About me
While growing up, I gained a deep interest in learning foreign languages and new cultures. My father is from Greece and consequently I learned some of the Greek language, enjoyed some great food and had an awesome opportunity to explore Europe. While in high school, I enrolled in a German program and investigated an entirely new culture and language. I have studied abroad in Lüneburg, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. Both experiences were very rewarding and allowed me to gain a deeper perspective in the German culture. Since 2006, I have instructed German at Washington High School. I have led two groups overseas during the summers of 2013 and 2016. Both trips were amazing and I am planning another for the summer of 2018. In addition to German, I also teach English as a second language at the high school and supervise the district ESL Program. I live in Columbus and just married my beautiful wife Lindsay this past summer :)
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I am thrilled to see so many students in Washington Court House chose to study German! Learning a foreign language opens your mind to new ways of thinking, enhances your understanding of the English language, and allows you to connect to an endless supply of opportunities! Oh yeah, the food is also GREAT!
Classes
Activities
All German Classes
Topic 1 German I
Battleship Game with the numbers # 1 - 10
Das Alphabet
Flash Cards - Topic 1 German Family, Greetings, pronouns, and Verbs
Flashcards - Topic 1 Descriptions of People
Flashcards, Concentration, Flashcards, Topic 1 Descriptions of People and Family Members German I
German I - Topic 1 regular verb conjugation
German I Topic 1 Greetings, Farewells, and Numbers 1-12
German I Topic 1 haben conjugation
German I Topic 1 sein conjugation
Hangman Topic 1 Descriptions of People
Ordering numbers 1 - 11
Topic 1 Battleship-Greetings, Farewells, Numbers, People, Verbs, Pronouns
Topic 1 Columns Conjugation of haben - (copy)
Topic 1 Columns Conjugation of sein
Topic 1 Conjugation of haben
Topic 1 Descriptions of People + Family Members German I -Hangman
Topic 1 Flashcards, Concentration, Matching-Greetings, Farewells, Numbers 1-12
Topic 1 Greetings, Pronouns, Verbs and Family Members
Topic 1 Hangman Family
Topic 1 Jumbled Words-Pronouns, Verbs, People
Topic 1 Matching German States and Capitals
Topic 1 Numbers 1 - 40
Topic 1 People, Verbs, and Pronouns-Concentration, Word Search
Topic 1 Pronouns, Verbs, and People Hangman
Topic 1 Things People Can Play and Street Terms
Topic 1 Things People Can Play and Street Terms - Flash Cards, Matching, Concentration
Topic 1 German II & III
Austrian States and Capitals Matching Game
Battleship-Topic 1 - Items Found Inside the House
Battleship-Topic 1 -Rooms and Stuff Outside the House
Columns Conjugation of haben
Columns Conjugation of sein
Columns Conjugation of spielen
Columns Conjugation of wissen
Columns-Topic 1 Rooms and Stuff Outside the House
Emotions Pop-Ups with sein + reflexive
Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search Topic 1 People
Hangman Topic 1 Home and Family-Rooms and Stuff Outside the House
Jumbled Words Topic 1 Rooms and Stuff Outside the House
Matching, Concentration, Flashcards, Topic 1 Verbs, German II & III
Rags to Riches Emotions and Common Phrases Describing Emotions
Rags to Riches Topic 1 rooms and stuff outside/inside the house, verbs, and people
Topic 1 Adjective Endings Practice
Topic 1 Adjective Endings Practice
Topic 1 Columns-Matching Common Phrases Describing Emotions
Topic 1 Emotions and Common Phrases Describing Emotions
Topic 1 Emotions Flashcards, Concentration, Matching
Topic 1 Emotions Hangman
Topic 1 Family Members, flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search
Topic 1 German II & III Verbs
Topic 1 German II & III Verbs Jumbled Words
Topic 1 German II & III Verbs-Columns
Topic 1 Hangman Family
Topic 1 Items found inside the house
Topic 1 Items Found Inside the House
Topic 1 Items Found Inside the House
Topic 1 Jumbled Words-Emotions
Topic 1 People Hangman
Topic 1 Pop-Up with emotional words
Topic 1 Rooms and Stuff Outside the House-Matching, Flashcards,
Topic 1 Verbs
Topic 1 Verbs
Verbs German II & III Hangman Topic 1
Untitled
Topic 2 German 2 & 3
Topic 2 German I
Topic 3 German 2 & 3
3.20 Flashcards, Matching, Concerntration, Word Search, Topic 3-Sports and Hobbies
3.27 German II/III Topic 3 Hangman - Sports and Hobbies
3.27 Sports and Hobbies Verbs in the Past Tense -Flashcards, Concentration, etc.
3.27 Sports and Hobbies Verbs in the Past Tense-Hangman
3.27 Topic 3 Asking about how someone feels and expressing your own health & Expressing specific ailments
3.27 Topic 3 Asking how someone feels and expressing your own health + Expressing specific ailments
Parts of the Body Columns
Parts of the body-Hangman
Topic 3 Parts of the body Flashcards, matching, etc.
