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Saying what things are (Part 1/2)

Saying what things are (Part 2/2)

Saying what things are not (Part 1/2)

Saying what things are not (Part 2/2)

Talking about what you have (Part 1/2)

Talking about what you have (Part 2/2)

Asking and answering questions about belongings (Part 1/2)

Asking and answering questions about belongings (Part 2/2)

Say what you and others do in school (1 / 2)

Say what you and others do in school (2 / 2)

Saying what you and others do at home (Part 1/2)

Saying what you and others do at home (Part 2/2)

Talking about more than one (Part 1/2)

Talking about more than one (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 1

Talking about what you and others have and what it is like (Part 1/2)

Talking about what you and others have and what it is like (Part 2/2)

One or many? Talking about more than one thing (Part 1/2)

One or many? Talking about more than one thing (Part 2/2)

Exchanging views on school life (Part 1/2)

Exchanging views on school life (Part 2/2)

Talking about what I do on my own and what we do together (Part 1/2)

Talking about what I do on my own and what we do together (Part 2/2)

Saying what I and others can and cannot do (Part 1/2)

Saying what I and others can and cannot do (Part 2/2)

Comparing lifestyles (Part 1/2)

Comparing lifestyles (Part 2/2)

Narrating other people's actions (Part 1/2)

Narrating other people's actions (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 2

Saying what people do, and when (Part 1/2)

Saying what people do, and when (Part 2/2)

Asking when people do things (Part 1/2)

Asking when people do things (Part 2/2)

Talking about going to and being in different locations (Part 1/2)

Talking about going to and being in different locations (Part 2/2)

Ask and answer questions about family and friends (Part 1/2)

Ask and answer questions about family and friends (Part 2/2)

Say what there is in different places (Part 1/2)

Say what there is in different places (Part 2/2)

Saying what you can / must / want to do (Part 1/2)

Saying what you can / must / want to do (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 3

Comparing usual activities and summer plans (Part 1/2)

Comparing usual activities and summer plans (Part 2/2)

Talk about going to places (Part 1/2)

Talk about going to places (Part 2/2)

Comparing usual and recent holiday experiences (Part 1/2)

Comparing usual and recent holiday experiences (Part 2/2)

Ask and answer questions about holiday experiences (Part 1/2)

Ask and answer questions about holiday experiences (Part 2/2)

Stay with a family in Germany (Part 1/2)

Stay with a family in Germany (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 4

Talk about things that make you happy / Describe others (Part 1/2)

Talk about things that make you happy / Describe others (Part 2/2)

Give reasons for likes and dislikes (Part 1/2)

Give reasons for likes and dislikes (Part 2/2)

The world in numbers (Part 1/2)

The world in numbers (Part 2/2)

Talk about what you did on your own and with others (Part 1/2)

Talk about what you did on your own and with others (Part 2/2)

Say where you went, how you got there and what you did (Part 1/2)

Say where you went, how you got there and what you did (Part 2/2)

Talk about recent journeys (Part 1/2)

Talk about recent journeys (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 5

Saying how you do things and how well you enjoy them (Part 1/2)

Saying how you do things and how well you enjoy them (Part 2/2)

Comparing places and people now and then (Part 1/2)

Comparing places and people now and then (Part 2/2)

Comparing what you do now with what you used to do (Part 1/2)

Comparing what you do now with what you used to do (Part 2/2)

Explaining what you did/used to do (Part 1/2)

Explaining what you did/used to do (Part 2/2)

Talking about wants vs responsibilities (Part 1/2)

Talking about wants vs responsibilities (Part 2/2)

Talking about dreams vs plans (Part 1/2)

Talking about dreams vs plans (Part 2/2)

Planning for an event (Part 1/2)

Planning for an event (Part 2/2)

Year 9 Unit 6

Interview with a musician: present tense weak verbs, yes/no questions

German musicians: present tense open questions, word order

A fairy tale: present tense 2nd person plural ('ihr'), dative verbs

Storytelling: pronouns 'du', 'ihr', 'Sie', object word order

This unit revisits previously known vocabulary and the present tense in new contexts. . The 2nd person plural 'ihr' (informal) is introduced for weak verbs and the contrasts between du and 'Sie' (formal) consolidated.

