German I
Course Description
In German I students will begin listening, speaking, reading, and writing in German. They will participate in a variety of activities each day. Technology is used frequently in the course for practice and assessments.
Course Big Ideas
- Vocabulary
- Introductory active vocabulary
- Introducing oneself and holding basic conversations
- Alphabet and Numbers in German
- School related objects and subjects
- Interrogative Words
- Date and time vocabulary
- Sports and Leisure activities
- Family vocabulary
- Descriptive vocabulary
- Holiday and celebration vocabulary
- Clothing and basic shopping
- Grammar
- Nouns: Genders, articles, plurals
- Verb conjugations in the present tense
- Nominative, Accusative, and Dative Cases
- Prepositions for Accusative and Dative Cases
- Culture topics related to each vocabulary unit
Course Essential Questions
- How does one learn to speak in German about given topics?
- How does one use grammar and vocabulary in the proper context to convey information to others through speaking and writing?
- How does one listen to a variety of people speaking in German and gain the needed information?
- How do Germany and the USA compare in various cultural areas?
Course Competencies
- Reading for understanding
- Writing simple sentences and short paragraphs
- Active listening in the target language
- Speaking in the target language in order to share personal and general information
- Compare and contrast language and culture between the target country and other
Course Assignments
- Formative and summative assessments done through:
- Teacher created vocabulary and grammar assessments
- Teacher created speaking assessments
- VHL Online assessments
Course Units
- Unit 0: TPR Base Vocabulary (Unit 0/Introductory)
- Unit 1: Hallo! Wie Gehts’? (Greetings and Introductions)
- Unit 2: Schule und Stadium (School and Studies)
- Unit 3: Famile und Freunde (Family and Friends)
- Unit 4: Feiern (Holidays)
Unit 0: TPR Base Vocabulary (Unit 0/Introductory)
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Know
Understanding/Key Learning
- English and German share some vocabulary (cognates).
- English and German share similar sound structures for pronunciation, but also have some differences.
- English and German share similar sentence structures.
- Understand German Commands for informal speech.
- Understand plural informal commands are the same verb forms as conjugations in the third person singular.
Do
- Listening
- Students will be able to listen to commands and physically respond correctly.
- Students will be able to listen to a story using vocabulary and understand what is happening.
- Students will be able to answer simple questions using the vocabulary
- Speaking
- Students will be able to repeat vocabulary with approximate pronunciation.
- Students will be able to respond verbally to simple yes/no and one word answer questions.
- Reading
- Students will be able to read short stories using the vocabulary.
- Writing
- Students will be able to translate vocabulary with accurate spelling.
- Students will be able answer questions in simple sentences.
- Students will be able to write basic sentences in German individually and in short creative stories.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Vocabulary
- Steht auf!
- Rennt!
- schnell
- langsam
- Setzt euch hin!
- Zeigt auf den Bleistift/Kuli!
- Zeigt auf das Papier!
- er/sie bringt
- Zeigt auf die Schokolade aus Deutschland/Amerika!
- Sagt die Nummern: eins, zwei, drei!
- die Nummer
- Iss die Schokolade!
- der/den Finger, Kuli, Bleistift, Computer
- Das ist gut!
- nimmt
- das T-Shirt
- schwimmt
- fragt
- geht
- tanzt
- klatscht
- springt
- lacht
- weint
- sieht
- singt
- laut
- leise
- einmal, zweimal
- gut
- er/sie schlägt ihn/sie
- Schreit!
- schlecht
- Trinkt!
- das Wasser
- die Limo
- er/sie tritt
- die Cola
- Schreibt!
- … den Namen
- … das Alphabet
- der/ein Junge
- das/ein Mädchen
- Er/sie ist ein Junge/Mädchen.
Assessments
Unit 1: Hallo! Wie Gehts’? (Greetings and Introductions)
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
- Vocabulary needed to introduce oneself and hold personal informative conversations
- Alphabet and numbers in German
- Subject pronouns and genders/articles in the nominative and accusative cases
- Conjugation of the verbs sein and haben in the present tense
- Classroom vocabulary
- Cultural concepts including polite phrases in different regions, formal/informal speech, and the German school system
Understanding/Key Learning
- The difference between the genders (categories) of nouns in German and how to use them correctly.
