1 - Three Things in Your Bedroom ~5 mins
Name three things in your bedroom. Keep them in your head for a moment.
Today those ordinary objects get German names as we walk through a Wohnung (flat) you might find in Hamburg, and we close the year by looking at everything you can now do in German that you could not do in September.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight pieces of furniture in German, each with der, die or das
- Say which room each one belongs in, using German room names
- Look back at a full year of German and name one thing you are proud of
Collect three or four bedroom items from the class in English only. Do not translate yet; the flashcards in the next step will do that work. Keep the pace light: this is the final lesson of the year and the mood should feel celebratory as well as focused. Mention that today's furniture lives inside one imaginary Hamburg Wohnung so the later room links feel real.
2 - Eight Pieces of Furniture ~10 mins
We are walking through a Wohnung in Hamburg: eight things you might find inside. English and the picture show first. Listen to the audio, then say the full German phrase together (article plus noun). We will meet them in two sets of four before running all eight.
Remind them this is the last new word set of the year: eight more tools in the belt. Run the flashcards on the IWB with the whole class in two sets of four. Set 1 (bedroom side): das Bett, der Kleiderschrank, die Lampe, das Bücherregal. Set 2 (living side): der Tisch, der Stuhl, das Sofa, der Teppich. For each card: show English and image first, play the audio, class repeats twice (all together, then by table). Do not ask pupils to guess the German before the first hear-and-say. Insist on the full phrase with the article every time: bare Tisch is not enough; der Tisch (dair TISH) is the answer. Point out that German nouns always start with a capital letter. After both sets, flip quickly through all eight once more. Confirm any bedroom items from the hook when they appear.
3 - Spin and Say It ~10 mins
First, learn four room words for our Hamburg Wohnung from the board bank and say them together.
Room bank:
- das Schlafzimmer (dass SHLAHF-tsim-er) – bedroom
- das Wohnzimmer (dass VOHN-tsim-er) – living room
- die Küche (dee KUE-shuh) – kitchen
- das Badezimmer (dass BAH-duh-tsim-er) – bathroom
Then the wheel lands on a furniture picture. Your teacher picks a pupil; that pupil says the full German phrase (article + word) and names a room it belongs in from the bank. The class repeats. Example: der Tisch, die Küche.
Spend the first two minutes on the room bank only: point to each phrase on the IWB, model the pronunciation, class choruses twice. Keep the four room phrases visible for the rest of the step. Then spin on the IWB and cold-call the pupil whose turn it is. Accept only the full furniture phrase with the article, then a room from the bank: e.g. das Bett (dass BET), das Schlafzimmer. Prompt with a room frame when helpful: "You open the door to das Wohnzimmer — what do you see?" If a pupil hesitates, replay the furniture audio once, then invite the class to chorus before moving on. Keep the energy high; this is production practice, not a test. Every pupil should hear furniture linked to a room out loud before the copy task.
4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins
We are still inside our Hamburg Wohnung. Open your copy and write four furniture phrases with der, die or das. Beside each, copy the German room from the bank on the board.
Furniture bank (keep on screen):
- der Tisch – the table
- der Stuhl – the chair
- das Bett – the bed
- der Kleiderschrank – the wardrobe
- das Sofa – the sofa
- die Lampe – the lamp
- der Teppich – the rug
- das Bücherregal – the bookshelf
Room bank (keep on screen):
- das Schlafzimmer (dass SHLAHF-tsim-er) – bedroom
- das Wohnzimmer (dass VOHN-tsim-er) – living room
- die Küche (dee KUE-shuh) – kitchen
- das Badezimmer (dass BAH-duh-tsim-er) – bathroom
Model line: der Stuhl : das Wohnzimmer
Write furniture in German with its article; write the room in German from the bank. Take care with capitals, and with the ü in die Küche and das Bücherregal.
Pause the board on this word-bank slide for the full three minutes. Everyone writes; this is the only stretch where every pupil's pen is moving. State clearly before they start: furniture in German with article; room in German copied from the bank (not English). Model one full line aloud and on the board: der Stuhl : das Wohnzimmer. Keep the entire furniture list and the four room phrases visible the whole time so spellings and pronunciations stay available. Check that each line has the article, a capitalised noun, and a German room from the bank. The only umlauts pupils may need today are in die Küche and das Bücherregal. Do not collect these copies.
5 - Furniture Bingo ~10 mins
You have a bingo grid of today's furniture from our Hamburg Wohnung. Listen for the German phrase (article and all) and cross it off. First full line calls Bingo!
How to Play Bingo:
Option 1: Students on Devices (Digital Version)
- Use the digital version where your teacher view of the lesson displays the cards that are being called out.
- Play the pronunciation sound of each word and the children mark it off their unique digital bingo card.
- Each student has a randomised bingo card so winners will vary!
Option 2: Print Out the Bingo Cards
- Print out the Bingo Cards from the attachment above, cut out the cards, and give one to each student.
- You call out the vocabulary words and students mark off their sheets.
- First student to complete a line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) calls "Bingo!" and wins.
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