German Early Level

Feelings

Vocabulary2. Feelings Initially teacher can ask the question and start with 3 (e.g.) possible responses. This can progress to the learners using und dir? and then adding in more responses as they grow more confident.

Wie gehts? How are you? Mir gehts gut I am wellGut danke Good thanksSo so So-soMir gehts nicht so gut I am not good Mir gehts schlecht I am badUnd dir? And you?

Wie gehts?

Mir gehts gut!

Gut danke

So so!

Mir gehts nicht so gut!

Mir gehts schlecht!

Und dir?

Embedding the languageStart each day with asking Wie gehts? Around the class. Create Wie gehts? cards for pupils with printed off miniature copies of the smileys. Ask Wie gehts? at the start of the day, after break, after lunch and ask pupils to choose their answer and say it to a partner or around the class.

I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them.HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practice the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Circle speaking practice

1. Pupils sit in a circle and clap in time as they chant Wie gehts whilst a toy is passed around the circle.

2. After a set number of repetitions of Wie gehts they stop and whoever is holding the toy should then answer the question.

Feelings cards1. Give each learner a set of smileys with a

range of expressions2. Class or individual learners ask teacher Wie

gehts? and teacher responds.3. Learners should then choose a smiley

which matches the teachers answer. 4. You could also do this with thumbs up,

down and flat across.5. There are smileys available on the website

to download.

Wie gehts? around the world

1. Look at the faces in the following photos, decide on how the person is feeling and then say what this is in French.

2. You can also make the face of the person in the picture!

I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them.HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a

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Songs!

You will find a bank of sample songs which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in Level 1 Feelings.

Wie gehts rap

You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

ICT Resources online

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