HS German Guide

GERMAN LEVEL 1

UNIT 1 WELCOME TO GERMAN CLASS

PACING

Profciency Level

RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

● USBE Standards ● ACTFL website

5-6 weeks/unit

Novice-Mid

INFORM

● ACTFL Profciency Guidelines ● World Readiness Standards for Languages

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS Purposeful communication: Tell and ask questions using the following terms and language functions and features: ● Greetings (Guten Morgen, Guten Tag etc.) and good-byes ( Auf Wiedersehen, Bis später, Tschüss etc.) ● Cognates ( ie: Braun, grün, Welt, Frisch, Wasser, Sommer etc.) ● Introduction ( Ask someone their name, Formal: Wie heißen Sie? Informal: Wie heißt du? Ich heiße (name). ● Tell someone where you are from, (Formal: Woher kommen Sie? Informal : Woher kommst du?Ich komme aus (place)). ● Ask someone elses where they are from, count 0 to 20, exchange phone number with someone, Ask a friend how they are doing etc) ● Procedures and Essential phrases (ie: Steh auf! Steht auf! Sitz dich! Setzt euch! Pass auf! Passt auf! etc.) https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/fles/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf ENDEARING UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS ● WhoamI? ● How does what I do defne who I am? ● How am I similar to and different from young people in Speaking-German countries ? • Expressions of cultural identity ● Have students work in pairs to create sentences using the new vocabulary to describe a person, a friend. ● Have students work in pairs to fnd pictures that illustrate the difference in expression. ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new vocabulary ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters. ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in German aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialogue. Provide opportunities for more conversation with Extension SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building ● Use a variety of visuals to defne the meaning of words and phrases.