Text: Deutsch Aktuell "Einführung: (Introduction)

Introduce:

Alphabet -cognates

-pronunciation

-capitalization of nouns

Genders of nouns

Plural forms of nouns

Days of the week

Numbers 0-20

Greetings and How are you?

School supplies

Location of German-speaking countries

Question words:

Who? Who are you?

What? What is that?

Where?

How? How are you? How old are you?

Addressing adults and peers – formal and informal you

Courtesies Please. Thank you. You are welcome.

Classroom expressions #1

Cultural:

Everyone speaks a little German

Text: Deutsch Aktuell – Chapter 1

“Tag!” (Hello!)

Review:

Alphabet

Genders and plural forms of nouns

Days of the week

Greetings

Courtesies Please. Thank you. You are welcome.

Review and Develop:

Numbers 0 – 20

21-1,000

Question words Who?, What? Where? How? From where? / How much?

Addressing adults and peers Formal and informal you; Formal and informal you plural

Classroom expressions #1

Introduce:

Giving directions

The verb sein (to be)

The verb kennen (to know of, to be acquainted with)

Locations vocabulary

Possessives – mein/dein (my/your)

Subject pronouns – identification and substitution of pronouns for nouns

Subject pronouns – difference between talking about and talking to

Yes and no questions

Regular verb conjugation

Indefinite article ein (a / an)

Negation article kein (no / not any)

Giving opinions – Wie findest du…? (How do you find….?)

Cultural:

German speakers immigration to US

Text: Deutsch Aktuell – Chapter 2

“Meine Familie” (My Family)

Review:

Pronunciation

Numbers

Addressing adults and peers Formal and informal you; Formal and informal you plural

Classroom Expressions #1

Review and Develop:

Question words: add How many?

The verb sein (to be)

Giving opinions – Wie findest du….? (How do you find….?)

Possessives – mein/dein (my/your)

Subject pronouns – identification and substitution of pronouns for nouns

Subject pronouns – difference between talking about and talking to

Yes and no questions

Regular verb conjugation

Indefinite article ein (a / an)

Negation article kein (no / not any)

Classroom Expressions #2

Introduce:

Family vocabulary

House vocabulary

Telling time

The verb haben (to have)

Splitting verbs – rüberkommen (to come over)

Wie viel? Wie viele? How much? How many?

Cultural:

German 1945-1989

Text: Deutsch Aktuell – Chapter 3

“Was machst du?” (What do you do?)

Review:

Pronunciation

Genders of nouns

Plural forms of nouns

Numbers

Subject pronouns – identification and substitution of pronouns for nouns

Subject pronouns – difference between talking about and talking to

Yes and no questions

Regular verb conjugation

Indefinite article ein (a / an)

Negation article kein (no / not any)

The verb sein (to be)

Classroom expressions #2

Review and Develop:

Question words: add When? Why? To where?

Giving opinions – Wie findest du….? (How do you find….?)

Expressing likes, dislikes and preferences – gern, lieber (like, prefer)

and telling why

Possessives – mein/dein (my/your)

Splitting verbs

Introduce:

The verb möchten (would like to)

Word order

Irregular verbs – lesen (to read) fernsehen (to watch tv)

Time of day vocabulary - heute Nachmittag (this afternoon)

Telling time – 24 hour

Describing location – im Süden (in the south)

Free time activities vocabulary

Colors

Adjective intensifiers – gar nicht (absolutely not)

Coordinating conjunctions – aber, und, oder, denn (but, and, or, because)

Using Es gibt (There is / There are)

Cultural:

Fortresses and Palaces

Assessments:

Vocabulary and Chapter Tests

2 Dialogs: Greetings Dialog and Introducing someone

German 1 students will be able to:

Use common courtesies such as:

Greetings

How are you? I am fine.

Please, Thank you, You are welcome

Excuse me

Quiet etc.

Locate the subject of a sentence

Use the correct ending on a verb

Substitute pronouns for 3rd person subjects

Identify correctly the form of you to use

Have an understanding that German nouns have a gender and a plural form that must be learned.

Formulate simple information and yes/no questions

Answer simple information and yes/no questions

Conduct an interview with a classmate and write the information obtained

Locate Germany on a map and identify its neighbors.

Count to 200

Use correct pronunciation of all vocabulary words.

Give simple directions

Conjugate the verb to be

Ask someone their opinion and give their own opinion and tell why

Understand the difference between definite and indefinite articles

Tell time