president) position, the film shows us how Chinese people understand democracy and the election system.

Next class, we are going to finish the movie. The home for you is to think about what you see and hears and comment on the following three questions. Please write your notes down in bullet points so that you won't forget when it is your turn to talk.
1. How do you describe the personalities of Xiao Fei, Luo Lei and Cheng Cheng? Based on your understanding about the role of Ban Zhang, who do you think has the most desirable personality?
2. Comment on the election strategies of each of the candidates.
3. Put yourself into their shoes and see if it is you in that classroom, what will you do?

zai jian !

Today we cooked our first Chinese food, the Scallion Pancake. you all did a great job and it turned out really nice. Now, you have a week's time to do the dish on your own for your family. Below is the receipe. Please either take a photo to show me, or let your parent to email me about your cooking process. That counts for your home work.


good luck and happy cooking!

Recipe for Scallion Pancake

·         2 cups all purpose flour

·         1 cup hot water

·         1/2 cup sliced scallions

·         1 tablespoon sesame oil

·         1/2 cup canola oil

·         Salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

In a bowl, sift flour. Slowly add water in a steady stream while mixing with a wooden spoon. Keep adding water until a ball is formed. With the same procedure, one can use a food processor with a metal blade. Let ball of dough relax for about 30 minutes and cover with damp cloth.
On a floured surface, roll out dough into a thin circle. Brush on oil mixture, cover with scallion and season with salt and pepper. Carefully roll dough like a sponge cake. Cut into 4 pieces. Take one piece and twist 3 times. Make a spiral out of this and roll again and flatten to achieve a 5 to 6 inch pancake. In a hot non-stick pan, coat with canola oil and pan sear both sides until golden brown. Cut into wedges and serve immediately with dipping sauce.