This morning opened with "Meine Woche," followed by our video and listening comprehension of the day, courtesy of my favorite German podcaster, mirrelativegal.
Most of our time was focused on the princess project, where our groups (though roughly half the class was present, we had enough to continue working) made reasons, and persuasive posters, as to why their Princess of Equestria was the best.
Once completed, we campaigned throughout the other classrooms, going from 6th all the way down through 2nd grade to get votes for each group. It ended up being a tie between Princesses Celestia and Luna.
Next week we are done talking about different adjective forms. I distributed more copies of the handouts from previous weeks in case of absence or forms being lost.
We shall be doing summative assessments to see how well the topic went.
Oh, and costumes are encouraged for next week, Halloween!
Mit Vergnügen
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
17. Oktober '15 - Kein Vampir
Guten Tag!
Today we had ponies.
We opened up with my week and questions over it, as usual. Then, after we turned in the homework, we went with today's listening and language comprehension exercise, this video
Our topic of learning today was the superlative, how to form adjective statements about the *most* something (biggest, smallest, coolest, best...). Our activity to go with it was part 2 of last week's "Deutsches Sprachraum" activity, where students either alone or in pairs researched which German speaking countries were the highest in different categories, e.g. landmass, population, most native German speakers, national economy, etc. We discussed and played a Kahoot over it as well.
After lunch, which was an exciting pizza lunch, we went into a project that will continue into next week, "The Princess Games: Election 2015." After a presentation over each Princess of Equestria (also from My Little Pony), students were asked to answer independently several questions over which princess, in their opinion, was the highest in various different categories, as well as which was their favorite overall.
Then, the class was divided into 4 political parties, each one representing a princess. Next week, they will consolidate their arguments in favor of each princess, and we will go throughout the younger grade levels to let them hear our arguments and vote, which princess is the school's official favorite.
And now for the homework:
Mit Vergnügen~
Today we had ponies.
We opened up with my week and questions over it, as usual. Then, after we turned in the homework, we went with today's listening and language comprehension exercise, this video
Our topic of learning today was the superlative, how to form adjective statements about the *most* something (biggest, smallest, coolest, best...). Our activity to go with it was part 2 of last week's "Deutsches Sprachraum" activity, where students either alone or in pairs researched which German speaking countries were the highest in different categories, e.g. landmass, population, most native German speakers, national economy, etc. We discussed and played a Kahoot over it as well.
After lunch, which was an exciting pizza lunch, we went into a project that will continue into next week, "The Princess Games: Election 2015." After a presentation over each Princess of Equestria (also from My Little Pony), students were asked to answer independently several questions over which princess, in their opinion, was the highest in various different categories, as well as which was their favorite overall.
Then, the class was divided into 4 political parties, each one representing a princess. Next week, they will consolidate their arguments in favor of each princess, and we will go throughout the younger grade levels to let them hear our arguments and vote, which princess is the school's official favorite.
And now for the homework:
Homework: Find a GERMAN LANGUAGE song, video, or podcast
you want us to cover in class some week. Copy the URL (or bring the CD or
video) and write:
·
How you found it
·
Who it’s by and what it’s about
·
What you think can be learned from it
Mit Vergnügen~
Saturday, October 10, 2015
10.Oktober '15 - Käse Lied
Guten Tag,
Today, we learned about cheese.
First of all, we went over my week, as is our long-standing tradition in this class. Then came the cheese, namely in the form of this video from my favorite Austrian Youtuber, Michael Buchinger.
We used his "Käse Song" as our listening comprehension for the day.
We presented the homework, and the comparisons between students and celebrities were simply priceless.
After our short review over the comparative from last time, we went into groups to make songs/raps/ballades comparing any two things that the groups desired.We had some wonderful highlights, such as the 3 girls who compared kids and adults to the tune of "Happy Birthday."
Lunchtime, the Stammtisch happened, and it was epic.
After the break, we had a research project, wherein partner pairs, using a sheet of questions and prompts, compared 2 German-speaking countries (of their choice, from a list I made) and there was much education everywhere!
The homework:
Today, we learned about cheese.
First of all, we went over my week, as is our long-standing tradition in this class. Then came the cheese, namely in the form of this video from my favorite Austrian Youtuber, Michael Buchinger.
We used his "Käse Song" as our listening comprehension for the day.
We presented the homework, and the comparisons between students and celebrities were simply priceless.
After our short review over the comparative from last time, we went into groups to make songs/raps/ballades comparing any two things that the groups desired.We had some wonderful highlights, such as the 3 girls who compared kids and adults to the tune of "Happy Birthday."
Lunchtime, the Stammtisch happened, and it was epic.
After the break, we had a research project, wherein partner pairs, using a sheet of questions and prompts, compared 2 German-speaking countries (of their choice, from a list I made) and there was much education everywhere!
The homework:
- Make a picture, either of a German-speaking country or of that country's flag
- On the picture, give me 5 facts about that country compared to Germany
- The prettiest will be put on the wall!
Mit Vergnügen
Sunday, October 4, 2015
3.Oktober '15 - Wiedervereiningungstag
Today was the day that we celebrated the reverse-mitosis of Germany!
As you all know, of course we all wore varying degrees of black, red, and gold today, for starters. We also had a lesson a substantial portion of which was devoted to the history of post-war division and reunification of Germany.
What had been planned as a short and sweet primer or reminder on this part of Germany's history ended up being extended into quite a bit of detail once it became apparent that the 7th grade class was unfamiliar with this topic.
So, to begin we watched this video. We then had a detailed discussion and lesson wherein the 8th graders, who were more familiar with the history, greatly assisted in filling out a chart and concept web over the following:
For the remainder of the day, we covered my originally intended topic of comparative adjective formation.
The homework is that each student present was assigned a celebrity figure from a list made by the class, and the assignments for individuals were voted on by the class, such that each person would compare his/her self to the person they had assigned.
For 7th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 5 ways to their celebrity assigned.
For 8th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 10 ways.
Mit Vergnügen~
As you all know, of course we all wore varying degrees of black, red, and gold today, for starters. We also had a lesson a substantial portion of which was devoted to the history of post-war division and reunification of Germany.
What had been planned as a short and sweet primer or reminder on this part of Germany's history ended up being extended into quite a bit of detail once it became apparent that the 7th grade class was unfamiliar with this topic.
So, to begin we watched this video. We then had a detailed discussion and lesson wherein the 8th graders, who were more familiar with the history, greatly assisted in filling out a chart and concept web over the following:
- The reasons behind post-war division of Germany
- How Germany was divided
- The differences in lifestyle between East and West Germany
- How and when the Berlin Wall came up and its effects on Berliner life
For the remainder of the day, we covered my originally intended topic of comparative adjective formation.
The homework is that each student present was assigned a celebrity figure from a list made by the class, and the assignments for individuals were voted on by the class, such that each person would compare his/her self to the person they had assigned.
For 7th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 5 ways to their celebrity assigned.
For 8th graders, they must compare themselves in at least 10 ways.
Mit Vergnügen~
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