8.November '14 - Kleider Machen Leute

If you get the reference in the name of this post, then your German professors must have had the same assigned reading list as mine. 

Today started out like any other day Actually, we had a quiz. This quiz did not go as well as I'd hoped; so, since only half the class was in attendance today in any case, I'm allowing for a retake next week. Those present today were sent home with their corrected quiz to use as study material. 

Those who were not present today, so for whom next week would be the first time taking the quiz, for the sake of fairness you will have the option of having a second go if you aren't satisfied with how well you do next Saturday. 

With that done, we continued with our song of the day, which was "Sie erfasst mein Herz" by Elis--an old favorite. 

Our biggest activities were filling out an anatomy chart, learning the vocabulary for the teile of the körper (head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chest, neck, hair, teeth, fingers, toes). Right after, we had a short lecture and filled out a comparative handout over clothing in Iron Age Germany and Imperial Rome. Then we made our own ancient Germans, complete with clothing, and hung them on the wall. Later we will do the same with Roman legionnaires, as you can still see on display from last year's class.  

Cleanup took a while (FEATHERS EVERYWHERE!) and there was also candy. 

Remember that the retake of the vocab quiz is next week! 

Mit Vergnügen~