Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Four Questions Ideas for teaching vocabulary from the Four Questions beyond what we see in Marcia’s video (see: http://www.hebrewthroughmovement.org/pesah.html) Reminder: Teach 3ish new vocabulary words at a time. What you’ll find below will probably stretch over a few lessons. SUPPLIES NEEDED (not all will be needed for one lesson):  An enlarged copy of the Four Questions to post in the room  Apples, donuts – cut up  Matzah  Hametz (bread, rolls, box of cereal, box of pasta, etc.)  A variety of fresh vegetables (e.g., carrot, potato, broccoli, etc)  Horseradish root  Jar of horseradish  A variety of foods the illustrate what we eat on other holidays  Photos of night-time scenes Transition into Pesah – Show photos of other Jewish holidays, labeling them as you go (e.g., Hanukkah, Tu Bishvat, Purim) and then show a picture of Pesah and label it, too (e.g., “Pesah”). Show the props that you have brought and say “Pesah,” again. Then move into the warm-up. Warm Up – Use a variety of commands to open the session, e.g., action verbs and some things that hint at the vocabulary of the holiday. There are a number of ways to reinforce the foods from previous holidays – one is via pictures, but another is by having actual food (cut into bite-size pieces) for students to point to, touch and lift up … and eat! [You want to be able to review: ‫ ] לאכול‬Place these foods on a table before class begins ‫לקום‬ ‫לשבת‬ ‫לקום‬ ‫להסתובב‬ ‫להסתובב אל הלוח‬ ‫לקפוץ אל ההשלחן‬ ‫לגעת בתפוח‬ 1 Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Four Questions ‫לאכול תפוח‬ ‫להרים סופגניה‬ ‫לאכול סופגניה‬ ‫לגעת במצה‬ ‫לקחת מצה‬ ‫להרים מצה‬ ____ ‫לשים מצה על הראש של‬ Move into reinforcing ‫ חמץ‬and ‫מצה‬. ‫לרוץ אל השלחן‬ ‫לקחת חמץ‬ ‫לאכול חמץ? לא לאכול חמץ‬ ‫<< אין אנו אוכלין חמץ‬wag your finger “no” and say ‫לקחת מצה‬ ‫לאכול מצה? כן לאכול מצה‬ ‫<< אנו אוכלין מצה‬also say Do a few more commands that reinforce ‫ חמץ‬and ‫מצה‬ Command a student to come to stand by the Hebrew Four Questions and point to the words ‫ חמץ‬and ‫מצה‬. Also to ‫אנו אוכלין‬. Together recite the matching line of the Four Questions starting with ‫שבכל הלילות‬. Use the food on the table to reinforce the Hebrew words when students recite them. Introduce ‫ירקות‬, ‫ שאר ירקות‬and ‫מרור‬. Have a wide variety of vegetables on the table. Point to one and say ‫ירק‬ Repeat this with other vegetables, one at a time. Indicate all the vegetables and say ‫ ירקות‬. 2 Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Four Questions You could do some commands with students interacting with the ‫ ירקות‬. Like ‫בנים – לקפוץ אל השולחן‬ ‫בנות – לרוץ אל השולחן‬ Take out the horseradish root and say: ‫ מרור‬You might pass it around the class so children can smell it. Using your facial expression, indicate that it’s bitter. Show jar of horseradish and say ‫מרור‬ Show the horseradish root and say ‫מרור‬. Indicate that these two are the same. Put the horseradish root back among the vegetables and say, ‫ ירקות‬. THEN, take the ‫ מרור‬out from among the vegetables and say, ‫שאר ורקות‬. Command a student to come to stand by the Hebrew Four Questions and point to the words ‫שאר ורקות‬ and ‫מרור‬. Together recite the matching line of the Four Questions starting with ‫שבכל הלילות‬. [You might skip ahead to this line.] Use the food on the table to reinforce the Hebrew words when students recite them. Introduce ‫ אנו אוכלין‬and ‫אין אנו אוכלין‬ You can reinforce ‫ אנו אוכלין‬by asking questions like: ?‫בפסח – אנו אוכלין אוזני המן‬ ?‫בפסח – אנו אוכלין מצה‬ ?‫בפורים – אנו אוכלין סופגניות‬ ?‫בפסח – אנו אוכלין חמץ‬ ?‫בחנוכה – אנו אוכלין חלה‬ ?‫בראש השנה – אנו אוכלין לולב‬ And you can answer at times: _____ ‫אין אנו אוכלין‬ 3 Jewish Education Center of Cleveland – Four Questions Introduce ‫לילה לילות‬ Show a picture of a night-time scene (check the Hebrew Through Movement website http://www.hebrewthroughmovement.org/pesah.html for some posted photos). Say ‫לילה‬ Show a number of other night-time photos and each time say ‫לילה‬ Hold two of the photos and say ‫לילות‬ Command a student to come to stand by the Hebrew Four Questions and point to the words ‫ לילה‬and ‫לילות‬. Sing the Four Questions and reinforce this word as you go along. 4