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Länder, Sprachen, Nationalitäten: nationality, 'sein', present tense weak verbs

Wer ist Bella? Was macht sie? Present tense verbs, yes/ no questions

Identität: language and gender, plurals, weak masculine nouns, 'seit'

Die Schweiz, Deutschland, Bayern: numbers, word order- inversion

Kultur in Deutschland: wh- question words

Das Oktoberfest in Deutschland: plurals add umlaut/e, n, no change; translation

This unit revisits the present tense of 'sein' and 'haben', weak verbs, open and closed question formation and word order 1 and 2. It introduces nationality nouns and gender neutral language, and reinforces simple (I do) and ongoing (I am doing) functions of the present tense.

My personal world: Wer sind wir?

Deutsch lernen: compound nouns, 'Lieblings-' and 'Haupt-', translation

Englisch lernen: 'haben', present tense weak verbs, negation with nicht and kein

Eine neue Sprache lernen: plural rules 4 - 6

Wissen ist Macht! 'Wissen', 'kennen', 'können'

Sprachen: word order, strong verbs, adjectives identical to adverbs

Christine Thürmer: nominalisation of infinitive verbs, plural rules 7-9

This unit revisits the present tense of strong verbs, negation with nicht and kein, compound and plural nouns in the context of learning a new language. Pupils learn to distinguish between wissen, kennen and können with opportunities to apply all these in  listening, reading, speaking and writing.

Studying and my future: Sprichst du Deutsch?

Falsche Ideen: 'es gibt' vs 'da ist/sind', jemanden, niemanden, relative clauses

Drei starke Frauen: subject pronouns, relative clauses, historic present

Eine interessante Person: extended writing

This unit introduces 'es gibt' (existence) vs 'es ist/sind' (location) as pupils understand articles on common stereotypes. They learn and apply the pronouns jemanden, niemanden and revise the pronouns 'it' and 'they' as well as the singular and plural relative pronouns in the nominative case.

My neighbourhood: Stereotypen

Neu in Deutschland: irregular past participles, perfect tense with 'haben'

Neu in Deutschland: 'hatte', 'war', 'es gab', imperfect tense singular & plural

Namibia: extended reading, extended writing

This unit introduces perfect tense irregular past participles, and consolidates translation of the German perfect tense with the English 'did' and 'have done' The simple past of haben, sein, es gab, weak and strong verbs are revisited in singular persons, and plural persons added.

My personal world: Identitätsprobleme

Heidi: perfect tense -ieren verbs, perfect tense with adverbs

Matthias Maurer: yes/no questions in the perfect and imperfect tenses

Marietta Slomka: dictation, extended translation

This unit revisits the perfect tense of '-ieren' verbs, the use and translation of perfect tense with adverbs of time. Pupils learn to add -er to a verb stem to create male agent nouns, extending their ability to manipulate known and new vocabulary when talking about role models.

My neighbourhood: Vorbilder

Meine Familie: possessive adjectives, extended reading

Deutsche Influencer: comparatives, adding -keit and -heit

Meine Familie: possessive adjectives, dictation

Freunde: 'gern' and 'lieber', dictation, comparative adverbs

Wie sind deine Familie und Freunde? Adding un-, word order, superlatives

Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation

This unit revisits possessive adjectives and comparatives in a familiar context of friends and family. Pupils expand vocabulary knowledge with word pattern endings of '-keit' and '-heit'. They revisit 'gern' 'lieber', and comparative adverbs before learning superlative adjectives and adverbs.

My personal world: Familie und Freunde

Familie: direct object pronouns, singular and plural

Frauen im Motorsport: da-compounds, wo-compounds

Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions

Traditionen: da-compounds, 'damit' as conjunction and wo-compounds

Karneval: indirect object pronouns, verbs with indirect objects, 'bei', 'beim'

Traditionen: 'jed-', dative verbs, translation

Beziehungen: reflexive and non-reflexive verbs, reciprocal verbs

Junge Pflegende: accusative and dative reflexive pronouns, 'welch-'

Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions

This unit revisits verbs with prepositions, and adds to previous knowledge of da- and wo- compounds in the accusative and the dative. Reflexive verbs are revisited in the context of family relationships, together with word order and the use of wen, wem, with reflexive questions.

