As you may have gathered, I have returned from my sojourn through the South and took back my place as benevolent leader of the 5.Klasse up here in the frozen North. Many thanks go out to Martin Bauer for subbing for me for those 3 weeks!
Just as had been forewarned, today we began the class period with a quiz over modal verbs, their meaning, usage, conjugation and place in the structure of a typical sentence. Verbs covered included können, wollen, dürfen, and so-called "möchten."
Afterward, we continued our historical-geographic unit on the former so-called GDR, this time covering the famous, state-run, semi-mandatory communist boyscouts, the Junge Pioniere. We discussed how this and similar extra-curricular organizations, such as the Freie Deutsche Jugend for teenagers, combined socialist indoctrination with civic values, naturalism and year-round outdoor fun, e.g. camping and hiking. Accordingly, the activity we did up until the end of class was to make our campsites, replete with campfires, cabins, tents and the like--all out of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, card paper; the usual craft materials.
We will continue making our campsites first thing next class period, especially seeing as how only 3 students were present for the activity today and it is far too fun of a craft for so many kids to miss out on!
This brings me to the homework.
Both for those who were present today and those who were not, prepare the following:
Make up your own camp!
- Name the camp (something in German)
- Explain in up to 5 sentences what activities there are to do there (German...)
- Make up a camp song or slogan, at least 3 lines in length. (Spanish. Just kidding, German)
These will be presented along with the finished camp grounds themselves next class period.
As always...
Mit Vergnügen!
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