🗞️German Level 3, Activity 10: Nachrichten / The News (Online)
Semantic Topics: News, Nachrichten, Stories, Geschichten, Accidents, Unfälle, Headlines, Schlagzeilen, Conjunctions, Konjunktionen.
Products: News Photos, Nachrichten Fotos.
Practices: News in German speaking countries. Nachrichten im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Perspectives: Value of the freedom of the press in German speaking countries. Wert der Pressefreiheit im deutschsprachigen Raum.
- 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 written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
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.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can create a fictional story.
- I can relate a story to a specific topic.
- I can present the topic to my peers.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Discuss the Can-Do Statements with the students.
2. Discussion questions:
- Schaust du die Nachrichten im Fernsehen? (Do you watch the news?)
- Was für Nachrichten gibt es diese Woche? (What news stories are there this week?)
Main Activity
1. Students will pick out a news title and picture from the News Headlines slide show.
- Die Schüler wählen einen Nachrichtentitel und ein Bild aus der Präsentation aus.
2. They will use 5-10 minutes to come up with a quick news story to match the title and picture they picked.
- Sie werden 5-10 Minuten entwenden, um eine kurze Nachrichtengeschichte zu erhalten, dem Titel und dem Bild entspricht, das sie ausgewählt haben.
3. They can be as creative as they’d like.
- Sie können so kreativ sein, wie sie möchten.
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following question(s) to finish the activity:
- Was ist dein Lieblingsart Nachrichten zukonsumieren? (What is your favorite way to consume news?)
- War es schwer eine Nachricht so schnell zu machen? (Was it difficult to create a news story so quickly?)
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 create a fictional story.
- I can relate a story to a specific topic.
- I can present the topic to my peers.
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