German
Curriculum
Introduction
*updates pending*
A.Vinter
Subject Performance Leader
Key Skills & Understanding:
vocabulary · grammar · analysis & contextualising · inference & interpretation · source referencing · historical context · communication · explanation · knowledge & retention · critical thinking · cultural awareness
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Theme/Unit
Class Content
Independent Study
Assisted Study
Zoom Deutsch 1 Unit 0
Introduce yourself; say your name, age, birthday, where you come from, what languages you speak. Learn numbers, days of the week and months of the year; say dates.
Learning and use of vocabulary and phrases.
Dialogues (ask and answer questions).
Write simple sentence and/or short paragraphs using language
learnt in class.
Learning to use ‘to be’ and ‘to have.’
Check that students know the meaning, the spelling of all vocabulary introduced in lessons.
Support students when practising questions and answers for their speaking tests.
Encourage students to pay attention to accuracy in their spelling, punctuation and good presentation in their homework.
Ensure students have a quiet place to do their homework to the best of their ability. Do not allow students to use
‘google translate’; their exercise books and vocab lists contain all the language they need.
Unit 1a
Describe and discuss your family; describe your personality; discuss which pets you have and talk about other animals; learn colours.
Vocabulary learning. Writing paragraphs about self and family. Answering questions. Describing people and animals. Learning to use other pronouns (he/she/it).
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Unit 1B
Say what’s in your classroom and your school bag; say which school subjects you have and give your opinion on them. Learn to tell the time in German and use days of the week to describe your timetable.
Write and speak longer paragraphs including opinions with reasons using longer and more complex sentences. Using the words for ‘the’ and ‘a’; recognising genders in German words.
Challenge the length of paragraphs and time spent doing homework (minimum of 30 minutes).
Ask students to check work when complete to improve accuracy and add detail.
German
Y7 | Key Stage 3
German
KS3
7
YEAR
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Unit 2B
Say where you live and what the weather is like.
Describe your house or flat and your own room.
Grammar: Use of the Accusative case after es gibt (= there is/are). Use of the Dative case after prepositions.
Vocabulary learning.
Speaking: asking and answering questions in detail.
Translations.
Writing descriptions, giving opinions and reasons. Demonstrating various
grammar rules learnt in class.
Challenge the length of paragraphs and time spent doing homework (minimum of 30 minutes). Give help and encouragement when preparing and practising for speaking assessment. Do not allow students to formulate a complex piece in English then try to translate it into German – they should use what they know is correct, what they have learnt in class, and showcase this, including the grammar.
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Unit 3A
Say what food and drink you like and don’t like; say what you eat for different meals.
Order food in a café or snack bar. Buy food in a shop.
Numbers up to 1000.
Talk about healthy eating.
Order a meal in a restaurant. Grammar: ‘verb second’ word order; ich möchte + noun; man soll (modal verb); negatives nicht gern & keinen/keine/kein
Vocabulary learning, including Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte!Longer descriptions of typical meals, which foods and drinks you eat with opinions and reasons, observing grammar rules learnt in class. Situations to rehearse for speaking assessment: shops, restaurants, cafés.
Prepare for speaking assessment.
Supporting the learning and ensuring that the students reproduce the paragraphs accurately and fluently, both verbally and in writing (using minimal support).
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Unit 3B
The places in a town.
Say what you can do in a place.
Ask for and give directions.
Buy tickets and presents. Understand tourist information. Gain an insight into some key sights of Berlin and Munich.
Revision of es gibt + Accusative case. New Grammar: modal verbs können and wollen; giving instructions (du ans Sie forms).
Write a longer description linking places to activities you can do in them.
Practising for tests in listening and writing + translation into German.
Learning vocabulary.
Monitor the length of the paragraphs and time spent doing homework (minimum 30 minutes). Encourage proof-reading of homework, challenge to further improve.
Explore aspects of German culture together: music, sport, cars, food, other famous cities, anything!
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Unit 4A
Talk about clothes and give your opinion of them.
Talk about what you wear and what you’d like to wear.
Go shopping for clothes.
Talk about problems with clothes. Designer clothing and school uniform.
New Grammar: adjective endings in the Accusative case; ich möchte + infinitive; how to say ‘it’ in the Accusative case (ihn/sie/es); Future tense (werden + infinitive); comparisons.
Vocabulary learning. Writing paragraphs contrasting what one wears for school with what one will wear at the weekend. Develop skill of writing and speaking in two time frames – present and future tenses. More practice of translating.
Support the move into different time frames by discussing this in English – what is the equivalent of the future tense in English?
See if the student can explain the difference between Nominative and Accusative.
Check that all is well for the listening and writing assessments.
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Unit 4B
Talk about holidays (where you go, how you travel, where you stay and for how long).
Talk about what you can do on holiday and what you’re going to do Talk about past holiday experiences. Revise prepositions + Dative case; modal verbs können and wollen; Future tense
New Grammar: Perfect tense (with haben and sein).
