Topic Exploration Pack Festivals Instructions and answers for teachers ............................................................................................. 1 Learning outcomes: ........................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Additional teacher preparation ........................................................................................................ 9 Student Activity ............................................................................................................................. 13 Instructions and answers for teachers These instructions cover the student activity section which can be found on page 13. This Topic Exploration Pack supports OCR GCSE Modern Foreign Languages: German. When distributing the activity section to the students either as a printed copy or as a Word file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section. 123 – This activity offers an opportunity for maths skills development. ABC – This activity offers an opportunity for English skills development. ‘These draft qualifications have not yet been accredited by Ofqual. They are published (along with specimen assessment materials, summary brochures and sample resources) to enable teachers to have early sight of our proposed approach. Further changes may be required and no assurance can be given at this time that the proposed qualifications will be made available in their current form, or that they will be accredited in time for first teaching in 2016 and first award in 2018 (2017 for AS Level qualifications).’ Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 1 © OCR 2016 Learning outcomes: Develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of countries and communities where the language is spoken Be encouraged to make appropriate links to other areas of the curriculum Be able to identify overall message, key points and details in spoken and written texts, including authentic sources, and to deduce meaning where relevant Be able to express and develop thoughts and ideas both orally and in writing Acquire new knowledge, skills and ways of thinking through the ability to understand and respond to a rich range of authentic spoken and written material, abridged and adapted as appropriate Introduction The German GCSE specification focuses on the development of transferable language skills within the context of real life and authentic tasks and situations. Festivals is one of the sub-themes of Theme 2 of the GCSE specification Local, national, international and global areas of interest. It could be taught in the second half of the Summer term of year 10 as part of a wider travel and tourism unit of work that includes local festivals and holiday destinations. Alternatively it could be taught at a time that coincides with the timing of the festival. This topic exploration pack looks specifically at Karneval, a festival that falls between November and February. The materials in this pack could therefore be used in the Spring term of either year 10 or Year 11. Learning about festivals in Germany and German speaking countries encourages students to broaden their horizons and to develop new ways of seeing the world whilst at the same time developing their language skills through engaging with and responding to authentic contexts. This topic pack aims to equip students with the skills and vocabulary to describe and talk about festivals by considering the following aspects: Public holidays and why they are held The benefits of public holidays and festivals How people can celebrate This is followed by a more detailed consideration of Karneval, and includes reading, speaking, listening vocabulary and writing activities. There is also scope for work on adjectives, adjectival agreement and reflexive verbs. Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 2 © OCR 2016 Activity 1 Start by challenging students to note down the names of as many German public holidays as they can. Then show them the following list Neujahr, Heilige Drei Könige, Karfreitag, Ostermontag, Staatsfeiertag 1.Mai, Maifeiertag, Christihimmelfahrtstag, Pfingstmontag, Fronleichnamstag, Maria Himmelfahrtstag, Tag der deutschen Einheit, National Feiertag, Allerheiligen, Maria Empfängnis, Weihnachten, Stephanstag (see Teacher additional preparation activity 1) and ask them how many they identified. Tell them that this list are all the public holidays celebrated in Germany and Austria: Hier ist eine Liste von deutschen und österreichischen Geiertagen. Jedes Jahr hat Deutschland neun gesetzliche Feiertage und Österreich elf. Challenge students to identify which are only celebrated in Germany, which only in Austria and which in both; students could complete their own Venn diagram. More information about some of the public holidays is shown in Pupil activity 1, which could be cut up into cards for pupils to create the Venn diagram. Answers (see also Teacher additional preparation activity 1) Neujahr D/A Heilige Drei Könige A Karfreitag D/A Ostermontag D/A Staatsfeiertag 1.Mai A Maifeiertag D Christihimmelfahrtstag