COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #1: Food: Mealtimes and likes/dislikes
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to describe what
they eat at various mealtimes and express
likes and dislikes. They should also be able
to obtain this information from other
people. (Speaking and Writing)
2. Students will be able to comprehend and
decipher
information
concerning
mealtimes and likes/dislikes.
(Reading
and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
a. fruits
b. vegetables
c. drinks
d. main dishes
e. desserts
2. Students will review the following
grammatical items:
a. irregular verb conjugations
3. Students will compare and contrast meals
in Germany and in the USA.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Cultural readings in German
2. Interviews
3. Surveys
4. Flash Cards
5. Classroom Question and Answer Sessions
6. Emails and Telephone Calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral responses to reading
activities
2. Classroom discussion
3. Homework worksheets
4. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapter 6
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Re-teach concepts
4. Anchor Activities
Zick Zack: Chapter 6
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
4. Anchor Activities
COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #2: Food: At the Market and at a Restaurant
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to provide and
obtain information concerning food at a
market, supermarket and a restaurant.
(Speaking and Writing)
2. Students will be able to comprehend,
decipher
and
utilize
information
concerning
food
at
a
market,
supermarket and a restaurant. (Reading
and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
a. food (review)
b. units/amounts/metric
measurements
c. money (Euro)
d. tableware
e. ordering at a restaurant
2. Students will review the following
grammatical items:
f. regular verb conjugations
g. irregular verb conjugations
h. sentence structure
i. word order
3. Students will be able to recognize and use
the following grammatical items:
j. plural forms of nouns
k. modal helping verbs
4. Students will be familiar with the metric
system, monetary system and other foodrelated cultural perspectives and compare
and contrast these ideas with customs
from the USA.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Cultural readings in German
2. Skits
3. Conversation cards
4. Flash cards
5. Use of authentic materials (menus,
advertising circulars, money)
6. Classroom question and answer sessions
7. Listening activities with notetaking
8. Sentence Building
9. Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapter 6 Video
10. Field trip to a German restaurant
11. Menu project
12. Recipe project
13. Emails and Telephone Calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral response to reading and
listening activities
2. Classroom discussion
3. Homework worksheets
4. Paired Activities
5. Projects
6. Oral quizzes
7. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapter 6
Zick Zack: Chapter 6
Authentic materials from Germany and the
internet (menus, advertising circulars)
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Extra time to learn vocabulary
4. Reinforcement worksheets
5. Rewriting of skits/dialogues
6. Re-teach concepts
7. Anchor Activities
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Anchor Activities
4. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #3: In the City
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to provide and
obtain information concerning directions
to and from places in a city. (Speaking
and Writing)
2. Students will be able to comprehend,
decipher
and
utilize
information
concerning
cities
and
directions.
(Reading and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
a. place/building names
b. directions
c. basic travel words
d. transportation (review)
2. Students will be able to recognize and use
the following grammatical items:
a. commands (singular, plural, formal)
b. accusative prepositions
c. verbs conjugations (review)
3. Students will be able to list basic historical
facts and main sights of one major
German city (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich,
Cologne, etc.)
ACTIVITIES:
1. Map making
2. Designing an advertisement (commands)
3. Paired Activities
4. Use of authentic materials (map activities)
5. Listening activities with note taking
6. Conversation cards
7. Class question and answer sessions
8. Cultural readings in German
9. Emails and telephone calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral responses to reading and
listening activities
2. Classroom discussion
3. Homework worksheets
4. Paired Activities
5. Projects
6. Oral quizzes
7. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapters 9, 11
Authentic materials from Germany and the
internet (maps, city brochures)
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Extra time to learn vocabulary
4. Reinforcement worksheets
5. Reinforcement listening activities
6. Re-teach concepts
7. Anchor Activities
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Independent research on a self-chosen
city in Germany.
4. Anchor Activities
5. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #4: Clothing and Shopping
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to describe what
someone is wearing and also be able to
provide and obtain information when
shopping for clothing. (Speaking and
Writing)
2. Students will be able to comprehend,
decipher
and
utilize
information
concerning clothing and shopping.
(Reading and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
a. clothing
b. jewelry
c. basic shopping vocabulary
d. body parts (review)
2. Students will be able to recognize and use
the following grammatical items:
a. indirect objects – definite and
indefinite articles
b. indirect object pronouns
c. dative verbs
d. dative prepositions
e. selected possessive adjectives
ACTIVITIES:
1. Flash Cards
2. Skits
3. Authentic materials (catalogues)
4. Conversation cards
5. Vocabulary building games
6. Sentence building
7. Listening activities with note-taking
8. Cultural readings in German
9. Class question and answer sessions
10. Descriptive writings
11. Chapter 7 video – Deutsch Aktuell I
12. Emails and telephone calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral responses to reading and
listening activities
2. Short essays
3. Classroom discussion
4. Homework worksheets
5. Paired Activities
6. Oral quizzes
7. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapters 7, 8, 10
Authentic materials from Germany and the
internet (catalogues)
AATG Reading Texts for Students of German
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Extra time to learn vocabulary
4. Reinforcement worksheets
5. Re-writing of short essay
6. Re-teach concepts
7. Anchor Activities
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Different,
more
advanced
cultural
readings
4. Plan and lead classroom question and
answer session
5. Anchor Activities
6. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #5: House and Home
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to describe different
types of homes and what they must do to
help around the home. (Speaking and
Writing)
2. Students will be able to comprehend,
decipher
and
utilize
information
concerning different types of homes.
