Y R 1 3 - Fortismere School

Expectations:
 100% attendance - make sure to catch up on work missed if you are
absent!
 Punctuality- make sure you come on time for each lesson
 If you are unable to attend, make sure to let your teacher know
beforehand.
 Homework needs to be prepared in advance and handed in each week
to relevant teachers
 Make sure you come prepared for each session
 Additional reading- each week we expect you to read additional articles
from the press on the topics covered in lessons, current affairs and the
topic you have chosen for your speaking exam (once you pick the issue
you want to discuss). You will be also expected to do a vocabulary
research.
 Be brave and always do your best to speak German
Outline for the year
AU
T1
T1
AU
T1
T2
Topic Area
outcomes
1 Interessen u Sorgen der Jugend
To use outcomes of diagnostic grammar test for personal target
setting
1 Beziehungen: die modern Familie
3 Heutige Familie
4 Meine Mutter
5 Gute Freunde
6 Musik + Mode
7 Musik heute
9 Schöne Männer
10 Technologie –Handy
11 virtuelle Welt
Chatter im Internet
13 Fernsehen
14 Jugendschutzgesetz
im Monat betrunken 16 Kampf gegen Alkohol
17 Drogenkonsukm
To learn and use the vocabulary of relationships/
music and fashion/technology/
alcohol,drugs,sex:
from texts met and Wort für Wort
To start bridging the gap between GCSE and AS
12
15 Einmal
2 Lebensstile:
1 Sport u Fitness in Deutschland
2 Sportliche Familie
3 Wie findest du Sport?
4 Trendsport
5 Frauenfussball
6 Mit Sport aus der Krise
7 Ist man, was man isst?
8 Gesunde Ernährung
Gesünder essen und trinken
10 Fragen zur Gesundheit
11 Eine Frage der Schönheit
12 Wir straiten über das Rauchen
13 Erfahrungen mit Ecstasy
T1
AU
T2
1 Urlaubstyp
2
2 gute Reise /Urlaubsziele/
Beste/schlimmste Urlaubserlebnisse
3 Zukunftstourismus
4 deutschsprachige Urlaubsziele
möchte mich beschweren
6 Faire Ferien
Verkehr: Ohne stress vorbei am Stau
8 Wie ökologisch ist die Bahn?
9 Fliegen:atmosfair
To learn and use the vocabulary of sport and exercise/food +
diet/health issues from texts met and Wort für Wort
To start bridging the gap between GCSE and AS
9
To learn and use the vocabulary of travel/tourist information/public
transport and traffic
From texts met and Wort für Wort
To be able to express ideas in the future
5 Ich
7
1 Das Wetter
2 Klimaerwärmung
3
Erderwärmung
4
Umweltverschmutzung /eine verseuchte Welt
5 Kann man als Einzelner einen unterschied machen?
6 Energieträger ohne Nachteil
7 Recycling
8 Ist die Gelbe Tonne am Ende?
9 Einweg oder Mehrweg
MOCK EXAM JANUARY
To be able to obtain the correct word from a bilingual dictionary + use
it for grammatical information
STUDY SKILLS - To be able to organise and plan, learn new vocabulary
and use a dictionary effectively
4 Unsere Welt/ Umwelt
T2
STUDY SKILLS - To be able to organise and plan, learn new vocabulary
and use a dictionary effectively
To use outcomes of diagnostic grammar test for personal target
setting
3 Unsere Welt/ Reisen:
AU
T2
To be able to obtain the correct word from a bilingual dictionary + use
it for grammatical information
STUDY SKILLS - To develop good reading skills, paying attention to
detail
To be able to
written an e-mail of complaint (formal, use of Sie/Ihr)
To learn and use the vocabulary of weather/climate/global
warming/pollution/energy/recycling/
returning bottles+packaging
From texts met and Wort für Wort
Students have
chosen a topic for AS Speaking (Unit 1) and are aware of exam format,
especially techniques for independent speaking
Students know how to develop answers in speaking and writing, giving
further detail, opinions and justifications
To learn and use the vocabulary of earning money/part-time jobs/
SPR
1
T1
SPR
1
modern working practices/ variety of careers from texts met and Wort
für Wort
6 Die Welt der Arbeit
1 Geld nebenbei/Arbeitspraktikum
2 Michaela arebitet als Kellnerin
3 Schule und Job sind vereinbar
4 Ein Teilzeitjob
5 Wie finanziere ich mein Studium
6 Nebenjob
7 Heute arbeitet man anders
8 Pendler berichten
Students know how to act upon feed back to their speaking and
writing. They improve their work, using marking codes
Students know how to develop answers in speaking and writing, giving
further detail, opinions and justifications
MOCK EXAM ORALS – Preparation for unit 1
feed back and further development
5 Bildung/Erziehung
1 Das deutsche Schulsystem
2 Schulen in österreich
4 G8
5 Das Freiwillige Soziale Jahr
6 Die Vorteile vom FSJ
7 Ein freiwilliges Jahr im Ausland
