KS3 & KS4 German curriculum

This unit on everyday culture revisits and extends known grammar in new contexts of family relationships and festivals and traditions. Da- and wo-compounds are revisited and extended in use with verbs plus a range of prepositions. Direct and indirect object pronouns are also revisited, along with reflexive verbs in both statement and question form. The rich context includes examples of women as role models in motor sport, an article on young carers and Karneval in Germany. Vocabulary is extended with a rich text on world religions celebrated in Germany.

1. Familie: direct object pronouns, singular and plural
2. Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions
3. Frauen im Motorsport: da-compounds, wo-compounds
4. Traditionen: da-compounds, 'damit' as conjunction and wo-compounds
5. Karneval: indirect object pronouns, verbs with indirect objects, 'bei', 'beim'
6. Traditionen: 'jed-', dative verbs, translation
7. Weltreligionen und ihre Feste: expanding vocabulary, describing photos
8. Beziehungen: reflexive and non-reflexive verbs, reciprocal verbs
9. Junge Pflegende: accusative and dative reflexive pronouns, 'welch-'
10. Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions

• Pupils know the definite article in the accusative and dative cases, with correct spelling contractions for example 'vom', 'zum'
• Pupils know singular direct object pronouns
• Pupils know some da-compounds, for example 'darauf', dafür, 'damit'.
• Pupils know demonstrative adjectives like 'dies-', 'jed-',and the interrogative adjective 'welch-'.
• Pupils know some reflexive verbs and the reflexive pronouns 'mich, dich, sich, uns, euch, sich'.