General Aims
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To develop the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
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To develop learner autonomy
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To encourage cultural awareness
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To promote German as a living language
September – Mid-term
Students will be able to:
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Have a basic conversation saying hello and
Greetings, introducing oneself, alphabet, say how one is feeling.
Countries where one is from, where one lives,
Conjugate, recite and use the verbs heiβen, sein, kommen wohnen, sprechen and haben.
Methodologies
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listening skills
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reading exercises
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Questions and answers
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Group and pair work
Textbook
Viel Spass 1, student CD
Language Websites:
Linguascope.com

how they feel.
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Tell the time on both 12 and 24 hour clock.(numeracy)
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Construct simple sentences in
German using topics covered.
Mid-term – Christmas
Students will be able to:
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Describe how they look in simple German.
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Compare family members, how the look and their professions
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Recite the numbers and play number games in
German. languages spoken.
Numbers 1-31, months, seasons and telling the time.
Physical descriptions, characteristics of a person, Family members, professions, numbers 39-1000
Introduction and use of prepositions.
Comparison of adjectives, personal pronouns, possessive adjectives.
Verbs: Studieren and
Lernen
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Discussion
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Note taking
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Computer skills
Assessment
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Regular written and oral exercises in class
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Listening comprehensions on these topics
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Higher and lower order questioning
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Self and peer assessment through the correction of work
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Show me boards
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Regular class tests and end of chapter testing.
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Complete tasks/games on linguascope.com
Methodologies
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Pair work
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Reading exercises
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Translation of sentences
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Question and answers
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Role plays
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Written work
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Group work
Assessment
Languagesonline.com
Dict.cc
Other
Worksheets
Various Music CDs
Show-me Boards
Data-projector
Language magazines
Textbook
Viel Spass 1, student CD
Language Websites:
Linguascope.com
Languagesonline.com
Dict.cc
Other
Worksheets
Various Music CDs
Show-me Boards
Data-projector

(numeracy)
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Form sentences using new verbs.
Christmas – Mid-term
Students will be able to:
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Discuss pets and describe what they look like.
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Use select verbs to identify their favourite sports and music
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List the various hobbies and sports.
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Name the different types of literature such as novels, magazines etc
Pets, animals, colours, hobbies, sport, music, reading, computers.
Verbs: arbeiten, verdienen, spielen, fahren.
Adverb: gern
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Regular written and oral exercises in class
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Listening comprehensions on these topics
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Higher and lower order questioning
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Self and peer assessment through the correction of work
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Show me boards
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Regular class tests and end of chapter testing.
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Play number bingo
Methodologies
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Discussion
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Reading exercises
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Translation of sentences
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Question and answers
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Role plays
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Written work
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Group work
Assessment
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Regular written and oral exercises in class
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Listening comprehensions on these topics
Language magazines
Pictures of their family or of famous people they like
Textbook
Viel Spass 1, student CD
Language Websites:
Linguascope.com
Languagesonline.com
Dict.cc
Other
Worksheets
Various Music CDs
Show-me Boards
Data-projector
Language magazines
Photos of pets

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Mid-term
– Easter
Students will be able to:
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list various hobbies
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identify places to go and how to get there
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Discuss amounts of pocket money using prepositions with and from.
(numeracy)
Hobbies contd, places to go, pocket money.
Seperable verbs in the present tense, use of gern, preposition ‘in’ plus accusative case,
Dative case, dative prepositions ‘mit’ and
‘von’
Verb: bekommen
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Higher and lower order questioning
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Self and peer assessment through the correction of work
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Show me boards
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Regular class tests and end of chapter testing.
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Play Guess what it is simple German
Methodologies
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Discussion
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Reading exercises
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Translation of sentences
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Question and answers
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Role plays
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Written work
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Group work
Assessment
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Regular written and oral exercises in class
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Listening comprehensions on these topics
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Higher and lower order questioning
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Self and peer assessment through the correction of
Textbook
Viel Spass 1, student CD
Language Websites:
Linguascope.com
Languagesonline.com
Dict.cc
Other
Worksheets
Various Music CDs
Show-me Boards
Data-projector
Language magazines
Money coins

Easter - Summer
Students will be able to:
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discuss and compare what they do with their money.
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express where or who they get their money from using prepositions
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describe their daily routine using reflexive verbs
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form sentences aware of word order rules.
What one does with their pocket money, saving, buying, needing, from whom.
Daily routine, word order of sentences,
Reflexive verbs
Aufstehen, sich waschen, sich anziehen work
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Show me boards
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Regular class tests and end of chapter testing.
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Play Guess what it is simple German
Methodologies
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Discussion
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Reading exercises
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Translation of sentences
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Question and answers
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Role plays
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Written work
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Group work
Assessment

Regular written and oral exercises in class

Listening comprehensions on these topics

Higher and lower order questioning

Self and peer assessment through the correction of work
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Show me boards
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Regular class tests and
Textbook
Viel Spass 1, student CD
Language Websites:
Linguascope.com
Languagesonline.com
Dict.cc
Other
Worksheets
Various Music CDs
Show-me Boards
Data-projector
Language magazines pictures

end of chapter testing.
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Draw daily routine posters and label correctly in
German,