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Greetings and location:  'wo' and singular definite articles

Greetings and locating things: capital letters on German nouns

What is it? 'Was' and 'sagen'

Identifying things: ‘ist’, ‘sein’ and learning vocabulary

How's it going? 'Wie' and the singular indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine', 'ein'

What is it like? 'Ist' with adjectives

Describe things: 'sein' 1st and 2nd person singular, negation 'nicht' and 'kein'

Classroom conversations: German alphabet

Who, what, how and where? Forming questions, compound nouns

This unit introduces core vocabulary and grammatical gender to identify and describe items in the classroom. The verb 'sein', definite and indefinite articles and key question words enable simple conversations. Pupils practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [a] and [e], [ei] and [z]

In the classroom:  'sein', nouns, articles, questions

Who has what? 'haben' 1st, 3rd person singular,  definite article 'den'

What people have: 'haben' singular persons, indefinite article 'einen'

What people have: 'haben' with definite and indefinite articles (accusative)

What people have: word order with yes/no questions

What people have: yes/no questions, negation with 'kein', 'mein/meine'

This unit introduces pupils to the verb 'haben', and the use of the accusative case with definite and indefinite articles. Simple classroom conversations are developed using yes/no questions and negation with 'kein'. Pupils practise new sound-symbol correspondences [w] and [ie]..

Belongings: 'haben' and articles in accusative case

What I do at school: infinitives, present tense 3rd person singular

School activities: infinitives, present tense 3rd person singular

At and after school: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 3rd person singular

At school and at home: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 3rd person singular

This unit introduces pupils to verb infinitives and the patterns for weak (regular) high frequency verbs in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Pupils learn how to use them in familiar contexts at school and at home. They practise sound-symbol correspondences long and short [o] and [i].

Activities in and out of school: present tense (singular) weak verbs

What you do at home: present tense (weak verbs) 1st and 2nd person singular

What you do at home:  questions with 'wer', 'was', 'wo' and 'wie'

Activities at home: build sentences from infinitive verbs, word order

Activities at home: verb infinitives and singular persons

Life at home: building sentences, present tense singular

Narrating with nouns: singular definite articles

Life at home: present tense (singular) weak verbs

Christmas: definite article 'die', plurals with umlaut +e, no change -el/-en/-er

Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'

Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n

Christmas traditions: singular and plural nouns

Saying what something is like: subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es' for 'it'

What you and others have and what it is like: subject pronoun 'sie' for 'they'

Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er

How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

This unit introduces pupils to 4 rules for forming plural nouns in German and provides opportunities for practice with the use of 'es gibt'. It will also teach pupils how to use plurals with 'sein' 3rd person plural, and 'sie' meaning 'they'. They practise sound-symbol correspondence [ü] and [ä].

Christmas: singular and plural nouns

School subjects: singular 'mögen', object pronouns 'ihn', 'sie', 'es'

School subjects: 'mögen' singular persons, object pronoun plural 'sie'

Opinions about school: singular 'finden', 'ihn', 'sie', 'es', 'sie' (plural)

Opinions about school: 'finden' singular persons, object pronouns

This unit explores giving opinions, using 'mögen' and 'finden' with a range of adjectives, used here in the context of school. It analyses how to use the correct object pronoun for the gender of the noun it refers to, including how to distinguish 'the object pronoun 'sie' in singular and plural.

Opinions about school: 'mögen', 'finden' and object pronouns

Famous German speakers: present tense weak verbs, singular persons

Yourself and others: present tense questions and answers

This unit explores the manipulation of singular persons of weak verbs in question and answer forms. It also provides pupils with an important cultural insight into the lives of famous historical and present German-speaking personalities. Pupils practise the sound-symbol correspondence [er].

Famous lives: present tense (singular) weak verbs

What I do and what we do: present tense 1st person plural weak verbs

What we do together: present 1st person plural weak verbs and 'sein'

Can and able: singular 'können' + infinitive

Can and can't: singular 'können' + infinitive and negation

Compare lifestyles: present tense strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular

Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns

Ask about activities: present tense strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

What you and others do: strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular

Other people's actions: singular present tense strong verbs

Narrate other people's actions: present tense weak and strong verbs

This unit provides pupils with the knowledge to use strong verbs accurately in the present tense (singular) and to apply this knowledge alongside weak verbs in questions, answers and narration (3rd person singular and plural). Pupils practise sound-symbol correspondences [v], [au], [r] and [eu].

Friends and family: weak and strong verbs singular and 3rd person plural

What I do and when: inversion in statements with adverbs of time

What others do and when: main clause word order and  inversion

What you and others do and when: time phrases as nouns and adverbs

Who does what and when? 'Wann?' and inversion

In and into places: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)

Where are you and where are you going? 'In' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)

This unit introduces word order 2 for sentences starting with time adverbs. It contrasts word order 1 and 2 when describing what others do and when. Pupils then apply these rules to question forms. The dative case is introduced to describe location, plus sound-symbol correspondences [th] and [st].

Activities: time phrases, word order, prepositions

Families: possessive adjectives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein', 'ihr' (nominative)

Ask about families: possessives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein', 'ihr' (nominative)

A day in my life: present tense, plurals and adverbs

A family in Namibia: possessives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein', 'ihr' (nominative)

This unit introduces the possessive adjectives 'mein', 'dein', 'sein' and 'ihr' in nominative and accusative forms. Pupils apply this knowledge to describe family members and, with word order 2, to narrate a day's activities. Pupils practise the sound-symbol correspondence [d] (final).

My family, my life: possessive adjectives

What there is in different places: inversion with adverbs

Berlin: inversion with adverbs of time and place, and  'viel' and 'viele'

This unit introduces the concept of adverbs of time before place in German word order. Pupils apply this knowledge in both question and answer form. They extend their range of questions with 'Wie viel' and 'Wie viele' and practise the sound-symbol correspondence [ig] (final).

Berlin: word order

Talking with friends: 'haben' and 'sein'

Talking with friends: questions, simple present and present continuous

This unit deepens pupils' knowledge of their verb lexicon. It consolidates their understanding of the English present simple and present continuous to translate the German present tense, with practice in both question and statement forms. Pupils practise the sound-symbol correspondence [j]

Friendship: weak and irregular verbs, simple v. continuous

Improve your lifestyle: modal verbs 'müssen', 'dürfen', 'wollen' + infinitive

Improve your lifestyle: modal 2-verb structures and pronoun 'man'

Rules of a game: modal verbs, 'jeder', 'jede', 'jedes', conversational words

Rules of a game: modal verbs, 'jeder', 'jede', 'jedes', dictogloss skills

This unit extends pupils' knowledge of two-verb structures with 'können' with the introduction of 3 new modal verbs. It teaches pupils how to use these in practical general situations, using the pronoun 'man' and the determiner 'jeder'. Pupils consolidate a range of sound-symbol correspondences.

Improve your lifestyle: modal verbs 'müssen', 'dürfen', 'wollen'

Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-'

Summer plans: contrasting uses of the present tense, 'nächst-'

Where people go: 'zu' vs 'nach', present tense (future meaning)

Make plans: present tense (future meaning), numbers 13-31, dates

Poems: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)

Poems: plural nouns, responding to a poem

This unit provides pupils with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of verbs in the present tense and time adverbials to communicate future intention. Pupils learn to distinguish between 'zu' and 'nach' for destinations and apply them accurately with the dative case.

Plans and places: future vs present meaning for present tense

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