Piggy pedagogy
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
L3 learning with puppets 1
Last night and this evening Gustav and J started learning some Spanish:
At this point we're going to be taking it just a couple of words at a time. No hurry.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Star Wars quotes 1
One of the things I brought home from Austria for J is German dvds of Star Wars, episodes I-III and VII (we can borrow IV-VI from friends).
Today we watched some of Angriff der Klonenkrieger. I then realized that of course there are whole websites dedicated to Star Wars quotes in English, so why not in German? I've already worked these into conversation and plan on doing much more going forward:
„Ich hab da ein ganz mieses Gefühl.“
„Und versuche, das hier nicht wieder zu verlieren! Diese Waffe ist dein Leben!“
„Du willst nach Hause in dein Zimmer gehen und dein Leben überdenken.“
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Das Volk der Murinae 2
Today we also wrote more material for the new World of Warcraft mouse people, the Murinae. Here we are brainstorming:
The section we wrote today concerns whether the Murinae are Alliance or Horde. I used it as an opportunity to introduce a new idiom, beitreten + dative for "to join a group." All in all we read through this section 4-5 times.
The section we wrote today concerns whether the Murinae are Alliance or Horde. I used it as an opportunity to introduce a new idiom, beitreten + dative for "to join a group." All in all we read through this section 4-5 times.
Fraktion
Im Unterschied zu allen anderen Völkern außer der Pandaren gehört ein Murine-Charakter nicht vom Anfang an einer bestimmten Fraktion an, sondern er oder sie beginnt neutral. Im Unterschied zu den Pandaren haben Murinen die Wahl, ob sie überhaupt einer Seite beitreten wollen, denn sie können neutral bleiben. Wenn sie Level 10 erreichen, können sie diese Entscheidung treffen. Ein Murine, der der Allianz beitritt, wird ein “Lichtmurine” genannt. Ein Murine, der der Horde beitritt, ist ein “Schwarzmurine.” Die Entscheidung für eine Fraktion ist endgültig, man kann der anderen Seite nicht beitreten. Ein Murine hat aber die Wahl, wieder neutral zu werden, muss aber dann neutral bleiben.
Kochkünste 3
J has been asking me for the past two weeks to make marble cake again, so we did today.
This time I had him read more of the ingredients and recipe. Also I showed him how to do the celcius/fahrenheit and gram/milliliter to ounce conversions.
Friday, September 2, 2016
Idiom in focus 6: die Fassung verlieren, aus der Fassung bringen
It's been a year since I last did an "idiom in focus" post. They come up all the time, of course, but I want to start targeting them again.
Today in our daily conversation time at the start of the school day we discussed various things that faze, flap, and fluster us. J quickly had several examples to hand and used the idiom correctly right away.
Today in our daily conversation time at the start of the school day we discussed various things that faze, flap, and fluster us. J quickly had several examples to hand and used the idiom correctly right away.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Künst des Übersetztens 2 / Art of translation 2
Little Miss Brainy is another of Roger Hargreaves's famous "Little Men and Misses" series that has not been translated into German. But J is on the job:
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Kleinkonzert 3
This evening it was Mozart's piano sonata no. 11 in A major.
J especially liked the 3rd movement, the famous "Rondo alla Turca."
J especially liked the 3rd movement, the famous "Rondo alla Turca."
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