Felix Und Franzi Chapter 2 Wie Geht's

Chapter 2: How are you?
(2 lessons)
Story: Felix is not well because he is homesick. A postcard* arrives from
his friends to cheer him up.
What is the chapter about?
• How to ask someone how he/she is
• How to tell someone how you are
• Learning a song about feelings
The words needed:
Wie geht’s? How are you?
Hallo Hi!
Danke, gut Fine, thank you.
nicht gut not well
schlecht bad/not well
Es geht. OK
wunderbar wonderful
Es geht mir (nicht) gut. I am (not) well.
krank ill
Some more words you might like:
Ja, richtig! Yes, right.
Nein, falsch! No, false.
fast almost
Lesson 2.1: Felix is ill
Felix is ill. He needs some help to recover.
Let’s learn!
• Learn to ask others how they are
• Learn to say how you are feeling
• Practise listening out for feelings in a song.
12 Let's get ready!
• Audio files
• Puppets and letterbox dwelling
• Notebook presentation of different feelings
Let’s begin!
• Sing the Hallo song (melody: Nice one Cyril):
Hallo Felix. Hallo Franzi.
Hallo. Guten Morgen.
Hallo. Guten Tag.
• Felix appears today looking rather sad. You could ask him how he
is (Wie geht’s dir, Felix?) and he puts his head down and replies with
Schlecht and does a few sneezes. He could be wrapped in warm clothes to
show that he is under the weather. You could suggest to Felix that he has a
rest and that Franzi teaches the children how to talk about how they are.
Visual support could also be used with the Smartboard mood pictures* but
Franzi should do the hand actions to the class.
Let’s do it!
• Show the actions for each expression. Ask children to repeat like an
old man, a baby, sadly, in a strange voice etc.
• You say the phrase and the children do the action (They will like it if
you repeat the same one several times like a stuck record!) Follow this
with doing the action and asking for the phrase. Franzi could also do this.
• The children work with a partner taking it in turns to do the actions or say
the phrase in response to the action.
• Play the Wie geht’s?* song and ask the children to sit down every time
they hear Wie geht’s?
• Ask them what other words they heard in the song from today’s lesson.
Let’s summarise!
• Turn to Felix and say Wie geht’s, Felix? This time he puts one thumb
up and one thumb down. He then whispers into the teacher’s ear. You
could explain that Felix doesn’t have a cold any more but is still
homesick. You could now ask the children to think about how to
cure homesickness when they go home. Then he could say: At
least he hasn’t got a cold any more. Wunderbar!
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• Sing the Auf Wiedersehen song:
Tschüss Felix. Tschüss Franzi.
Tschüss Freunde.
Auf Wiedersehen. Bis bald.
Lesson 2.2: Homesick
Story: Felix is not feeling ill anymore, but he is still a little homesick.
The children can cheer him up by singing a song.
Let’s learn!
• Learn to sing the Wie geht’s? song
• Talk about homesickness
• Add an extra verse to the song to express how you are feeling
• Learn how to conduct a short conversation with a friend in German
Let's get ready!
• Audio files
• Puppets and letterbox dwelling
• Notebook presentation of different feelings
• Flashcards* of pictures showing feelings
Let’s begin!
• Ask the children how they think Felix will be feeling today. Ask them
whether they have any suggestions for helping with homesickness. If not
suggested by the children, you could add that singing is a very good treatment.
Then sing the Hallo song really enthusiastically to put Felix in a good
mood.
• Sing the Hallo song.
• Felix and Franzi appear and ask the teacher Wie geht’s? You respond
saying Wunderbar. Felix and Franzi are asked the same question. Franzi
and Felix both respond Wunderbar! You ask Felix whether he is still
homesick and Felix can shake his head and say: Nur noch ein bisschen,
das Lied war so gut. Danke! (Only a bit. The song was so good. Thanks.)
Franzi asks individual children the question Wie geht’s? You could prompt
the children by doing an action for one of the responses.
14 Let’s do it!
• Display the Notebook presentation and partly cover up the pictures.
Ask the children Wie geht’s? for each slide and they guess the
response which is partly or totally covered up. You reply with Ja,
richtig! (Yes, correct) Nein, falsch! (No, wrong) or fast! (almost)
• Ask the children to stand up (Aufstehen, bitte!) Play the Wie geht’s? song
and ask them to move around the room like one of their favourite animals.
When the music stops they should turn to the nearest child and ask and
answer the question Wie geht’s?
• Ask the children to sit down forming a circle. You sit in the middle with
Felix and Franzi. Play the song again and the children should point to the
puppet they are singing to. Now ask for a volunteer to sit in the middle.
The children should have a go at singing the song to him/her including
the name, e.g. Hallo Emma, wie geht’s? Hallo Emma, wie geht’s? The volunteer
could then give a response or do an action which could be built into
the song, e.g. Es geht mir schlecht, Es geht mir schlecht. Danke, es geht
mir schlecht!
• Now ask for more volunteers to take it in turns to be in the middle of the
circle. The children could clap as they sing the song. The child in the
middle could even do a dance to express how he/she is feeling.
Let’s summarise!
• Ask children to turn to a partner and make up a short dialogue by firstly
greeting each other and then asking each other the question: Wie geht’s?
After each responded, they say goodbye in German Tschüss. Felix and
Franzi should do an example. Give the children a few minutes to practise.
• Ask for volunteers to come up to the front to perform their short dialogue.
• Sing the Auf Wiedersehen song.
Let’s show others!
• Greet children in the morning in German and ask them how they are at
different points of the day to reinforce the new language.
• Ask the children to try out the greetings with members of their family, as
well as teaching them how to ask others and tell others how they are feeling.
• All of this language could be used on a daily basis in class rather
than being confined to the German lesson.
• Add to the display board by using the flashcards of the notebook
pictures about feelings including the phrases.
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Let’s have even more fun!
• Teacher prepares different faces on lollipop sticks (smiley face,
straight face, sad face) and hands them out. Teacher or child says:
Wie geht’s? Children hold up appropriate stick and respond in German.

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