HS German Guide

UNIT2 FREE TIME & GETTING ACQUAINTED

GERMAN LEVEL 1

PACING

PROFICIENCY 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: Tell and ask about likes and dislikes using the language functions and features:

- common activities - negative statements - days, months or seasons (ex: Montag, Januar, Winter etc. ) - Verb: sein etc.

Describe myself and others using: Wie sehe ich aus? How do I look?

Wie sieht (er/sie/es) aus? How does he/she/it look? What does he/she/it look like? Wie sehen (wir/sie/Sie) aus? How do we/they/you look? What do we/they/you look like? - adjectives and vocabulary (ex: abenteuerlich, athletisch etc.) - correct word order - interrogatives

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 Germany ?

• Expressions of cultural identity

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals to defne meaning of words and phrases (ie. pictures of people greeting one another, etc.). ● 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. ● Model conversation and sentence frames. ● Listen to videos of friends meeting for the frst time. ● 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 fuent speakers via Zoom or Google Meet.

Extension