Make learning German fun with this Das Monster unter dem Bett German Comprehensible Input Lesson. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your German lesson is truly comprehensible input.

There is a monster under the bed! That is scary for any kid, but how does the monster feel about having a little girl on top of the bed? Find out in this Comprehensible Input video lesson for German learners.

This item includes a story with targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The structures are:

• Ich habe Angst – I am afraid
• unter dem Bett – under the bed
• Da ist – there is

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations – no text – so you can watch it and do story retells.

To accompany the video and printed story, there are several activity pages – a comprehension worksheets, a “who said it?” worksheet, and a story retell page. Answer key included.

To sum it up, the Das Monster unter dem Bett German Comprehensible Input Lesson includes:
one mp4 file of the story with text
one mp4 file of the story without text
link to videos online so your students can rewatch on their own
printable pdf story
comprehension question worksheet
“who said it?” worksheet
story retell worksheet
answer key

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