T2
SPR
2
6 Welt der Arbeit – continued
9 Callcenter
10 Arbeitsstellen heute
11 Tipps für die Arbeit zu Hause
12 Postbote
13 Dolmetscherin
14 Wie become ich eine Arbeitstelle
15 Arbeitslosigkeit
Past Papers Unit 2 (MLE)
revision of main grammar points
T1
3 Schulstress
Students are preparing their chosen topic and its sub topics for AS
Speaking (Unit 1) , according to exam format, and practise techniques
for independent speaking
To learn and use the vocabulary of the school
system/university/voluntary community service/ studying in East
Germany/ uniform/ Saturday school/ G8 from texts met and Wort für
Wort
Students know how to act upon feed back to their speaking and
writing. They improve their work, using marking codes
Students know how to develop answers in speaking and writing, giving
further detail, opinions and justifications
To learn and use the vocabulary of earning money/part-time jobs/
modern working practices/ variety of careers from texts met and Wort
für Wort
Students know how to act upon feed back to their speaking and
writing. They improve their work, using marking codes
Students know how to develop answers in speaking and writing, giving
further detail, opinions and justifications
Students are preparing their chosen topic and its sub topics for AS
Speaking (Unit 1) , according to exam format, and practise techniques
for independent speaking
Preparation for UNIT 1 Speaking
SPR
2
5 Bildung/Erziehung - continued
9 Interviews mit jungen Leuten 10 Im Osten studieren
11 Zulassung
12 Schulkleidung
13 Die Schule als Mannschaft
14 Ganztagsschule
15 Nochmals Samstagsschule
16 Deutsch als Zweitsprache
17 Schülerin in Österreich
18 Bafög: Ja oder Nein
To learn and use the vocabulary of the school
system/university/voluntary community service/ studying in East
Germany/ uniform/ Saturday school/ G8 from texts met and Wort für
Wort
Students know how to act upon feed back to their speaking and
writing. They improve their work, using marking codes
Students know how to develop answers in speaking and writing, giving
further detail, opinions and justifications
T2
SU
M
1
Exam preparation for Unit 2
Study leave
T1
SU
M
1
Preparation for Unit 1
Speaking exam
T2
Study leave
Y
R
1
3
SU
M
2
T1
ME
U
SU
M
2
By the end of term a decision has been made which text/film to
use for RBE
Unit 7 Sitten, Traditionen….
1 Bayern
2 München
3 Kann man Abtreibung rechtfertigen?
4 Abtreibung
To learn and use the vocabulary of customs/traditions/issues
such as abortion/ from texts met and Wort für Wort
To learn the language of debating and discussing pros and cons
2 translations from past papers + grammar
revision arising from translations
Taster: Film:
Leben der Anderen - introduction
Unit 8 Lebensstile, Gesundheit,
Bildung und Arbeit
1. Abhängigkeit
2. Eine Spielerkarriere
debating an issue, e.g. abortion, followed by discursive essay
Das
By the end of term a decision has been made which
text/film to use for RBE
To learn and use the vocabulary of social
T2
LO
B
3. Essstörungen
4. Bulimie
2 translations from past papers + grammar
revision arising from translations
Taster: literary text, e.g. Andorra
issues/gambling/eating disorders/from texts met and
Wort für Wort
To learn the language of debating and discussing pros
and cons
debating an issue, e.g. gambling, followed by discursive
essay
ASSESSMENT TRACKING
Assessment
date
Assessment title / skill
Mark grade
Action point
Useful resources
Edexcel GCE website (for past papers, specifications, etc)
Recommended German Grammar books:
Hammer German Grammar and Usage (ISBN: 9781444120165)
Zeitgeist: Grammar Workbook
Complete German Grammar – Ed Swick
Grammar and vocab websites:
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For grammar: www.nthuleen.com
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For grammar: http://www.aboutgerman.net/
Also, there are a number of excellent grammar tutorials on youtube channels:
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For vocabulary: vocabexpress. Wort für Wort
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Dictionary (you are strongly advised to get a good dictionary of your
own) Collins dictionary and grammar (paperback)
For reading articles:
www.sowieso.de , www.euronews.com , www.dw.de , www.planet-wissen.de
Watching tv
www.zdf.de, www.ard.de,
Recommended German Grammar book:
Zeitgeist: Grammar Workbook & CD [Paperback, with answers], by Morag McCrorie
and Maria Hunt, OUP Oxford (24 Jan 2008) .
