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Interest and Leisure Activities
Weather and Seasons
German 1 > Social Life
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about interests and leisure activities, including likes and dislikes.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Comprehend simple, culturally-authentic announcements and advertisements related to leisure activities.
- Identify activities being described.
- Determine whether a person likes or dislikes a particular activity or interest.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Tell the degree to which a person likes or dislikes various activities.
- Tell when and how frequently a person participates in various activities.
- Tell what leisure activities a person does or does not do.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the role of leisure activities in a young person’s daily life.
- Discuss where young people meet during leisure time.
- Discuss the impact of geographic location on popular leisure activities.
- Identify popular sports and leisure activities in German-speaking countries.
- Identify and discuss prominent individuals involved in sports and the arts in German-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Compare the sports studied and played in physical education (P. E.) class in the U.S. with sports played in German-speaking countries.
- Discuss geography when discussing hobbies, including stamp collecting.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare the United States and German-speaking countries in terms of venues and types of leisure activities.
- Compare typical customs of socializing for young people.
- Identify cognates that are used for interests or activities.
- Recognize when a verb is left in its infinitive form with modals in English and in German.
- Understand word order in English and in German.
Communication Across Communities
- Describe sports and leisure activities in German-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary for describing likes and dislikes
- Adverbs of frequency
- Vocabulary for describing preferences and favorites
- Use of the verbs spielen, treiben, and machen
- Use of the modal verb mögen
- Use of the stem-changing verbs sehen, lessen, and fahren
German 1 > Social Life
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about weather and seasons.
- Ask and respond to questions about activities and weather during different seasons.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify weather and seasons based on spoken and written descriptions.
- Identify weather and seasons as represented by symbols (e.g., picture of sun is labeled Es ist heiss).
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe a variety of weather conditions and seasons.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the influence of weather on lifestyles and activities in German-speaking countries.
- Identify varying climates in different geographic locations in German-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Describe the use of metric system in giving temperatures.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Identify the different seasons in various German-speaking countries.
- Identify cognates and false cognates in German related to weather and seasons.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a German language weather report.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to a weather map
- Prepositions in and an with seasons, months, and days
- Use of the modal verb sollen
- Seasonal activity vocabulary
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