Birthdays: recounting personal experiences
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand and write about birthday experiences in past and present tenses.
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'.
Teacher tip
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.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which phrase means 'at home'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
to eat, eating
to drive, travel
to read, reading
to bring with
to bake, baking
to celebrate, celebrating
Q3.Match the German and English.
evening
birthday
shop
morning
afternoon
night
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The singer sang five songs.'
Q5.Write in English: 'das Essen war lecker'.
Q6.Write in German: 'an expensive car'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Register refers to the __________ we use when speaking or writing.
Q2.Match the nouns with the correct rules for forming plurals.
add -e (sometimes with an umlaut)
no change
add -er (with or without umlaut)
add -n or -en
add -s
Q3.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q4.Write in German: 'I ate a biscuit'.
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