German Level 4, Activity 03: Ab ins Kino / Off to the Movies (Online)
Description: Students will plan a trip to a movie in Vienna, using the computer to plan the travel, figure out how to purchase their tickets, discuss favorite movies and actors/actresses, and figure out what snacks to have at the movie.
Semantic Topics: Movies, Film, Movie Theater Food, Essen im Kino, Freindship, Freundschaft
Products: Music video about a relationship. Musikvideo über eine Beziehung.
Practices: How to interact in a relationship. Determining what is important in relationships. Wie man in einer Beziehung interagiert. Bestimmen, was in Beziehungen wichtig ist.
Perspectives: Cultural norms in relationships both with an English speaking individual and German speaking individual. Kulturelle Normen in Beziehungen sowohl zu einer englischsprachigen als auch zu einer deutschsprachigen Person.
- Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret spoken and written language on a variety of topics
- Standard 5.1 Students use German both within and beyond the school setting
- 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: Conn 1.2 Relation information studied in other subjects to the target language and culture.
- Objective Comt 1.2 Discuss personal preferences in activities and events both within and beyond the classroom.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can figure out how to get from one place to another in a foreign city.
- I can discuss my preferences about and describe movies.
- I can invite someone to a movie with me.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Discuss the Can-Do Statements.
- Diskutieren Sie die Kann-Aussagen.
2. Divide the students up into breakout rooms of twos or threes.
- Teilen Sie die Schüler in Zweier- oder Dreier-Breakout Rooms auf.
3. The students are friends studying abroad in Vienna.
- Die Studenten sind Freunde, die in Wien im Ausland studieren.
4. One student asks another if they would like to go to the movies.
- Ein Student fragt einen anderen, ob er ins Kino gehen möchte.
5. The Students discuss their favorite German/Austrian Actors/Actresses, Filmmaker, and Films.
- Die Studierenden diskutieren ihre liebsten deutschen/österreichischen Schauspieler/innen, Filmemacher und Filme.
- use the links below to compare and discuss the 2021 Box office #1 films in Austria against the 2021 Box office #1 films in the United States.
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- Wenn es die Zeit erlaubt, verwenden Sie die nachstehenden Links, um die 2021 Box Office #1-Filme in Österreich mit den 2021 Box Office #1-Filmen in den Vereinigten Staaten zu vergleichen und zu diskutieren.
- List of 2021 Box Office Number one Films in Austria
- List of 2021 Box Office Number one Films in the United States
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Main Activity
In the zoom rooms have the students…
- In den Zoom-Räumen haben die Schüler…
1. Research the movies available to see in Vienna.
- Recherchieren Sie die Filme, die in Wien zu sehen sind.
2. Decide on which movie to see.
- Entscheiden Sie, welchen Film Sie sehen möchten.
3. Create directions to the Theater from the University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Austria.
- Erstellung einer Anfahrtsbeschreibung zum Theater der Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien, Österreich.
4. Decide what food/snacks they will be ordering and eating at the movie theater.
- Entscheiden, welche Speisen/Snacks sie im Kino bestellen und essen.
Wrap-Up
Have the students present their movie plans to the rest of the class.
- Lassen Sie die Schüler ihre Filmpläne dem Rest der Klasse präsentieren.
Have the students invite the others to the movie, give a short description of the movie, and see who would like to join them.
- Lassen Sie die Schüler die anderen zum Film einladen, geben Sie eine kurze Beschreibung des Films und sehen Sie, wer mitmachen möchte.
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 figure out how to get from one place to another in a foreign city.
- I can discuss my preferences about and describe movies.
- I can invite someone to a movie with me.
Cultural Resources
Here is a really fun video from Easy German, The Worst Movies You Have Ever Seen
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