1st Term: 28th September – 18th December Unit 1: Guten Tag! Mein

Scheme of Work
German - Form 1
2015/2016
Textbook: Schritte International 1 / 3 lessons per week
Four Learning Areas:
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Speaking
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Listening
3.
Reading
4.
Writing
1st Term: 28th September – 18th December
Week
Lessons
Date
Aims and Objectives
16 lessons of
40 mins each
Unit 1: Guten Tag! Mein Name ist…
Week 1
3 lessons
28.09. – 2.10.
INTRODUCTION:
 Get to know the teacher, the book, etc.
 Prepare files, copybooks etc.
 Learn how to study Vocabulary efficiently (vocabulary copy book,
flash cards, sticky notes, use colours and pictures),  (show examples)
 Learn to introduce oneself  (Videos languages online)
 Learn to read simple questions and answers and understand their
 meaning  (teacher’s chart)
 Learn how to write the letter β
 Get to know Germany  (PPP)
Activities:
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Schemes of Work
Decorating the first file in class to have an example
Discussing and exploring different studying methods
Hanging up different flashcards with phrases that give information
about the teacher
Creating a name tag
Watching a PPP about Germany/Austria
Getting pictures or holiday photos about Germany/Austria and talking
about them in class
Watching videos on languages online (greetings)
Choosing the nicest letter β!
CULTURE: Do a project about German/Austrian regions and present
in class, print handouts for all students to keep in file;
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Weeks 2+3
6 lessons
5.10 – 16.10.
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Activities:
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Weeks 4+5+6
7 lessons
19.10. – 6. 11.
Activities Unit 1:
Schemes of Work
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Learn about the German way of life (video)
Learn a German prayer
Learn the German alphabet (song) – get to know special letters
(ä, ö, ü, β, au, ei, äu, ie)
Learn how to spell in German
Learn to distinguish between formal and informal
Learn various forms of greetings and goodbyes (flashcards)
Learn days of the week, months and seasons in German (Smart)
Video: Do’s and Don’ts of Germany
Song: The alphabet song – „Kennst du schon das Alphabet, weiβt du
wie das geht?“
Flashcards – greetings; colour at home and hang up in class
Spelling games
Video: “Muzzi – Guten Morgen”
Games on languages online
Smart: Seasons, months and days of the week
Fill in a daily calendar and hang up in class
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Learn names of different countries and their languages (focus on sch)
Learn how to fill in a form with one’s personal details
Verbs: heiβen, kommen, sprechen, sein;
Personal pronouns: ich, du, Sie;
Questions words: Wer? Wie? Woher? Was?
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Listening to the photo story on CD
Listening to authentic conversations on CD
Watching videos
Filling in a form with personal details
PPP: Greetings
Crafts: Ich über mich
Conversations in pairs
Songs: The alphabet song, Seasons song
IWB: Recognizing and naming animals in German
IWB: Months, seasons and days of the week – various games
Song: Guten Morgen, guten Tag;
Zwischenspiel Seite 16 – Listen to the song and fill in the handout
TEST “Die Wochentage, die Monate und die Jahreszeiten)
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TEST KAPITEL 1
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Curriculum for
German as a
Foreign Language
Objectives UNIT 1:
14 lessons of
40 mins each
Unit 2: Familie und Freunde
The teacher will:
1. teach how to recognise the sound of German, compare German with known
languages, where German is spoken (D-A-CH-L) and introduce some
famous German speaking personalities. (Listening, Reading, Writing,
Speaking)
2. teach how to introduce oneself, greetings and conventions: the cultural and
traditional aspect pertaining to German speaking countries. (Listening,
Speaking)
3. teach classroom instruction and classroom vocabulary. (Listening,
Speaking)
4. guide students on how to keep a Learning Diary and a Vocabulary Box and
explore other learning strategies. (Reading, Writing)
Weeks 7+8
6 lessons
9.11. – 20.11.
