With the kids home from school for at least the next two weeks, I wanted to start uploading more videos to my YouTube channel. I am using two methods to tell German stories. First, I am drawing stories with the Explain Everything app. Second, I am taking live videos of me giving a Story Listening lesson to my own two boys (who happen to also be my students in school, in 1st & 4th grade).
Today I did a live video of a Grimm fairy tale called Brautschau (Looking for a Bride). It’s a short story. But it can be a bit tricky to understand. So I wanted to share a vocabulary list here, just in case. I also will share the text of the story below.
Instructions for TWS students:
- Watch the video (below)
- Write the story into your German Story Listening Log (Get it HERE if you need it!)
- Choose ONE of the following exercises to complete. Take a picture of your completed work or take a video and email it back to me.
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- Retell the story to someone in English – take a video or make an audio recording.
- Write a summary of the story in English – take a picture of it or record yourself reading it.
- Draw your favorite scene from the story. Remember to put the story title on it! Take a picture.
- Watch the video again and read along. (See the text below) Take a picture of your log, so we know you heard the story.
* If you feel frustrated while watching the story, because you do not understand, please stop and choose another story!
Here is the vocabulary list:
- die Braut bride
- der Hirte shepherd
- heiraten to marry / get married
- 3 Mädchen 3 girls
- Schwestern sisters
- schön pretty
- Welche? which?
- die Wahl choice
- wählen to choose
- Wie? how
- die Mutter mother
- fragte asked
- Rat advice
- lade ein invite
- der Käse cheese
- anschneiden to cut
- die Rinde rind
- eilig in a hurry
- schnell fast
- warf weg threw away
- ordentlich orderly
- Frau wife
And here is the text to accompany the story:
German in the Afternoon Activities 