Everyday culture: present tense weak and strong verbs
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Why this why now
Consolidation of the present tense continues in this unit as pupils build on recent prior knowledge of 'ihr' (you informal) in contrast to er/sie/es. Existing vocabulary knowledge is extended as pupils describe birthday celebrations. Cultural background is provided with the iconic '99 Lufballons' song. Pupils deepen their understanding of negation, possessive adjectives and adjective agreement as they apply these in describing pictures (orally) and a painting (in writing). Places and paintings in German-speaking countries and cultural context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the present tense of weak and strong verbs in all forms.
- Pupils know and can use separable verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know the perfect tense in German and the imperfect 'war' and 'hatte'.
- Pupils know the German sound-symbol correspondences.
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Why this why now
Consolidation of the present tense continues in this unit as pupils build on recent prior knowledge of 'ihr' (you informal) in contrast to er/sie/es. Existing vocabulary knowledge is extended as pupils describe birthday celebrations. Cultural background is provided with the iconic '99 Lufballons' song. Pupils deepen their understanding of negation, possessive adjectives and adjective agreement as they apply these in describing pictures (orally) and a painting (in writing). Places and paintings in German-speaking countries and cultural context.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the present tense of weak and strong verbs in all forms.
- Pupils know and can use separable verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know the perfect tense in German and the imperfect 'war' and 'hatte'.
- Pupils know the German sound-symbol correspondences.
Everyday culture: present tense weak and strong verbs
This unit revisits strong and weak verbs in all persons, as well as numbers, question formation, negation and adjective agreement. Vocabulary is revisited and extended as pupils describe event preparations, pictures and paintings.
3 lessons in unit
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