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 * Part One Overview - Page One **

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**Topic:** German Prepositions of Place


 * **Title:** Wo ist ……? German Prepositions of Place (Where is....?)
 * **Brief Description** (for example 10-50 words) In this lesson the student will explore the German prepositions of position, which provide the answers for the big question: Wo ist….? At the completion of this lesson the student will be able to form the prepositional phrase needed to answer a wo-question.

**Do you want your students to gain __knowledge how____? about? or__ of?** __How__  to form prepositional phrases. __About__ the prepositions, the verbs, the articles needed. __Of__ the world in terms of a story created relevant to the student's interests.

**Who is this lesson for:** Accelerated / Intermediate German language students - for independent learning or supplementation.

**Where will the learner be?** This can be a supplementary unit done in the lab or at home. It could also be a class unit which the student works through at his/her individual pace.

Why is this course necessary or valuable for your learners, Why do it online, Why did you choose the format you chose, What is the learning theory (ies) you think you will employ German is not offered in many high schools. That makes it a good candidate for online learning. However, there are huge barriers to learning spoken languages online (Latin, as a more non-spoken language, makes a better candidate). There is also the problem of adapting my preferred instructional method - storytelling - to the online format. This course is my attempt to see if I can begin to adapt German to an online environment in an enjoyable, instructive manner which avoids the standard "drill and kill" methods of traditional independent instruction. There will be elements of several learning theories in the mini course. Behaviorism will be evident in the 2nd unit, where the content is offered in traditional form and quizzed. Constructivism is evident in the use of stories. The learner is part of an experience that adds knowledge to prior learning, although the experience is controlled to keep it within the bounds of a beginning language student's comprehension.
 *  Rationale **

After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
 * Learning objectives - **


 * form German prepositional phrases of position
 * use German prepositional phrases of position to tell a story about a picture

 **Are there any skills or conditions or previous courses required before attempting this course?** Students need to understand what definite articles (the) are, and that they change according to gender and function. Students need to be able to construct basic German sentences.
 *  Prerequisites **


 * Part Two Units - Pages 2-4 - This is where many of you will focus **

Unit One - Two Puppies story, discussion: What did you observe?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Unit Two - Content: Prepositions, Verbs, Articles, Phrases. Auto-correct quizzes for the skills. Quizlet flashcards and games.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Unit Three - Story: picture with text, narration (separate elements, too). Student project: Picture and written text plus narration.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Part Three - Page 5 or embedded in previous pages **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How will you or the students assess learning This could be a quiz that is auto corrected, it could be a personal reflection, it could be a google form that students submit.

Unit One will contain a reflection about the new structures (the new learning). The student will have a chance to reflect on the changes that s/he notices within these structures. Unit Two will contain auto-corrected quizzes to assess the student's knowledge of the new structures. Unit Three will contain a student project which will show how far the student's learning has progressed using prepositional phrases of position in a personally created story.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Part Four - Your own final reflection **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You can post this on your blog or submit it in the Moodle course under the final module activity called Final Reflection