📅 German Level 1, Activity 04: Termine und Wochentage / Schedules and Days of the Week (Face to Face) Remix by Heidi Muri
By Heidi Muri
Meridian High School
Description
Student will practice interpreting an authentic German schedule (World Cup 2022), and describing their own schedule based on the different days of the week. Students will practice discussing different school subjects and their daily schedule.
Die Schüler interpretieren einen authentischen deutschen Stundenplan. Anschließend üben sie, ihren eigenen Zeitplan zu beschreiben
Semantic Topics
Schedule, zeitplan, calendar, kalender, weekdays, wochentage, weekend, wochenende, school, schule, major, hauptfach, activity, aktivität.
Products
World Cup 2022 Schedule, German calendar, Deutscher Kalender, U.S. Calendar, US-Kalender
Practices
Get to know the differences between a calendar/schedule from a German speaking land and a calendar/schedule from the United States. Lernen Sie die Unterschiede zwischen einem Kalender aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum und einem Kalender aus den USA kennen. Understanding holidays from German speaking lands, the importance of them, and how they are celebrated. Verstehen Sie Feiertage im deutschsprachigen Raum, ihre Bedeutung und wie sie gefeiert werden.
Perspectives
Value and importance of soccer and holidays from German speaking countries. Wert und Bedeutung von Fußball und Ferien aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum.
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 written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture 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: COMM 3.1: Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
- Objective: CLTR 1.3: Function appropriately in diverse contexts within the target culture.
- Objective: CONN 1.2: Relate information studied in other subjects to the target language and culture.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements
- I can talk about my weekly routine and list what time my classes start and end.
- In my own and other cultures, I understand the similarities and differences between a class schedule in the United States and in Germany.
- In my own and other cultures I can interpret simple schedules and consider how people think about time.
Materials Needed:
- Google Presentation
- Days of the Week Cards
- Schedules
- School subject vocabulary
- World Cup Schedule (attached below)
- PDF Spielplan audrucken zur Fußball WM 2022 in Katar by fussballwm.com, included under fair use as described in the CBPFUOER
- Wet Erase Markers
- Towel and Spray Bottle
World Cup Schedule:
Warm-Up
- Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introduce the Can-Dos for the activity.
Öffnen Sie zunächst die Google Slideshow und stellen Sie die Can-Dos für die Aktivität vor.
- Pass out the World Cup 2022 schedule (this was originally used during the World Cup play but can easily be used after the fact, just preface it with “imagine it’s 2022 and the beginning of the World Cup”…etc.).
Geben Sie den Schüler den Weltmeisterschaft Spielplan. - Ask the students what type of information they can gather from the schedule. Then ask specific questions like: When does Germany play Japan? Or: “Who does Germany play on Monday?” etc. You can also preview/review telling time by asking questions about when they play!
Stellen Sie Fragen an den Schüler wie: “Was können wir von dem Spielplan lernen? Wann spielen Deutschland und Japan? Wen spielt Deutschland am Montag? Um wieviel Uhr spielt Deutschland und Costa Rica am Montag. Was bedeutet “MO, DI, MI, DO, usw.?”
- Students will be given the days of the week cards.Die Schüler erhalten Wochentagskarten.
- Students will practice independently to put them in the correct order.
Die Schüler üben selbstständig, um sie in die richtige Reihenfolge zu bringen. - Afterwards show the correct order on the board and make sure that students have it correct.
Zeigen Sie anschließend die richtige Reihenfolge auf der Tafel an und stellen Sie sicher, dass die Schüler sie richtig haben. - Drag and drop: print off enough copies of slide 6 for students to work with a partner. They will cut out the flag icons, then going back to the World cup schedule, they will drag and drop the flag under the days of the week that each team plays
Die Schüler stellen die Pfannen den Ländern unter die Tage der Woche sie spielen.
Main Activity
- Have students come up with as many school subjects they know and write them on the board as a word bank.
Lassen Sie die Schüler so viele Schulfächer wie möglich aufzählen und schreiben Sie sie als Wortsammlung an die Tafel.
- Students will work in partners to build each other’s schedules, asking what they have on each day at different times.Die Schüler arbeiten in Partnerarbeit, um die Zeitpläne des anderen zu erstellen und zu fragen, was sie an jedem Tag zu verschiedenen Zeiten haben.
- Students will record each other’s schedule on the schedule cards.Die Schüler werden den Zeitplan des anderen auf den Stundenplankarten aufzeichnen.
- After students are done writing they will share with the group something about their partner’s schedule.Nachdem die Schüler mit dem Schreiben fertig sind, werden sie der Gruppe etwas über den Zeitplan ihrer Partner mitteilen.
- Show the Zetiplan example in the presetnation and ask students questions in German: “Wann hat diese Person Deutsch?” Discuss similarities and differences between a school schedule in Germany and in the US.
Wrap-Up
- Discuss with students the similarities and differences between a German calendar and an American one.
Besprechen Sie mit den Schülern die Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen einem deutschen und einem amerikanischen Kalender. - Have students take notes on the video for “How to say German dates correctly”.
Die Schüler schauen das Video an und machen Notizen!
Cultural Notes
Linked below is a video about German Ordinal and Cardinal numbers. It is in both English and German.
End of Activity
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - 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 talk about my weekly routine and list what time my classes start and end.
- In my own and other cultures, I understand the similarities and differences between a class schedule in the United States and in Germany.
- In my own and other cultures I can interpret simple schedules and consider how people think about time.