Modern lives and tall tales: present tense

Plan an event: present strong verbs, 'you' pronouns 'ihr', 'du', 'Sie' and 'man'

Birthdays: recounting personal experiences

What do you see? Negation: kein + indefinite article vs nicht + definite article

This unit revisits strong and weak verbs in all persons, as well as numbers, question formation, negation and adjective agreement.  Vocabulary is revisited and extended as pupils describe event preparations, pictures and paintings.

Everyday culture: present tense weak and strong verbs

What you used to do: perfect tense with 'ihr' (you, familiar pl.) and 'früher'

What did they do then? Perfect, imperfect 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', compound nouns

Famous lives: 'als' as 'when' with the past tense

Famous German speakers: 'bevor' and 'nachdem', word order

Childhood experiences: nouns, past tense, conjunctions

This unit revisits past tenses. The perfect tense is consolidated as variations on past participle formation are practised. The imperfect tense (war, hatte, es gab) is revisited, with question formation and word order 3 conjunctions. Pupils learn how to say calendar years in German.

Past lives: perfect and imperfect tenses

Christmas market: 'alle', 'jed-', 'dies-' and 'welch-'

What I would like: 'möcht-' in one- and two-verb structures

Future plans: plural future tense 'werden' + infinitive, two-verb structures

What is important: infinitive uses, 'es ist' + adjective, 'zu' + infinitive

What is important in life: infinitive uses, verbs capitalised as nouns

What you do for and with others: prepositions 'ohne', 'für', 'mit', and 'von'

What you did for and with others: perfect tense

This unit extends knowledge of the future tense for all persons, and introduces 'möcht-' , with nouns and in two-verb structures. Using the infinite with 'es ist' + adjective, zu + infinitive extends pupils'  ability to give views and opinions. Prepositions with accusative and dative are revisited.

Desires, plans and priorities: 'möcht-' future and use of infinitive

Everyday actions and routines: using singular verbs reflexively

Everyday routine: using verbs reflexively, 24-hour clock

Festivals and traditions: using plural verbs reflexively

Famous festivals and traditions: plural reflexive verbs, 12-hour clock

This unit introduces reflexive verbs in the present tense and teaches pupils to recognise reflexive vs non-reflexive use of common verbs. The 12 and 24- hour clock are revisited so that pupils can describe their actions and routines on a daily basis and for special occasions and festivals.

Ordinary routines and special events: reflexive verbs

New Year's resolutions: future tense

New Year's resolutions: word order with two-verb structures

This unit consolidates knowledge of the future tense, two-verb structures, and the use of zu infinitive. It introduces word order 3 with two-verb structures as pupils learn to give reasons for New Year's resolutions.

People and things: relative clauses to define who, which, that

Work placement as a stagehand: relative clauses

A murder mystery party: relative clauses

This unit introduces introduces relative clauses in the nominative cases, as well as the indefinite pronouns 'jemand' and 'niemand'. Pupils also learn to embed (non-defining) relative clauses within main clauses and revisit adjective endings with indefinite articles.

Family experiences: relative clauses

Famous people and their languages: perfect tense with 'sein', calendar years

Language and identity: separable verbs, cardinal and ordinal numbers

Childhood experiences: imperfect modal verbs 'konnte', 'musste', 'wollte'

Childhood experiences: imperfect plural forms of 'sein' and 'haben'

Migration: imperfect modal verbs 'konnte', 'musste', 'wollte'

Migration: imperfect modal verbs, word order with two-verb structures

Migrant experiences: noun suffixes, ‘welch-’

This unit revisits the perfect tense with sein, introducing change of state verbs, and teaches the formation of past participles of separable verbs. Imperfect modal verbs (singular) are introduced as pupils learn about past lives and experiences within the cultural context of migration in Germany.

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