Ninth graders learn personality adjectives in German — freundlich, lustig, ruhig, fleißig, kreativ — so they can describe themselves and others auf Deutsch.
Students will be able to…
What are you like? Let’s describe personality in German — die Persönlichkeit!
Project this and tap each word. Have students learn German personality adjectives.
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What are you like? Let’s describe personality in German!
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).
Interpersonal: describe people.
Interpretive: understand traits.
Compare personality words.
Explore describing people.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students describe themselves with two personality words in German (like “Ich bin freundlich und kreativ”). A printable personality sheet is in the World Languages library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.