GERMAN CHRISTMAS I HAVE WHO HAS

PRIMARY GERMAN KS3 CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES I have, Who has… ? Ich habe… Wer hat… ? is a whole-group lively & communicative language learning game, perfect for honing language skills during the Christmas period in school. It’s great to learn some German Christmas vocab, though I don’t expect my students to learn all 32 words necessarily - but it’s equally important to introduce them to German Christmas traditions and practices through the images and words, and the game certainly promotes discussion about Christmas in Germany and German-speaking countries in particular, and* Christmas around the World* in general.

The game has a multi-skill focus: listening, speaking & reading, with an important bonus focus on social interaction and participation. Students walk around, talking to each other and working together to create the chain. It’s perfect for pronunciation practice too.

The aim of the game is to create an alphabetical word chain - this can either be a person chain, though I prefer to have students work together to create an alphabetical line on a table, or even on the floor. There are 32 German Christmas words, arranged alphabetically. The first and last cards have Das ist die erste Karte and Das ist die letzte Karte written on them. If you have fewer than 32 students in your group, randomly select several to have more than one card. My students love it when I play too!

The target vocab focuses on the definite article, masculine, feminine and neuter, with both singular and plural - this also offers a useful opportunity to talk about grammatical concepts if your students are at that particular stage, particularly how the singular der changes to den when it is a direct object, which is great for consolidating learning about the accusative case. Try to laminate the cards if you can - they’re far more learner-friendly, and they do last for absolutely years! Students can also apply their language skills very practically (and artistically!) by creating their own cards on the template, in random rather than alphabetical order. We tend to play against a timer, often in teams each with a German Christmas team name, (you’ll need a couple of sets for this) - my students really enjoy trying to beat their own record! Get the most from the game by playing as often as you can during the Christmas season.

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