From The German Classroom: “Wie heißt du?”

Last term the Year 5 and Year 6 lessons focused on preparing the students in compiling a written presentation in German.

The presentation was comprised of 3 sections.

Section 1- Greeting & Questions:

The students included a greeting (eine Begrüßung) at the beginning of the presentation and were required to ask the class the following questions:
Wie geht’s? – How are you?
Wie ist das Wetter heute? – How is the weather today?

Section 2 – Introducing themselves:

Wie heißt du? – What is your name?
Wann ist dein Geburtstag? – When is your birthday?
Wie alt bist du? – How old are you?
Wo wohnst du? – Where do you live?
Was ist deine Adresse? – What is your address? (To practice saying your address in German.)

Section 3 – Introducing my Family (meine Familie) and my pets (meine Haustiere):

Wie viele? – How many? e.g. sisters or brothers.
Name – names of your family members. Including some uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents.
Geburtsdatum – Date of birth including date, months and years. (For extensive practice of the German numbers and dates).
Alter – Ages (write the numbers in words.)

This also included the preparation of a poster/PowerPoint or other resources to assist the student in presenting the above sections to the class.

It was very important for the student to use the format and structure required (i.e. follow the instructions), the appropriate vocabulary and pronunciation (as practised in class), the correct grammar and sentence construction, to ensure that the rest of the class would also be able to understand their presentation.

Then after much preparation, time for the presentations arrived. The students’ hard work in class really paid off in the quality of the presentations.

Star certificates for overall outstanding presentations awarded to:
Year 6 – Mia Bezuidenhout and Riley Hanning
Year 5-  Akhula Qwemesha,Saumya Maharaj, Aiden Brandt, Faith Chivaka, Morgan Glanville, Amanda Nkomo

Well done and thank you Year 5 and Year 6 it was great to hear all about you and your family!

Kerstin Pani
Primary School German Teacher