1.5 Lieblingswandbild

Servus!

Let’s warm up with our daily small talk (Tagesminiplausch) and a brief review (Wiederholung).

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to say your favorite color and ask someone their favorite color. Let’s review what you have learned so far.

Jetzt bist du dran!

In your audio journal, record yourself saying your favorite color. You may simply say the color, or you can use a complete sentence, Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist… [insert favorite color].

Lektionsüberblick

In this lesson, you will be connecting your German to the world around you by presenting a description of various murals from the Laramie Mural Project in Laramie, Wyoming. Get to know the Laramie Mural Project before you dive into our lesson. In the end, you will be able to 1) talk about color hues, 2) and color amounts, 3) say that you like something, and 4) give a short presentation about your favorite mural.

“Tierra y Libertad” (2011) by Talal Cockar, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, LCCN 2015632830

The Laramie Mural Project

Public art offers us a fantastic way to explore art, image, meaning, and color. For that reason, we are going to explore the murals in downtown Laramie online and/or offline. In the links below, you can see images of the murals and a suggested route, if you want to tour many of the downtown murals IRL. A walking or biking tour of the murals could be a great way to get to know your classmates for any students located in Laramie.

  • Laramie Mural Project: Images of murals, locations, and artists’ names
  • Laramie Mural Tour: Suggested route with images, locations, artists’ names, and additional information about the mural
  • Laramie Public Art: Slideshow of murals and other public art in Laramie with locations marked on a map and artist videos for each mural.

Kleiner Hinweis

The German language doesn’t have silent e‘s at the end of words like English does (e.g. love, come, have). So, the e‘s at the end of words like die bunte Fahne have a sound at the end. Listen to the examples.

die bunte Fahne meine Lieblingsfarbe

1) How to talk about color hues

The German word hell is a false friend, meaning it looks exactly like an English word, but it doesn’t have the same meaning at all. See if you can figure out what the three words across mean by looking at the examples and pictures.

 

hell dunkel bunt    
hellblau dunkelblau die bunte Fahne    
colorful flag

 

2) How to talk about color amounts

Now let’s consider how to say the amount of something. See if you can figure out what the four words on the left mean by looking at the examples and pictures.

sehr viel Es gibt (there is) sehr viel lila. 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
viel Es gibt (there is) viel lila. 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
ein bisschen
 Es gibt (there is) ein bisschen lila. 🟪🟪🟪
wenig Es gibt wenig lila. 🟪

Now look at the mural, read and listen to the description.

Im Bild gibt es ein bisschen gelb.

 

(There is a little yellow in the picture.)

 Photo of bear mural

 

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Look at the bear mural above. Choose a color and create a sentence in your written journal using sehr viel, viel, ein bisschen, or wenig to describe the prominence of the color in the mural.

 

3) How to say that you like something

There are a couple ways to say that you like something in German. Here is a common way. Read, listen, then complete the activities.

Mir gefällt die Farbe. I like the color.
Mir gefallen die Farben. I like the colors.

Let’s practice!

 

 

Kleiner Hinweis

For those of you who took Spanish, do you remember learning “Me gusta…”? If so, “Mir gefällt…”/”Mir gefallen…” is the exact same concept in German.
Mir gefällt das Bild. I like the picture. Me gusta la foto.
Mir gefallen die Bilder I like the pictures. Me gustan las fotos.

 

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

What do you like about the murals you have seen? The colors? The pictures within them? Create a sentence using the mir gefallen/mir gefällt structure above to describe one thing you like about your favorite mural.
Then record yourself … If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording.

4) How to present on your favorite mural

Follow along with the text below as Sofia gives her presentation about her favorite mural (Lieblingswandbild). Use this model for your presentation. You can listen to Sofia’s presentation below.

Guten Tag! Ich heiße Sofia Müller. Ich bin 21 Jahre alt. Ich komme aus Hannover und ich wohne in Laramie. Mein Lieblingswandbild in Laramie ist “Tierra y Libertad” von Talal Cocker. Mir gefallen die Farben. Im Bild gibt es sehr viel weiß, viel gelb, dunkelrot, braun, und schwarz, ein bisschen grün, und ein bisschen orange.

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

______! Ich heiße _____. Ich bin ____ Jahre alt. Ich komme aus ______ und ich wohne in _____. Mein Lieblingswandbild in Laramie ist “__________” von ______. Mir gefallen die Farben. Im Bild gibt es sehr viel ___, viel ______ ein bisschen _____, und wenig ____.

 

Using the model, write out the text for your presentation. Then practice saying your presentation until you can give it freely. Check Canvas for submission requirements.

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned 1) talk about color hues, 2) and color amounts, 3) say what you like about the murals, and 4) give a short presentation about your favorite mural. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.

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

 

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