German 101 Lab 9 - Essen/Food - Novice Mid
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Essen, German, Novice Mid
Description:
Students will review vocabulary words relating to food, using a game of Heads Up. Then, they will practice using those words with a card game that requires them to match words with the picture.
Proficiency Level:
Novice Mid
Keywords:
food, vocabulary, game, matching, eating, pictures
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 spoken and written language on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.
Idaho State World Language Standards:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 2.3: Justify the underlying beliefs or values of the target culture that resulted in the creation of the product.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can recognize food vocabulary when spoken to me
- I can create simple sentences using food vocabulary
- I can use high frequency and low frequency phrases related to food
Materials Needed:
Warm-up
1. Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the Can-Do's for today's activity.
2. The students will play Heads Up. The first student will draw one of the vocab word cards and put it up against their forehead without looking at the word.
3. The other students have to try to get them to guess the word without saying the word.
Main Activity
1. Separate all the picture cards and place them face down in a group
2. Separate all the vocab cards and place them face down in another group
3. Students will take turns turning over a card from the picture group and a card from the vocab group and try to match them. The student should say both the word they turn over and the name of the object on the card.
4. If the cards don't match, they should turn them back over in the same spot, and the turn moves on to the next person.
5. The other students should pay attention to the cards the student is turning over so they have a better chance of finding the matching cards.
6.Once a student has found a match, they must use the word in a sentence in order to get the points.
7. Students are not allowed to use the same sentence as the students before them. Encourage them to be creative.
8. Whoever has the most points at the end wins!
Wrap-up
Ask the following questions to finish the lab:
1. Was ist dein Lieblingsessen?
2. Wann isst du Frühstück? Mittagessen? Abendessen?
End of lab:
Can-Do statement check-in... “Where are we?”
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence with the emoji cards
- Encourage students to be honest in their self evaluation
- Pay attention, ask questions, and try to use feedback for future labs!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can recognize food vocabulary when spoken to me
- I can create simple sentences using food vocabulary
- I can use high frequency and low frequency phrases related to food