Past lives and experiences: imperfect modal verbs, perfect tense
Past lives and experiences: imperfect modal verbs, perfect tense
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This unit extends pupils' knowledge of German past tenses. The perfect tense with sein is revisited, change of state verbs added, and past participles of separable verbs taught. Pupils apply this knowledge in texts on famous Germans, and reactivate knowledge of years and dates in discussing their lives. Imperfect modal verbs plus all imperfect forms of haben and sein are taught. Pupils then apply this knowledge and revisit previous learning to learn about migrants' experiences past and present. An authentic text by a Syrian immigrant draws the learning together.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the imperfect tense hatte, war and es gab.
- Pupils know how to say years and dates in German.
- Pupils know how to ask questions in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know a range of conjunctions using word order 1, 2 or 3.
- Pupils recognise and can use compound nouns.
- Pupils know how to use separable verbs in the present tense in a word order 1 clause.
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Why this why now
This unit extends pupils' knowledge of German past tenses. The perfect tense with sein is revisited, change of state verbs added, and past participles of separable verbs taught. Pupils apply this knowledge in texts on famous Germans, and reactivate knowledge of years and dates in discussing their lives. Imperfect modal verbs plus all imperfect forms of haben and sein are taught. Pupils then apply this knowledge and revisit previous learning to learn about migrants' experiences past and present. An authentic text by a Syrian immigrant draws the learning together.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the imperfect tense hatte, war and es gab.
- Pupils know how to say years and dates in German.
- Pupils know how to ask questions in the perfect tense.
- Pupils know a range of conjunctions using word order 1, 2 or 3.
- Pupils recognise and can use compound nouns.
- Pupils know how to use separable verbs in the present tense in a word order 1 clause.
Past lives and experiences: imperfect modal verbs, perfect tense
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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