Lesson 5

Body parts

Objective:

to identify the parts of the body

Materials:

pages 12-14 of Das Deutschbuch (Seite12.pdf, Seite13.pdf,Seite14.pdf)

Procedure:

A. Review greetings and introductions (approx. 3 min)
Guten Tag! Wer bist du? Wer ist er/sie? Wie geht’s?

B. Review numbers (approx. 7 min)
Play Pflaumen or the clapping game. Before playing, you should count together to make sure the students remember the numbers. You can refer the students to page 7 of Das Deutschbuch.

C. Review animals (approx. 10 min)
Ask the students to label which animal belongs in which group on page 12 of their Deutschbuch: Haustiere, Nutztiere, wilde Tiere, groß, klein und stark.

D. Body Parts (approx. 5 min)
Introduce the body parts by saying the German word while you are touching it and have the students repeat after you.

Make sure you repeat the words several times and go back over words they have already learned. For example:

Kopf, Schulter, Kopf, Bein, Kopf, Schulter, Bein, Fuß, Fuß, Bein, Schulter, etc.
When they seem to have the hang of it, you can ask some W-Fragen.
Was ist das? Wo ist der Kopf? Zeigt auf den Kopf!

E. Kopf, Schulter, Bein und Fuß (approx. 5 min)
Have the students stand up and then starting slowly, say or sing the first two lines of the following verse, touching each part of the body as you mention it. Then, continue saying the verse having the students follow your example. At this point, the students should be familiar with the words and just need a little time to catch on to the melody and actions.
Kopf, Schulter, Bein und Fuß
Bein und Fuß
Kopf, Schulter, Bein und Fuß
Bein und Fuß
Augen, Ohren, Nase, Mund
Kopf, Schulter, Bein und Fuß
Bein und Fuß

Repeat this song varying the speed and volume with which they recite the verse. You can also have them choose which words they do not want to say (that means they will touch that body part but will not say it).

F. More Body Parts (approx. 10 min)
Have the students turn to page 13 of Das Deutschbuch and look at the diagram of body parts. Read the words aloud so that the students can repeat after you. Then let them guess the meanings for all of the words.
Ask students to point to the body part and repeat after you. Then ask them to close their eyes and point to the body part as you say it. Review these new words by pointing to various body parts and asking: Was ist das?

After you have gone over the names of the different body parts, go through the plural forms on the bottom of page 13.

G. Body Parts Game (10 min)
Divide the students into two groups. Someone from each group takes turns standing up, pointing to a body part and naming it. The other group should then say richtig or falsch depending on whether they agree with the student’s label or not. If a team is fooled, the other team gets a point. You could also do this individually rather than as a game. Ask students to stand up and name a body part and then the class says richtig or falsch.

H. Monster (approx. 5 min)
Refer the students to page 14 of Das Deutschbuch. Use TPR to have the students draw a monster. Feel free to change and embellish these directions. You might also want to draw this creature on the board as well, but give the students time to decipher your command before you add the next body part.

Zeichne einen (runden, viereckigen, großen) Kopf!
Zeichne links ein großes Ohr!
Male zwei kleine Ohren rechts!
Male eine runde Nase!
Gib dem Monster vier Augen!
Zeichne einen (langen, dünnen, kurzen) Hals an den Kopf!
Male einen (runden, dicken, schlanken) Körper!
Male sechs (schöne, haarige) Beine!
Zeichne zehn (große, lange, dünne) Arme!
Zeichne Hände mit 7 Fingern an jedem Arm!