Grade 10 Experiencing Creative Works

It is expected that students will:

• view, listen to, and read creative works, and respond to them in various ways

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Students respond to an increasing range of works by German-speaking artists, using a wide variety of formats (e.g., role play, illustration, video).

• Read to the class a familiar fairy tale in German, using contextual and visual support to facilitate understanding. Then have students work in groups to present scenes from the story. As an extension, ask each student to select another fairy tale to present to the class in a chosen format (e.g., role play, puppetry, storyboards, cartoons).
• Show students a German-language video. Then have them create publicity posters that include details of where and when the film is showing, its stars, and a brief synopsis of its plot.
• Invite students to choose their favourite songs in German and create a music-awards ceremony, offering nominations for der beste Sänger, das beste Lied, die beste Gruppe, and so on.
• Introduce students to free verse written by German-language poets. Encourage them to create their own free verse and share their creations with the class.
• Play a German-language song (Lied) for students and suggest that they each choose a simple German poem to set to music.
• From time to time throughout the year, have students listen to a variety of German music, both classical and contemporary. Ask them to keep logs of their favourites and share these and the reasons for their choices with their classmates.

Students often work collaboratively to develop responses or create works of their own. Assessment can focus on students' responses to their classmates' work as well as to traditional and contemporary authors, artists, musicians, and actors. At this level, students should be expected to use an increasing amount of German in their responses.

• Discuss with students assessment criteria for their presentations of scenes from a fairy tale. For example:
  • is easy to understand and follow
  • reflects key features of the original work
  • clearly shows the relationships of the characters to one another
  • contains dialogue that is appropriate for the characters and their relationships
• Examine the publicity posters students create for a video for evidence that they:
  • viewed and listened actively and can recount key information
  • responded to and represented key ideas, events, or themes
  • drew attention to unique or unusual features
  • added interest through the details, images, and elaboration they provided
• When students in groups present songs for a music-awards ceremony, ask each group to develop a peer-feedback or audience-response form in German so that their classmates can offer responses and constructive advice. After each group's performance, have group members summarize their peers' responses and then offer their own assessment of their presentation. The assessment should include:
  • strengths
  • special features
  • areas that need improvement or did not turn out as planned
  • what they learned

Print Materials

• Lies Doch Mal!

• Deutsch Heute Neue 1, 2, 3 (Neue Ausgabe)
• Gute Reise!
• Heute Hier, Morgen Dort - Lieder, Chansons und Rockmusik im Deutsch-Unterricht

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