D/A Pfingstmontag D/A Fronleichnamstag A Maria Himmelfahrtstag A Tag der deutschen Einheit D National Feiertag A Allerheiligen A Maria Empfängnis A Weihnachten D Stephanstag D Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 3 © OCR 2016 Ask students to speculate as to why there are a number of festivals in common (Das Christentum ist die Hauptreligion in Europa – die meisten Feiertage der beiden Länder sind christliche und zwar katholische Feiertage). Make sure that they understand that there are also state holidays that the holidays listed are just the public holidays and that with this topic they will be given the opportunity to explore some festivals and events that are not public holidays as well. As extension activity or homework learners could research individual public holidays in more detail (such as date and what happens at each festival) and could give a brief feedback on what they have found out. Activity 2 This activity involves students thinking about why festivals and holidays are important. Various reasons are given on the cards in the Student activity sheet 2 that could be used to answer the question Warum sind Feste und Feiertage wichtig? The students should work in groups to read the cards and work out first of all what each one means. Where possible they should work out the meaning of unknown words by employing strategies such as using clues as to context and looking out for words that are cognates or which come from a word family with which they are familiar. Learners could also be challenged to scan the cards quickly and to find the German for specific phrases, such as: Festivals enrich our lives (9) People’s beliefs (7) Make people happy (2) Daily life (6) Our cultural heritage (9) Contribute to the local economy (13) The tourism industry (11) Students should choose 9 of the 14 cards and arrange them in a ‘diamond 9’ (See Additional teacher preparation activity 2 giving a reason for their choices. There is no right or wrong answer to this; students can place the cards where they want as long as they can give a reason. Alternatively students could rank all of the cards in what they consider to be the order of importance. Students could come up with choices as a group, or could debate this amongst themselves using the language of justification and debate (see Student Activity sheet 2B). The language for negotiating meaning could be written on the board as a prompt until such time as it becomes second nature for students to use it in class. This activity could also lead on to revision of the comparison of adjectives: x…..ist wichtiger (or other adjective) als ….. etc Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 4 © OCR 2016 Activity 3 This activity introduces students to carnival, a festival celebrated in some parts of Germany over the winter months. It also involves students talking about pictures and prepares them for the type of task they will encounter in the speaking exam. First of all challenge students to recall the names of the seasons in German (Winter, Frühling, Sommer und Herbst) and explain to them that in Germany the Karneval season is often known as Die fünfte Jahreszeit. Show students a couple of photos of the Kölner Karneval, such as a photo showing the crowds and one of people closeup in costume, the carnival floats etc - do a Google images search on Kölner Karneval. Invite students in the first instance to talk to each other about the pictures and what they can see without referring to dictionaries or other sources of information. Encourage them to focus on what they do know how to say using the words they know rather than thinking about what they don’t know. Remind them that in the speaking exam they will have a picture task and will not have recourse to dictionaries so they will need to be able to ‘think their way’ around the topic. For lower ability pupils or those who get stuck a few words or prompts could be given to help them, such as: Wo sind sie? Zu Hause? Auf dem Land? In den Bergen? Was machen sie? Was tragen sie? Wie ist das Wetter? Ist es warm? Welche Jahreszeit ist das? Ist das Sommer? Winter? Wie wissen wir das? Welcher Tag ist das? Stimmung? Some of these question prompts will require students to use their powers of observation and inference to draw conclusions. They could be encouraged to use phrases like: Ich denke, dass …….weil….. or Er/Sie scheint……. aus, weil….. ….. Es sieht aus, als ob……where they are making suppositions. Invite students to share some ot their ideas with the whole class and note any useful vocabulary items on the board. Once they have done this give them the sheet of vocabulary to do with carnival. They could work in pairs identifying all the words they know, the ones they can guess and the ones they don’t know. They could be challenged to identify particular words, for example: Findet die Wörter für all die Sachen, die man tragen kann Findet die reflexive Verben Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 5 © OCR 2016 Encourage students to ask questions in German if they are not sure of something, for example: Herr…./Frau…geben Sie mir bitte ein Beispiel eines reflexiven Verbes/ Tragen… wie sagt man das auf Englisch. Revision of the conjugation of reflexive verbs and of adjective agreements could be done at this point before students do the short translation exercise. Answers: 1. Sie verkleiden sich als Clowns. 