This is my Intermediate low class (Chinese 2). We are in the mid of Kittens' series, book 4, and story 3 - the Mandarin Class. Today, we spontaneously created a mini-story. The teenager's mind in this particular class has turned our mini-stories to be quite dark this year. However, we are having such hearty good laughs in class, therefore, the happy Disney feel-good stories are not always necessary. Here is what happens. First, I put students into groups to read the Mandarin Class on their own. Since this is the first time they are reading it, there are lots of...