Topic 3 SEcond page German III - Flashcards, memory, concentration
Topic 3 Second page German III - Hangman
Topic 4 German 1
Topic 4 German 2 & 3
Topic 5 German 1
Topic 5 German 2 & 3
Topic 6 German 2 & 3
10.12 German II
10.12 German II Flashcards
3. 6 Conjugation of mögen - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of dürfen - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of können - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of möchten - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of müssen - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of sollen - Columns
3.6 Conjugation of wollen - Columns
3.6 Flashcards, Concentration, Flashcards, Topic 2 Nouns in the neighborhood and community
3.6 Modal Verb Columns Topic 4
3.6 Topic 4 Second Page Vocabulary, Flashcards, Concentration, etc.
3.6 Topic 4 Second Page Vocabulary, Flashcards, Concentration, etc. - (copy)
3.6 Topic 4 Second Page Vocabulary Hangman
3.6 Topic 4 Second Page Vocabulary Hangman - (copy)
Additional Topic 2 Vocabulary
animals and environments - flashcards
Class Subjects
Class Subjects - Flash Cards, etc.
Class Subjects - Hangman
Class Subjects-Flash Cards
Classroom Phrases - Selected Teacher
Classroom Phrases Selected - Teacher II
Classroom Phrases Student I
Classroom Phrases Student III
Countries in Europe
Directions- Flashcards
European Countries Flashcards, matching
Family Member Flash Cards Topic 1
Flashcard Recycling
Flashcards Page 2
Flashcards Professions Topic 1
Food Items
Food Items - (copy)
Food Items - First Page
Food Items - Second Page Flashcards
Food Items Flashcards
Food Vocabulary 2nd Page - Hangman
Food Vocabulary 2nd Page - Hangman
German I Hangman 2nd Page Topic 4
German I Topic 4 2nd Page Vocabulary
German I Topic 4/5 Food Vocabulary
German I Topic 4/5 Food Vocabulary - Flashcards, etc.
German I weather vocabulary
German I weather vocabulary Flashcards
German II Parts of the Body Topic 5
German II the animals & environments
German II the animals & environments Flashcards
German II Traveling Flashcards
German II weather vocabulary
German II weather vocabulary Flashcards
German III Nutrition Vocabulary
German III Nutrition Vocabulary - Flashcards
German III Topic 3 1st Page Vocabulary
German III Topic 3 1st Page Vocabulary - Flashcards
German III Topic 6 Flashcard
German III TV Flashcards
Hangman Directions Vocbulary
Hangman Professions Vocabulary - Topic 1
Hanna - Kapitel 5
Hanna - Kapitel 3 - Flashcards
Hanna Kapitel 5 =- flashcards
Hannas Tagebuch - Kapitel 3
Hannas Tagebuch Kapitel 4
Numbers 1-99
Recycling Hangman
Recycling Vocabulary - Hangman
Reflexive Verbs Flashcards
the animals & environments
Tim and Claudia Kapitel 4 Flashcards
Tim und Claudia Kapitel 3 Wortschätze
Tim und Claudia Kapitel 3 Wortschätze - Flashcards
Tim und Claudia Kapitel 4 Hangman
Topic 1 Conjugation of spielen
Topic 1 Conjugation of werden
Topic 2 Additonal Vocabulary #2
Topic 2 Additonal Vocabulary #2 Flashcards
Topic 2 Deutsch II - Families and Communities
Topic 2 German III Flashcards
Topic 2 German III hangman
Topic 3 - 2nd and 3rd Page Vocabulary
Topic 3 - 2nd and 3rd Page Vocabulary Flashcards
Topic 3 Adverbs of Time and Frequency
Topic 3 Adverbs of Time and Frequency - Flashcards
Topic 3 German I Flashcards
Topic 3 German III TV Hangman
Topic 3 Verbs and Adjectives - Hangman
Topic 3 Verbs and Adjectives Flash Cards
Topic 5 adjective endings and der words
Topic 5 German II Parts of the Body Flashcards, etc.
Topic 6 German III - Travel
Topic 6 Restaurant Vocabulary
Topic 6 Restaurant Vocabulary - Flashcards
Topic 7 Education Objects
Topic 7 Education Objects Flashcards
Topic 7 Sports and Hobbies German I
Topic 7 Sports and Hobbies German I - Flashcards
Topic 7 TV Vocabulary
Topic 7 TV Vocabulary Flashcards
Traveling Vocabulary
Traveling Vocabulary - Flashcards
Traveling Vocabulary - German II Hangman
Verbs for hygiene - reflexive and non-reflexive
Verbs for hygiene - reflexive and non-reflexive
Verbs in present and past - sports and activities
vocabulary from job postings
Quizzes
Surveys