KS3 & KS4 German curriculum

Pupils will already know the present tense of German weak and strong verbs covered so far. In this unit, they will consolidate this and develop their understanding of how the present tense can convey future meaning with the use of time adverbials. They will learn how to revisit and exploit their high frequency vocabulary knowledge in learning how to plan for future activities, with dates and destinations, all set in the context of well-known German, Austrian and Swiss cities.

1. Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-'
2. Summer plans: contrasting uses of the present tense, 'nächst-'
3. Where people go: 'zu' vs 'nach', present tense (future meaning)
4. Make plans: present tense (future meaning), numbers 13-31, dates
5. Poems: prepositions 'in' and 'auf' (accusative and dative)
6. Poems: plural nouns, responding to a poem

• Pupils know a range of high-frequency vocabulary and cognates.
• Pupils know a range of high-frequency weak and strong verbs.
• Pupils know the numbers 1-12.
• Pupils know the use of the accusative case for movement into and the dative case for location in places.
• Pupils know most of the German sound-symbol correspondences, including [j], and final [d] and [ig].