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Learning Another Language is to Know Another Culture
Lure more students into your foreign language class with this informative PowerPoint. It outlines key factors in becoming successful with a second language, as well as why it can be beneficial for students' futures. Tip: Show this during...
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German Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles
What animals says meow, and which creature has eight legs? Test your German language learners' knowledge of animals with a quick crossword puzzle. Also included are eleven additional crossword puzzles with topics that range from food to...
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Learn German - MindSnacks
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Even if you can't speak German now, you'll be fairly accomplished after practicing with the games and words that make up the greater part of this app!
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Google Translate
Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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German Immigrants Contributions to the Upper Midwest
Young scholars explore contemporary lifestyles, cultures, traditions are influenced by the contributions of the German settlers of that region. They research these influences and design a brochure to entice potential immigrants to the...
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Weather and Seasons
Use pictures and manipulatives to develop vocabulary with your beginning language learners. This plan can be used with foreign language learners (although you'll have to provide the vocabulary), English language learners, or a young...
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What I need for School
You can use this lesson with English language learners, a young language arts class, or speakers of a foreign language. The phrases learned are I need and I don't need. The teacher collects several items around the room, and learners...
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Animals Project for German Students
Who doesn't love animals? Young learners will be excited to develop their vocabulary and categorize animals into different lists. This includes a fun extension activity that encourages the older learners to create a PowerPoint...
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Forming Plural Nouns
Everyone knows that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea - but what happens when you have people, places, things, or ideas? Use this SMART board activity to guide your class through plural nouns. Several activities, including making...
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Das Wetter in Deutschland/The Weather in Germany
Young scholars explore various websites to research the weather in Germany. They complete a worksheet, locate weather conditions for several cities in Germany, and choose one city to present a weather forecast, simulating a weather news...
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Kino in Stuttgart
Students visit websites to locate movies that are playing in Germany. They complete a worksheet, locate information about a particular movie in Germany, and create an ad in German for a movie.
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Caps for Sale!
If you can find the book Caps for Sale in the target foreign language, this is a great activity to accompany it! After reading and modeling the story, the teacher models a dialogue that would take place between a salesman and a customer....
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Die Familie
In this German words worksheet, students match the 14 English words on the left of the worksheet to their German equivalents on the right of the worksheet. Students draw a line between each one that matches.
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German Immigrants:Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest
Learners study how contemporary lifestyles/cultures/traditions are influenced by the contributions of the settlers of that region; and use their prior knowledge of German to discuss photographs of people.
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Food Preferences and Healthful Eating
Learners discuss healthy eating habits. In this food preferences lesson, students read a scenario about teenagers visiting a restaurant. Learners role play the story and complete a graphic organizer.
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Greetings
Students participate in greeting new people. In this greetings lesson, students greet people after modeling by the teacher. Sample rituals include, "Hello, how are you?; My name is...What is your name?". Students write a paragraph...
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German Days of the Week Quiz
In this days of the week instructional activity, learners answer multiple choice questions where they choose the correct day of the week in German. Students complete 7 questions.
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Travel Photos
Pupils describe photographs. In this travel photos lesson, students view a slide-show of travel photos in order to assist them with developing photo captions. Pupils describe details, events, and persons from the photos in the native...
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Group Rehearsal
Students study their national and family heritage while working in groups. In this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....
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German Months of the Year Quiz
For this months of the year worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions and choose the correct name for each month in the German language. Students complete 12 questions.
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German Word Unscramble: Krankheit
In this German word scramble learning exercise, students examine 25 sets of letters and unscramble each of the sets to form 25 German words.
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German Food
In this German worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms in German representing various German foods. There are 49 words located in the puzzle.
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German Chefs and Cookbook
Students explore German vocabulary words associated with food and cooking. Individually, students locate German recipes and then prepare authentic German food to share with the class. They share recipes and compile a German cookbook.
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Presenting our Newspapers
Learners present their group newspapers. In this presenting lesson, students share their newspaper creations with peers and receive feedback. This lesson is part of a unit: "In the News".