- The difference between the formal and informal speech in German
- How to conjugate the irregular verbs sein and haben in German for all subject pronouns.
- Identification of subjects and direct objects.
- The structure of sentences related to verbs and the nominative and accusative grammatical cases.
- How to introduce oneself and share information in different regions of Germany.
- How to express basic classroom vocabulary.
- How the traditional German school system is structured.
Do
- Listening
- Students will be able to listen to authentic texts and identify learned vocabulary.
- Students will be able to listen to vocabulary spoken by classmates to learn about each other.
- Speaking
- Students will be able to greet others and introduce themselves with basic information.
- Students will be able to hold a simple back and forth conversation with classmates.
- Students will be able to share about school items.
- Reading
- Students will be able to read questions and respond correctly.
- Students will be able to read simple conversations and stories using learned vocabulary.
- Writing
- Students will be able to write simple conversations using learned vocabulary.
- Students will be able to write simple sentences about objects in a classroom.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- How do you greet others in various areas of Germany?
- How do you use correct formal or informal questions/speech?
- How do you greet and introduce yourself appropriately?
- How do you respond to questions correctly, such as “How are you?”
- How do you conjugate the verbs sein and haben to describe people and possessions?
- What are subjects and direct objects and which cases apply?
- What are the genders of nouns in German and the articles that apply?
- How does one share what objects are found in the classroom?
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
Additional Vocabulary that relates will be added as needed. Also students will learn all numbers from 1-100 and how to spell them.
- Alles klar?
- Is everything OK?
- Auf Wiedersehen.
- Good-bye.
- Bis bald./Bis gleich.
- See you soon.
- Bis dann./Bis später.
- See you later.
- Bis morgen.
- See you tomorrow.
- Bitte.
- Please./You’re welcome.
- da / dort
- there
- Danke.
- Thank you.
- du
- you
- Entschuldigen Sie.
- Excuse me. (form.)
- Entschuldigung.
- Excuse me.
- er
- he/it
- es
- it
- Es geht.
- So-so.
- Es tut mir leid.
- I’m sorry.
- Frau
- Mrs.; Ms.
- die Frau, -en
- woman
- der Freund, -e /die Freundin, -nen
- friend
- Freut mich./Angenehm.
- Pleased to meet you.
- Gern geschehen.
- My pleasure.
- Gute Nacht.
- Good night.
- Guten Abend.
- Good evening.
- Guten Morgen.
- Good morning.
- Hallo./Guten Tag.
- Hello.
- Herr
- Mr.
- hier
- here
- ich
- I
- Ich heiße…
- My name is…
- ihr
- you
- Das ist…/Das sind…
- This is…/These are…
- ja
- yes
- der Junge, -n
- boy
- das Mädchen,-
- girl
- der Mann, ¨-er
- man
- Mir auch.
- Me, too.
- Mir geht’s (sehr) gut.
- I’m (very) well.
- Mir geht’s nicht (so) gut.
- I’m not (so) well.
- nein
- no
- Prima.
- Great.
- (Nicht) schlecht.
- (Not) bad.
- Schön dich/Sie kennen zu lernen.
- Nice to meet you. (inf./form.)
- Schönen Tag noch!
- Have a nice day!
- Sehr gut.
- Very well.
- sie
- they
- Tschüss.
- Bye.
- Und dir/Ihnen?
- And you?
- Und du/Sie?
- And you? (inf./form.)
- Vielen Dank.
- Thank you very much.
- Wie geht es Ihnen?
- How are you? (form.)
- Wie geht’s (dir)?
- How are you? (inf.)
- Wie heißen Sie?
- What is your name? (form.)
- Wie heißt du?
- What is your name? (inf.)
- wir
- we
- wo?
- where?
- Ziemlich gut.
- Fine.
- aber
- but
- die Bibliothek, -en
- library
- das Blatt Papier, (pl. Blätter Papier)
- sheet of paper
- der Bleistift, -e
- pencil
- das Buch, ¨-er
- book
- der Computer,-
- computer
- Da ist/sind…
- There is/are…
- das Ergebnis, -se
- result; score
- das Fenster,-
- window
- das Foto, -s
- photo
- die Frage, -n
- question
- die Hausaufgabe, -n
- homework
- das Heft, -e
- notebook
- Hier ist/sind…
- Here is/are…
- Ist/Sind… hier?