My personal world: Beziehungen und Feste

Hitzefrei: 'müssen' vs 'sollen', 'sollen' vs 'sollte'

Was darf man ab wann? 'Dürfen' vs 'können', wh- questions and modal verbs

Das Pfandsystem: word order with 'wenn', inversion, plural nouns

Berufe: 'werden' + infinitive, wh-questions in future and conditional tenses

Wenn ich 16 bin: würd- with gern and lieber, imperfect subjunctive hätte, wäre

Pläne: word order with 'sobald', 'solange' and 'wenn'

Berufserfahrung: verbs with indirect objects, dative pronouns

Berufserfahrung: 'Sie', 'Ihnen', interrogatives 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'

Meine Pläne: adding -er to verb stems for male agent nouns, extended writing

Junge Deutsche: neuter adjectival nouns, nominalisation, adjectival agreement

Junge Deutsche: telling the time, uses of 'es'

Junge Deutsche: weak plural masculine nouns, feminine person nouns

This unit revisits a wide range of grammar, including modal verbs, the future tense, two-verb structures. It introduces the conditional 'würd-' with gern and lieber and 'hätte' and wäre'. Pupils learn to distinguish müssen vs sollen, and dürfen vs können regarding responsibilites and future plans.

Studying and my future: Aufwachsen, Altersgrenzen und Zukunftspläne

Ich bin Ingenieurin: imperfect modals

Lebenserfahrung: simple past with früher, gern, lieber, am liebsten, reflexive verbs

Karrieregespräche: perfect tense strong verbs, 'mochte', 'gefallen' vs 'gemocht'

Es war toll! Perfect tense with 'sein', 'haben' and questions, inversion

Der Hund ist frech! Negation with 'nicht' and 'sondern', determiners

Die Ferien: perfect tense with adverbs

Along with practice of known grammar, pupils learn reflexive verbs in two-verb structures with modals in the perfect and imperfect tenses. The plural forms of imperfect modal verbs are introduced. Pupils learn negation with 'nicht' and 'sondern'.

My personal world: Tolle Lebenserfahrungen

Schule - dieses Jahr: 'bis' preposition vs conjunction

Schule - letztes Jahr: nouns without plurals, past participles

Gruppenzwang: word order with separable verbs in single and 2-verb clauses

Therapiehunde: nouns and adjectives with prepositions

Das deutsche Schulsystem: adjective agreement

Kleider machen Leute: definite and indefinite articles, extended speaking

In der Schule: superlative adjectives and adverbs

Nach der Schule: abstract neuter adjectival nouns, plural adjectival nouns

Kleine Schule: time, manner, place, present tense with gern, lieber, am liebsten

This unit revisits separable verbs in present and perfect tenses, adjective agreement and use of  time, manner, place adverbs. It introduces nouns and adjectives with prepositions, the preposition and adverb 'bis', superlative prenominal adjectives and abstract nouns, for example 'das Gute'.

Studying and my future: Das Schulleben

Freizeit: prepositions, da-compounds

Ich fahre in die Schule: words for ‘in’ and ‘to’, wo-compounds

Mein Alltag jetzt und früher: '-chen' and '-lein', 'wenn' and 'als'

Vor und nach der Schule: word order with 'nachdem' and 'bevor'

Mein Alltag: telling the time, prepositions ‘um’, ‘seit’ and ‘vor’

Wir treffen uns: reflexive verbs past and present, forming adverbs, role play

This unit revisits reflexive verbs in past and present tenses as pupils discuss daily routines. Known prepositions are practised, and new prepositions taking accusative and dative are introduced. Times and days are revisited as 'nachdem' and bevor' with clauses are introduced.

