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Birthdays: recounting personal experiences
I can understand and write about birthday experiences in past and present tenses.
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- Year 9
Birthdays: recounting personal experiences
I can understand and write about birthday experiences in past and present tenses.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Numbers 20 and above are formed as unit + 'und' + ten, e.g., 21 - 'einundzwanzig'.
- There are a number of rules for forming noun plurals which should be learnt and practised.
- Encountering previously taught language when listening and reading in German develops our comprehension.
- Awareness of register helps us choose words and structures suited to spoken or written language.
Keywords
Noun - word for a person, place, or thing
Register - level of formality or style of language used, depending on the audience, purpose, and context
Common misconception
German numbers 21 and above work the same as in English: ten followed by unit.
In German, numbers 21 and above are structured unit-und-ten, e.g., 'einundzwanzig' - twenty-one. It translates literally as 'one and twenty'.
It would be useful for students to have a copy of the additional materials to allow them to add casual spoken vocabulary. Alternatively, these ideas can be written in an exercise book or on paper.
Teacher tip
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which phrase means 'at home'?
Which phrase means 'at home'?
bei Hause
im Heim
im Hause
zu Heim
Q2.Match the German and English.
Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Match the German and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The singer sang five songs.'
Order the words to say: 'The singer sang five songs.'
Q5.Write in English: 'das Essen war lecker'.
Write in English: 'das Essen war lecker'.
Q6.Write in German: 'an expensive car'.
Write in German: 'an expensive car'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Register refers to the __________ we use when speaking or writing.
Register refers to the __________ we use when speaking or writing.
tense
connectives
amount of words
Q2.Match the nouns with the correct rules for forming plurals.
Match the nouns with the correct rules for forming plurals.
Q3.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q4.Write in German: 'I ate a biscuit'.
Write in German: 'I ate a biscuit'.
