Everyday routine: using verbs reflexively, 24-hour clock
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can talk about routine activities and times using the 24-hour clock.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Regular revisiting of phonic rules supports effective transcription and reading aloud.
- Practising new and known vocabulary regularly supports successful recall.
- For 24-hour clock, we say 'Uhr' instead of ':' and minutes are said as numbers, e.g., 'vierzehn Uhr fünfunddreißig'.
- Open questions are formed by using a question word and inverting the subject and verb, e.g., 'Wann gehen wir ins Kino?'.
Keywords
Open question - question starting with a wh- word that has more information in the answer than yes/no
Common misconception
Saying times in 24-hour format in German works in exactly the same way as in English.
Saying the time in 24-hour format uses numbers like in English. The difference is that German needs 'Uhr' - 'o'clock' - between the hour and the minutes, e.g., 21:50 is 'einundzwanzig Uhr fünfzig'.
Teacher tip
The Learning Cycle 2 speaking task is designed to be open, to allow students to be adventurous with the questions they form. It also provides contingency in that the student answering has to listen to the question carefully to ensure their response is appropriate.
Equipment
A mini whiteboard and pen, together with pen and paper for making notes, would be useful, if available.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.'Das Tier ist sehr __________.'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q2.Match the German and English.
arm
business
dish, court
breakfast
house
newspaper
Q3.Match the German and English.
to choose, select
to grab, grasp, clasp
to lead, leading
to enjoy, enjoying
to promise, promising
to wait, waiting
Q4.Order the words to say: 'You would like the cake but he would like the coffee.'
Q5.Write in English: 'sie verkaufen den Laden'.
Q6.Write in German: 'the king is dead'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the words and missing sounds.
[a]
[e]
[ie]
[ei]
[w]
[z]
Q2.Match the German and English.
bed
leaf, sheet
son
chair
daughter
Christmas
Q3.Order the words below to form an open question.
Q4.Write the time 14:35 in German, in full words.
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