5.8 Alltagsaktivitäten

Guten Tag!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to ask someone how they get to school, talk about your vehicles, and say how you prefer to get to school. You also learned how to understand someone giving you directions. Let’s review.

Jetzt bist du dran!

How would you ask someone how they get to class? Write the question that you learned in the previous lesson here. Then record it in your audio journal.

Lektionsüberblick

The activities you do on a daily basis should be among the things you feel most confident about when speaking German. Many conversations we have with friends, family, classmates, and even strangers are about what we have going now and what we have done. In the end, you will be able to 1) ask about someone’s daily activities, 2) name your daily activities, 3) tell time on the 12hr clock, and 4) talk about your daily activities on the 12hr clock.

Was weißt du schon?

Let’s start with our skills check.
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) Wie sieht dein normaler Tag aus?

Let’s learn to ask about another’s daily activities. Read and listen to the comic below.

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Let’s practice this question.

Jetzt bist du dran!

You are talking with your German classmate, and you can tell your classmate is a busy person. How would you ask your classmate what their day looks like? Practice writing the question down in your written journal first.
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.

2) My daily tasks

Let’s review some daily tasks that you might be familiar with. Which ones are relevant to you?

Morgens…

Nachmittags

 

Abends/In der Nacht

Let’s take a look at a few more. What do you notice? Listen and repeat.

Now let’s practice!

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Wie sieht dein Tag aus? Answer the question using the model sentences from the presentation in your written journal. Note the daily activities above that are relevant to you. When you are done, look over the model again and check if your spelling and structures match with the model.

3) Wie spät ist es? Telling Time – the 12hr clock

You have worked some with the 24-hour clock. Remember it’s used for official times in Germany. Let’s spend more time with the 12-hour clock since it is typically used in spoken German.

Before we begin, we will first need to learn two small words in German: vor and nach. When you think of vor, think of the English word before (the bolded parts sound exactly the same). Nach might have to be simply committed to memory: nach = after. Here are some examples as they are used with time:

zehn nach zehn = 10:10 fünf vor acht = 7:55 acht nach sieben = 7:08

 

Let’s practice these two little words with this activity.

Next you will need to know two more time words: Viertel and halb. Look closely at the word Viertel. What number do you notice build into the word? You got it: vier (4). Ein Viertel is one fourth of an hour so 15 minutes. What English word does the halb look like? You got it: half.

Here are some examples as they are used with time:

Viertel vor zehn = 9:45 Viertel nach sieben = 7:15 halb acht = 7:30 (think: half of eight)

Let’s practice with this activity. Be sure to click through to each question.

Kleiner Hinweis

We might imagine the stereotype of Germans being very precise, but an average German will approximate; for example, if it’s 8:07, one will typically say either “fünf nach acht” or “zehn nach acht.” In additional, if it’s just a minute or two before or after, you can use: kurz vor acht (7:57-7:59) and kurz nach acht (8:01-8:03).

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Wie spät ist es? Take a look at your watch or phone and answer the question using the 12-hour clock. Practice writing and saying it.
Then, throughout the day, try practicing using the 12-hour clock with vor/nach, Viertel and halb.

4) My daily tasks on the 12hr clock

Um wie viel Uhr stehst du auf? What time do you get up? Um wie viel Uhr frühstückst du? What time do you eat breakfast? What time do you do each of your daily tasks?

Read and listen to the comic below.

Let’s practice.

 

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Wie sieht dein Tag aus? Answer the question using the sentences on this page as models, build a list of the things you do each day and the times that you do them.
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.

 

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned  to 1) ask about someone’s daily activities, 2) name your daily activities, 3) tell time on the 12-hour clock, and 4) talk about your daily activities on the 12-hour clock. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.
Now write out write a short dialog in which you ask someone what their normal day is like. That person gives you at least four things they do each day and the times that they do them. Then they ask you die magische Frage. How do you answer? You can use your answers from the previous exercise. Then read your dialog aloud. 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.

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


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