12.Oktober '13 - Das Svenwerfen

We threw a viking around for at least 20 minutes.

Now that I have your attention, today started out rather normally. We went over the homework results, including correcting the most commonly seen errors together on the board.

We then reviewed the Dative case and the common prepositions (in, an, auf, vor, hinter, neben, zwischen) before loading the kids up with sugar. I had brought donuts this morning, and as one student put it, "With Herr Walker, everything has a catch." Donuts were placed throughout the room, and students took turns saying which donuts they wanted and then stating their location with the dative case.
Ex: "Dieser Schokoladedonut! Der Donut ist auf dem Tisch."

Then it came time to throw a viking around. Sven, our actually-a-viking-but-supposed-to-be-a-Teuton doll was thrown around a field that was filled with highly-visible objects (shoes, books, sweaters). The 8th grade class joined us for this one, Das Svenwerfen. Sven was thrown, and the thrower then had to call out where he landed (e.g. "Sven ist unter dem Baum," "Sven landet auf Herr Walker")

Since everyone brought their homework, we took our Ruhe around lunch, and then we hopped into a review of house/room vocabulary using concept mapping to determine what sort of room has what in it, and what one does in which room. We introduced verbs such as "duschen" and "schlafen" and so on.

Then we put a paper bag over someone's head and lead them blind around the school.
This is a game called "Wo bist du?", the object of which is to lead a disoriented, blinded individual around the school and then have them say where they are, e.g. "Ich bin in der Küche?" The highlight to me was walking into the 8th grade classroom, Frau K. having agreed to total silence, and having the paper bag-headed child try to guess aloud where they were. Each child was lead by the hand in front, guided from behind, and had others on either side of them to avoid injury.

And now for the homework.

Use the words below in 5 coherent sentences using the Dative case.
Each sentence must be complete, using at least one regular verb conjugated correctly for the subject of your choice.

• der Ball
• die Stuhl
• die Schwester
• der Hund
• der Gabel
• der Kühlschrank
• die Socken
• das Brot
• das Wohnzimmer
• die Hexe