👨🎤German Level 3, Activity 05: Alltagsleben / Everyday Life (Online)
Semantic Topics: Everyday Life, Alltäglich, Altag, Living, Leben, Comparisons, Vergleiche.
Products: Daily routines in German speaking cultures – food, cars, walking, stress, sleep, Alltagsroutinen in deutschsprachigen Kulturen – Essen, Autos, Gehen, Stress, Schlafen.
Practices: Meal times, daily routines, commuting/traveling, stress relievers, sleeping habits. Essenszeiten, Tagesablauf, Pendeln/Reisen, Stressabbau, Schlafgewohnheiten
Perspectives: Cultural norms in daily life in a German speaking land. Kulturelle Normen im Alltag eines deutschsprachigen Landes.
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Idaho State Content Standards:
- 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.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can ask and answer questions about my everyday life.
- In my own culture and German speaking culture, I can compare and contrast the every-day transportation.
- Using what I know about popular figures, I can ask and answer questions about their everyday lives.
- I can use this information to provide recommendations about what they could do.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Begin by discussing the Can-Do Statements
2. Ask students the following questions:
Stellen Sie den Schülern die folgenden Fragen:
- Was ist für euch “alltaglich”? (What is “everyday” for you?)
- Wie sieht euer Alltag aus? Wie plant ihr euren Tag? Seid ihr während des Tages öfters zu Fuß oder mit dem Auto unterwegs? (What does everyday life look like for you? How do you plan your day? Do you often walk or drive more during the day?)
- Denkt ihr Amerikaner sind weniger oder mehr mit dem Auto unterwegs, als Deutsche? (Do you think Americans drive less or more than Germans?)
Main Activity
1. Have students choose a celebrity to be. The slide offers a few choices, but they are welcome to choose whoever they would like to be.
Lassen Sie die Schüler eine Berühmtheit auswählen wer sie sein werden. Die Folie bietet ein paar Auswahlmöglichkeiten, aber sie können gerne wählen, wer sie sein möchten.
2. Have students answer the next questions, as if they are that celebrity.
Lassen Sie die Schüler die nächsten Fragen beantworten, als ob sie diese Berühmtheit wären..
3. Have students give the other “celebrities” advice on where they should go/what they should do in Boise.
Lassen Sie die Schüler den anderen “Prominenten” Ratschläge geben, wohin sie gehen sollten / was sie in Boise tun sollten.
- Was ist für euch “alltäglich”? (What is “everyday” for you?)
- Welche Berufe bringen einen schwierigen Alltag mit sich? (Jobs make everyday life difficult. Which ones?)
- Wie sieht Alltag aus? Wie plant ihr euren Tag? (What does everyday life look like? How do you plan your day?)
- Ist euch Sauberkeit und Ordnung im Alltag wichtig? (Is cleanliness and order in everyday life important to you?)
- Seid ihr während des Tages öfters zu Fuß oder mit dem Auto unterwegs? (Do you often walk or drive during the day?)
- Denkt ihr Amerikaner sind weniger oder mehr mit dem Auto unterwegs, als Deutsche? (Do you think Americans drive less or more than Germans?)
- Wie viel Zeit verbringt ihr in eurem Alltag vor einen Bildschirm/ am Smartphone? (How much time do you spend in front of a screen / smartphone in your everyday life?)
- Seid ihr meistens gestresst oder in Eile? Oder macht ihr während des Tages auch Pausen? (Are you the most stressed or in a hurry? Or do you also take breaks during the day?)
- Wie sind eure Essgewohnheiten? (What are your eating habits like?)
- Was sind Glücksbringer in Amerika? (ein Cent auf der Straße finden? Schwarze Katze? usw.?) (What are lucky charms in America? (find a dime on the street? black cat? etc?))
- Was bringt im Alltag Pech/Glück? (What brings bad luck / luck in everyday life?)
- Schlaft ihr lieber lange oder steht ihr früh auf? (Do you prefer to sleep late or do you get up early?)
- Mögt ihr Routine? Ist euch Routine wichtig? (Do you like routine? Do you care about routine?)
- Was ist das bizarrste, das euch in eurem Alltag passiert ist? (What is the most bizarre thing that has happened to you in your everyday life?)
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following questions to finish the activity:
- Möchten Sie das Leben Ihrer Berühmtheit leben? (Would you like to live the life of your celebrity?)
- Was ist dein Lieblingsaktivität in Boise zu machen? (What is your favorite thing to do in Boise?)
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 my everyday life.
- In my own culture and German speaking culture, I can compare and contrast the every-day transportation.
- Using what I know about popular figures, I can ask and answer questions about their everyday lives.
- I can use this information to provide recommendations about what they could do.
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