KS3 & KS4 German curriculum

Building on pupils' knowledge of weak verbs in singular persons, this unit extends pupils' understanding to strong verbs in singular persons. Pupils develop their skill in understanding the key features of strong verbs, and as the unit progresses, pupils learn to apply these differences when using both weak and strong verbs in singular persons and 1st and 3rd person plural. Foundations are laid for the use of two-verb structures in later units by the introduction of the modal verb 'können' (to be able to, can)

1. What I do and what we do: present tense 1st person plural weak verbs
2. What we do together: present 1st person plural weak verbs and 'sein'
3. Can and able: singular 'können' + infinitive
4. Can and can't: singular 'können' + infinitive and negation
5. Compare lifestyles: present tense strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular
6. Compare activities: strong verbs 1st and 3rd person singular, compound nouns
7. Ask about activities: present tense strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
8. What you and others do: strong verbs 1st and 2nd person singular
9. Other people's actions: singular present tense strong verbs
10. Narrate other people's actions: present tense weak and strong verbs

• Pupils know a range of weak verbs in the infinitive and singular persons.
• Pupils know object pronouns ihn, sie, es (singular) and sie (plural).
• Pupils know how to form verb-subject-object questions with and without question words
• Pupils know a range of sound-symbol correspondences, including [er] stressed and unstressed, [sch] and [sp]