German 1a Grade 5
Course Description
This is an introductory level one-year course in German and enables the students to transfer to German 1B in 6th Grade. This course reviews and reinforces skills learned in German 1. The focus of
the first level is on developing basic competence in grammar and the culture of Germany while developing confidence in speaking and writing.
Syllabus Overview
Key:
S- Spoken
W- Written
L- Listening
R- Reading
Time
Unit Description
Key Learning Objectives
Students will:
-be able to name Germany’s neighbouring countries
-be able to sound about the German alphabet
-be able to use a bilingual dictionary
Key Assessments
Key Resources
-Research posters on 5 famous German
people in English
-Hand outs -Internet for research
Q1
Introduction to Germany, its
culture and the German
alphabet/special sounds
Q1
Chapter 1- -introductions and
goodbyes
-Basic numbers 1-10
-be able to say hello and goodbye and introduce
yourself
Quiz –(L,R,W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 1 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
Q1
Chapter 2-Expressing opinions/wishes for
drinks and hobbies-W- Questions
-Yes/No Questions
-Verbs in the singular
Chapter 3- The family
Introduce and describe your
family members saying their age,
using adjectives for hair and eye
colour and sein in the sing. and
pl.
mein/dein in the Nominative
- to be able to express an opinion/wish
- be able to ask and respond with yes or no to basic
questions
Quiz- (L, R, W)
Unit test 1/2 (S, L/R/W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 2 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
-be able to introduce ones family
- be able to ask about someone’s family
- be able to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives in a story
book
Quiz –(L,R,W)
- Family Tree project (S, W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 3 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
- Pit und Loro Reading book
-Quiz- (L, R, W)
-Unit test 3/4 (S, L/R/W)
-Moodboard display (W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 4 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
Q2
Q2
Pit und Loro- class reader
Chapter 4
Be able to have a conversation on
the phone saying what you do
and don’t like to do using the
nicht form. State where you live
-
be able to have a conversation on the phone
be able to introduce someone and say
where you live and come from
Q3
Q3
Q4
Q4
Q4
and come from.
Chapter 5
school subjects
Describe when and what school
subjects are on which days and
your opinions about subjects by
using the verb haben and ordinal
numbers
Chapter 6
Stationary items
Conversations about stationary
items you have/ don’t have using
the possessive article in the
definite and indefinite and
expressing what you would like
with the modal verb möchte + the
infinitive
Chapter 7
Having a bad day and saying why
you overslept and
forgot your school supplies using
- definite article in the
Nominative
-personal pronouns er,sie,es
Unit on Animals
Read and describe forest, zoo and
endangered animals using
descriptive adjectives and the
verb “können”
Der Hase und der Igel – class
reader
Der Glückliche Löwe – Class
Reader
Tiere in Gefahr – class Reader
Chapter 8
Activities at school
-months of the year
-dates
Purchasing food/drink at a
school kiosk and asking for
permission by using the modal
verb dürfen and giving
commands using the imperative
- be able to talk about and read a school timetable
-Quiz- (L, R, W)
-Emoji/pages school timetable (W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 5 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
-be able to make a suggestion
-Quiz- (L, R, W)
-Unit test 5/6 (S, L/R/W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 6 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
-be able to apologise
-to able to ask for and tell time
- be able to say what you have/don’t have with you
-Quiz- (L, R, W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 7 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
-be able to describe animals
-be able to write a profile about an endangered animal
- Prezi about either – Hase or Igel
(hare/hedgehog)(S,W)
- Endangered animal project (S,W)
-Hueber –der Hase und der Igel
- Klett – der glückliche Löwe
- Tiere in Gefahr
-to be able to apologise
-be able to ask for food/drink at a kiosk
-Quiz- (L, R, W)
-Unit test 7/8 (S, L/R/W)
-Hueber Planet 1 Lektion 8 interactive book, wkbk, glossary
-Komm mit 1 testing program
form