Rechte: 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand and read aloud vocabulary relating to human rights and can ask questions using 'wer', 'wen' and 'wem' when discussing rights for disabled people.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Learning and revisiting vocabulary benefits from read-aloud pratice to cement sound-spelling correspondences
- Reading aloud needs initial practice focussing on SSCs, compound and unknown words prior to whole text practice.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wen' in the accusative.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' become 'wem' in the dative.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - (SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds
Wer, wen, wem - question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case
Nominative - case used for the subject or 'doer' of the action of a verb in a sentence
Accusative - case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions
Dative - case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition
Common misconception
The question word 'wer' is used whenever we want to say 'who'.
'Wer' means 'who' in the nominative case only. It changes to 'wen' in accusative and 'wem' in the dative case. In English, 'wen' and 'wem' also mean 'whom', although this word is used less frequently.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 1 includes mainly Higher-tier vocabulary but provides general information about human rights and is useful practice for both tiers in read-aloud tasks.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'roof'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
bathroom
tin, can
case
wall
rest, remainder
leftovers
Q3.Match the German and English.
brown
broken
patient
happy, fortunate
finished, ready
so-called
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I found the second solution better.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Der Apfel schmeckt sauer.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I recycled everything.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
protection
law
education
general, generally
disabled
unemployed
Q2.Match the words to the missing sounds.
[aa]
[ier]
[ei]
[ie]
[ch]
[sch]
Q3.Match up the sentence halves.
ist deine Begleitperson, Lucas?
kann ich fragen?
hast du heute geholfen?
Q4.Write in German: 'Who do you trust?'
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