Foreign Language - German II  

District 2853

Month

Content

Performance Standards Addressed

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Special occasions

·         Common courtesies

·         Rooms of house

·         Gift ideas

·         Dates (ordinal numbers)

·         Verbs with stem vowel change

·         Personal pronouns (nominative, accusative)

·         Command forms

·         Berlin

 

·         Talk about birthday presents

·         Offer and accept gifts

·         Congratulate someone

·         Identify rooms and furniture

·         Describe daily activities

·         Express intentions

·         Tell someone to do something

·         Use personal pronouns correctly

·         Use verbs with stem vowel changes correctly

·         Talk about Berlin

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Fill in rooms in floor plan of a house

·         Written and oral tests

October

·         Entertainment

·         Music:  Classical to Pop

·         Hobbies

·         Leisure-time activities

·         Obligations at home

·         Verbs with separable prefixes

·         Accusative prepositions

·         Compound nouns

·         Bern and Luzern

 

·         Talk about a film expressing likes and dislikes

·         Describe weekend activities

·         Describe hobbies

·         Talk about chores at home

·         Make plans

·         Use verbs with separable prefixes correctly

·         Use accusative prepositions correctly

·         Make compound nouns and use correct article

·         Talk about Bern and Luzern

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Person description of hobbies and chores

·         Written and oral tests

November

·         Sports for everyone

·         Parts of the body

·         Soccer

·         Indirect object (dative case)

·         Dative prepositions

·         Verbs followed by the dative case

·         Vienna

 

·         Talk about sports

·         Express likes and dislikes

·         Restate information

·         Inquire about personal preferences

·         Identify parts of the body

·         Use the definite and indefinite articles correctly for the dative case

·         Use dative prepositions correctly

·         Use verbs followed by the dative case correctly

·         Talk about Vienna

·         Oral responses

·         Description of a certain sport

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Written and oral tests

December

·         Traveling by train

·         The train station

·         Means of transportation

·         Places in the city

·         Giving directions

·         Christmas customs in German speaking countries

·         German Christmas songs

 

·         Talk about traveling

·         Ask for and give directions

·         Identify important places in a city

·         Describe a trip

·         Ask for information

·         Sing German Christmas songs

·         Tell about German Christmas customs

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Oral singing

·         Written translations

·         Oral and written tests

January

·         Musical instruments

·         Metric measurements

·         Foreign influence in Germany

·         Present perfect tense (regular verbs)

·         Dative personal pronouns

·         Foods and beverages

·         Sentence formation

 

·         Talk about weekend activities

·         Accept or refuse an invitation

·         Describe talents and abilities

·         Order from a menu

·         Talk about past events

·         Use the present perfect tense of verbs correctly

·         Use dative personal pronouns correctly

·         Form sentences in correct order

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Written story in the present perfect tense

·         Oral and written tests

February

·         Interviewing people

·         Biographical sketch

·         Reading German signs

·         Writing and reading German numbers

·         Present perfect tense (irregular verbs)

·         Possessive adjectives

·         Munich

·         Fasching and Karneval

 

·         Talk about yourself and others

·         Ask about factual information

·         Interpret and discuss

·         German directional signs

·         Describe a trip

·         Give information

·         Use the present perfect tense with irregular verbs correctly

·         Use possessive adjectives correctly

·         Talk about Munich

·         Talk about Fasching and Karneval

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translation

·         Biographical sketch

·         Written and oral tests

March

·         Airport facilities

·         Transportation

·         Baggage items

·         "The Romantic Street"

·         Comparison of adjectives

·         Comparison of adverbs

·         Using "gern" and "lieber"

·         Bavaria

 

·         Discuss travel plans

·         Describe airport facilities

·         Identify pieces of luggage

·         Talk about past events

·         Sequence events

·         Describe means of transportation

·         Compare adjectives correctly

·         Compare adverbs correctly

·         Use "gern" and "lieber" correctly

·         Talk about Bavaria

·         Talk about "The Romantic Street"

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Written and oral tests

April

·         Countries, people, languages

·         Animals

·         Typical daily activities

·         Shopping at a market

·         Adjectives used as nouns

·         Prepositions with dative or accusative

·         Past tense (narrative past tense)

·         Living in the country or a small town

 

·         Identify animals

·         Name countries, languages, and people

·         Describe daily routines

·         Sequence daily events

·         Talk in the past tense using narrative past correctly

·         Use adjectives as nouns correctly

·         Know when to use the dative or accusative with prepositions

·         Describe our surroundings

·         Describe what you find at a German market

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Written and oral tests

May

·         Occupations

·         Driving in Germany

·         At the doctor's

·         Postal service

·         Conjunctions

·         Using modal auxiliary verbs

·         Along the Rhine River

·         Parts of a car

 

·         Identify occupations

·         Talk about a car

·         Describe a traffic situation

·         Describe how you feel

·         Explain a problem

·         Identify items related to the post office

·         Use conjunctions correctly

·         Use modal auxiliary verbs correctly

·         Talk about the Rhine River

·         Oral responses

·         Conversations

·         Written translations

·         Written and oral tests