- Is/Are there… here?
- der Kalender,-
- calendar
- die Karte, -n
- map
- die Klasse, -n
- class
- der Klassenkamerad, -en /die Klassenkameradin, -nen
- (K-12) classmate
- das Klassenzimmer,-
- classroom
- der Kommilitone, -n /die Kommilitonin, -nen
- (university) classmate
- der Kuli, -s
- ball-point pen
- das Lehrbuch, ¨-er
- (university) textbook
- der Lehrer, - /die Lehrerin, -nen
- teacher
- die Mensa, Mensen
- (university) cafeteria
- die Note, -n
- grade (on an assignment)
- die Notiz, -en
- note
- oder
- or
- der Papierkorb, ¨-e
- wastebasket
- das Problem, -e
- problem
- der Professor, -en /die Professorin, -nen
- professor
- die Prüfung, -en
- test; exam
- der Radiergummi, -s
- eraser
- der Rucksack, ¨-e
- backpack
- die Sache, -n
- thing
- der Schreibtisch, -e
- desk
- das Schulbuch, ¨-er
- (K–12) textbook
- die Schule, -n
- school
- der Schüler, - /die Schülerin, -nen
- (K–12) student
- der Stift, -e
- pen
- der Student, -en /die Studentin, -nen
- (university) student
- der Stuhl, ¨-e
- chair
- die Stunde, -n
- lesson
- die Tafel, -n
- (black/white) board
- der Taschenrechner,-
- calculator
- der Tisch, -e
- table; desk
- die Tür, -en
- door
- die Uhr, -en
- clock
- und
- and
- die Universität, -en
- university, college
- Was ist das?
- What is that?
- Wer ist das?
- Who is it?
- das Wörterbuch, ¨-er
- dictionary
- das Zeugnis, -se
- report card; grade report
Unit 2: Schule und Stadium (School and Studies)
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
- Vocabulary for school subjects, dates and times, sports and leisure activities, interrogative words
- Conjugation of regular verbs and stem changing verbs
- How to negate sentences and individual nouns
- Using the present tense as the future in German
- Learn some cultural elements of German schools
- Learn about locations in German speaking countries that are popular for sports and leisure activities
Understanding/Key Learning
- How to describe one’s school schedule with specific classes.
- How to tell the date and time in German.
- Using vocabulary for sports and leisure activities in context for oneself and others.
- How to conjugate regular, regular with variation, and stem (vowel) changing verbs in the present tense.
- How to properly use negation in a sentence.
- What are various elements of German schools and how does it differ from US schools?
- What are some popular leisure activity locations in German speaking countries?
Do
- Listening
- Students will be able to listen to authentic speaking activities and their peers about school and sports activities.
- Students will be able to understand vocabulary in a spoken context to answer questions and complete actions.
- Speaking
- Students will be able to communicate information about their school schedule and life activities.
- Students will be able to communicate about sports and leisure activities.
- Students will conjugate verbs in spoken context correctly.
- Reading
- Students will be able to read about school and sports to gain overall information and answer specific questions.
- Students will understand various conjugations of verbs when read.
- Writing
- Students will be able to write about their school schedules and favorite sports/leisure activities.
- Students will be able to conjugate regular verbs in a written context correctly.
- Students will be able to talk about what will happen using the present tense.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- What vocabulary words are used to describe school schedules?
- How does one tell the time and date in German?
- How are ordinal numbers different from regular numbers, specifically for dates and schedules?
- How does one conjugate regular verbs in the present tense?
- How does one conjugate stem (vowel) changing verbs in the present tense?
- How does one correctly use negation in a sentence?
- How do students share about the sports in which they participate and/or their favorite leisure activities?
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
Additional Vocabulary that relates will be added as needed.
