Thank you to those who informed me in advance they were not able to come due to today's weather or other circumstances.
The 2 groups that did not present today will need to be ready to present next week.
We retook the Comparatives quiz, and I will use the highest of the 2 grades for each student. Some time was allotted to get settled, and then 3 groups presented their Iron Age Germania presentations.
After the break we played Kahoot and engaged in a word scramble game with the "perfect" tense.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Saturday, November 14, 2015
14.November '15 - Schni Schna Schnappi
Schni Schna Schnappi, Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp.
As usual, we opened with Meine Woche and experienced all the joy that entails.
Then our cultural/listening comprehension of the day was Schnappi das kleine Krokodil, which was far more of a hit than I ever could have anticipated. We were going "schni schna Schnappi, Schnappi Schnappi schnapp" all day.
We went through the Perfect again, and did some exercises with it to help cement the idea. A handout was passed out as well to supplement the notes and assist those who were not present last week.
The comparative and superlative quiz was passed back, and I will happily host a retake for anyone who believes they could do better on a second try.
After the break, we broke into our groups once again to continue (and hopefully finish) the group projects over Iron Age Germanic tribes. Any groups that did not complete their assignment should know what each group member is doing during the week to make certain that the presentation will be complete for next class period.
Also, there was a fire drill. Much fun was had.
Mit Vergnügen!
As usual, we opened with Meine Woche and experienced all the joy that entails.
Then our cultural/listening comprehension of the day was Schnappi das kleine Krokodil, which was far more of a hit than I ever could have anticipated. We were going "schni schna Schnappi, Schnappi Schnappi schnapp" all day.
We went through the Perfect again, and did some exercises with it to help cement the idea. A handout was passed out as well to supplement the notes and assist those who were not present last week.
The comparative and superlative quiz was passed back, and I will happily host a retake for anyone who believes they could do better on a second try.
After the break, we broke into our groups once again to continue (and hopefully finish) the group projects over Iron Age Germanic tribes. Any groups that did not complete their assignment should know what each group member is doing during the week to make certain that the presentation will be complete for next class period.
Also, there was a fire drill. Much fun was had.
Mit Vergnügen!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
7. Nov '15 - Eisenzeit
Guten Tag,
Today began like any other Saturday, with a sunrise and then German school.
Firstly we did our listening comprehension exercise, using a German translation of the classic "What does the Fox Say?" (Wie macht der Fuchs denn) as was found by one of the students as a previous homework exercise (the one where they looked for videos in German). And of course we simply had to view the original afterward!
We then went into a lesson/review (for some) on the Perfect tense, using both my instruction as well as a video by one of my instructional podcasters, Deutsch Für Euch (here) . Up until the pause, we then worked on short little essays over silly or embarassing things we did in the past.
After the break, we began the first of our historical studies for the year, this one being over the ancient germanic tribes of the Iron Age, the first germanic people groups we have record of in what is now Germany and its confines. The class divided up into groups to research the 5 main tribes identified by Imperial Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny (Elder). Next week they will use what they gathered to make presentations over their tribes.
Once the tribal unit is done, we will eventually move on to the later centuries (up to the "sacking" of Rome) and the Holy Roman Empire. My goal in this is to cover how Germany came to become a country (up until the pronouncement of the German Empire) as this sort of in-depth background on Germany is unheard of in most schools.
The homework was simply to finish any incomplete research on their assigned tribe from today.
Mit Vergnügen
Today began like any other Saturday, with a sunrise and then German school.
Firstly we did our listening comprehension exercise, using a German translation of the classic "What does the Fox Say?" (Wie macht der Fuchs denn) as was found by one of the students as a previous homework exercise (the one where they looked for videos in German). And of course we simply had to view the original afterward!
We then went into a lesson/review (for some) on the Perfect tense, using both my instruction as well as a video by one of my instructional podcasters, Deutsch Für Euch (here) . Up until the pause, we then worked on short little essays over silly or embarassing things we did in the past.
After the break, we began the first of our historical studies for the year, this one being over the ancient germanic tribes of the Iron Age, the first germanic people groups we have record of in what is now Germany and its confines. The class divided up into groups to research the 5 main tribes identified by Imperial Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny (Elder). Next week they will use what they gathered to make presentations over their tribes.
Once the tribal unit is done, we will eventually move on to the later centuries (up to the "sacking" of Rome) and the Holy Roman Empire. My goal in this is to cover how Germany came to become a country (up until the pronouncement of the German Empire) as this sort of in-depth background on Germany is unheard of in most schools.
The homework was simply to finish any incomplete research on their assigned tribe from today.
Mit Vergnügen
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