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Learn to express how you are feeling: Wie geht’s? Wie geht es Ihnen?
Learn the German words for family members
Learn to say how many members there are in the family
Learn to use the negative form kein/keine in the correct context
Possessive article “mein/meine”
Learn to say if there are pets in the family (pets)
Learn to produce a short text about one’s family
Learn German words for some animals
Learn German numbers up to 20
Learn to ask for someone’s telephone number and answer
Weeks 9+10+11+12
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Personal pronouns: er, sie (Sg), sie (Pl);
Personal pronouns: wir, ihr;
Konjugation of Irregular verbs: haben, sein;
Konjugation of Regular Verbs: wohnen, leben, studieren;
Preposition: in (in der);
Learn how to introduce oneself in more detail (Adresse, Geburtsort,
Wohnort, Status, Kinder…)
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Listening to the picture story on CD
Listening to spoken German on CD
Poster about one’s family
PPP: Die Familie
8 lessons
23.11. – 18.12.
Activities Unit 2:
Schemes of Work
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Curriculum for
German as a
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Talk about the family
Creating a visiting card
Filling in a form with personal details
Forming questions using question words – match the right question with
the correct question word
Making flashcards for difficult vocabulary
Designing a poster introducing a friend or a famiy member
Continue craft:: Ich über mich
IWB: Die Familienmitglieder
Listening Comprehension: Die Familie
Zwischenspiel Seite 26, read the postcards and create your own as
HW;
Create a booklet about the 1st and 2nd chapter in order to revise
important vocabulary during the Christmas holidays
TEST KAPITEL 2
Objectives UNIT 2:
The teacher will:
1. teach how to ask and state where one comes from and which language/s
one speaks. (Listening, Speaking, Writing)
2. teach the letters of the alphabet and the spelling of words/names and how to
say please, thank you, sorry excuse me and ask for repetition. (Listening,
Speaking, Writing)
3. teach the numbers 0- 20, how to say/ask how old one is and how to focus on
sounds and their respective written form.. (Listening, Speaking, Writing)
4. teach how to give and obtain basic personal information from visiting cards
and forms and how to fill simple forms with basic personal details. (Reading,
Writing)
Objectives UNIT 3:
The teacher will:
1. teach how to ask and answer question using various register to ask about
personal well being. (Listening ,Speaking, Writing)
2. teach numbers larger than 20. (Listening, Speaking, Writing)
3. teach the use of the indefinite article and the possessive mein/e in the
nominative in the context of the topic family, friends and acquaintances.
(Speaking, Reading, Writing )
4. teach teach the personal pronouns er/sie/es, wir, ihr ,sie/Sie and the present
tense paradigm of the verbs wohnen, leben, heißen, sprechen, sein, haben
( Speaking, Writing)
5. guide students to use structures and language learnt in this unit to give and
obtain detailed personal information..(Listening, Speaking, Writing)
Weeks 13+14
Schemes of Work
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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2nd Term: 7th January – 18th March
Week
Lessons
Date
Aims and Objectives
17 lessons of
40 mins each
Unit 3: Essen und Trinken
Week 15+16
5 lessons
6.1. – 15.1.
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Learn new words about the topic food
Learn the numbers from 21 – 100
Indefinite article “ein/eine”
Week 17+18
6 lessons
18.1 – 29.1.
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Plural of nouns
Learn about quantities regarding food (Liter, Kilo, Gramm, Dose….)
Conjugation of Verbs: essen and trinken
Learn to ask someone about what is his favourite food/drink ec. using
the term Lieblings……
Week 19
1.2. – 5.2.
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Revision for Half Yearly Exams
Weeks 20+21
8.2 – 19.2.
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Half Yearly Exams
Week 22+23
6 lessons
22.2 – 4.3.
