Curriculum Allocation
German is taught for two 100 minute lessons per fortnight.
Curriculum Period 1:
Curriculum content
In this initial phase of learning German, the focus is on introducing ourselves. Students will be able to say their name, age, birthday and where they live. They will also be able to give information on family members and pets such as appearance and personality traits. We will also look at our personal interests and hobbies.
In lessons we focus on improving our listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, applying new vocabulary but also building on prior learning. Vocabulary learning tasks alongside reading, writing, translation and speaking tasks are set regularly as both in class and at home tasks.
| Lesson | Focus | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 /2 | Introductions | To greet someone appropriately in German, give a brief response of how you are and give your name. | |
| 3/4 | Birthdays | To recognise numbers 1-31 and months. To say when your birthday is in German | |
| 5 | Countries | To say where you live and identify at least 8 countries. | |
| 6 | Nationalities | To identify and apply at least 8 nationalities in German | |
| 7 | Physical Descriptions | To describe your own hair and eye colour. To add further detail of appearance (glasses/freckles/beard) | |
| 8 | Family | To identify at least 5 family members in German and give a description of their appearance. | |
| 9 | Personality | To describe your personality and use third person | |
| 10 | Pets | To say what pets your have and to understand the different forms of 'a' | |
| 11/12 | Hobbies | To say what you like to and don't like to do in your free time and why. | |
Assessment
A 40-minute assessment which focus on testing pupils' ability to retrieve the content from Period 1 will take place. The assessment will include reading and writing tasks to test their knowledge of vocabulary covered so far.
Curriculum Period 2:
Curriculum content
| Lesson | Focus | Objective |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free time and Opinions | to give and justify opinions on hobbies |
| 2 | Free time and Time Phrases | to say how ofte you do an activitiy |
| 3 | Interview | to interview someone in German using at least 6 questions |
| 4 | Where I live | to recognise house types and locations |
| 5 | Rooms | to identify at least 6 rooms in a house and write a short description |
| 6 | Town | to say what there is and isn't where you live |
| 7 | Town and Opinions | to give justified opinions on your town |
| 8 | Shopping | to buy common items using a dialogue |
| 9 | Berlin City Study | to understand the history of Berlin and key landmarks |
| 10 | Recall | to recall vocabulary covered so far in the course through a variety of skills |
| 11 | School Subjects | to identify at least 10 school subjects and describe a day on your timetable. |
| 12 | Subjects and Opinions | to give and justify opinions on school subjects |
| 13 | In the classroom | to identify 6 items in a classroom and say where something is |
Assessment
A 40-minute assessment which focus on testing pupils' ability to retrieve the content from Periods 1 and 2 will take place. The assessment will be in the form of written questions which check understanding as well as vocabulary. 75% of this assessment will be testing understanding from this period. 25% will be recalling aspects introduced during the first curriculum period.
Revision resources
Pupils will be sent all homework lists of vocabulary weekly, as well as Quizlet links to practise this vocabulary online and interactively. This is also all uploaded onto Showbie.Subject advice and guidance
If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:
jessica.dudley@endon.set.org (DTL Modern Foreign Languages)
g.oates@endon.set.org
t.johnson@endon.set.org