Communication and the world around us: mein Leben online
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Why this why now
In the context of social media, this unit revisits a range of grammar including the perfect tense of strong verbs, the perfect tense with 'gerade' meaning 'just'. Verbs with prepositions are revised, together with wo- and da- compounds. Pupils are introduced to the use of am/beim with the nominalisation of the infinitive. Pupils practise this through articles about influencers and musicians in Germany, and an opportunity for extended writing on online communication. Digital detox provides the context for perfect tense revision, whilst music is the vehicle for revisiting 'wenn' vs 'als'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs.
- Pupils know that some past participles change the vowel from ei to ie (schreiben) or ie to o (fliegen)
- Pupils know that past participles or some strong verbs are the same as infinitives, for example 'bekommen, erfahren, enthalten'.
- Pupils know some verbs with propositions.
- Pupils know and can use some da-compounds, for example 'darauf', 'dafür'.
Threads
Why this why now
In the context of social media, this unit revisits a range of grammar including the perfect tense of strong verbs, the perfect tense with 'gerade' meaning 'just'. Verbs with prepositions are revised, together with wo- and da- compounds. Pupils are introduced to the use of am/beim with the nominalisation of the infinitive. Pupils practise this through articles about influencers and musicians in Germany, and an opportunity for extended writing on online communication. Digital detox provides the context for perfect tense revision, whilst music is the vehicle for revisiting 'wenn' vs 'als'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the perfect tense of weak and strong verbs.
- Pupils know that some past participles change the vowel from ei to ie (schreiben) or ie to o (fliegen)
- Pupils know that past participles or some strong verbs are the same as infinitives, for example 'bekommen, erfahren, enthalten'.
- Pupils know some verbs with propositions.
- Pupils know and can use some da-compounds, for example 'darauf', 'dafür'.
Communication and the world around us: mein Leben online
This unit revisits verbs and prepositions and teaches new da-/wo-compounds dabei, darin, davon and dazu. Relative pronouns in subject relative clauses are also used in 2-verb structures. Pupils consolidate the perfect tense and am/beim with the nominationson of the infinitive is introduced.
6 lessons in unit
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