People and lifestyle: Familie und Freunde
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Building on the concept of role models, this unit revisits possessive adjectives initially in the context of family as pupils consolidate known and new vocabulary through extended reading and dictation. Comparative adjectives are revisited and extended as pupils learn about German influencers. They then apply previous knowledge of the adverbs 'gern' and 'lieber' to extended descriptions of friends. Pupils learn how to use superlative adjectives and adverbs 'am ....sten' and apply this in a range of tasks including translation and a group discussion.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives in the nominative, accusative and dative forms.
- Pupils recognise, can form and use regular comparative adjectives.
- Pupils know and can use the adverbs 'gern' (like) and 'lieber' (prefer) with verbs.
- Pupils know word order 2 (after a time, manner or place adverbial) and word order 3 (with the verb at the end of the clause or sentence.
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Why this why now
Building on the concept of role models, this unit revisits possessive adjectives initially in the context of family as pupils consolidate known and new vocabulary through extended reading and dictation. Comparative adjectives are revisited and extended as pupils learn about German influencers. They then apply previous knowledge of the adverbs 'gern' and 'lieber' to extended descriptions of friends. Pupils learn how to use superlative adjectives and adverbs 'am ....sten' and apply this in a range of tasks including translation and a group discussion.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know possessive adjectives in the nominative, accusative and dative forms.
- Pupils recognise, can form and use regular comparative adjectives.
- Pupils know and can use the adverbs 'gern' (like) and 'lieber' (prefer) with verbs.
- Pupils know word order 2 (after a time, manner or place adverbial) and word order 3 (with the verb at the end of the clause or sentence.
People and lifestyle: Familie und Freunde
This unit revisits possessive adjectives and comparatives in a familiar context of friends and family. Pupils expand vocabulary knowledge with word pattern endings of '-keit' and '-heit'. They revisit 'gern' 'lieber', and comparative adverbs before learning superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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