The German Sektor

I'm not sure how many teachers out there are dealing with SLO's (Student Learning Objectives) at the moment, but since it's some...

Our last vocabulary topic in German 1 is a clothing unit .  We look at a variety of vocabulary words, practice describing outfits, use the v...

We're still in our car unit in German 3, focusing now on how to drive.  In addition to talking about traffic signs, speed limits and gen...

In German 3 we have a unit that talks about cars - it's a well-timed unit, because students are usually juniors and are just starting ...

One of the grammar units covered in Deutsch Aktuell 2 is "Infinitives Used as Nouns."  It's a relatively useful topic, but it...

I was playing around on YouTube when I came across the channel Get Germanized .  There's a variety of videos related to German and more ...

A few years ago I stumbled upon an activity that connected the story "Der Wolf und die sieben Geisslein" with the perfect tense a...

This video was shared by another German teacher in our system: I showed it to my students and they loved it.  I think I might show this ...

This year when Deutsch II was learning sport-related vocabulary , I decided to work with our Physical Education Department at Glenelg to giv...

My German 2 students started learning about Compound Nouns this week.  After class today, one of my students showed me this video he found ...

PRODUCT REVIEW: A PRONUNCIATION DVD MADE ESPECIALLY FOR GERMAN CLASS!  (Teacher's Discovery) Product Description:   Snappy, funny a...

This was a funny video I saw while reading through Deut(sch)lich . Thought I'd share. I might show this to my German 2 students bef...

A student sent me this video - it's funny/cute, though not necessarily classroom appropriate (there is an f-bomb)... Just for fun though...