🗂️German Level 3, Activity 03: Theme Karten / Theme Cards (Face to Face)
Semantic Topics: Beziehungen, Relationships, Essen, Food, Reisen, Travel, Freizeit, Free time, Kleidung, Clothing, Familie, Family, Freunde, Friends, Questions, Fragewörtern, Comparative, Vergleichend, Superlative, Superlativ.
Products: Theme Cards, Themakarten.
Practices: Being able to talk about various cultural and social topics of people in German speaking lands. In der Lage sein, über verschiedene kulturelle und soziale Themen von Menschen im deutschsprachigen Raum zu sprechen.
Perspectives: Appreciation of Germanic society and culture. Wertschätzung der germanischen Gesellschaft und Kultur.
- 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 talk about my daily activities and personal preferences.
- I can ask and answer questions about factual information that is familiar to me.
- I can participate in conversations about a number of familiar topics using simple sentences.
Materials Needed:
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Warm-Up
Ask the students questions regarding some of the topics on the cards: Relationships, Food, Travel, Free Time, Clothing, Family, Friends, University, Every Day Living, City Life, Hometown, Technology, Sports, Going Out, Shopping, Art, Music, Broadcasts.
Stellen Sie den Schülern Fragen zu einigen der Themen auf den Karten: Beziehungen, Essen, Reisen, Freizeit, Kleidung, Familie, Freunde, Universität, Alltag, Stadtleben, Heimat, Technologie, Sport, Wundertüte, Gesundheit, Ausgegen, Einkaufen, Kunst, Musik, Sendungen.
Main Activity
Theme Cards
Themenkarten
1. Students will choose a theme card that gives a topic.
Die Schüler wählen eine Themenkarte, die ein Thema enthält.
2. Students will ask each other questions based on the theme that is on their card.
Die Schüler werden sich gegenseitig Fragen stellen, die auf dem Thema basieren, das auf ihrer Karte steht.
Wrap-Up
Have each student pick their favorite theme and have them discuss that card: Why it is their favorite? Do they have any specific things to share about that theme?
- Lassen Sie jedem Schüler sein Lieblingsthema auswählen und diese Karte besprechen: Warum ist es sein Lieblingsthema? Haben sie Einzelheiten zu diesem Thema mitzuteilen?
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 ask and answer questions about factual information that is familiar to me.
- I can participate in conversations about a number of familiar topics using simple sentences.
- I can talk about my daily activities and personal preferences.
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