LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
CRANBROOK SCHOOL
Stage 4: Unit of Work:
School Subjects, Classroom
Objects, The School Day
Learning context: Our school lives
Topic: School Subjects, Classroom Objects, The School Day
Indicative time: 5 weeks
Unit description: Learning in this unit focuses on developing the knowledge, understanding and skills which will enable students to seek and give
information about school subjects, classroom objects and the school day. Students acquire vocabulary, expressions and language structures within
the context. Student activities relate to the learn about and learn to statements and form the basis of the unit of work. Students listen, read and
respond to texts and learn to incorporate modelled linguistic structures in order to produce a series of linked sentences
The assessment for learning is bold text in the unit.
A student:
4.Ul. 1
demonstrates understanding of the main ideas and
supporting
detail of spoken texts and responds appropriately
4.Ul. 2
demonstrates understanding of the main ideas and
supporting
detail in written texts and responds appropriately
4.Ul. 3
establishes and maintains communication in familiar
situations
Language functions and structures:
Talking about school subjects and class room items
Ich lerne Deutsch.
Die Tafel, der Kuli
Expressing likes and dislikes
Mein Lieblingsfach ist.....
Musik gefällt mir gar nicht.
The school day and its routines
Ich habe Chemie in der ersten Stunde.
4.Ul. 4
in
applies a range of linguistic structures to express own ideas
Asking questions about subjects, homework and the
timetable
writing
4.MLC.1 demonstrates understanding of the importance of
appropriate
use of language in diverse contexts
4.MLC.2 explores the diverse ways in which meaning is conveyed
by
comparing and describing structures and features of
German
4.MBC.1 demonstrates understanding of the interdependence of
language and culture
4.MBC.2 demonstrates knowledge of key features of the culture of
German- speaking countries
Was lernst du in der Schule?
Wann machst du deine Schulaufgaben?
Was hast du in der dritten Stunde?
Wie lange arbeitest du?
CONTENT
RESOURCES
Students learn about:
 the purpose and context of
communication and their
influence on the choice of
structure, format and
vocabulary
 verbal and nonverbal links
with a conversational
partner
 the importance of
understanding the
intention of speaker/s and
the context interpreting the
ACTIVITIES AND
ASSESSMENT
Teacher’s oral presentation of
school subjects
The interrogative adverbs “ wie lange” and “ wie oft”.
The use of the verb “gefallen” + dative.
Understanding the German school system
Das ist ein Gymnasium.
Die Schüler machen das Abitur.
Zickzack 1 p 66
Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 p 53
Students listen to and respond to Zickzack 1 p 66
sound effects and some broken
dialogue to cue school subjects
and say which lesson or subject is
in progress each time
Students listen and say which
Zickzack 1 p 66
EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
AND FEEDBACK
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have heard and are able to
say/ Teacher’s oral feedback on
pronunciation
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have heard and are able to
say / Teacher’s oral feedback on
pronunciation
Oral responses and level of
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meaning
linguistic features of texts,
such as conversations,
interviews and messages.