ISBN-10: 0199153493; ISBN-13: 978-0199153497
Hammer German Grammar and Usage (ISBN: 9781444120165)
Complete German Grammar – Ed Swick
Grammar and vocab websites:
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For grammar: languagesonline.org.uk
For grammar: http://www.aboutgerman.net/
For grammar, listening and reading:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/
For vocabulary: vocabexpress. Com
For reading articles: http://sowieso.de/portal/ and http://www.fluter.de/
Good books in German - and not too difficult to read:
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Dürrenmatt: Der Richter und sein Henker
Martin Suter: Der Koch (or other titles by the same author)
J.K.Rowling: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (or other Harry Potter titles)
German films:
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Miracle of Bern, The* (2003) -Das Wunder von Bern was Germany's 1954 soccer win.
Good-Bye Lenin! (2003) Wolfgang Becker
Lives of Others, The* (2006)- Das Leben der Anderen is about the East German Stasi.
Sophie Scholl - The Last Days (2004) Marc Rothemund - Sophie Scholl - Die letzten
Tage. Topic: resistance group 'The White Rose'
Downfall (2005) Oliver Hirschbiegel. - Der Untergang (Hitler’s last days)
Beyond Silence (1996) Caroline Link - Jenseits der Stille
For more films go to : http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa011126b.htm
Website for news: http://www.dw.de/
click on ‘Learn German’ for slowly spoken
news, articles and video clips from Germany
http://www.3sat.de/index.html, news and culture from Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Deutsche Kultur in London :
for up-to-date information sign up for the newsletter of the German embassy.
Link: http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/en/Newsletter.html
Youtube.de: Videos of German bands and singers
Juli --- Peter Fox--- materia--- die Toten Hosen---die Ärzte --- Seeed --- Wir sind Helden ---Ich&ich
etc.
AS exams:
Unit 1 (speaking) 30% of the AS, 15% the total A level mark
This unit rewards students for their ability to converse in French on a general
topic area that they have chosen in advance. You will need to demonstrate
that you can engage in a discussion in French that relates to a chosen general
topic area and allied subtopics.
Assessment: 8-10 minute assessment in two sections. Section A requires you to
respond to four Edexcel-set questions on a stimulus related to your chosen
general topic area. Section B requires the teacher/examiner to engage you in a
discussion that, although still relating to the same general topic area and its
linked subtopics, moves away from the main focus of the stimulus.
You will be able to choose your preferred general topic area in advance. In
addition, you will have a 15-minute preparation period when you receive the
stimulus immediately prior to the test. You will not be allowed access to a
dictionary or any other resources at this time. However, it will be possible for
you to make notes. e side of A4) which you can refer to during the examination.
Unit 2
70% of AS, 35% of the final A level grade
The paper set for this unit has three sections.
Section A (20 marks) you will be required to listen to a range of authentic
recorded French-language material and to retrieve and convey information
given in the recording by responding to a range of French-language questions.
Section B (20 marks) you will be required to read authentic French-language
printed materials and to retrieve and convey information by responding to a
range of mainly French-language test types.
Section C (30 marks) You will be required to write 200-220 words in the form
of a letter, report or article in French based on a short printed French language
stimulus. Students must respond to four-six linked bullet points and
demonstrate their ability to communicate accurately in French using correct
grammar and syntax.
Preparation: You can prepare for the assessments in this unit by regularly
consulting a wide variety of French-language reading and listening materials
(textbooks, magazines, the internet, podcasts etc).
