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| Title | Ideas for Teaching and Reinforcing Gender, Part 2 |
| Body | Last week we shared several ideas for teaching and reinforcing gender from American Association of Teachers of German listserv users. Here are a few more of them: --- Each noun on 3x5 card in marker, gender and plural (written out, not just the code) on back in pencil. Each noun 3-5 times. I always split up the list and had kids each do five or so nouns three times each, helping them spell out the plural on the back. That way each kid had a shot at the first few. Kids sit in groups of three-four. one 'teacher' kid, two-three students. 'Teacher' flashes card to kid A. Kid gives gender. Right, kid keeps card. Wrong, card is shown to kid two. Right, kid keeps card, wrong, goes back in deck. Continue until 'teacher's' deck is gone. Kids count cards. Kids keep cards. Kid with largest pile moves on to next group as teacher. Kid takes his pile with him, collects the cards from the losing student in the new group and starts over. Repeat until someone makes it back to their original position. Warnings: must set up rotation. Must NOT let kids move until you say so. At some time during the game, one group will have a huge pile and another will have a very small pile. Choose a reasonable time and make all groups stop, count, and the winner of the two students moves on. Also, the kids tend to automatically give all their cards back and not take the new cards with them. Be very clear the first time you switch. If they've already reshuffled, just have them cut their deck more or less in half and the 'winner' take a pile. Takes 20-30 minutes for an average class. This works for plural, too, just not as well. Holzer, J. Re: [AATG-L] Gender Games. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 23 Feb 2010). --- I teach elementary students, and details (like der/die/das, spelling, etc.) aren't their strong point, nor is sitting still. When we need a wiggle break, we sometimes do a quick der/die/das check. Everyone stands. I say a noun. der = squat to touch floor, das = stand normally, hands at sides, die = stretch arms into air. Normally, the students who have no clue self-correct by looking at the rest of the class. We just do it a few words at a time, so it takes 30-60 seconds. It isn't something I normally plan into a lesson, but if we need a stretch break anyway, why not use it to practice gender? Draheim, S. Re: [AATG-L] Gender Games. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 23 Feb 2010). |
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