Course
UNIT
Weekly Goal(s)
Deutsch IV Teacher Frau Windell Date November 5-9
Creative Writing / Goodbye Lenin! /
Berlin Wall / Karneval
PERIODS 2
Students will compose a children’s book with their classmates and publish the final product.
SCHOOL Lewis Cass Jr. – Sr. High School
Students will share their children’s book with lower level German students.
Students will build background for the film Goodbye Lenin through discussions and research of various Eastern German products.
Topic of
Lesson /
Resources Needed
Monday
**Creative Writing
**Book publishing
Tuesday
**Goodbye Lenin! – Background building activities
**Packet
Lesson
Objectives
Students will complete the composition and publishing of their children’s book.
Students will build background for the film
Goodbye Lenin! by discussing Eastern/Western
Germany and topics of the time right before
Reunification.
Time/Layout
Assignment/Homework
*We will begin the hour with a
PowerPoint over their
Ostdeutschland
Essentag coming up on
Friday.
*Together, we will then go over student’s final drafts – they will turn them in today.
*If students did not already finish the title page together on
Friday, we will do that today.
State Standards
12.3.2, 12.5.2
*Students will brainstorm a few ideas
*I will then provide students with the packet for the “Before the Film” background building questions/activities.
-We will complete as much today as possible.
12.4.2, 12.4.3, 12.4.4
Wednesday
**Goodbye Lenin!
*We will review yesterday’s answers for the “Before the
Film” packet and discuss various items.
*Computer lab to begin tomorrow’s activity???
12.4.5
Thursday
**Goodbye Lenin!
**East German Products - handout
**Computer Lab
Students will use internet sources to find out information about old East
German products; information will be used in later discussions and projects.
*Check Vocab
*Students will have all hour to research information on the list of East German products and ideas provided on a handout. Students will use these later on after the film for an advertisement project.
-- If students do not complete the handout in class, they will be required to complete it at home.
Friday
**Ostdeutschlan d Essentag
*Students will celebrate our annual
Ostdeutschland
Essentag.
****Read children’s book to both German
1 classes - last
15 minutes of 1 st hour and 6 th hour
FOOD DAY TOMORROW!
12.4.2, 12.4.2, 12.4.4, 12.6.2 12.4.1, 12.5.2