Vocabulary learning. Writing paragraphs about holidays using three time frames – present, past and future. Varying word order and including extra details. Preparing for a speaking assessments on holidays.
Ensure all prepared material is sufficiently complex in grammar – three tenses, extra details – but also accurate and based on what has been taught, and is simple enough to learn. Assist in learning for test in speaking and reading + translating into English.
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Unit 1A
Talk about daily routine,
Say what time you do things (12-hour and 24-hour clock).
Talk about what you’ve done recently and give your opinion of it. Grammar: separable verbs; reflexive verbs; perfect tense with haben and sein (including separable verbs); the imperfect tense (‘war’=was)
Vocabulary revision and learning. Practising the new grammar eg verb formations; using these to write more complex sentences. Applying two or three tenses to new context.
Ensure students continue to work hard to throughout the long second half of the summer term and are properly organised to pick up their learning – from the same course book – in September of Year 9.
Explore and share in the historical and cultural aspects studied at the end of term: a German feature film about the resistance martyr Sophie Scholl or the football story known as ‘The Miracle of Bern’.
Y8 | Key Stage 3
German
Theme/Unit
Class Content
Independent Study
Assisted Study
8
YEAR
Y9 | Key Stage 3
German
Zoom 2 Unit 0
Describe your own and other people’s appearance and personality.
Talk about family relationships and helping at home.
Talk about what you’ve done recently. Grammar: adjective endings; weil; the Present tense; the Perfect tense with haben and sein
Vocabulary learning. Practising the new grammar eg subordinating conjunctions; using these to write more complex sentences.
Applying two or three tenses to new context.
Establish good routines for homework
(minimum of 30 minutes) and high expectations in terms of accuracy.
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Unit 2A
TV viewing habits.
Old and new media.
Favourite music, singers and bands. Films and film reviews.
Reading habits.
Grammar: possessive adjectives; present tense and imperfect tense; dieser, diese, dieses and welcher, welche, welches; the perfect tense and the imperfect tense.
Vocabulary learning. Translation practice (German – English and English-German). Application of grammar learnt in class.
Check students are in the right habits as regards using material from the course for their own written preparation. Encourage them to stick to a simple formula wherever possible when doing their film review.
Help explain some of the ‘old media’ seen in the course book!
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Unit 3A
Name the parts of the body.
Talk about illness and injuries.
Say what sports you do to keep fit. Talk about healthy eating and give advice on a healthy lifestyle. Grammar: seit + present tense; dative pronouns; um…zu (and other infinitive structures); the imperative
Writing using three tenses, giving opinions and justifying them using complex sentence structures and a range of vocabulary.
Challenge the student to explain how the preposition ‘seit’ works in German and how this is different, and arguably simpler, than the English equivalent.
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Unit 3B
Plan a trip and ask for tourist information.
Say what you can see and do in a town, and what you’re going to do. Ask for and give directions.
Buy train tickets.
Describe a past trip.
Grammar: the accusative case; prepositions with the accusative and dative cases; various tenses.
Learn for test on the future tense. Use authentic materials to practise directions.
Prepare for speaking test on this unit.
Assist in preparation for grammar and speaking tests.
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Unit 4A
Describe where you live and give your opinion of it.
Talk about ways to travel; ways to be environmentally friendly; environmental problems and solutions.
New vocabulary learning. Use a range of grammar to express views on various environmental issues here.
Check that the student is revising for the end of unit assessment.
Theme/Unit
Class Content
Independent Study
Assisted Study
9
YEAR
German
GCSE
Options Booklet
Revision Guides
Exam information
Extra Curricular & Trips
KS4
Themes 1-2
Theme 1 – Unit 1 Me, my family and friends
Regular homework will be learning vocabulary and grammar rule, practising different typed of exam questions and skill development as well as preparing for speaking exam.
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
Themes 1-2
Theme 1 – Unit 2 Technology in everyday life
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
Themes 1-2
Theme 1 – Unit 3 Free- time activities
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
Themes 1-2
Theme 1 – Unit 4 Customs and festivals
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
Themes 1-2
Theme 2 – Unit 5 Home, town and region
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
Themes 1-2
Theme 2 – Unit 6.1 Social Isssues
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their end of unit assessments.
German
Y10 | Key Stage 4
Theme/Unit
Class Content
Independent Study
Assisted Study
10
YEAR
Themes 2-3
Theme 2 – Unit 6.2 Social issues
Regular homework will be learning vocabulary and grammar rule, practicing different typed of exam questions and skill development as well as preparing for speaking exam.
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their assessments.
Themes 2-3
Theme 2 – Unit 7 Global issues
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves.
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their assessments.
Themes 2-3
Theme 2 – Unit 8 Travel and tourism
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves.
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their assessments.
Themes 2-3
Theme 3 – Units 9&10 My studies / Life at school and college
It is absolutely paramount that students learn vocabulary on an ongoing basis throughout their course. This is sometimes tested in class but students must have the self-discipline to learn vocabulary themselves.
It is crucial that students meet deadlines for homework.
