| State Standards |
I. Communicate in German |
II. Learn about German Culture |
III. Connect German with outside interests and classes. |
IV. Learn more about American language and culture. |
V. Join the worldwide community of German speakers. |
(You need do this only once. Every time you go to Classroom, you will see German 1 among your classes.)
Week 11: Talking about our family and describing them | Montag, 24 October | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Bild:
Talking about the relatives' names
Then about our relatives' names
| Talking about people's ages | Describing members of our family | Meine Familie: Präsentationen
What would you like to drink?
| What would you like to eat? |
Week 10: Describing our house | Montag, 17 Oktober | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Bild: The hurricane in Haiti
Go over what we know about describing where we live.
Identifying furniture in our house
for Thursday: create a presentation describing your home and your room
| Review the German National Anthem
Review the German pronouns: er, sie, es.
Complete die Möbel assignment
Practice with die/ der/ das
Organizing for der/ die/ das assignment
Go over the Home & Room presentation for Thursday
minimum 2 pictures
minimum 10 sentences
show examples from previous years | PlayPosit RoomTour: looking around Die Jule's wohnung.
What does this video show us about
Go over Wie sind die Möbel? Addressing concerns about the use of pronouns, eg, "Sie Couch ist bequem."
Time for work on House & Home presentations. | Mein Haus: Präsentationen
Begin study of family members
Choral Reading
Vocabulary: die Familie | Go over PenPals: description of penpal due Friday, 28 October
Home & Family: describing family members that we have and where they live.
Quiz: the verb, wohnen, and items around the house. |
Week 7: Week 6: Describing what we do, what we play | Montag, 5/12 | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Bild: "Angie das war große Tennis!"
Practice with the verb, machen, Describe ten things you and others "do" | Practice with the verb, spielen.
Prepare for the World's Largest Lesson next week. Select the Global Goal that most interests you.
Watch part 1 of Französisch für Anfänger
| What do you play? Describe activities that you and others do.
Watch part 2 of Französisch für Anfänger
| Finish Französisch für Anfänger
Should this film be shown in class? Write (1) a summary of the film and (2) whether it taught you about German culture or language (or not). | Telling whether we like or don't like specific activities.
Should the U.S. ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Weigh in
BONUS: Send your opinions to a Congressman or Senator and share the response you get back. |
Week 5: Our first test | Montag, 5/5 | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Keine Schule
Arbeittag | Practice with the verb, wohnen | Review the verb, wohnen
Telephone game.
Call a number and introduce yourself in German! | Greetings Test | Spencer Bailey from UNICEF Nashville will be here to talk about Unicef. |
Week 4: Getting to know Ü | Montag, 31/8 | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Read from Bild: "First day of School"
Highight words that you recognize in Yellow
Highlight nouns in Blue
Find definitions for three new words you learn in this article.
Review conversations from transcripts.
Was ist seine Name?
Was ist dein Lieblingsfarbe?
Was
Practice with Hi and goodbye | Playposit song of the week: Lili Marelene
Review for the quiz: _____ ist das?
Using names: the verb, heißen
| Sprechschau: talking with Cornelius and Hannah
Practice with the verb, machen
Practice your greetings with
Girls for teaching
Katya | Watch how Germans meet in this video from Lingorilla
Wer ist dein bester Freund?
(lyrics)
Kapitel 2.1 Talking about what we do
Write ten sentences using the verb, machen | Homecoming Friday
Quiz: Greetings,goodbyes and the 6Ws
We will go to the FCCLA room to prepare for our pretzel sale at the carnival.
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Week 3: Getting to know each other in German | Montag, 22/8 | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Read from Bild: "Wie ist es, sich im ICE zu waschen?"
Highight words that you recognize in Yellow
Highlight nouns in Blue
Find definitions for three new words you learn in this article.
Greetings: hello and goodbye
Practice with Zusammenlesung
| Educanon: a new/old song: "Guten Abend, Guten Nacht"
Turn the recorded conversations from yesterday into a transcript.
(Hint: create a Google Doc that you share with your partner, then you can write at the same time)
Post the transcripts to ourconversational greeting page.
Focus on German questions: question words--> then verbs | Review: how are you called?
Global Citizenship 1 | Herr Dittes wird weg in Pennsylvania.
Global Citizenship 2 | Herr Dittes wird weg in Pennsylvania
How Germans feel about the U.S. Election
Spiegel
Bild |
Week 2: Now we Know our Ah-Bey-Ceys. | Montag 17/8 | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Practice with Bild news. Copy the article "Wie Lange Bleibt Sommerchen?" and past it to the top of your notebook.
Highlight words that look similar to English
[Comment] on four words that you look up the meaning to Place your Numbers Presentation in our on the link in Classroom
Generic ABCs song and pronunciation
Sesame Street Disco ABCs
(Help from Katya)
Work on your Shared German Alphabet book | Identifying places around the room.
Map Activity with Google Drawing. Given a map of Germany, find the following information (Page 2):
LANDER
Schleswig-Holstein
Hamburg
Bremen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Berlin
Brandenburg
Niedersachsen
Sachsen-Anhalt
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Hessen
Thüringen
Sachsen
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Bayern
Baden-Württemberg
| Spelling Bee: First Names Learning with German: "Mein Bester Freund" by Die Prinzen Map Activity: add the following cities to your map of Germany (p 2)
STÄDTE
Munich
Cologne
Stuttgart
Kiel
Potsdam
Dresden
Leipzig
Hanover
Frankfort
Düsseldorf
Nürnberg
Time for work on ABCs book, study for ABCs Quiz tomorrow
| Spelling bee: last names Learning with German: "Mein Bester Freund" by Die Prinzen Map Activity: add the following cities to your map of Germany (p 2)
BERG UND WALD
Alpen
Schwarzwald
FLÜSSE
Elbe
Rhein
Oder
Donau
Isar
Main
Weser
Spree
AUSLAND
Polen
Dänemark
die Niederlände
Belgien
Frankreich
Luxemburg
die Schweiz
Österreich
Tschechien
Time for work on ABCs book, study for ABCs Quiz tomorrow |
An introduction to global citizenship
ABCs Quiz
Go to Vocaroo.com, translate terms from text messages
When you are done with the questions, post the Vocaroo link as a comment on this page (you may need to sign in)
For your reference:actual texting terms that German teens use.
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Week 1: Go over the class rules and get to know each other. Montag
| Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag | Freitag | Introduction: Herr Dittes and Germanicized names.
Go over class rules & expectations. The Paperless Classroom (das Papierlos Klassenzimmer)
Top Ten Reasons to Study German
Famous Germans Checklist | Finish work with Syllabus.
School Rules: Attendance
Go over German numbers 1-20,
Help from Katya
Working with Google Docs
create your first assignment
insert five pictures with numbers of objects, then write the number in German
Famous German Places Checklist (Copy & paste into your Google Doc)
| Introducing: BisonScribe
Go over Google Docs Assignment. Review German numbers and math
Silly German kids
Prepare a presentation where you will demonstrate & pronounce German numbers
Go over Rubric for the Numbers Presentation
You will need your mics on Friday
| Famous Germans Activity Create a table for your German numbers (3X10)
Time for work on Numbers Presentation | Music Video/Quiz: "Das dicke,dicke Ding" German numbers quiz on VoiceThread (you will need headpones & a microphone) German numbers presentations Go over German ABCs |
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