- Abend
- evening
- abends
- in the evening
- der Abschluss, ¨-e/das Diplom, -e
- degree
- das Abschlusszeugnis, -se/ das Diplom, -e
- diploma
- achte
- eighth
- antworten
- to answer
- April
- April
- arbeiten
- to work
- (die) Architektur
- architecture
- August
- August
- bauen
- to build
- bedeuten
- to mean
- begrüßen
- to greet
- belegen
- to take (a class)
- (die) Biologie
- biology
- brauchen
- to need
- bringen
- to bring
- das Café, -s
- café
- (die) Chemie
- chemistry
- Dezember
- December
- der Dienstag, -e
- Tuesday
- dienstags
- on Tuesdays
- der Donnerstag, -e
- Thursday
- donnerstags
- on Thursdays
- der Dozent, -en /die Dozentin, -nen
- college/university instructor
- dritte
- third
- einfach
- easy
- einunddreißigste
- thirty-first
- elfte
- eleventh
- erste
- first
- das Fach, ¨-er
- subject
- Februar
- February
- finden
- to find
- fragen
- to ask
- der Freitag, -e
- Friday
- freitags
- on Fridays
- (die) Fremdsprache, -n
- foreign language
- fünfte
- fifth
- fünfundfünfzigste
- fifty-fifth
- gehen
- to go
- (die) Geschichte
- history
- heißen
- to be named
- hören
- to hear; to listen to
- der Hörsaal, Hörsäle
- lecture hall
- hundertste
- hundredth
- (die) Informatik
- computer science
- interessant
- interesting
- Januar
- January
- Juli
- July
- Juni
- June
- kaufen
- to buy
- kommen
- to come
- korrigieren
- to correct
- kosten
- to cost
- sports
- die Sporthalle, -n
- gym
- sprechen
- to speak
- das Stadion, Stadien
- stadium
- stehlen
- to steal
- der Strand, ¨-e
- beach
- tanzen
- to dance
- (das) Tennis
- tennis
- tragen
- to carry; to wear
- trainieren
- to practice
- treffen
- to hit; to meet
- vergessen
- to forget
- verlieren
- to lose
- (der) Volleyball
- volleyball
- der Wald, ¨-er
- forest
- wandern
- to hike
- waschen
- to wash
- werden
- to become
- werfen
- to throw
- (die) Kunst, ¨-e
- art
- langweilig
- boring
- leben
- to live
- lernen
- to study; to learn
- lieben
- to love
- (die) Literatur
- literature
- machen
- to do; to make
- Mai
- May
- März
- March
- (die) Mathematik
- math
- (die) Medizin
- medicine
- Mittag
- noon
- der Mittwoch, -e
- Wednesday
- mittwochs
- on Wednesdays
- die Monate
- months
- der Montag, -e
- Monday
- montags
- on Mondays
- Morgen
- morning
- morgens
- in the morning
- Nachmittag
- afternoon
- nachmittags
- in the afternoon
- die Nacht
- night
- (die) Naturwissenschaft, -en
- science
- neunte
- ninth
- neunzehnte
- nineteenth
- November
- November
- nützlich
- useful
- nutzlos
- useless
- öffnen
- to open
- Oktober
- October
- (die) Physik
- physics
- (die) Psychologie
- psychology
- regnen
- to rain
- reisen
- to travel
- sagen
- to say
- der Samstag, -e
- Saturday
- samstags
- on Saturdays
- schreiben
- to write
- schwierig
- difficult
- sechste
- sixth
- das Seminar, -e
- seminar
- der Seminarraum, -räume
- (college / university) classroom
- September
- September
- siebte
- seventh
- der Sonntag, -e
- Sunday
- sonntags
- on Sundays
- spielen
- to play
- das Stipendium, -en
- scholarship
- studieren
- to study; to major in
- die Stunde, -n
- hour
- suchen
- to look for
- tausendste
- thousandth
- die Veranstaltung, -en
- class; course
- verstehen
- to understand
- vierte
- fourth
- die Vorlesung, -en
- lecture
- Vormittag
- midmorning
- wann?
- when?
- warten
- to wait
- warum?
- why?
- was?
- what?
- welche?
- which?
- welcher?
- which?
- welches?
- which?
- wen?
- whom?
- wer?
- who?
- wie viel?
- how much?
- wie viele?
- how many?
- wie?
- how?
- wiederholen
- to repeat
- (die) Wirtschaft
- business
- wo?
- where?
- die Woche, -n
- week
- das Wochenende, -n
- weekend
- woher?
- where (from)?
- wohin?
- where (to)?
