5.11 Ein idealer Tag

Guten Tag!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to describe your Monday and Saturday schedules, specifically how to show order of events. Let’s review what you have learned.

Jetzt bist du dran!

You and your German friend are comparing your morning schedules. Using the sequence zuerst, dann, and danach… in your written journal write the first three things you do in the morning. Then read your sentences aloud in your audio journal as if you are telling your friend about your morning.

Lektionsüberblick

What happens when you want to plan the ideal day with your best friend? You may want to do some of the same things, but you may also have different ideas regarding your day. This lesson will help you express what each of you want to do. In the end, you will be able to 1) say which things that you want to do, 2) say which things your friend wants to do, 3) say which things each of you does not want to do, and 4) say what you want to do together.

Was weißt du schon?

Let’s start with a skills check. If the activity below is difficult for you, please review the material from Deutsch im Alltag I.

Noch nicht start klar?

Du kannst immer auf die gleiche 1010-Lektion zurückgreifen!

 Not confident about starting this lesson?

You can always review the same Lektion from 1010.

1) Ich will…

Read and listen as Freya talks about what she wants to do on her ideal day.

Ich will den Tag mit meinem besten Freund Josh verbringen. Ich will nur Spaß haben.

Zuerst will ich ausschlafen und erst um 10 Uhr aufstehen.

Dann will ich um halb elf mit ihm frühstücken.

Danach will ich um zwölf Uhr Siedler von Catan mit ihm spielen.

Um 3 Uhr will ich mit ihm ins Kino gehen.

Danach will ich mit ihm zu Abend essen.

Nach dem Abendessen will ich Mario Kart mit ihm spielen.

Später will ich mit ihm tanzen gehen.

 

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Read and listen again to Freya’s ideal day. After listening, be sure to read her description aloud. Then using the sentences as models depict your ideal day.
Then record yourself  in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

2) Er will…

Now read as Freya describes what Josh wants to do. What similarities and differences do you notice?

Mein bester Freund Josh will den Tag mit mir verbringen. Er will nur Spaß haben.

Josh will früh aufstehen und laufen.

Er will schon um 8hr frühstücken.

Später will er Carcassone mit mir spielen.

Nach dem Spiel will er mit mir ins Kino gehen.

Danach will er mit mir zu Abend essen.

Nach dem Abendessen will er Mario Kart mit mir spielen.

Später will er früh ins Bett gehen.

Let’s practice.

Jetzt bist du dran!

What person would you spend your ideal day with? What do you think that person would want to do? Think of at least four things that you think your Lieblingsmensch would want to do. Then write those activities in complete sentences in your written journal.
Then record yourself in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

 

3) Ich will nicht – er will nicht

We know that imagining your ideal day means making sure that certain activities are not in the mix – working, cleaning, doing homework, etc. (unless we love doing those things). Look at the example sentences below, paying attention to the contrasts and the use of the word nicht.

 

Freyas idealer Tag Joshs idealer Tag
Ich will nicht früh aufstehen und laufen. Er will nicht ausschlafen und erst um 10hr aufstehen.
Ich will nicht um 8hr frühstücken. Er will nicht um 10:30 frühstücken.
Ich will nicht Carcassone spielen. Er will nicht Siedler von Catan spielen.
Ich will nicht früh ins Bett gehen. Er will nicht tanzen gehen.

Let’s practice.

Jetzt bist du dran!

Compare yourself to your friend. How would your ideal day be different? In your written journal, draw two columns. In the left column, write down the things you want to do and do not want to do. In the right column, write down what your friend wants to do and does not want to do. Some activities might be the same, but others might be different.
Then find a friend or classmate. Take turns reading each column. Record yourself reading at least one column aloud in your audio journal. Practice saying it a couple times before recording.

4) Wir wollen…

When you are talking about yourself and your friend, that is definitely a “we” situation. You have been introduced to wir (we) in previous lessons. You will see wir again in the sentences below. You will also see the word wollen. What do you think it means? You don’t have to look far. We have been using a variation of wollen this entire lesson. Read and listen.

Mein bester Freund Josh und ich wollen den Tag zusammen verbringen.

Wir wollen nur Spaß haben.

Wir wollen um 12hr Monopoly spielen.

Um 15hr wollen wir ins Kino gehen.

Danach wollen wir zu Abend essen.

Nach dem Abendessen wollen wir Mario Kart spielen.

 

Let’s practice.

Jetzt bist du dran!

Find a picture in your phone of you and a friend. Imagine you are planning your ideal day with this person. Was willst du mit deinem Freund/deiner Freundin/deinar Freund*in machen? Then build at least four sentences like those above using wir wollen…
Now record this in German in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

 

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned to 1) say which things that you want to do, 2) say which things your friend wants to do, 3) say which things each of you does not want to do, and 4) say what you want to do together. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.
Imagine you are in a café in a German-speaking country with a new friend and they ask “Was willst du am Wochenende machen?” How do you respond? What do you need to ask to keep the conversation going? How to you respond to something they want to do that you do not? How do they respond to you? In your written journal, write out your dialogue. If you want to challenge yourself, write out what you have to do and what you want to do. As always, use this modeled language from this and the previous lesson.
When you are done, check your writing. Then record yourself in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied. Remember, you can always record with a classmate!

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*

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