2. Jeder mag sich schminken lassen.. 3. Wir haben uns alle gut unterhalten. 4. Die Straßen waren überfüllt. 5. Der Karnevalsumzug wird am Montag stattfinden. Once students have gone over the vocabulary and done the translation activity they could be challenged to look at the pictures they were shown again and to come up with more detailed descriptions. Activity 4 In this activity students have a text to read about Carnival with several exercises to complete. These require students to identify the main themes (exercise A), to understand some key details (exercise B ) and to be able to use the context of a text and other strategies to work out the meaning of specific words (exercise C). The text has some examples of the use of the passive and of a form of the comparison je…desto… which could be further exploited with more able pupils. Answers Aufgabe A: 1. 2. 3. 4. Große Feierlichkeiten auf den Straßen - D Die Männer sind symbolisch nicht mehr an der Macht! - C Karneval und die Religion - A Wo man in Deutschland Karneval feiert – B Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 6 © OCR 2016 Find the German for the following: 1. Fools - Narren 2. To disguise oneself - sich verkleiden 3. Ash Wednesday - Aschermittwoch 4. Lent - die Fastenzeit 5. Easter Sunday – Ostersonntag 6. Christians - Christen 7. Faithful/devout - gläubige 8. Less - weniger 9. to pray - beten 10. Street processions – Straßenumzüge 11. to be classified as - gelten als 12. Same – gleich (e) 13. the (nearer) …. the (more)…… je…. desto… 14. To cut off – abschneiden 15. dance performances - Tanzveranstaltungen 16. the climax – Der Höhepunkt 17. Carnival floats - Karnevalswagen 18. To throw - werfen 19. Crowd - die Massenmenge 20. Spectator – Zuschauer Aufgabe C Richtig, falsch oder nicht im Text? 1. Die Zeit vor Aschermittwoch nennt man Karneval überall in Deutschland. (F Karneval feiert man in besonderen Städten und Regionen in Deutschland) 2. Während der Karnevalszeit geht man regelmäßig in die Kirche. - Nicht im Text 3. Karneval dauert sechs Wochen – F (Die Fastenzeit dauert 6 Wochen) 4. Karneval ist ein Fest der Wintermonate - R 5. Wenn man sich den Karnevalsumzug am Rosenmontag anschaut, bekommt man vielleicht Süßigkeiten. - R 6. Traditionsweise isst man mehr in den Tagen nach Aschermittwoch als vorher – F (man isst weniger) 7. In den sechs Tagen vor Aschermittwoch wird wahrscheinlich viel Alkohol getrunken - R Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 7 © OCR 2016 Activity 5 This activity gives students the opportunity to do some independent listening work by watching a video about Karneval. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-OHyU8WYo The video has some subtitles in English which students could use to help them identify some of the German words. With a more able class the video could be played without showing the visuals first and students challenged to make notes. They could then watch the video and note how much they had managed to understand. If there are sufficient computers, laptops or tablets they could then work independently pausing the video as and when required to make further notes. If your school has Sonocent Audio Notetaker students could record the audio (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyIRPUlf66c ) and use the Sonocent software to slow down the recording if they wish. All pupils should be able to note down some new vocabulary, the more able should be able to formulate some questions about what they have heard/seen and ask a partner these questions. Activity 6 This writing activity gives students the opportunity to use the vocabulary and ideas from this topic in a written task. They are asked to write an email to a penfriend about a recent festival/public holiday in which they write about what the holiday is about, write about how they and their family/friends celebrated it, why it is important and what other festivals they are looking forward to. Although the task refers to ‘recent’ students should be free to write about any festival/celebration they want; it could even be something they experienced on holiday. Some students may need to be reminded about the formation of the past tense before they start the activity. Plenary As a final plenary activity students could be shown some more pictures of people celebrating. This could be a public festival such as National day celebrations, a music festival, or a local festival (see suggestions in Additional teacher preparation section). Students work in groups to discuss the pictures orally, describing what they can see, what people are doing, where they are, the weather (if relevant) and the mood. Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 8 © OCR 2016 Additional teacher preparation The following links could provide additional material to do with the Festival theme: http://www.deutsche-lebensart.de/45.html General introductory article about festivals and traditions in Germany https://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/deutschland/traditionen-feste.html links to articles about festivals and traditions in German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MY-5hVnVQ Video about birthday traditions in Germany and has English subtitles as well. It could also be played as a sound track as a listening activity. http://www.dw.com/de/die-gr%C3%B6%C3%9Ften-volksfeste-in-deutschland/a-18715015 General article about Volksfeste in Germany Much of the vocabulary used for talking about Carnival can be recycled when discussing other festivals and celebratory events. Other festivals and events that could be explored together with your students, or by them independently are: Walpurgisnacht http://www.walpurgisnacht-hexennacht.de/ Münchener Oktoberfest http://www.oktoberfest.de/de/ Hamburger Dom http://www.hamburg.de/dom/ Kieler Woche http://www.kieler-woche.de/ Nürnberger Volksfest http://www.volksfest-nuernberg.de/ We’d like to know your view on the resources we produce. By clicking on ‘Like’ or ‘Dislike’ you can help us to ensure that our resources work for you. When the email template pops up please add additional comments if you wish and then just click ‘Send’. Thank you. 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OCR acknowledges the use of the following content: Page 18: Jester hat – microvector/Shutterstock.com Please get in touch if you want to discuss the accessibility of resources we offer to support delivery of our qualifications: resources.feedback@ocr.org.uk Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 9 © OCR 2016 Activity 1 Neujahr Heilige Drei Könige Karfreitag Ostermontag Staatsfeiertag 1.Mai Maifeiertag Christihimmelfahrtstag Pfingstmontag Fronleichnamstag Maria Himmelfahrtstag Tag der deutschen Einheit National Feiertag Allerheiligen Maria Empfängnis Weihnachten Stephanstag Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 10 © OCR 2016 Answers to first part of activity 1 and prompts for final part of activity 1 (to be projected on the board) Neujahr Welche Feiertage sind Heilige Drei Könige Karfreitag Zivile Feiertage? Ostermontag Religiöse Feiertage? Staatsfeiertag 1.Mai Nationale Feiertage? Maifeiertag Christihimmelfahrtstag Pfingstmontag Fronleichnamstag Welches Land hat die meisten Feiertage? Maria Himmelfahrtstag Tag der deutschen Einheit National Feiertag Allerheiligen Maria Empfängnis Weihnachten Stephanstag Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 11 © OCR 2016 Warum sind Feste und Feiertage wichtig? Activity 2 (To be projected on the board) Wähl neun Karten Begründe deine Wahl Am wichtigsten Am wenigsten wichtig Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 12 © OCR 2016 Topic Exploration Pack Festivals Student Activity Activity 1 Feste und Feiertage in Deutschland und Österreich Neujahr Karfreitag (Freitag vor Ostern) Christihimmelfahrtstag (40 Tage nach Ostern) Fronleichnamstag (60 Tage nach Ostern) National Feiertag 26.10 Heilige Drei Könige Ostermontag (Montag nach Ostern) Staatsfeiertag 1.Mai (Tag der Maifeiertag 1.Mai Arbeiterbewegung) Pfingstmontag (51 Tage nach Ostern) Tag der deutschen Maria Himmelfahrtstag Allerheiligen 1.11 Maria Empfängnis Weihnachten Einheit 3.10 Stephanstag 26.12 Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 13 © OCR 2016 Activity 2 Warum sind Feste und Feiertage wichtig? 1. Feste und Feiertage bringen Menschen in einer Familie, einer Region oder einem Land zusammen 2. Feste machen Leute glücklich! 3. Feste und Feiertage sind eine Gelegenheit für eine Familie zusammen zu sein 4. Feste feiern die wichtigsten Augenblicke in der Geschichte einer Nation 5. Feste stärken den Patriotismus und die Gemeinschaft 6. Feste repräsentieren eine Ablenkung vom Alltag 7. Feste sind eine Möglichkeit, die Kultur und den Glauben der Menschen zum Ausdruck zu bringen 8. 9. Feste bereichern unser Leben sie sind Teil unseres kulturellen Erbes Feste bieten die Gelegenheit an, die wichtigen Aspekte des nationalen, kulturellen oder religiösen Lebens kennenzulernen 10. Feste und Feiertage sind wichtig für den Tourismus 11. Bei dem Verkauf von Karten und Waren tragen Feste zur Wirtschaft eines Landes bei 12. Feste und Feiertage sind ein Teil des religiösen Lebens der Menschen 13. Feste bringen Menschen aller Altersgruppen und aller Hintergründe zusammen, und dazu der lokalen Wirtschaft beitragen 14. Feste bieten etwas andere Aktivitäten an Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 14 © OCR 2016 Student activity sheet 2b Introducing an opinion: Ich denke, dass…… Ich glaube, dass….. Meiner Meinung nach…... Meiner Ansicht nach…... Ich finde…. Making a comparison Grund Nummer eins ist wichtiger (besser usw)…………..als …. Grund Nummer ist weniger wichtig (wichtig/gut etc)….als… Grund Nummer drei ist auch so (wichtig/gut etc)….. wie….. Grund Nummer viier ist nicht so (wichtig/gut etc)….. wie….. Giving a reason weil….. denn…. Engaging in a debate (agreement/disagreement Du hast …….gesagt/Du hast gesagt, dass…… Er hat …..gesagt/Er hat gesagt, dass……… Aber…. Ich bin (mit dir) einverstanden…… Das stimmt! Das stimmt nicht! Ich auch Was meinst du? Was denkst du? Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 15 © OCR 2016 Activity 3 Karnevalswortschatz Wo sind sie? Die Band Was machen sie? Die Blume (-n) Was tragen sie? Bonbons Wie ist das Wetter? bummeln/ einen Bummel machen Wie ist die allgemeine bunt Stimmungslage? Der Clown essen Was sind deine Eindrücke und Meinungen? feiern Das Feuerwerk glücklich Der Hut Die Jecken Der Karnevalswagen Das Kostüm lächeln Eine Maske Die Menschenmenge Der Musiker Der Narr Die Perücke Schminken sich schminken lassen singen spielen (ein Instrument) stattfinden das Straßenfest (-e) tanzen Der Tänzer/ die Tänzerin tragen trinken überfüllt Der Umzug (-“e) Die Uniform Sich (gut) unterhalten Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 16 © OCR 2016 Die Verkleidung sich verkleiden verkleidet werfen Translate the following into German 1. They are disguised as Clowns. 2. Everyone likes to put on make-up. 3. We all had a lot of fun. 4. The streets were crowded. 5. The Carnival procession will take place on Monday Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 17 © OCR 2016 Activity 4 Lies die folgenden Texte und mache die Aufgaben Karneval in Deutschland A. In Deutschland wird Karneval oder Fasching als die fünfte Jahreszeit genannt. Es ist die Zeit der Narren, das heißt die Leute, die sich verkleiden, trinken und feiern, und fängt am 11. November an. Karneval dauert bis zum Aschermittwoch (im Februar oder März) dem Anfang der sechswöchigen Fastenzeit, die für Christen bis zum Ostersonntag dauert. In der Fastenzeit sollten gläubige Christen weniger essen und trinken, und mehr beten. B. Vor dieser Fastenzeit ist Karneval also eine Zeit von Feiern mit Kostümen, Tanz und Straßenumzügen. In Deutschland gelten Köln, Düsseldorf und Mainz besonders als Karnevalsstädte. In Süddeutschland feiert man Fasching oder Fastnacht, andere Namen für die gleiche Zeit. Je näher der Aschermittwoch kommt desto mehr wird Karneval gefeiert. C. Am Donnerstag vor Aschermittwoch ist das Weiberfastnacht. An diesem Tag gehen die Frauen in die Rathäuser oder Büros und schneiden den Männern die Krawatte ab. In den folgenden Tagen bummelt man verkleidet um, und man feiert mit Essen, Trinken und Tanzveranstaltungen. D. Der Höhepunkt des Karnevals kommt am Rosenmontag, dem Montag vor Aschermittwoch. An diesem Tag sind die Schulen meistens geschlossen und die größten Karnevalsumzüge finden statt. Traditionsweise werden Bonbons und Blumen von den Karnevalswagen in die Massenmenge geworfen. In Köln gibt es bis zu einer Million Zuschauer. Text adapted and abridged from the following sources of information: http://www.sowieso.de/portal/d-land/halb-deutschland-feiert http://www.sowieso.de/portal/karneval/karneval http://www.wasistwas.de/archiv-geschichte-details/die-zeit-der-narren-fasching-fastnacht-undkarneval.html Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 18 © OCR 2016 Aufgabe A: Which paragraph corresponds to the following: 1. Große Feierlichkeiten auf den Straßen 2. Die Männer sind symbolisch nicht mehr an der Macht! 3. Karneval und die Religion 4. Wo man in Deutschland Karneval feiert Aufgaben B Find the German for the following: 1. Fools 2. To disguise oneself 3. Ash Wednesday 4. Lent 5. Easter Sunday 6. Christians 7. Faithful/devout 8. Less 9. to pray 10. Street processions 11. To be classified as 12. Same 13. the (nearer) …. the (more)… 14. To cut off 15, dance performances Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 19 © OCR 2016 16. the climax 17. Carnival floats 18. To throw 19. Crowd 20. Spectator Aufgabe C Richtig, falsch oder nicht im Text? 1. Die Zeit vor Aschermittwoch nennt man Karneval überall in Deutschland. 2. Während der Karnevalszeit geht man regelmäßig in die Kirche. 3. Karneval dauert sechs Wochen 4. Karneval ist ein Fest der Wintermonate 5. Wenn man sich den Karnevalsumzug am Rosenmontag anschaut, bekommt man vielleicht Süßigkeiten. 6. Traditionsweise isst man mehr in den Tagen nach Aschermittwoch als vorher 7. In den sechs Tagen vor Aschermittwoch wird wahrscheinlich viel Alkohol getrunken Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 20 © OCR 2016 Activity 5 Schau dir das folgende Video an https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-OHyU8WYo Mach deine einige Liste von neuen Wörtern und Tatsachen über Karneval. Stell Fragen an deinen Partner/deine Partnerin darüber.. Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 21 © OCR 2016 Activity 6 Du schreibst eine Email an deinen deutschen Brieffreund/ deine deutsche Brieffreundin, in der du über ein Fest schreibst, das du vor kurzem erlebt hast. Du solltest: Das Fest erklären Beschreiben, was du und deine Familie (oder Freunden) gemacht hast Erklären, warum das Fest wichtig ist Andere Feste, die dir wichtig sind, erwähnen Version 1 Qualification Awaiting Accreditation 22 © OCR 2016