- wohnen
- to live (somewhere)
- zehnte
- tenth
- die Zeit, -en
- time
- zwanzigste
- twentieth
- zweite
- second
- zwölfte
- twelfth
- angeln gehen
- to go fishing
- der Ball, ¨-e
- ball
- (der) Baseball
- baseball
- (der) Basketball
- basketball
- der Berg, -e
- mountain
- braten
- to fry
- campen gehen
- to go camping
- empfehlen
- to recommend
- essen
- to eat
- essen gehen
- to eat out
- fahren
- to go
- Fahrrad fahren
- to ride a bicycle
- das Fahrrad, ¨-er
- bicycle
- fallen
- to fall
- fangen
- to catch
- (der) (American) Football
- football
- die Freizeit
- free time
- die Freizeitaktivität, -en
- leisure activity
- (der) Fußball
- soccer
- geben
- to give
- gewinnen
- to win
- das Golf
- golf
- helfen
- to help
- das Hobby, -s
- hobby
- (das) Hockey
- hockey
- die Karte, -n
- card
- klettern
- to (rock) climb
- kochen
- to cook
- lassen
- to let, to allow
- laufen
- to run
- (die) Leichtathletik
- track and field
- lesen
- to read
- die Mannschaft, -en
- team
- nehmen
- to take
- der Park, -s
- park
- (ein Pferd) reiten
- to ride a horse
- das Schach
- chess
- schlafen
- to sleep
- schreiben
- to write
- das Schwimmbad, ¨-er
- swimming pool
- schwimmen
- to swim
- sehen
- to see
- Sie spielen gern Schach.
- They like to play chess.
- Sie verliert nicht gern.
- She doesn’t like to lose.
- singen
- to sing
- Ski fahren
- to ski
- Spaß haben/machen
- to have fun / to be fun
- spazieren gehen
- to go for a walk
- das Spiel, -e
- game
- der Spieler, - / die Spielerin, -nen
- player
- das Spielfeld, -er/ der Platz, ¨-e
- field; court
- der Sport
Unit 3: Famile und Freunde (Family and Friends)
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
- Vocabulary for family and friends, possessive pronouns/adjectives, descriptive vocabulary, and professions.
- Conjugation of modal verbs and the verb möchten .
- Prepositions in the accusative case.
- Agreement of adjectives in the nominative and accusative case.
- How to use the imperative tense.
- Learn about Families and Friendships in Germany for a cultural perspective.
Understanding/Key Learning
- How to identify one’s friends and family with correct vocabulary words.
- How to describe people using adjectives and professional vocabulary.
- How to complete possessive adjective and regular adjective agreement with nouns.
- How to conjugate and use modal verbs (including möchten) correctly in a sentence.
- How to identify the accusative case prepositions and use them correctly in a sentence.
- How to give commands to various people (formal, informal, plural, etc.)
Do
- Speaking
- Students will speak about their friends and family and describe them with correct sentence structure.
- Students will speak with modal verbs about their likes, wants, what they can do, etc.
- Students will give basic commands to others.
- Listening
- Students will be able to listen to activities from the textbook to identify information about family and friends.
- Students will be able to listen to the teacher and peers and answer questions about information spoken.
- Reading
- Students will be able to read texts about people and identify main and supporting ideas from the text.
- Students will be able to answer questions about German reading assignments in German.
- Writing
- Students will be able to write short paragraphs with simple sentences describing themselves, friends, and family members.
- Students will be able to use vocabulary in proper context to describe people seen in pictures, videos, etc.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
Materials/Resources
Assessments
Vocabulary
Additional Vocabulary that relates will be added as needed.
- der / die Verwandte, -n
- relative
- alt
- old
- das Baby, -s
- baby
- blaue / grüne / braune Augen
- blue / green / brown eyes
- blond
- blond
- blonde / braune / schwarze Haare
- blond / brown / black hair
- braunhaarig
- brown-haired
- der Bruder, -¨
- brother
- der Cousin, -s
- cousin (m.)
- die Cousine, -n
- cousin (f.)
- dein
- your (sing., inf.)
- dick
- fat
- dunkel
- dark
- dunkelhaarig
- dark-haired
- dünn
- thin
- die Eltern
- parents
- das Enkelkind, -er
- grandchild
- der Enkelsohn, -¨e
- grandson
- die Enkeltochter, -¨
- granddaughter
- euer
- your (pl., inf.)
