Standards Curriculum Map
Bourbon County Schools
Level: German 1
Grade and/or Course:
Updated: 5-22-2012
Standards
Unit 1 Einführung
Days
1-10
Themes: Introduction to German, hellos
and goodbyes, and the abc’s and 123.
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Hallo!
Guten
Tag!
Herzlich
Wilkommen!:
Introdcution
to
German
Wie schreibt man das?
The
Alphabet
Hallo, Mach’s Gut!
Hellos and
Goodbyes.
Na, wie geht’s?—Saying how you
are doing
So zählt man auf Deutsch: the
numbers
Nützliche Ausdrücke im Sprachkurs.
Classroom phrases
Sie können schon etwas Deutsch!
What the students already know.
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NMR.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NMR.1
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2.NM.IC.1
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2.NM.IC.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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3.NM.PS.1
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5.NM.P.1
Formal vs. Informal forms
address.
Where German is spoken
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5.NM.P.1
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5.NM.P.1
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Unit 2 Über mich and andere
Days
1130
Themes:
Personal
hobbies and interests
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Standards
Activities
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Activities
Characteristics,
Describing ourselves and others
Saying what we like to do.
Nouns Gender and Definite articles
Personal Pronouns
The Verb: Infinitive and Present
tense
Use of the present tense
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Learning Targets
(“I Can” Statements)
I can introduce
myself to others.
I can write spell
using the German
alphabet
I can say where
German is spoken
Vocabulary
Learning Targets
(“I Can” Statements)
I can describe
myself and others
I can undertand
grammatical gender
I can use present
tense verbs
I can ask questions
Vocabulary
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
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The irregular verb Sein
Word order in sentences
Asking Questions: Word Questions
and Yes/No Questions
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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Foreigners in Germany
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5.NM.P.1
Unit 3 Wie ich wohne.
Days
3550
Themes: Where we live and our home, the
things we have in our homes, and what
we like to do.
 Describing our homes
 Telling the things we have
 The plural of nouns
 The Nominative and Accusative
cases
 The definite article in Nominative and
Accusative
 The indefinite article in Nominative
and Accusative
 Nominative
and
Accusative
interrogative pronouns (question
words)
 The Verb: Haben
 Negation with nicht and kein
 Verbs with Stem Changes
 Using Gern/ Nicht Gern to describe
what we like or don’t like doing
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German homes
The Euro €
Standards
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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5.NM.P.1
5.NM.P.1
Activities
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Learning Targets
(“I Can” Statements)
I can describe my
home and room
I can tell someone
what I have
I can understand the
role of subjects and
objects in a
sentence
I can negate
sentences
Vocabulary
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
Reviewing Units 1-3
Days
5--55
Using new activities to refresh previously
learned material.
Unit 4 Familie und Freunde
Standards
Activities
2
Days
5675
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Talking about our families
Learning the days and months
Possessive articles (my, your, his,
her etc)
Personal Pronouns in the Accusative
case
Prepositions in the Accusative case
The irregular verbs Werden and
Wisssen
Using the verbs Wissen and Kennen
Using ordinal numbers to talk about
dates
German Holiday and celebrations
Reviewing Units 1-4 before Midterm
Days
7685
Using new activities to refresh previously
learned material before the midterm
exam.
Reviewing Units 1-4 after Midterm
Days
8690
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
Activities
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
Standards
Activities
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
Standards
Activities
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
I can tell time in
German
I can make general
statements using
“Man”
I can give
commands
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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5.NM.P.1
Standards
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Midterm Exam
Reviewing previously learned material to
refresh ourselves after Christmas break.
Unit 5: Mein Tag
Days
91110
I can describe my
family
I can use direct
object pronouns and
prepositions
I can use cardinal
and ordinal numbers
to count.
Themes: Our Family tree, the Calendar,
Birthday and Holidays
Themes: Telling time, our schedules and
daily routines, and movies, music and
theater.
 Telling Time and saying when
something takes place
 General vs. Specific time
 Making generalizations using “man”
 Separable-Prefix Verbs
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
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Days
111115
The sentence bracket (word order)
Modal auxiliary verbs in the present
tense
The imperative (giving commands) in
the formal and informal
Describing how often we do
something
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1, 3.NM.IC.1
The 24 hour clock
German Theater
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5.NM.P.1
5.NM.P.1
Reviewing to help maintain previously
learned material.
Unit 6 Einkaufen
Days
116140
Standards
Activities
Themes: Describing what we wear,
shopping for clothing, and the things we
eat.
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Articles of clothing
The Dative case for indirect objects
Personal pronouns in the Dative
Articles and possessives in the
Dative case
The position
of
Dative
and
Accusative objects
Wer, Wen, or Wem
Verbs with Dative only objects
Prepositions in the Dative case
The interrogative pronouns wo,
wohin, and woher
Using the expression “Es gibt” to
describe what there is.
Types of food
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Using the metric system
European clothing sizes
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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5.NM.P.1
5.NM.P.1
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
I can describe what I
am wearing
I can use indirect
object in sentence.
I can describe what I
like to eat
I can use indirect
object prepostions
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
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Days
141145
Reviewing to help maintain previously
learned material.
Unit 7: Wir gehen aus
Days
146170
Activities
Themes: Restaurants and where one can
eat, menus and ordering food.
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Days
171175
Standards
Types of Restaurants and eating
establishments
Reading a menu
Two-way prepositions
Using Two-way prepositions to
describe location
Using Two-way prepositions to
describe placement
Expressing time with prepositions
Expressing events in the past: The
simple past tense (imperfect) of Sein
and Haben
The simple past tense (imperfect) of
Modal verbs
Difference between the past tense in
German and in English
Ordering food in German restaurants
Regional German specialties
Calling a waiter, sharing a table and
paying the bill.
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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3.NM.PS.1, 3.NM.IC.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1, 3.NM.IC.1
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1.NM.L.1, 1.NM.R.1
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5.NM.P.1
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5.NM.P.1
5.NM.P.1
5.NM.P.1
Communicative
Bell ringers
Grammar Practice
Activities
Communicative
Group activities
Learning Tragets
Vocabulary
I can describe
different types of
restaurants
I can discuss
different types of
food
I can order in a
restaurant
I can use two way
prepositions
I can begin to use
the simple past
tense of verbs
Unit Vocabulary will be
handed out to students
and posted on my
website.
Reviewing for Final Exam
Reviewing units 1-7 with emphasis on units
5-7 to prepare for the final exam.
The Oral exam also takes place during this
period.
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