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Learn how to express likes and dislikes
Learn how to do a conversation in a shop
Negative article “kein/keine”
Activities Unit 3:
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Listening to the picture story on CD
Listening to spoken German on CD
Roll play: In a shop
Posters: Fruit and vegetables
Create your own shopping list
PPP: Fruit and Vegetables
IWB: Measurements
Display different objects on a table and label (Dose, Tube, Glas…)
Continue crafts: Ich über mich
Intdrocuce your craft (Ich über mich) to others
Listening Comprehension: Mein Lieblingsessen
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TEST KAPITEL 3
Schemes of Work
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Curriculum for
German as a
Foreign
Language
12 lessons of
40 mins each
Objectives UNIT 4:
The teacher will:
1. teach food items and when they are eaten, the use of definite, indefinite,
negative and plural articles in the nominative case. Speaking, Reading,
Writing)
2. teach quantities, prices, weights and measures, conversational strategies
and expressions which occur when shopping for food. (Listening,
Speaking)
3. teach how to express hunger and thirst, likes and dislikes about food and
drink and how to say whether something tastes good or not. (Listening,
Speaking)
4. guide students to explore and acquire information about eating habits and
traditional dishes in German speaking countries and to compare them with
their own. (Speaking, Reading)
Unit 4: Meine Wohnung
Weeks 24+25
6 lessons
7.3. – 18.3.
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Learn new words about how to describe one’s house
Learn German words for different rooms in the house
Adjectives and their opposites
Learn to describe different rooms in the house
Learn to ask others about their bedroom
Learn the word: eigen (Ich habe mein eigenes Zimmer)
Definite article (der > er, die > sie, das > es)
Learn to write a small describtion about ones‘ own house or flat
Weeks 26+27
21.3.-1.4.
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EASTER HOLIDAYS
Weeks 28+29
6 lessons
4.4.-15.4.
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Learn to name furniture in German
Learn to describe furniture
Learn the colours
Learn the numbers from 100 – 1.000.000
Negative: nicht/kein(e)
Verb: gefallen (Wie gefällt dir ….? / Wie gefallen Ihnen….)
Adverbs: hier, dort
Schemes of Work
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Activities Unit 4:
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Listening to the picture story on CD
Listening to German authentic dialogues on CD
Poster about rooms of the house – design your dream house and
describe
Game with pictures: Was gefällt dir? Was gefällt dir nicht?
Der – Die – Das posters in colour - combine with er/sie/es, students
have to get pictures about rooms in the house and furniture
Reading newspaper advertisements about flats for sale/to rent and
understand their meanings
Various activities on the IWB
PPP: Meine Wohnung
Continue crafts: Ich über mich
Listening Comprehension: Mein Haus
Test Adjectives
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TEST KAPITEL 4
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Curriculum for
German as a
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Language
Schemes of Work
Objectives UNIT 5:
The teacher will:
1. guide students to consolidate the defininte and indefinite article including
the negative kein in the context of describe living accommodation, the
differences between one home and another and how to decipher
information from advertisements with particular reference to living
accommodation in D-A-CH-L countries. (Listening, Speaking , Reading,
Writing)
2. guide students to use colours, adjectives and intensifiers to describe
something and how to express likes and dislikes in the context of living
accommodation. (Listening, Speaking, Writing)
3. guide students to research living accommodation in D-A-CH-L countries
and to compare with own.(Reading, Writing)
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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3rd Term: 18th April – 17th June
Week
Lessons
Date
11 lessons of
40 mins each
Weeks 30+31
6 Lessons
18.4. – 29.4.
Aims and Objectives
Unit 5: Mein Tag
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Weeks 32+33
5 lessons
2.5. – 13.5.
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Activities Unit 5:
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Schemes of Work
Learn to tell the time
Separable verbs: aufstehen, aufräumen, fernsehen, einkaufen,
anrufen;
Learn how to use separable verbs in the sentence
Conjugation of verbs with a change of vowel (sehen)
Conjugation of verbs with the stem ending in –t or –d (arbeiten)
Learn the days of the week and times of the day
Write about one’s daily routine
Revise correct sentence construction: Verb 2nd idea
Temporale Präpositionen: am, um, im, von…..bis, in der;
Learn to talk about what you like or don’t like to do:
Was macht du gern? Was machst du nicht gern?
