Numbers and Time
Days, Months and Calendar
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
German 1 > School Life
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about age.
- Ask and answer questions about street addresses and telephone numbers.
- Ask and answer questions about time and scheduled activities.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Interpret a time schedule (bus, train, class, movie listing, or TV guide).
Oral and Written Presentation
- Explain a schedule of activities.
- Present information, both rehearsed and spontaneous, about ages, phone numbers, addresses, and class schedules.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the way numerals are written in German.
- Demonstrate how numbers are counted on one’s hand.
- Discuss a typical day’s schedule in German-speaking countries (meal times, etc.).
- Discuss the metric system and the Euro.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Explain the use of the metric system.
- Do simple mathematical computations in German.
- Discuss temperatures.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Discuss the concept of time in German-speaking countries.
- Compare the 24-hour clock used in European countries to the American system of a.m. and p.m.
- Discuss the use in German of the period to indicate thousands and of the comma for decimals when writing and reading numbers.
- Discuss the use of the metric system.
- Compare German time expressions to English expressions such as quarter-past, half-past, noon, and midnight.
- Compare the German use of general time expressions such as morning, before noon, noon, afternoon, evening, and night.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a time schedule in German.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Question formation
- Interrogative expressions
German 1 > School Life
Days, Months, and Calendar
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about days of week, dates, and months.
- Ask and answer questions about birthdays and celebrations.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify dates of events and celebrations.
- Comprehend simple announcements that include dates.
- Understand written numerical information as used in newspapers, announcements, letters, brochures, etc.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a weekly activities calendar.
- Present important dates and celebrations.
- Present material, both rehearsed and spontaneous, about dates on the calendar.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Identify holidays and/or celebrations in German-speaking countries.
- Relate different products to celebrations such as Krapfen for Fasching, Schultüte, St. Nikolaus (Schuh und Obst), Weihnachtsmarkt, and Lebkuchen
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Make connections with historical events that involve or relate to the United States and German-speaking countries (e.g., Fasching).
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Recognize that the calendar in German-speaking countries starts on Monday.
- Understand the importance of the first day of school in German-speaking countries and the significance of the Schultüte.
- Observe that the order in saying and writing dates is different in German (day, month, and then year).
Communication Across Communities
- Use community resources to identify cultural celebrations within the student’s own community.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to holidays
- Vocabulary related to free-time activities
- Use of the present tense to refer to the future
German 1 > School Life
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions related to class schedules and school subjects.
- Ask and answer questions about school supplies, furnishings, and rooms.
- Ask and answer questions related to a typical school day and routine.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Understand simple instructions related to classroom commands, procedures, and classroom objects.
- Comprehend a class schedule, opinions of classes, and locations in the school.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a class schedule.
- Describe necessary materials for various classes.
- Identify in which rooms classes are held.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the importance of testing in German-speaking countries to include the Abitur, Mittlere Reife, and Fachschulreife.
- Discuss the three different educational tracks and the importance of occupational training.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Compare names of courses in English with the names in German.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare American and Germanic education systems.
- Compare a typical school day in the U.S. with those in German-speaking countries.
- Compare grading scales in American and Germanic schools.
- Compare the types of school supplies typically used by students in German-speaking countries and by American students.
- Identify cognates and false cognates related to classes and school supplies.
- Understand the use of gern, nicht gern, lieblings.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a school schedule of a student from a German-speaking country and identify the educational paths.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to sequencing events
- Expressing likes, dislikes, and favorites
- Present tense of haben
- Use of the accusative case
- Use of Lieblings
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