1 - Twenty Seconds on Yourself ~5 mins
You have twenty seconds to tell someone who you are. Name, age, where you live, one thing you like: what makes the cut?
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- String four or more facts about yourself into a short German profile
- Say your name, age, home, likes and a little more in German
- Notice how German says age compared with other languages
2 - Eight About-me Phrases ~10 mins
Here are today's eight about-me phrases. We will hear each one, then say it back together in two short rounds.
Round 1: name, age, home, likes.
Round 2: birthday, favourite colour, favourite food, something you can do.
Then watch how a full profile stacks several facts in a row.
A classmate-style profile:
Ich heiße Aoife. Ich bin 11 Jahre alt. Ich wohne in Galway. Ich mag Fußball. (My name is Aoife. I am 11 years old. I live in Galway. I like football.)
A German pen-pal style profile:
Ich heiße Lukas. Ich bin elf Jahre alt. Ich wohne in Hamburg. Ich mag Handball. Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist blau. (My name is Lukas. I am eleven years old. I live in Hamburg. I like handball. My favourite colour is blue.)
3 - Listen for the Facts ~10 mins
We will hear a short clip twice on the class speakers. Listen for the same kinds of facts we have just practised: names, ages, where people live, and what they like. Then help answer the questions together.
4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins
Open your copy. Copy and complete four sentences about yourself from the board. Do not invent spellings: use the stems and the word banks on screen.
Stems (copy and finish):
- Ich heiße …
- Ich bin ... Jahre alt (a digit is fine: 10, 11, 12…)
- Ich wohne in … (place name as in English)
- Choose one: Ich mag … / Mein Lieblingsessen ist … / Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist … / Ich kann …
Word bank: Fußball, Handball, Musik, Lesen, Hunde, Pizza, schwimmen, malen
German nouns keep a capital letter: Jahre, Lieblingsessen, Lieblingsfarbe, Fußball.
5 - Four-fact Partner Profiles ~10 mins
Work with a partner. You are practising a short intro for a German pen pal. One of you gives a full profile of at least four facts; the other listens, then swaps. Both of you speak. Keep your copy open as a prompt card if you need it. The stems stay on the board.
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