German 1 – Unit 3 – Meine Familie und mein Haus
Language
Course
Targeted Proficiency
Level
Thematic unit
Unit length
German
German I
Novice-mid
Meine Familie und mein Haus (My family and my house)
about 5 weeks
Stage 1: Desired Results
Standards: Check as
many as apply.
Enduring
Understanding(s)
Essential Question
Guiding Questions
_x____1.1 Interpersonal communication
_x____1.2 Interpretive communication
_x____1.3 Presentational communication
_x____2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives
_x____2.2 Cultural products and perspectives
______3.1 Connections to other disciplines
_x____3.2 Acquiring new information
_x____4.1 Language comparisons
_x____4.2 Cultural comparisons
My definition of family may differ from others.
What defines family?
• Who lives at my house?
• What are my family members like?
• How are families the same? How are they different?
• How does my family compare to a German-speaking family?
• How do home furnishings differ between cultures?
Learning Goals
At the end of the unit learners can tell about who is in their family and describe some
characteristics of those individuals (interests, appearance, age, names) as well as ask
someone else questions about their family and describe
Functions
Knowledge
What can learners do?
What context, structure and culture will learners need to show their knowledge?
Functions
Context
Structure
Culture
Identify family members
 family vocabulary
 verb sein (to be)
 nuclear/extended
families in German
 numbers 0 – 100
 verb haben (to
Describe family members
speaking countries
have)
 birth year date
 body parts (hair and
 express age
eyes)
 describe
 adjectives (colors)
appearance
 hobbies/interests
Ask and answer questions
about family members
Express possession
Describe some furniture
items
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family vocabulary
personal information
questions (from Unit
1)
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Mein/Meine
Dein/Deine
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der, die, das
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Question words
(wie)
Yes/No question
format
Third person (er,
sie)
Masculine and
feminine
grammatical gender
accusative case
possessive pronouns
Gender
Express what someone likes
to eat or drink
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adjectives
mӧchten
Basic Snack Terms
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Modal verb
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Mineralwasser
Families in German
speaking countries
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Summative Performance Assessments
1. Identify family members using a family tree
Interpretive
1. Family collage interviews (ask/answer about family collage)
Interpersonal
1. Family collage presentation
Presentational
Formative Assessments
Other Summative Assessments
 Family BINGO
 Letter describing family
 Describe a picture as pretend family member
 Family vocab quiz
Stage 3: Learning Activities
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Interpersonal
Interpretive
describe classmates’ appearance
and guess who it is
asking and telling about family
members
 Addams Familie Powerpoint with
cloze text
 Listen to descriptions of family
members
 Infographics about German
families
Presentational
 fill in “Meine Familie” table
with information about your
family, then share with a
partner
Other Learning Activities
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draw pictures of furniture and write descriptions
Classroom counting activity 0-100
connect the dots practicing numbers 0-100
reading comprehension activity – read a list of sentences, draw pictures to represent sentences of unit
vocabulary and then matching them
Resources
District Resources-Komm Mit Level 1
 Kapitel 3 – Komm mit nach Hause!
Other resources
 Popular sitcom families as examples