- der Fisch, -e
- fish
- die Frau, -en
- wife
- geschieden
- divorced
- das Geschwister, -
- sibling
- getrennt
- separated
- glatt
- straight (hair)
- groß
- big; tall
- großartig
- terrific
- die Großeltern
- grandparents
- die Großmutter, -¨
- grandmother
- der Großvater, -¨
- grandfather
- gut aussehend
- handsome
- der Halbbruder, -¨
- half brother
- die Halbschwester, -n
- half sister
- hässlich
- ugly
- heiraten
- to marry
- hell
- light
- hübsch
- pretty
- der Hund, -e
- dog
- Ihr
- your (sing./pl., form.)
- jung
- young
- die Katze, -n
- cat
- das Kind, -er
- child
- klein
- small; short (stature)
- kurz
- short (hair)
- lang
- long (hair)
- ledig
- single
- lockig
- curly
- der Mann, -¨er
- husband
- mein
- my
- die Mutter, -¨
- mother
- der Nachname, -n
- last name
- der Neffe, -n
- nephew
- die Nichte, -n
- niece
- die Oma, -s
- grandma
- der Onkel, -
- uncle
- der Opa, -s
- grandpa
- das Paar, -e
- couple
- rothaarig
- red-headed
- schlank
- slim
- schön
- pretty; beautiful
- der Schwager, -¨
- brother-in-law
- die Schwägerin, -nen
- sister-in-law
- schwarzhaarig
- black-haired
- die Schwester, -n
- sister
- die Schwiegermutter, -¨
- mother-in-law
- der Schwiegervater, -¨
- father-in-law
- sein
- his, its
- der Sohn, -¨e
- son
- sportlich
- athletic
- der Stiefbruder, -¨
- stepbrother
- die Stiefmutter, -¨
- stepmother
- die Stiefschwester, -n
- stepsister
- der Stiefsohn, -¨e
- stepson
- die Stieftochter, -¨
- stepdaughter
- der Stiefvater, -¨
- stepfather
- die Tante, -n
- aunt
- die Tochter, -¨
- daughter
- unser
- our
- der Vater, -¨
- father
- verheiratet
- married
- verlobt
- engaged
- der Vogel, -¨
- bird
- die Witwe, -n
- widow
- der Witwer, -
- widower
- zusammen
- together
- der Zwilling, -e
- twin
- (un)angenehm
- (un)pleasant
- der Architekt, -en / die Architektin, -nen
- architect
- arm
- poor; unfortunate
- bescheiden
- modest
- der Besitzer, - / die Besitzerin, -nen
- owner
- besorgt
- worried
- Betreten des Rasens verboten.
- Keep off the grass.
- bis
- until, to
- Bring mir...
- Bring me...
- diskret
- discreet
- Drücken.
- Push.
- durch
- through
- dürfen
- to be allowed to, may
- egoistisch
- selfish
- eifersüchtig
- jealous
- entlang
- along
- ernst
- serious
- faul
- lazy
- fleißig
- Hard-working
- freundlich
- friendly
- der Friseur, -e / die Friseurin, -nen
- hairdresser
- froh
- happy
- für
- for
- gegen
- against
- gemein
- mean
- der Geschäftsmann (pl. Geschäftsleute) / die Geschäftsfrau, -en
- businessman / businesswoman
- gierig
- greedy
- glücklich
- happy
- großzügig
- generous
- der Ingenieur, -e / die Ingenieurin, -nen
- engineer
- intellektuell
- intellectual
- intelligent
- intelligent
- der Journalist, -en / die Journalistin, -nen
- journalist
- Keine Zufahrt.
- Do not enter
- der Kellner, - / die Kellnerin -nen
- waiter / waitress
- können
- to be able to, can
- lächeln
- to smile
- lachen
- to laugh
- langsam
- slow
- Langsam fahren.
- Slow down.
- lustig
- funny
- müde
- tired
- der Musiker, - / die Musikerin, -nen
- musician
- müssen
- to have to, must
- mutig
- brave
- naiv
- naïve
- nervös
- nervous
- nett
- nice
- neugierig
- curious
- ohne
- without
- Parkverbot.
