Submitted by Marcie Zachmeier-Ruh
Objectives:
Content:
Cultural:
· recognize similarities and differences between activities available in Berlin and in students' home town, or in MinneapolisLanguage: Content Obligatory
· understand terms pertaining to leisure activities, such as: Freizeit, Lage, Gebäude, Bezirk, Straße, U-Bahn, Öffnungszeiten, Eintritt, wichtig, Aktivität, Kinoprogramm, Veranstaltungsort, Wanderungen.... · use language to describe an activity, including: days, dates, times (European am/pm), location and priceLanguage: Content Compatible
· use language to invite or persuade someone to participate in an activity with you (modal verbs, 2nd person informal verbs in question form) · use language to learn details (question words: was, wo, wann, wieviel, warum, mit wem) · use language to accept or decline an invitation (agreement, expressing opinions, disagreement)Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Time Frame:
2 days, 50 minute periods
Materials Needed:
Description of Assessment (Performance Project):
Day 4: (IN COMPUTER LAB) Students log onto "www.Berlin.de" and click "Kultur und Freizeit" on the left side, OR click "Veranstaltungen" on the right OR scroll down and click on the blue "Bezirke" map on the right. Each student chooses 2 evening activities and completes the reizeit" worksheet.
As they browse, students should take notes on what types of activities are available, which activities predominate, and how the activity offerings resemble or differ what one might typically find in the US.
Students who have time remaining after they have selected their activities may choose to revisit one of the virtual tours to see more of the sights presented in Project A.
HOMEWORK: - Projekt B) Freizeit: - Students write brief descriptions about their selected evening activities in German (based on the information on the reizeit" worksheet) to prepare for conversation on following day.
Day 5: - Projekt B) Freizeit: (cont.) In whole-class forum, students read aloud (in German) the names of their selected evening activities (no details yet). General categories are written on the board (in German), and a tally is kept for the most popular activities. When everyone has reported, the most popular activities are summarized in German and 3 are chosen as whole-class activities.
Students are allowed to choose their own activities for the remaining 4 days, but they must form a group with a minimum of 5 students for each activity they want. This entire process should be conducted in German! From their prepared descriptions, students each choose the ONE additional activity they would most like to do and write the pertinent information about it in their "Kleingruppen" form. The teacher then collects the prepared descriptions. Students mingle around the classroom, trying to persuade others to participate in their activity. If students wish to join, they must sign their names on the top half of the form of the student who asked them, and also add the activity to their own schedule, on the bottom half of their own form. (Students may participate in a maximum of 3 activities in addition to the one for which they're advocating!) When a student collects 5 signat Êures for the activity, the sheet is brought to the teacher for verification, and an ongoing alphabetical list of approved activities is composed. At the end of the activity, all "Kleingruppen" forms are collected. (From these forms, the teacher prepares an alphabetical list of all activities, including the 3 whole-class activities already selected. This will become the activity key for the Berlin city map.)
The teacher encourages students to share their observations regarding activities available in Berlin as compared to those which one might find in their own home town, or in Minneapolis. Discussion should focus not only on the similarities and differences between Germany and the US, but also between a major metropolis and a smaller town.
HOMEWORK:
- Projekt B) Freizeit: (cont.)
- Students who collected enough signatures for their activity design a symbol for it to be added at the appropriate location on the Berlin map and on the accompanying activity key.
Assessment:
Projekt B) - Short written and oral descriptions of activities in German - ìFreizeitî worksheet - Observation of worksheets and impromptu dialogs between students regarding leisure time activities
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