Assessment criteria for Section C (writing)
Things to remember:
Your essay must not be longer than 220 words. Make sure to plan your essay
ahead (you have enough space on the paper to write up a plan)- organise your
ideas before you start writing.
Make sure to read (and translate) the bullet points and make sure you know
what you need to write for each one of them.
You do not need an introduction/closing paragraphs.
Style guide:
German
AS Level:
Personalised
Learning
Checklist
Name:………………………
….
AS Grammar
points
I fully understand
and can apply in
Speaking and
Writing…
The present tense of
regular and irregular
verbs
The Perfect Tense of
regular and irregular
verbs, with haben
and sein
The
preterite/imperfect of
regular and irregular
verbs
The future tense
Modal verbs in all
tenses
The three genders in
singular and form
the plural of nouns
The nominative,
accusative and
dative cases
Prepositions
correctly with the
cases they trigger
Separable,
inseparable and
reflexive verbs, in
Present, past and
future tenses
Apply the correct
word order in main
and subordinate
clauses
Confident
Developing
With difficulty
Use the Pluperfect
The definite,
indefinite article and
possessive
pronouns
The accusative and
dative cases for
direct and indirect
objects
The genitive case for
possession
Prepositions with the
correct case,
including dual case
prepositions
Adjective endings
correctly, for all 3
groups of endings
Comparative and
superlative
Imperative
Conditional
Use and respond to
question words
Converse confidently
in my chosen topic
and its subtopics
Use relative
pronouns and
relative clauses with
correct word order
Use the subjunctive
Konjunktiv 2)
Use personal
pronouns
Use impersonal
verbs
Use successful
exam strategies for
speaking
Use successful
exam strategies for
listening
Use successful
exam strategies for
reading
Use successful
exam strategies for
writing
Use a wide range of
previously learnt
structures in my
speaking and writing
Consciously use AS
type vocabulary
(society/global/abstr
act)
Skills
I have pepared over
the summer for the
AS entrance test in
September
I can move away
from pre-learnt
speaking and be
able to hold a natural
conversation
I can take the
initiative and practise
spontaneous
speaking in German
in lessons
I regularly do past
papers and check
the answers. I learn
vocab I didn’t know.
I listen regularly to
natural spoken
language on
Yabla.com,
DEUTSCHE WELLE
http://www.dw.de/lea
rn-german/s-2469
and other websites
I read texts regularly
from the reading
scheme or
recommended web
sites
I go over texts I have
listened to or read,
learn new keywords
and structures and
make a habit of reusing them in future
writing and speaking
Use ‘Wort für Wort’
on
vocabexpress.com
regularly to learn the
vocabulary for the 6
AS topic areas
I watch films in
German, with or
without English subtitles or with subtitles in the language
I translate the TL
questions in past
papers to
understand precise
meaning
I translate relevant
chunks of reading
texts to practise indepth understanding
I can translate
stimulus cards for
the oral exam
I translate stimulus
and bullet points for
the writing question
qu8 in Unit 2
I use the bullet
points of the task as
the essay plan for
my writing and do a
word count to make
sure I keep in the
word limit.
I revise effectively
for vocab tests into
and out of German
AS Topic Areas
Youth culture and
concerns
 „ „ Music and
fashion
 „ „ Technolog
y (eg
MP3/blogs/m
obile
phones/intern
et/games)
 „ „ Relationsh
ips
(family/friends
hips and peer
pressure)
 „ „ Drink,
drugs, sex
I know and can
apply basic and AS
level vocabulary for
all sub topics in
speaking and writing
Lifestyle: health
and fitness
 „ „ Sport and
exercise
 „ „ Food and
diet
 „ „ Health
issues (eg
smoking, skin
cancer, health
services
I know and can
apply basic and AS
level vocabulary for
all sub topics in
Confident
Developing
With difficulty
speaking and writing
The world around
us: travel, tourism,
environmental
issues
and the Germanspeaking world
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Tourist
information,
travel and
transport
Weather (eg
natural
disasters,
climate
change)
„ „ Pollution
and recycling
„„
I know and can
apply basic and AS
level vocabulary for
all sub topics in
speaking and writing
Education and
employment
 schooling
and higher
education
 „ „ Education
policy and
student
issues
 „ „ The world
of work (eg
the changing
work scene,
job
opportunities
and
unemployme
nt
I know and can
apply basic and AS
level vocabulary for
all sub topics in
speaking and writing