Unit Objectives: Students will focus on learning: Expressing feelings Talking about friendship Setting up time and places to meet Case endings for adjectives preceded by an indefinite article Focus ACTFL Standards Addressed in this Unit: 1.1 - Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 - Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. 5.1 - Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Important ACTFL Standards Addressed in this Unit: 1.3 - Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. 4.1 - Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. 4.2 - Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the culture studied and their own. Misconceptions: Students, who do not learn genders when they learn nouns and/or who do not understand what case a noun is in, will struggle with adjective endings. Lots of practice!!! Concepts/Content: Expressing feelings Talking about friendship Questions Setting up time places to meet Case endings for adjectives preceded by an indefinite article Competencies/Skills: Develop the vocabulary and skills needed to express feelings Develop the vocabulary and skills needed to talk about friendship Ask and answer basic questions concerning meetings Setting a time Setting a place Case endings for adjectives Case and gender of noun Preceded by indefinite article Description of Activities: Exercises and activities from the textbook Listening activities Listen and repeat activities Reading and writing activities Exercises and activities created by the instructor Other activities Hangman or Jumbo scrabble (spelling practice for vocabulary) Vocabulary review games (student created) Posters (student created) Assessments: Formative and summative assessments, which may include vocabulary and grammar exercises.
Word order and what does or does not impact word order is a topic that will require time, attention and practice. Concepts/Content: Talk about outdoor activities (riding, camping, etc.) Expressing feelings Reading and writing text messages Discussing the weather Telling a Complex sentences by incorporating sondern – rather, as well as, deshalb/darum – that’s why, because or therefore and trotzdem – therefore Expressing comparisons with als – as and wie – than Competencies/Skills: Develop the vocabulary and skills needed to talk about outdoor activities Develop the vocabulary and skills needed to express feelings Develop the vocabulary and skills needed to read and write text messages and tell stories Use the subordinate conjunction dass in sentences Create more complex sentences using conjunctions sondern dehalb/darum trotzdem Make comparisons als – as wie – than Description of Activities: Exercises and activities from the textbook Listening activities Listen and repeat activities Reading and writing activities Exercises and activities created by the instructor activities Hangman or Jumbo scrabble (spelling practice for vocabulary) Vocabulary review Skits/dialogs (student created) Posters (student created) Assessments: Formative and summative assessments, which may include vocabulary and grammar exercises. Performance task – may be a skit or dialog which showcases the focus skills and vocabulary – such as relating a story of a peer group engaging in an outdoor activity. Interdisciplinary Connections: ELA – word order conjunctions Additional Resources: duolingo.com, quizlet.com, youtube.com Approved District resources Subject: German III Grade: 11 - 12 Suggested Timeline: 3 weeks Unit Title: Cool and Fit - Cool und Fit