KS3 & KS4 German curriculum

In the context of social media, this unit revisits a range of grammar including the perfect tense of strong verbs, the perfect tense with 'gerade' meaning 'just'. Verbs with prepositions are revised, together with wo- and da- compounds. Pupils are introduced to the use of am/beim with the nominalisation of the infinitive. Pupils practise this through articles about influencers and musicians in Germany, and an opportunity for extended writing on online communication. Digital detox provides the context for perfect tense revision, whilst music is the vehicle for revisiting 'wenn' vs 'als'.

1. Die digitale Welt: verbs with prepositions, 'da-' and 'wo-' compounds
2. Nachhaltige Mode: relative pronouns, question words in relative clauses
3. Kommunikation online: extended writing
4. Digital Detox: perfect tense, imperfect tense, 'gerade'
5. Magst du Musik? Nominalisation of infinitives with 'beim' and 'am'
6. Meine Lieblingssänger: 'wenn' and 'als', superlatives

• Pupils know the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs.
• Pupils know that some past participles change the vowel from ei to ie (schreiben) or ie to o (fliegen)
• Pupils know that past participles or some strong verbs are the same as infinitives, for example 'bekommen, erfahren, enthalten'.
• Pupils know some verbs with propositions.
• Pupils know and can use some da-compounds, for example 'darauf', 'dafür'.