My personal world: Der Alltag

Schreib eine E-Mail: informal imperatives, present tense verbs

Eine Nachricht: 'worum' and 'darum', genitive prepositions

Technologie der Zukunft: 'du' & 'ihr' questions with reflexives, modals, future

This unit revisits present and future tenses and modal verbs and consolidates knowledge of verb-subject questions in single and two-verb structures. It introduces the imperative (informal - du/ihr) of weak verbs and the Da-Wo compounds 'worum' and 'darum' as pupils explore online communication.

Media and technology: Technologie

Meine Mannschaft: stem changes 't' not 'st', 'e' before 't'/'st', 'el' stem

Liest du Romane? Questions and informal imperatives with strong verbs

Meine Freizeit: present tense for future meaning, extended writing

This unit consolidates the present tense and imperative forms (du/ihr) of weak and strong verbs, and revises the present tense with time adverbs to express future meaning. It revisits stem changes for verbs like finden (findest)  and 't' not 'st' for verbs in examples like 'du tanzt'.

Lifestyle and wellbeing: Sport und Freizeit

Abitur oder Ausbildung: ohne...zu..., entweder...oder..., weder...noch...

Zukunftsentscheidungen: nominalisation of infinitives, adding '-ung'

Was will ich lernen? Present modal verbs, describing photos, extended speaking

This unit revisits present tense modal verbs. It consolidates the nominalisation of infinitives, feminine word formation (ending in -ung) and 'um...zu' and 'statt...zu' clauses. Pupils also learn 'ohne....zu' and phrases for expressing options, including 'entweder....oder' and 'weder...noch'.

Studying and my future: Zukunftsentscheidungen

Gesundheit: position of indirect and direct objects with two nouns

Psychische Gesundheit: position of indirect and direct objects

Neue Schüler: adding '-keit' and '-heit', adjectives as adverbs

Gesund bleiben: abstract adjectival neuter nouns, adding '-los'

Würdest du Veganer werden? Conditional with 'würde', 'hätte', 'wäre', 'sollte'

Isst du gesund? Nouns without plurals, plural rules

Was möchtest du? Present and conditional 'mögen'

KaDeWe: cardinal and ordinal numbers

Einkaufen: 'welch-' and 'dies-' in nominative, accusative, dative

This unit revises word patterns, plurals, direct and indirect object pronouns and interrogative and demonstrative adjectives (welch-) and (jed-). Nominative and accusative use of abstract adjectival neuter nouns after viel and wenig are taught in the context of healthy living and lifestyle choices.

Lifestyle and wellbeing: positive Lebensentscheidungen

Die digitale Welt: verbs with prepositions, 'da-' and 'wo-' compounds

Nachhaltige Mode: relative pronouns, question words in relative clauses

Kommunikation online: extended writing

Digital Detox: perfect tense, imperfect tense, 'gerade'

Magst du Musik? Nominalisation of infinitives with 'beim' and 'am'

Meine Lieblingssänger: 'wenn' and 'als', superlatives

This unit revisits verbs and prepositions and teaches new da-/wo-compounds dabei, darin, davon and dazu. Relative pronouns in subject relative clauses are also used in 2-verb structures. Pupils consolidate the perfect tense and am/beim with the nominationson of the infinitive is introduced.

Media and technology: Mein Leben online

Interrailing: future tense, 2-verb structures, present tense with future meaning

Wiener Festwochen: inversion, time-manner-place

Eine Reise durch Europa: dates

This unit revisits the future tense, 2-verb structures and the present tense with future meaning. Word order with time-manner-place is consolidated in the context of travel plans.

Travel and tourism: Los geht's

Die Sächsische Schweiz: 'man' + verb, 'Lieblings-' and 'Haupt-'

Badeschiff Berlin: possessive adjectives, modal verbs, 2-verb structures

16 Bundesländer: numbers, articles following 'in', 'zu', 'nach'

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