Monitor your child’s vocabulary learning – they should have booklets from which you could help test their knowledge.
Ask to see their assessments.
German
Y11 | Key Stage 4
Theme/Unit
Class Content
Independent Study
Assisted Study
11
YEAR
German
A LEVEL
KS5
Step Up to Sixth Form
Revision Guides
Exam information
Extra Curricular & Trips
MFL German at KS5
The German language is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. German is closely related to English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by ~100 million native speakers and also ~30 million non-native speakers, and Standard German is widely taught in schools and universities in Europe.
Who is it for?
12&13
YEARS
What will i study?
For students who have an interest in learning German and who want to have an insight into another culture and society.
For students who would like to enhance employment prospects and facilitate foreign travel.
All these students are required to have achieved in their GCSE a 7, 8 or 9 grade
During Year 12:
Aspects of German-speaking society
The changing state of the family
The digital world
Youth culture: fashion and trends, music, television
Artistic culture in the German-speaking world
Festivals and traditions
Art and architecture
Cultural life in Berlin, past and present
During Year 13:
Multiculturalism in German-speaking society
Immigration
Integration
Racism
Aspects of political life in the German-speaking world
Germany and the European Union
Politics and youth
German reunification and its consequences
Course Content:
Content
As and A-level students will study the grammatical system and structure of the language. The end of the course exams will test their use of accurate grammar and structures appropriate to the tasks set, drawing from the lists in the specification.
Assessment: Exam Paper [30%]
Content
During Y12: Students study one book.
During Y13: Students study one book and one film.
Individual research topic – during Y13:
Students conduct individual research on a subject of personal interest, relating to the
country or countries where Spanish is spoken.
Assessment: Exam Paper [30%]
How Will I be Assessed
Paper 1:
Paper 1 – Written exam (2 hour 30 minutes), 100 marks 50% of A-level marks through mark scaling.
Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources, covering different registers.
Reading and responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes, drawn from a range of authentic sources
Translation into English
Translation into Spanish
Assessment: Exam Paper [30%]
Paper 3:
Paper 3 – Speaking (21-23 minutes, including 5 minutes’ preparation time at the start of the test), 60 marks 30% of A-level marks through mark scaling.
Discussion of a sub-theme based on a stimulus card (5-6 minutes), from a choice of two cards, studied for 5 minutes before the test begins.
Presentation (2 minutes) followed by discussion of individual research project: IRP (9-10 minutes).
Assessment: Exam Paper [20%]
Paper 2:
Paper 2 – Written exam (2 hours), 80 marks 20% of A-level marks.
Either one question on a book with a choice of two questions and one question on a film with a choice of two questions or two questions on books with a choice of two questions for each book.
Section A – books
Section B – films
Students must answer either two questions from Section A or one question from Section A and one from Section B.
Questions are set and answered in Spanish. They require a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work studied and a critical and analytical response to features, such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (e.g. the effect of narrative voice in prose text or camera work in film).
Assessment: Exam Paper [30%]
Y12/13 Guide to Independent Learning
German at KS5
After each lesson you should:
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1. After each lesson you should:
review your lesson notes and highlight anything that you do not understand so that you can ask about this in the next lesson
locate and read the relevant material in the textbook and add anything extra or interesting to your notes
complete any outstanding questions or exercises
Each week you should:
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2. Each week you should:
review the work you have done over the week and make some active revision resources. Examples may include glossaries, mindmaps, flash cards, flow diagrams, quizzes, mood boards, drawings for understanding … be creative!
be proactive when using revision sites - locate the pages relevant to the material that you have been covering in lessons. Add any extra or interesting information to your notes
below are some particularly useful sites for elements of the course
Website: Useful for: memrise.com vocab learningsenecalearning.com grammar and exam skills practice conjuguemos.com verbs and tenses practice in all three languages kerboodle.com specific and interactive grammar and skills practice News websites in target language
Accueil - 1jour1actu.com
EL MUNDO - Diario online líder de información en español
Startseite - ZDFmediathek
Reading authentic texts and researching articles about topics studied
At least once per half-term you should:
3. At least once per half-term you should:
carry out a folder cleanse. Ensure work is in a sensible order (chronological or by theme) and that sections are clearly divided ( e.g. different teachers / different topics / assessments v class work)
identify any missing work and take steps to fill gaps – liaise with a trusted study partner or your teacher
Throughout the year you should:
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4. Throughout the year you should:
Complete past paper questions with mark schemes from the AQA website:
AQA – education charity providing GCSEs, A-levels and support
You could work through these past papers to test your knowledge and critically assess your work using the mark schemes.
Where can this subject take me?
Further Education or vocation based training would significantly help towards freelance practices or careers in:
Teacher
Interpreter
Global Journalism
Travel writer/blogger
For more information of post-school progression please check out our dedicated Careers Page for related links and guidance.
For more information on Modern Foreign Languages throughout all key stages please contact Mr A. Vinter
a.vinter@kimberleyschool.co.uk
