💪German Level 2, Activity 04: Gesundes Leben / Healthy Living (Face to Face)
Products: Healthy living cards. Gesund leben karten.
Practices: Healthy living activities. Aktivitäten für ein gesundes Leben.
Perspectives: Healthy living and outdoor activities are important in German speaking countries. Gesundes Leben und Outdoor-Aktivitäten sind im deutschsprachigen Raum wichtig.
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written language on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
- Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through German.
Idaho State Content Standards:
- Objective: COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- Objective: COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- Objective: CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- Objective: CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
- Objective: CONN 1.2: Relate information studied in other subjects to the target language and culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can identify and label parts of the body.
- I can discuss healthy and unhealthy habits.
- I can use body part and health vocabulary to discuss health related scenarios.
- I can talk about my own health experiences.
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Warm-up
Parts-of-the-Body Pictionary with pre-made flashcards.
Teile des Körpers Pictionary mit vorgefertigten Karteikarten.
1. Divide students into two teams.
Teilen Sie die Schüler in zwei Teams auf.
2. Decide which team will go first and have one team-member choose a card and begin to draw on a big or small whiteboard for their team. 20 seconds per card.
Entscheiden Sie, welches Team zuerst gehen wird, und lassen Sie ein Teammitglied eine Karte auswählen und beginnen Sie, auf einem großen oder kleinen Weißwandtafel für ihr Team zu zeichnen. 20 Sekunden pro Karte.
3. Repeat until one team reaches 9 points or the cards are gone.
Wiederholen Sie, bis ein Team 9 Punkte erreicht oder die Karten weg sind.
Main Activity
Set the Gesund Leben Karten upside down in the middle of a table.
Setzen Sie die Gesund Leben Karten als Leitfaden für die Schüler in die Mitte.
1. Divide students into two teams.
Teilen Sie die Schüler in zwei Teams auf.
2. Decide which team will go first. One member will choose a card and begin to act out that activity. They will have 20 seconds per action.
Entscheiden Sie, welches Team zuerst geht. Ein Mitglied wählt eine Karte aus und beginnt mit der Ausführung dieser Aktivität. Sie haben 20 Sekunden pro Aktion.
3. Students will then try to guess what the student is describing in German.
Die Schüler werden dann versuchen, was der Schüler auf Deutsch beschreibt zu erraten.
4. Repeat until one team reaches 9 points or the cards are gone.
Wiederholen Sie, bis ein Team 9 Punkte erreicht oder die Karten weg sind.
*** This activity can also be done by playing pictionary.
***Diese Aktivität kann auch durch das Spielen von Piktogrammen durchgeführt werden.
Example Charades Cards:
Beispiel Scharaden Karten:
- Joggen gehen
- Aerobic machen
- Gewichte heben
- Tanzen
- Yoga machen
- Tennis Spielen
- Schwimmen
- Fußball spielen
- Badminton spielen
- Basketball spielen
- Wandern
- Fahrrad fahren
- Klettern
- Spazieren gehen
- Sich waschen
- Sich eincremen
- Sich rasieren
- Genug schlafen
- Entspannen
- Die Zähne putzen
- Nicht rauchen
- Weniger Alkohol trinken
- Vitamine nehmen
- Gesund essen
- Die Haare bürsten
Wrap-up
Ask students the following question(s) to finish the activity:
- Was macht ihr, um gesund zu leben? (What do you do to live a healthy life?)
- Esst ihr gesund? Wie oft? (Do you eat healthy? How often?)
- Treibt ihr einen Sport? (Do you play a sport?)
End of Activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. (Use thumbs up/thumbs down)
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can identify and label parts of the body.
- I can discuss healthy and unhealthy habits.
- I can use body part and health vocabulary to discuss health related scenarios.
- I can talk about my own health experiences.
cultural Resources
Here is a video, in German, about eating breakfast in Berlin.
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