The past few days in German 1 have been a lot of fun, which is what you need in February: coloring, cutting, pasting, and Das doofe Fischlied.
Our current unit, Wie sind sie? How are they? focuses on descriptive adjectives.
Adjectives in German means adjective endings, which is a really difficult topic for most students. It's often not introduced until 2nd year, but our current textbook gives an introduction to it in 1st year, and I think it's good to start chipping away at the topic early.
Time for Das doofe Fischlied:
There are many versions of it available on YouTube, but I like this one because it has the lyrics on the screen.
Before we get to the song, I introduced the difference between predicate adjectives and attributive adjectives:
Then, we listened to the song and completed notes for the nominative and accusative cases:
I don't test students on adjective endings or expect them to use them correctly at this point, but I do point them out when we encounter them so that students start to develop a feel for them. Just planting the seed...
The next class began with coloring:
And some partner speaking practice, with a few adjective endings snuck in:
The following day we followed up coloring with cutting and pasting of adjective opposite pairs, which I've blogged about before. Just like last year, students seemed to really enjoy this activity, and it pushed them to work on their vocabulary.
Files for the activities I've described can be found here:
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