(Reading and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
e. rooms of the home
f. types of homes
g. furniture
h. household chores
2. Students will be able to recognize and use
the following grammatical items:
a. modal helping verbs
b. future tense
c. accusative
(direct
object)
pronouns
d. direct objects with definite and
indefinite articles
e. two way prepositions
ACTIVITIES:
1. Flash Cards
2. Guessing games
3. Listening activities with note taking
4. Story writing (future tense)
5. Class question and answer sessions
6. Paired activities
7. Diagrams with labels
8. Authentic materials (newspaper real
estate ads)
9. Responding to descriptive letters
10. Deutsch Aktuell I - Chapters 8, 9 videos
Emails and telephone calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral response to reading and
listening activities
2. Classroom discussion
3. Homework worksheets
4. Paired Activities
5. Written projects
6. Oral quizzes
7. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapters 8, 9
Zick Zack, Stufe I: Chapter 4
Ich liebe Deutsch, Book 2: Chapter 6
Authentic materials from Germany and the
internet (real estate advertisements)
AATG Reading Texts for Students of German
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Extra time to learn vocabulary
4. Reinforcement worksheets
5. Re-writing of projects
6. Re-teach concepts
7. Anchor Activities
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Anchor Activities
4. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
COURSE: German II
GRADE(S): 9-12
UNIT #6: Sports and Health
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
3. Students will be able to provide and
obtain information concerning their
health, well-being and sports activities.
(Speaking and Writing)
4. Students will be able to comprehend,
decipher
and
utilize
information
concerning health, well-being and sports
activities. (Reading and Listening)
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to say, write, read
and understand in German:
a. sports
b. health
c. nutrition
d. doctor/illness
e. food (review)
f. body parts (review)
ACTIVITIES:
1. Skits and dialogues
2. Class question and answer sessions
3. Authentic Materials (sports magazines,
newspapers)
4. Interviews
5. Surveys
6. Listening activities with note-taking
7. Chapters 10, 11, 12 videos – Deutsch
Aktuell I
8. Emails and telephone calls
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written and oral response to reading and
listening activities
2. Classroom discussion
3. Homework worksheets
4. Paired Activities
5. Written projects
6. Oral quizzes
7. Written quizzes
RESOURCES:
Deutsch Aktuell I: Chapters 10, 12
Authentic materials from Germany and the
internet (sports magazines and newspapers)
REMEDIATION:
1. Extra help from teacher
2. Reduced list of vocabulary words
3. Extra time to learn vocabulary
4. Reinforcement worksheets
5. Re-writing of projects
6. Re-teach concepts
7. Anchor Activities
AATG Reading Texts for Students of German
ENRICHMENT:
1. Enrichment/challenge activities from text
books, internet and authentic materials
2. Expanded list of vocabulary words
3. Independent research project on a
famous German sports star.
4. Anchor Activities
5. Deutsch Aktuell I CD-ROM
German II: Resource List
Kraft, Wolfgang, Deutsch Aktuell I. 5th Edition. St. Paul, MN: EMC/Paradigm Publishing. 2004.
Deutsch Aktuell I includes:
ƒ Textbook
ƒ Teacher’s Edition
ƒ Workbook
ƒ Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
ƒ Listening Activities book and CDs
ƒ Testing/Assessment Program
ƒ Audio CDs
ƒ Video Program: VHS tapes and workbook
ƒ Overhead Transparencies
ƒ Communicative Activities
ƒ TPR Storytelling manual
ƒ CD-ROM
ƒ Internet Activities
Rogers, Paul and Lawrence Briggs and Bryan Goodmas-Stephens, Zick Zack neu: Stufe I.
United Kingdom: Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1993.
Zick Zack neu: Stufe I includes:
ƒ Textbook
ƒ Teacher’s book
ƒ Two cassettes
Busch, Wilhlem. Max und Moritz. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1962.
Dreke, Michael and Wolfgang Lind. Wechselspiel. Berlin: Langenscheidt. 1986.
Dreke, Michale and Sofia Salgueiro. Wechselspiel Junior. Berlin: Langenscheidt. 2000.
Kuhn-Osius, K. Eckhard, ed. Reading Texts for Students of German. Cherry Hill, NJ: AATG. 1990.
Winkler, George. Beginning Reader. Lies mit mir! 1. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003.
Winson, Ellen C. Ich liebe Deutsch: Book 1 and Book 2. Roanoake, VA: Gessler Publishing. 1994.
Various authentic materials, including: menus, advertisements, newspapers, maps, brochures, etc.
Various music CDs from the following groups: Wise Guys, Die Prinzen, Silbermond, Tokio Hotel, Rosenstolz,
Sportfreunde Stiller, Wir sind Helden, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fettes Brot, Rammstein, etc.