German Level 4, Activity 03: Ab ins Kino / Off to the Movies (Online)
Overview
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.
Activity Information
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Off to the Movies / Ab ins Kino
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
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
- 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.
- 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
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.