 Learn the correct use of „jeden“/“jedes“
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Listening to the picture story on CD
Listening to spoken German on CD
PPP about daily routine
Talk about your daily routine
Card game (separable words), cut the verbs with scissors and arrange
in sentences
Flashcards for difficult vocabulary
Create a poster about your daily routine
Continue crafts: Ich über mich
Various activities on the IWB
Stationenbetrieb (stations): Sentence construction
Listening Comprehension: Tims Hobbys
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TEST KAPITEL 5
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Curriculum for
German as a
Foreign
Language
Objectives UNIT 6:
The teacher will:
1. teach the 12/24 hour clock, days of the week, expressions of time related
to parts of the day. (Listening, Speaking)
2. teach the use of temporal prepositions um, am, von… bis. (Reading,
Writing)
3. guide students to explore time expressions in various situations: daily
routine, the school timetable, watching TV etc. opening and closing times
in signs and on answering machines. (Listening, Speaking, Reading,
Writing)
Objectives UNIT 7:
The teacher will:
1. teach expressions, phrases and verbs used to communicate about daily
routine. (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)
2. guide students to explore and use separable verbs and the use of the
present tense to talk about future plans. (Reading, Writing)
3. introduce the concept of forming and using statements beginning with
elements other than the subject.. (Listening, Speaking, Writing)
15 lessons of
40 mins each
Weeks 34+35
6 lessons
16.5 – 27.5.
Unit 6: Freizeit
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Weeks 36
3 lessons
30.5. – 3.6.
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Week 37
3 lessons
6.6 – 10.6.
Activities Unit 6:
Schemes of Work
Learn about the weather
Learn the months of the year and the seasons
Learn about the points of the compass
JA/NEIN Frage: ja/nein/doch
Learn the Accusative Case with definite and indefinite articles and
negative
Learn vocabulary related to hobbies and free time
Revise temporal prepositions: am, um, im;
Verbs with a change of vowel: essen, treffen, lesen, schlafen, fahren,
nehmen, sprechen, geben;
Modalverb: möchten
Revision for Annual Exams
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Listening to German conversations on CD
PPP: Das Wetter
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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Curriculum for
German as a
Foreign
Language
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Writing an interview with a famous person
Listening to weather forecasts on the Internet
Group activity: Tell the time
Create a poster about hobbies and free time
Continue: Ich über mich
Practice writing a letter to a penfriend
IWB: Hobbys und Freizeit
Listening Comprehension: Anna und ihre Freunde
Working on past papers and revision handouts
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TEST KAPITEL 6
Objectives UNIT 8:
The teacher will:
1. teach how to identify and interpret weather forecasts from various sources:
radio, TV, newspapers and the internet. (Listening, Speaking, Reading,)
2. teach how to understand and use cardinal directions. (Speaking, Reading,
Writing)
3. guide students to express preferences regarding seasons, months and the
weather, using the prepositions an, um and in , expressions of negation
and other relevant covered vocabulary and structures in various
productive tasks. (Speaking , Writing,)
Objectives UNIT 9:
The teacher will:
1. teach how to identify, understand and use vocabulary related to the topic
hobbies and sports activities. (Listening, Speaking, Reading)
2. teach the conjugation of the present tense of strong verbs lesen, treffen,
schlafen, fahren, nehmen, essen, sehen, fernsehen, sprechen, geben,
möchten and verbs needing the extra „e“. e.g. arbeiten, baden. (Listening,
Speaking, Reading, Writing)
3. teach how to obtain information about others and their interests and give
information about oneself and one’s interests. (Speaking, Writing)
4. guide students to explore, compare and contrast free time activities in
DACHL countries with their own. (Reading, Writing)
Week 38+39
13.6. – 24.6.
Schemes of Work
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
GERMAN – Form 1 – 2015/2016
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