- No parking.
- pro
- per
- Rauchen verboten
- No smoking
- der Rechtsanwalt, -¨e / die Rechtsanwältin, -nen
- lawyer
- reich
- rich
- schlecht
- bad
- schnell
- fast
- schüchtern
- shy
- schwach
- weak
- sollen
- to be supposed to
- Sprechen Sie bitte langsamer.
- Please speak more slowly.
- stark
- strong
- stolz
- proud
- süß
- sweet; cute
- toll
- great
- traurig
- sad
- Türen schließen
- Keep doors closed
- um
- around; at (time)
- Warte
- Wait
- weinen
- to cry
- wollen
- to want to
- Ziehen
- Pull
Unit 4: Feiern (Holidays)
- Standards
- Know
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Do
- Unit Essential Questions
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
- Vocabulary
Standards
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- ACTFL Communication 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- ACTFL Communication 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
- ACTFL Communication 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
- ACTFL Cultures 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
- ACTFL Connections 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
- ACTFL Comparisons 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
- ACTFL Communities 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Know
- Vocabulary for holidays, special occasions and celebrations.
- Vocabulary for clothing and basic shopping words.
- Culture related to German holidays, Oktoberfest, German clothing trends, and traditional costumes.
- Conjugations of separable and inseparable prefix verbs.
- Dative Case and dative prepositions and the proper use.
- Use of adverbs for modifying verbs and adjectives.
Understanding/Key Learning
- Learning about holidays and special celebrations in Germany through vocabulary and culture.
- Use Vocabulary to describe clothing and shopping for clothing.
- How to conjugate verbs with prefixes and place them correctly into a sentence using grammar rules.
- Identification and proper use of the dative case with nouns and prepositions.
- Using adverbs to modify verbs and adjectives with correct sentence structure.
Do
- Speaking
- Students will be able to explain when and where special celebrations and holidays take place.
- Students will explain about their own favorite holidays and family traditions.
- Students will describe verbally what clothing they are wearing or see others wearing.
- Listening
- Students will hear short stories, videos, and sentences that describe holidays or people and be able to understand and identify important information based on learned vocabulary.
- Reading
- Students will read short stories and articles in German about holidays and identify main ideas and supporting details.
- Writing
- Students will write about their favorite holidays and share with other students.
- Students will write about clothing that is worn in the USA and in Germany.
Unit Essential Questions
Lesson Essential Questions
- What are the vocabulary words for holidays and celebrations in Germany?
- What are specific festivals or holidays that take place in Germany and what are their significance to the culture of the country?
- What are the similarities and differences in holidays and traditions between Germany and the USA?
- What are the vocabulary words for describing clothes?
- What are the similarities and differences between German and American clothing?
- How does one identify indirect objects as other uses of the dative case and use it correctly in German?
- How does one use dative case prepositions correctly in sentences?
- How are adverbs used to modify adjectives in German?
Materials/Resources
- Mosaik 2 Textbook and VHL Online site (as appropriate for vocabulary)
- Mosaik 1 Textbook and VHL Online side (as appropriate for grammar)
- Teacher created handout and activities
- Teacher created assessments such as vocabulary and grammar quizzes, projects, speaking activities, etc.
- Websites for vocabulary practice such as: Quizlet, Blooket, Kahoot, Schoology, Moodle, etc.
Assessments
Vocabulary
Additional Vocabulary that relates will be added as needed.
- der / die Frischvermählte, -n
- newlywed
- einen Abschluss machen
- to graduate
- anstoßen (stößt… an)
- to toast
- der Ballon, -s
- balloon
- bekommen
- to receive
- brennen, gebrannt
- to burn, burned
- denken, gedacht
- to think, thought
- dich
- you (sg. inf.)
- dir
- you (sg. inf.)
- du
- you
- die Ehe, -n
- marriage
- einladen (lädt… ein)
- to invite
- das Eis
- ice cream
- der Eiswürfel,-
- ice cube
- er
- he/it
- es
- it
- euch
- you (pl. inf.)
