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Der Ball der Tiere
Contributor: Steven Fawkes
Language of text: German
Type of text: Poem
Author or source: Unknown
Intended age of students: Key Stage 2/3
Source reference: Extract:
Was werden wir essen? sprachen die Wespen.
Nudeln! sprachen die Pudeln.
Was werden wir trinken? sprachen die Finken.
Bier! sprach der Stier.
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| Ball der Tiere.doc | Rich Text Format data | 4.3 kB | Info |
Approaches:
The poem features internal rhymes which would be a good focus for reading aloud - the teacher pauses to allow the class to fill in the final (rhyming) word of the line.
Alternatively a gapped text could be used to guess the missing word within the line :
Was werden wir essen? sprachen die Wespen.
????? ! sprachen die Pudeln.
Was werden wir ????? sprachen die Finken.
???? ! sprach der Stier.
Rationale:
Once the class has an idea of what the poem is about - an animal party - they could try to decipher key words they probably do not know:
Pudeln
Wespen
Nachtigall
Floh
Stier
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Verb as second idea
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