Title
Description
Facial
Look at the transparency of the different faces of an actor.
expressions Guess what they might express.
Aim
Brainstorming adjectives
(see appendix)
Associate facial
a. Look at your handout of different faces. Read the
adjective and guess what they could mean in German. expressions and the
appropriate English term
Explain together in class.
How do
you feel
today?
(see appendix)
Movie time
“Shrek 2”
b. Fly-swatter activity
Put different faces on the board. Form 2 groups.
Teacher says English adjective and the player has to
hit the correct facial expression. But his group has to
express the correct word in English and German.
Relate faces and words
within a certain time
c. Miming
2 groups: 1 actor must express the feeling of a word
give. His group has to guess with the help of the
handout. Winner is the group that needs the least
time in total.
Total physical response:
identify yourself and
others with the new terms
Watch the clips taken from “Shrek 2”.
Describe the feelings of the characters: Fiona, Shrek, the
donkey and the cat.
Take notes on the handout.
(see appendix)
Follow-up activity:
Write 5 sentences about
their sentiments and the
reasons for it according to
the handout
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Music and
feelings
Listen to 2 different kinds of music in a language you don’t
understand.
Spanish: Chavela Vargas (sad)
Concha Velazquez (happy)
Guess the feelings and the content of the songs
Follow-up activity:
In groups of two write 2
biographies about the
singer of the song.
Grammatical focus:
a. Describe present
feelings (Present
Tense/Present
Tense
Continuous)
b. Invent a story
why he/she feels
that way (Past
Tense)
c. Guess what the
future will bring
to the singer
(Future
Tense/going to)
Example
(appendix)
Free
writing
Listen to two different pieces of music without vocals
(here: “Mission impossible” title song – fast
“Donauwalzer” – slow”)
Try to write whatever comes to your mind without stopping
writing. Stay to the English language.
Flow of consciousness
No interference
Try to think in the foreign
language