From: Williams
For those of you who do not have a Spring Break (that would be me!), this may be a fun activity. I am planning to do it in my German 2 and 3 on Thursday.
Get the kids into teams of 2, 3, or4. Give them this sheet (the lines did not transfer to e-mail, so you'll have to draw them in by hand):
Names on team:__________________________________________
Find an object at school that begins with the letter in front of each blank (the letters spell "Ostereier").
Rules:
1. The word for the object must be in German!
2. Write down what you see, and where it is located (A wing, B wing, commons, etc.)
3. Describe it (Beschreibung) using one sentence in German.
4. You must stay inside the building. Remember to keep quiet near classrooms!
5. You can only use the object once.
6. You may use a dictionary
Was: Wo: Beschreibung:
O
S
T
E
R
E
I
E
R
I might have them look for words with your letters, but they must find these in the dictionary. (To keep them in a smaller area outside) They would find as many words as they can with the starting letter. They could fall into the categories of: Was kannst du---- hoeren, sehen, riechen, fuehlen, schmecken. Illona M.
From: Cecilia Cloughly
The Internet Easter Egg hunts gave me the idea to do it in my classes-1 through AP. I bought a box of the Ferrero Rocher chocolate candies which are wrapped in gold foil. They aren't anywhere as expensive as Mozart Kugeln. I find them at Costco or Sam's Club in a plastic box of 24. The box costs about $6.00 for the 24. Cadbury or a small treat could be also used. I went through with the students the Golden egg hunt at the Ostern.de site mentioned on the list earlier. We quickly reviewed the 2-way prepositions and wrote a series of sample questions on the board.
Liegt das Osterei auf einem Tisch?
Liegt das Osterei unter einem Heft?
Ist das Ei in einem Rucksack?
Kann ich das Ei sehen?
Ist das Ei in diesem Teil des Klassenzimmers?
We then practiced the positive/negative responses.
Nein, das Osterei liegt nicht auf einem Tisch. usw
To speed things up, I sent two students out at a time. In their absence the others "hid" two eggs. They were expected to speak in German while deciding where to hide the eggs. When the selected students returned, they had to find the eggs while asking questions in German. The class had to answer in chorus in German. The two students took turns asking questions. After they had narrowed things down, the class could use the "warm, wärmer, heiss, kühl" designation used in the American version of the game.
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