New Year's resolutions: future tense
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Why this why now
Pupils already know the future tense with werden and the alternative ways of expressing intentions with for example 'planen', 'vorhaben' with zu + infinitive, including separable and reflexive verbs in the infinitive. In this unit, pupils expand this knowledge as they learn to give reasons using 2-verb structures. Word order 3 is practised with the future tense and with modal verbs. Cultural context is provided in extended listening and reading articles on Chinese New Year celebrations in Germany.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the future tense, 'werden' plus infinitive, in all forms.
- Pupils know the structure 'zu' plus infinitive after verbs such as vorhaben, planen.
- Pupils know a wide range of previously taught high-frequency vocabulary and have a good verb lexicon.
Threads
Why this why now
Pupils already know the future tense with werden and the alternative ways of expressing intentions with for example 'planen', 'vorhaben' with zu + infinitive, including separable and reflexive verbs in the infinitive. In this unit, pupils expand this knowledge as they learn to give reasons using 2-verb structures. Word order 3 is practised with the future tense and with modal verbs. Cultural context is provided in extended listening and reading articles on Chinese New Year celebrations in Germany.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the future tense, 'werden' plus infinitive, in all forms.
- Pupils know the structure 'zu' plus infinitive after verbs such as vorhaben, planen.
- Pupils know a wide range of previously taught high-frequency vocabulary and have a good verb lexicon.
New Year's resolutions: future tense
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.
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