Transcript can`t - Pratt Perfection!

What did the famous Chinese
philosopher Confucius say?
• I see and I f________
• I hear and I r_______
• I do and I u__________
Can you match up the percentages and
the activities?
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10%
20%
30%
50%
70%
90%
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Hear
Say
See and hear
See
Say and do
read
Learning
Vocabulary
…can be at the
bottom of your list…
…and you can’t
do it on the bus!
…just staring at the words won’t
help…
…very few people have a
photographic memory so you will
have to do some writing!
Here are a few
tricks and tips to
help!
The traditional
method…
das Haus
H- a - u - s
1.Look
2.Say
3. Cover
4.Write
5. Check
and some
variations…
ich habe
I have
du hast
you have
er/sie/es hat
he/she/it has
Bart hat
Bart has
wir haben
we have
ihr habt
you (pl) have
sie/Sie haben they/you(pol)
have
Fold a piece of A3 paper in half lengthways. Write 7 words in the first
column and the English meanings in the second column. Use your book
to check you get it right.
Fold over the 1st column so that only the English meanings are visible.
Write the German words as best you can from memory in column 3.
Open it up and check your answers.
Now fold over columns 1 and 2 to practise the English meanings in
column 4. Check your answers. And so on.
The sheet is proof that you have done your learning homework.
TheDiepyramid method
Umweltverschmutzung Die
Die U
Write the word out at the
Die Um
top of a piece of paper.
Die Umw
Underneath write the
Die Umwe
word out adding a letter
Die Umwelt
each time until the word
is complete again…
Die Umweltv
Die Umweltve
Then test yourself!
Die Umweltver
Die Umweltvers
Etc!!
Buy lots of highlighter
pens…
Traffic light your vocab
list…
No idea what it means
or how to spell it
Sort of know it but can’t
spell it
Can spell 100%
accurately and know
the meaning
OR…
colour code into
masculine
feminine
neuter
plural
Get your vocab
list…
On a new piece of
paper get rid of the
vowels.
1 der Metzger
2 die Drogerie
3 die Apotheke
4 das Rathaus
5 die Metzgerei
6 die Tankstelle
7 das Verkehrsamt
1.D-r M-tzg-r
2.D– Dr-g-r—
3.D-- -p-th-kEtc….
Fill in the gaps.
Check your work or get a friend
to…. Re –do the dodgy ones.
Get your vocab
list…
1 der Metzger
2 die Drogerie
3 die Apotheke
4 das Rathaus
5 die Metzgerei
6 die Tankstelle
7 das Verkehrsamt
On a new piece of
paper get rid
everything except
for the first letter.
1.Der M- - - - - 2.Die D
3.Die A
Etc….
Fill in the missing
words
Check your work or get a friend
to…. Re –do the dodgy ones.
Print off the next slide and get a
friend to fill in a group of words
from the Frequent Word List or
recent vocab work.
Look at the following words/phrases and award them a number (1 – 5) according to the criteria
below. (Write the number in the word box.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
I can spell the word and I know what it means.
I know what it means.
I think I know what it means.
I know I have learnt this word/phrase but I can’t remember what it means.
I have never seen that word/phrase before.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
p)
Activity 2
Now look up any you didn’t know using a dictionary and write the English meaning in the box under the German
word
Colour coded post it notes…
… stuck around your room,
… on your cereal packet,
… in the loo!
Colour coded post it notes…
…double them up and put the
English underneath.
Flip to check your answer.
Make a shape you
can remember
with them on the
back of your
door…
Record yourself saying groups of 7 or 14 words
(you learn best in 7’s apparently!)…
Step 1
Say the word
Spell the word
Say the English
Step 2
Say the word
Spell the word
Pause for 3 secs
Step 4
Say the English
word
Pause for 6 secs
Step 5 Playback
1st pause – give the English meaning
2nd pause – spell the word and give the
meaning
3rd pause – give the German/French meaning
and spell the word.
Repeat until first group
of 7 complete
Repeat until first
group of 7 complete
Repeat until first group
of 7 complete
Repeat until confident !
Step 3
Say the word
Pause for 6 secs
Repeat until first
group of 7 complete
Visual Learner?
Make flashcards or a memory
game.
If you write the word on the bottom you can fold
it over to test yourself.
Masculine
words
Opinions
Fem
words
Group types of words and stick
them around your room.
Visualise your room and the words.
i.e opinions stuck to wardrobe
Get a good visual image….
like Marge for example….
Write all the words on one
topic in blue for example, past
particples.
Opinions words could be in
orange…
…and reasons could be in
green .
Now when you think of Marge
you should be able to
visualise your word groups…
… and it should all come
flooding back!
Home Learning…
1. You are being given a group of 21 words. In groups of 7
words you need to try a minimum of 3 different vocabulary
learning styles.
You will evaluate the styles and feed back to the rest of the
class in the next lesson and there may be a vocab test.
2. Can you think of any other ways to learn vocabulary?
3. In what other subject areas/tasks could you use these
skills? Give three examples with reasons for your answers.