Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-'
Learning outcomes
I can express my plans for the future by using time phrases with 'nächst-' and the present tense, in the 1st person singular and plural.
I can correctly pronounce [s] and [ß], and understand when to write 'ß' or 'ss'.
- Year 7
Summer plans: present tense (future meaning) 1st person, 'nächst-'
Learning outcomes
I can express my plans for the future by using time phrases with 'nächst-' and the present tense, in the 1st person singular and plural.
I can correctly pronounce [s] and [ß], and understand when to write 'ß' or 'ss'.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [s] sounds like the English 'z' before a vowel. Elsewhere [s], 'ss' and [ß] sound like the English 's'.
- Write 'ss' after a short vowel but [ß] after a long vowel like 'Fuß' or after 2 vowels together like 'weiß'.
- 'Nächst-' means 'next' and takes the same ending as the definite article of the noun it precedes.
- Use a time adverbial with the present tense to express what you are doing in future, e.g., 'Nächste Woche tanze ich'.
- When translating future meaning from German into English, use the present continuous tense (i.e., 'I am going to').
Keywords
[s] - pronounced as in 'sollen'
[ß], [ss] - pronounced as in 'groß'
Time phrase - a multi-word phrase that describes when something happens, e.g., 'am Montag'
Nächst- - 'next'
Tense - form of a verb that expresses time (past, present, future)
Common misconception
The spellings 'ss' and 'ß' make different sounds.
The spellings 'ss' and 'ß' make the same sound, but write 'ss' after a short vowel, 'ß' after a long vowel.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the following numbers in order, starting with the lowest.
Q2.Match up the German and English words.
Q3.Match each German word to its English meaning,
Q4.How do we pronounce the letter 'j' in German?
Q5.Complete the translation: 'mit deiner Mutter' - 'with __________ mother'.
Q6.Complete the translation: 'Der Film dauert zwei Stunden.' - 'The film two hours.'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.When does an [s] sound like a 'z' in German?
Q2.When is ‘ß’ written instead of ‘ss’?
Q3.What does the letter [ß] sound like?
Q4.Match each form of 'nächst-' with the correct word to make a future time phrase.
