14.Okt '17 - Deutsches Sprachraum Part 1

Today began like any other day, with lots and lots of rain. It's rainy. 
This lent a dramatic effect to pretty much everything I said, so it was rather welcome.
"Guten Morgen, Klasse!" *Thunder crash*
It was amazing. 

We did "Meine Woche" as always, which mostly consisted of my complaining about how long it takes to rake leaves, and then used a seasonal classic, "Kein Vampir bleibt mehr hier" from My Little Pony for our listening exercise. This is apparently so memorable of a song that the 8th grade class next door, hearing what we were doing, begged Frau Bodigor to play it as well. 

After a review of the comparatives, we went into a group research assignment. In partners, students compared two German speaking countries.

This took the rest of class.

For those not present, the assignment was as follows:

Pick any two from this list of countries to compare. Look up information about your chosen two countries to answer the questions below:

Deutschland

Österreich

die Schweiz

Belgien

Liechtenstein

Luxemburg

Slowakei

Brasilien

1. Was sind die 2 Länder, die ihr vergleicht?
2.  Ist Deutsch die Hauptsprache oder eine Amtssprache?  
3. Welche andere Sprachen sprechen Leute in diesen Länder?
4. Welches Land ist größer? (Land)
5. Welches Land hat mehr Deutschsprecher?
6. Welches Land ist reicher? (GDP, GNP, average income)
7. In welchem Land sind Leute klüger? (Education level, average IQ)
8. Welches Land hat besseres Essen? Warum? (opinion)
9. Was ist etwas interessant über jedes Land? (opinion)
10.   Welches Land ist dein Lieblingsland und warum? (opinion)

The homework is to choose a German song (with video), podcast, or video for us to use at the beginning of class time. It should be between 2 and 5 minutes, school-appropriate, and you must explain auf Deutsch why you chose this one. Give me at least 3 reasons why. 

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