Please Note: This consensus map is a work in progress. We will continue to engage in conversations, reflection and revisions as we
explore how to more clearly align and articulate our German consensus map.
GERMAN – Level 3
First Quarter
Essential Question (s):
Theme/Unit
Content
1.Vacation and
travel
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Countries
Continents
Making travel
preparations
Hotel
Train station
Airport
Customs
If statements
(conditional) review
Review past tense
Review future
Students can…
(I1, I2, P)
 Identify countries
on a map
 Ask about a
vacation
 Say what they
would do in
different locations
if they could
 Express necessity
 Ask about what
has been done
 Get travel
information
 Ask for
information at a
train station or
airport
 Buy tickets and
make a
transaction
Teaching Strategies
I1=Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 3/8/2011
Resources
Assessment
Strategies (I1, I2, P)
 Create a travel
brochure and
travel
presentation to
the class –
convince them
your trip is the
best
 Blank maps – fill
in designated
countries and
write sentences
saying what they
would do if they
could go there.
2.The great
outdoors
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Camping
Nature
Animals
Activities
Past tense review
The future review
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Pay hotel bill
Identify
vocabulary
Say what
happened
Describe
circumstances
Say what they
were doing when
something else
happened
Tell what they will
do
Wonder what will
happen
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Verb-board
races
I1=Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 3/8/2011
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Write a story
about a weekend
camping trip
GERMAN – Level 3
Second Quarter
Essential Question (s):
Theme/Unit
Content
3.Entertainment
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Books
Movies
TV shows
Music
Relative pronouns
Past participles
Pronouns
Review
comparatives/
superlatives
Students can…
(I1, I2, P)
 Identify genres
and give examples
of each
 Describe a book or
movie
 Ask for and give
information about
media/
entertainment
 Ask about
preferences
 Recommend or
advise against
something
 Give opinions and
why
Teaching Strategies
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Game show
simulation
speed games for
genres (students
give examples of
genres on slips
of paper – two
come up at a
time and race to
identify the
genre first)
I1=Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 3/8/2011
Resources
Assessment
Strategies (I1, I2, P)
 Written
Book/movie
review
GERMAN – Level 3
Third Quarter
Essential Question (s):
Theme/Unit
Content
4.The body and
health
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5. Work
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Parts of the body
Injuries
Illnesses
The doctor
The pharmacy
The subjunctive
The gym
Exercise and eating
well
The conditional and
“if” statements
Professions and
services
Telephone and formal
letter
Future review
The future perfect
Job applications in
Germany versus US
Students can…
(I1, I2, P)
 Identify body parts
 Ask and tell how
you feel
 Describe
symptoms
 Give advice
 Complain about
health
 Sympathize with
someone and
express concern
 Identify
professions and
describe what
they do and where
they work
 Ask about future
plans w/ work
 Ask about job
descriptions
 Make polite
requests
 Make a phone call
 Write a formal
Teaching Strategies
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Body drawings
and label
Round robin w/
illnesses
assigned –
express concern
and give advice
I1=Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 3/8/2011
Resources
Assessment
Strategies (I1, I2, P)
 Giant body
drawings
 Dialogue at
doctor,
pharmacy, or
emergency room
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Simulate a
professional
phone
conversation to
get an interview
Create a job
announcement
Reply to a job
announcement in
the form of a
formal letter
letter
GERMAN – Level 3
Fourth Quarter
Essential Question (s):
Theme/Unit
Content
6. History
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7. Once upon a
time
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Historical accounts
from German
speaking countries
War vocabulary
DDR / BRD
Various past tenses
Sequence of tenses
Legends
Fairytales
fables
Students can…
(I1, I2, P)
 Relate a sequence
of events in the
past
 Tell what
happened to
someone else
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Teaching Strategies
identify
set the scene for a
story
continue and end
a story
I1=Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational
Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 3/8/2011
Resources
Assessment
Strategies (I1, I2, P)

students read a
fairy tale in the
target language,
rewrite it in their
own words,
create an imageonly power point,
and then tell the
story to the class
with no notes