Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand texts about different religions and festivals and I can describe a photo of a celebration using the present tense.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The acronym PALM is useful for describing photos. It stands for People, Action, Location, Mood.
- It is useful to add opinions to personalise photo descriptions.
- There is only one present tense in German. This is important to remember when describing what is happening in a photo.
Keywords
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'
Present continuous - describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
Common misconception
The present continuous in German is different to the simple present.
The present continuous in German is the same as the simple present, so 'sie essen' means 'they eat' and 'they are eating'.
Teacher tip
Repeating speaking activities such as the photo description again immediately, one or more times, will help improve fluency and deepen knowledge.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
Q2.Which of these sentences include an opinion?
Q3.How do you say 'there is' or 'there are' in German?
Q4.Which of these English sentences are in the present continuous?
Q5.Which translations of 'Die Familie feiert.' are correct?
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'They are eating.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English vocabulary.
Q2.Match the followers of these religions to their holy buildings.
Q3.Eid al-Fitr ist ...
Q4.Which of these adjectives are not considered positive?
Q5.The acronym PALM, used for describing photos, stands for People, Action, Location and .
Q6.Complete the following sentence to translate 'I believe that they are celebrating Christmas.' into German: 'Ich glaube, dass .'
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