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Year 9

Everyday routine: using verbs reflexively, 24-hour clock

Learning outcomes

I can talk about routine activities and times using the 24-hour clock.

I can use my knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences to read text aloud with accurate pronunciation.

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Year 9

Everyday routine: using verbs reflexively, 24-hour clock

Learning outcomes

I can talk about routine activities and times using the 24-hour clock.

I can use my knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences to read text aloud with accurate pronunciation.

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Key learning points

  1. Regular revisiting of phonic rules supports effective transcription and reading aloud.
  2. Practising new and known vocabulary regularly supports successful recall.
  3. For 24-hour clock, we say 'Uhr' instead of ':' and minutes are said as numbers, e.g., 'vierzehn Uhr fünfunddreißig'.
  4. 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'.


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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.
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6 Questions

Q1.
'Das Tier ist sehr __________.'. Choose the correct missing word.

Correct answer: lieb
lieber
liebe
liebes

Q2.
Match the German and English.

Correct Answer:Arm (m),arm

arm

Correct Answer:Betrieb (m),business

business

Correct Answer:Gericht (nt),dish, court

dish, court

Correct Answer:Frühstück (nt),breakfast

breakfast

Correct Answer:Haus (nt),house

house

Correct Answer:Zeitung (f),newspaper

newspaper

Q3.
Match the German and English.

Correct Answer:auswählen,to choose, select

to choose, select

Correct Answer:fassen,to grab, grasp, clasp

to grab, grasp, clasp

Correct Answer:führen,to lead, leading

to lead, leading

Correct Answer:genießen,to enjoy, enjoying

to enjoy, enjoying

Correct Answer:versprechen,to promise, promising

to promise, promising

Correct Answer:warten,to wait, waiting

to wait, waiting

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'You would like the cake but he would like the coffee.'

1 - du
2 - möchtest
3 - den Kuchen
4 - aber
5 - er
6 - möchte
7 - den Kaffee

Q5.
Write in English: 'sie verkaufen den Laden'.

Correct Answer: they sell the shop, they are selling the shop, they're selling the shop

Q6.
Write in German: 'the king is dead'.

Correct Answer: der König ist tot, der Koenig ist tot

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Match the words and missing sounds.

Correct Answer:h__lten,[a]

[a]

Correct Answer:n__nnen,[e]

[e]

Correct Answer:prob__ren,[ie]

[ie]

Correct Answer:sch__nen,[ei]

[ei]

Correct Answer:__ohl,[w]

[w]

Correct Answer:an__iehen,[z]

[z]

Q2.
Match the German and English.

Correct Answer:Bett (nt),bed

bed

Correct Answer:Blatt (nt),leaf, sheet

leaf, sheet

Correct Answer:Sohn (m),son

son

Correct Answer:Stuhl (m),chair

chair

Correct Answer:Tochter (f),daughter

daughter

Correct Answer:Weihnachten (nt),Christmas

Christmas

Q3.
Order the words below to form an open question.

1 - wie
2 - oft
3 - gehst
4 - du
5 - in
6 - die
7 - Schule

Q4.
Write the time 14:35 in German, in full words.

Correct Answer: vierzehn Uhr fünfunddreißig, vierzehn Uhr fuenfunddreissig

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