Krazy+Kino!

Krazy Kino! Technology Based Lesson First Wednesday of the unit

Objective: For students to be able to look up a German movie website and be able to tell what time certain movies are playing.

Rationale: If students are ever in Germany and are looking for something to do, they will have the knowledge to look up movies and their playing times. This also gives the students practice looking at time (military time) and also an insight into German film culture and what Germans do in their free time.

Materials: website http://www.friedrichsbau-kino.de/programm/index.php and corresponding worksheet

Outline: 1.	Open by showing a German movie trailer for the movie “Bella Martha” (German equivalent of the US movie “No Reservations”) a.	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuMSn8PBqTM&feature=related 2.	Ask students if, based on this movie trailer, if they recognize the film 3.	Talk a bit about German movie culture a.	How many German movies have the students seen or heard of? Which ones? b.	Do they think Germans watch American movies? c.	Play another video clip from Lola Rennt i.	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69AUpWpwps d.	Talk about the “pay after” option that Germans have i.	Don’t pay before you go see the movie, you actually pay after based on your enjoyment of the film ii. Would this work in the US? Why or why not? Why do you think it works in Germany? 4.	Pass out worksheet, explain the activity a.	Students need to go to the website and fill out the information on the worksheet b.	The worksheet has questions about what type of movie they want to see, when it starts, what day the movie is playing, how long the movie is, and so on c.	Students need to find out this information for three different movies 5.	Walk to the computer lab 6.	Students look up website and fill out the worksheet 7.	Assign first essay as homework, written in English, double spaced 2 pages a.	Students will be given a broad topic so that they can choose a specific aspect that interests them b.	Topic: How has German media changed since the fall of the Berlin Wall? Focus on one type of media (newspaper, news, magazines, movies, music, etc.)

Standards Addressed: •	2.1.N.F.d  describe typical leisure activities commonly practiced within a community or culture within which the language is spoken •	2.2.N.C.a  identify current cultural icons (arts, music, literature, film, and the creators of these products as well as natural sites) •	4.2.N.a  identify basic target culture practices and compare them to one’s own •	1.1.N.RW.i  enquire in writing to obtain information in the target language about time, place, price and size relating to restaurants, stores, transportation and services