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| Title | More Review Activities for the Beginning of the Year (Part 2) |
| Body | Here is a game recommended by a German teacher for the first week of school. Note: Some parts of this post have been translated from German into English. ---- One of the things I do in German II is a group activity to review vocabulary. I divide the class into 6 groups of 4 students each (or more students if class is larger) - but only 6 groups. Each group gets one set of cards with 10 English words on them. I've prepared these ahead of time. Each student also gets a blank chart to write the words in German down. In 4 minutes, students write down as many words in German as they in the group remember. They brainstorm with each other. Remind students to be sure to pay attention to the set number so they put the word in the right group. When time is up, each group passes their set of cards to another group and I set the timer again for 4 minutes as students work with the new set of cards they got. This goes on until each group has had each of the 6 sets of cards. The cards are simple. I made a table with 6 sections, each containing 10 English words. I cut up the 6 sections into "cards" - printing the table 4 times so each person in the group has a card to look at (if the group is larger, print more copies of the cards). I cut them apart and put all the set 1 cards together, all the set 2 cards together, etc. I use a colored marker to make a diagonal line on the top right of each card so that all set 1 cards have a red line, all set 2 cards have a green line, etc. so that it's easy to see by color that you've got all the cards in one set. When each group has had a chance to see each set and write down as many words as they can remember and time is up, I start with whichever group has set 1 and ask each student in the group to give one word in English and then the German for it. I have my overhead with the correct German word ready and reveal the word after it's been said to show the correct spelling. We get to review 60 vocab words rather quickly and it's fun. Haring, C. [AATG-L] Review activities. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (3 Aug. 2006). |
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