Sam Zamrik, Ich bin nicht 1, 2022

Frame and Preparation

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Sam Zamrik, Ich bin nicht, 2022

Introduction

This activity features three parts:

1. A short background section on the author
2. A two-part small group discussion focused on 11 poems selected from Ich bin nicht
3. A writing assignment focused on performing close readings of 2-3 student-selected poems

You could additionally pair this lesson with this shorter listening comprehension activity that engages with a brief interview with the author.

Materials

Below is the worksheet that outlines the details of each component of this activity:

Here are scans of the selected poems. One PDF includes the poems only in German, the other PDF includes them in German and English (i.e. as presented in the bilingual anthology).

The worksheet includes links to four external sites, whenever possible please direct students to use the links so that the texts remain in context. However, in case of a link breaking or otherwise being unavailable. We are providing PDFs of these excerpts below:

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