ways to analyse and locate
relevant in formation in
text
the purpose of
communication and their
influence on the choice of
structures, format and
vocabulary
accessing resources and
the organization of
relevant structures and
vocabulary when planning
and constructing text
appropriate choices made
to achieve communication
goals
specific patterns and rules
in word construction, word
order and sentence
structure
the significance of cultural
awareness in language use
and the influence of
cultural values on how
meaning is conveyed
the importance of tradition
to a sense of cultural
identity and diversity
subjects are mentioned each time
Students unjumble the subjects
Zickzack 1 p 66
Students look at illustrations of a
classroom, label the items and
say them
Zickzack 1 p 14
Zickzack Copymaster 4
Students read the time timetable
Zickzack 1 p 70
and say what is being taught in
particular lessons. Students
decide which statement is right or
wrong
Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 p 54
Students read through a timetable
and listen and respond to students
describing two lessons on any
given day and work out which
day it is
Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 p 54
Oral pair work: Students choose a
day and their partner has to work
out through asking questions
which day has been chosen. They
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have heard and are able to
say / Teacher’s oral feedback on
pronunciation
Correct unjumbling will draw
students’ attention to the spelling
of the subjects / Teacher’s oral
feedback on the spelling of the
subjects
Correct labelling will draw
students attention to the spelling
and pronunciation of the
classroom items / Teacher’s oral
feedback on pronunciation and
spelling of the classroom items
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have read / Teacher’s oral
feedback
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have read / Teacher’s oral
feedback
The pair work exercise will
demonstrate students’ ability to
establish and maintain
communication / Teacher’s oral
feedback on the content
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within the culture
ways in which language
and behaviour reflect
important aspects of
culture
take it in turn
Zickzack 1 p 68, 69
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have heard and are able to
say / Teacher’s oral feedback
Zickzack 1 p 68
The pair work exercise will
demonstrate students’ ability to
establish and maintain
communication / Teacher’s oral
feedback on the content of the
dialogues
Written responses identifying
specific detail of text / Teacher’s
oral feedback
Students listen and respond to
dialogues in which students
express their likes and dislikes of
subjects
Students read and respond to a
model dialogue dealing with
favourite subjects and then work
in pairs to produce their own
dialogues
Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 p 56
Students learn to:
 Initiate an interaction, eg
by greeting, asking
questions Maintain social
interactions and
communicate
appropriately in familiar
contexts, eg. turn-talking,
agreeing, acknowledging
and replying
 identify roles and
relationships between
participants in the text
 identify specific
information, eg by
Students read a text and write
down in two lists which remarks
are negative and positive
Students read and respond to a
text about a German class by
answering questions in writing
Feuerwerk 1 p 95-97
Students listen and respond to
Zickzack 1 p 67
German teenagers talking about
their homework. Students listen
and respond to when and for how
long the teenagers do their
homework and enter the results
on a chart
Oral pair work: Students read and Zickzack 1 p 67
respond to the results of a survey
Written responses will
demonstrate students’
understanding of what they have
read / Teacher’s written feedback
on correct identification and
detail of text
The entries in the chart will
demonstrate students’
understanding of what they have
heard / Teacher’s oral feedback
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
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answering questions in
English or German,
choosing the correct word.
linguistic features of texts,
such as descriptions,
narratives and
correspondence.
plan, draft and edit when
constructing own text
use available resources to
build a message
recognise linguistic
choices made according to
purpose, eg request
identify specific
characteristics of the
language, eg grammatical
structures and features
recognise that there are
culturally appropriate
expressions for particular
contexts
identify aspects of
language that encapsulates
aspects of culture
amongst German students about
their homework.
Students look at the statistics and
using percentages ask each other
questions on the survey
Interactive web exercises
Written consolidation exercises
students’ understanding of how
they interpret the survey/
Teacher’s oral feedback
http://gut.languagekills.co.uk/Year
7.html - School
Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 Australian
Workbook chapter 5 p. 8
Zickzack 1 Arbeitsbuch p.77 - 80
GM’s Arbeitsbuch 5&7 p 21,
22,25
Selbstbedienung Zickzack 1 chap 7
Writing task: Write an email to
your German exchange partner
who is going to visit you soon.
Describe a typical school day.
Also mention your likes and
dislikes
Students read and respond to the Lernpunkt Deutsch 1 p 55
daily routines of German, Swiss
and Austrian students and make
comparisons
Oral presentation: Students
talk about their school life and
compare it to one of the
German speaking countries
Listening and reading tasks:
Students identify detail in texts
about school
Teacher produced material
Active learning from interactive
exercises / Teacher observation
and student self assessment with
the help of the internet
Correct completion of exercises /
Teacher’s written feedback.
Appropriate use of language
structures, format, vocabulary in
the email / Teacher’s written
feedback on structure, format and
vocabulary
Oral responses and level of
participation will demonstrate
students’ understanding of what
they have read / Teacher’s oral
feedback
Peer assessment & Teacher’s oral
feedback on the content and
performance of the oral
presentation
Written responses will
demonstrate students’
understanding of what they have
heard and read /
Teacher’s written feedback on
correct identification of detail
and general aspects of the text
This document has been produced by the Languages Staff at Cranbrook School with funds provided by the Australian Government through the School Languages Program.