- feiern
- to celebrate
- der Feiertag, -e
- holiday
- die Freundschaft, -en
- friendship
- der Gast, ¨-e
- guest
- der Gastgeber, - / die Gastgeberin, -nen
- host / hostess
- das Gebäck
- pastries; baked goods
- die Geburt, -en
- birth
- der Geburtstag, -e
- birthday
- gefallen (gefällt)
- to please
- das Geschenk, -e
- gift
- glauben
- to believe
- das Glück
- happiness
- gratulieren
- to congratulate
- Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
- Congratulations!
- die Hochzeit, -en
- wedding
- ich
- I
- ihm
- it
- ihn
- him, it
- Ihnen
- them
- ihr
- her, it
- in Rente gehen
- to retire
- der Jahrestag, -e
- anniversary
- die Karte, -n
- card
- der Keks, -e
- cookie
- der Kuss, ¨-e
- kiss
- die Liebe
- love
- mich
- me
- mir
- me
- nennen, genannt
- to name, named
- eine Party geben
- to throw a party
- die Party, -s
- party
- passen
- to fit
- rennen, gerannt
- to run, ran
- schenken
- to give (a gift)
- der Sekt
- champagne
- sie
- them
- (das) Silvester
- New Year's Eve
- (keinen) Spaß haben
- (not) to have fun
- die Süßigkeiten (pl.)
- candy
- die Torte, -n
- cake
- trinken, getrunken
- to drink, drank
- überraschen
- to surprise
- die Überraschung, -en
- surprise
- uns
- us
- (das) Weihnachten
- Christmas
- wir
- we
- das Zimmer,-
- room
- an
- at, on
- anziehen (zieht… an)
- to put on
- der Anzug, ¨-e
- suit
- auf
- on, on top of
- der Badeanzug, ¨-e
- bathing suit
- die Baumwolle
- cotton
- blau
- blue
- die Bluse, -n
- blouse
- braun
- brown
- die Brille, -n
- glasses
- einfarbig
- solid colored
- eng
- tight
- die Farbe, -n
- color
- gelb
- yellow
- gestreift
- striped
- grau
- gray
- grün
- green
- günstig
- inexpensive
- der Gürtel,-
- belt
- die Halskette, -n
- necklace
- der Handschuh, -e
- glove
- die Handtasche, -n
- purse
- hängen (hat gehangen)
- to hang, to be hanging
- hängen (hat gehängt)
- to hang (something)
- das Hemd, -en
- shirt
- hinter
- behind
- die Hose, -n
- pants
- der Hut, ¨-e
- hat
- in
- in, into
- die Jacke, -n
- jacket
- die Jeans,-
- jeans
- kennen
- to know, be familiar with
- das Kleid, -er
- dress
- die Kleidergröße, -n
- size
- die Krawatte, -n
- tie
- der Kunde, -n / die Kundin, -nen
- customer
- kurzärmlig
- short-sleeved
- die kurze Hose (pl. die kurzen Hosen)
- shorts
- langärmlig
- long-sleeved
- das Leder
- leather
- legen
- to lay (down)
- liegen
- to lie
- lila
- purple
- der Mantel, ¨-
- coat
- die Mütze, -n
- cap
- neben
- next to
- orange
- orange
- passieren
- to happen
- der Pullover,-
- sweater
- der Rock, ¨-e
- skirt
- rosa
- pink
- rot
- red
- der Schal, -s
- scarf
- der Schuh, -e
- shoe
- schwarz
- black
- die Seide
- silk
- setzen
- to set (down)
- sitzen
- to sit
- die Socke, -n
- sock
- die Sonnenbrille, -n
- sunglasses
- stehen
- to stand
- steigen
- to climb
- stellen
- to put (down)
- sterben (stirbt)
- to die
- der Stiefel,-
- boot
- das Sweatshirt, -s
- sweatshirt
- das T-Shirt, -s
- T-shirt
- teuer
- expensive
- tragen (trägt)
- to wear
- das Trägerhemd, -en
- tank top
- der Turnschuh, -e
- sneakers
- über
- above, over
- unter
- under
- die Unterwäsche
- underwear
- der Verkäufer, - / die Verkäuferin, -nen
- salesperson
- vor
- in front of
- wachsen, ist gewachsen
- to grow
- weiß
- white
- weit
- loose; big
- wissen (weiß)
- to know (information)
- die Wolle
- wool
- zwischen
- between