1.2: Lesson 1 Writing Worksheets

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In lesson 1, you are learning a number of new vocabulary terms, and I'd like you to practice writing this new vocabulary. To do this, you should print out the following worksheets, available as a PDF file:

CHN102 Lesson 1 Writing Worksheets

After printing these worksheets, simply trace the sample characters provided, and then continue to write the characters in the blank spaces. Be sure to follow the indicated stroke order carefully. It is essential that you pay attention to stroke order, and build good habits for writing Chinese characters from the very beginning. Remember to write strokes from left to right, and from top to bottom. Be sure that vertical strokes are written perfectly vertically, as shown in the example templates provided.

You can also continue to practice by writing on a separate sheet. If you use lined paper, you might consider writing your characters large enough that they take up 2 or 3 lines at a time.

For easy reference, you can also view a list of the characters included on these worksheets at the CHN102 Lesson 1 Word List, including tools to listen to a recording of each word. This list is hosted by PurpleCulture.net.

Question: For the writing worksheets, what are we supposed to write in the top blank column on the writing practice and the blank ones at the bottom?

Answer In the row at the top, you should trace the red line, to practice writing the character with the correct stroke order. Then, in the blank square-framed boxes, you should continue to write the full character at least 5 times, once for each box.

I recommend completing it in the following order:

First, trace the red lines to learn the stroke order.
Then, write the full character, using the proper stroke order.
Last, alternate writing the pinyin in the white space above and the full character in each successive box, writing the full character at least 5 times.
If you'd like to review further, you can continue to write the same character in any remaining empty boxes.

Once you have completed the worksheets and homework exercises by writing in characters by hand, you should submit them by scanning or taking pictures of your hand-written homework, and then sending the scans or pictures to the instructor via email to polley@hawaii.edu. You can email the image files as attachments, or attach a PDF of all the images in one file, or send a link to an online file sharing service such as Google Drive. If you send a link, be certain that you have given any relevant permissions so that I can access the files.

After submitting the scans or photos of your work by email, please complete the corresponding short survey at the Homework & Tests tool.