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Novice High German
Textbook: Wir – Grundkurs Deutsch für junge Lerner (Lehrbuch 2)
Trimester 1
Modul 4 – Freizeitaktivtäten
Lektion 1 – Kannst du inlineskaten?
Lektion 2 – Wohin fährst du in Urlaub?
Lektion 3 – Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about hobbies
• Expressing what one does well or not so well
• Talking about sports equipment
• Talking about clothing and colors
• Talking what one wants/has to do
• Talking about possessions
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about vacation destinations
• Asking for reasons and answering to the question
• Talking about seasons, months, and weather
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about one’s age
• Talking about when someone was born
• Talking about when someone died
• Talking about invitations and presents
• Asking for advice or an opinion
• Asking someone to do something
Structures:
• Present tense of the modals können, wollen,
müssen
• Possessive adjectives in the nominative and
accusative
• Expressing possession with gehören + name
• The correlative conjunction nicht … sondern
Culture:
• What kinds of sports do German kids enjoy?
• What is the role of school sports?
• How about professional sports?
Structures:
• Questions with wohin?
• Expressing to with in, an, nach
• Questions with warum? and wann?
Culture:
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What do Germans like to do on vacation?
What are some European vacation spots?
How much vacation do German kids have?
How about working adults?
What is the weather like in Germany?
Structures:
• Prouncing the year in German
• Review of dates
• The verb werden to express a future event
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• The 2 person singular imperative
• Present tense of the modal sollen
• The preposition für + accusative
• Accusative pronouns
• Questions with wen?
Culture:
• How do German kids celebrate their birthday?
• What do Germans celebrate?
• What are the famous Germans in this chapter
known for? Luther, Romy Schneider, von Goethe,
Lise Meitner, Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Mozart, Clara
Schumann, Bert Brecht, Nelly Sachs
Trimester 2
Modul 5 – Krank, gesund, ungesund
Lektion 1 – Mir tut der Kopf weh
Lektion 2 – Gesund leben
Lektion 3 – Tina hat sich wehgetan
Communicative Functions:
• Naming body parts
• Talking about one’s well-being
• Giving advice
• Talking about illnesses and cures
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about one’s health (diet, exercise, and life
style habits)
• Reading and writing recipes
• Asking for and giving permission to do something
• Expressing restrictions
• Giving reasons
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about a past event
• Talking about accidents
• Asking when something happened and answering
the question
Structures:
• The definite article in the dative case
• Dative pronouns
• The impersonal dative verbs wehtun, gut/schlecht
gehen
• 2nd person plural and formal imperatives
• Questions with wem?
Culture:
• What kinds of childhood illnesses do German kids
have?
• Do German kids have the same vaccinations as
American kids?
• How do Germans deal with minor aches and pains?
Structures:
• Present tense of the modal dürfen
• The dependent clause with weil
Culture:
• How are German and American life styles similar
and different?
• What are recipes for some well-known German
dishes?
Structures:
• The conversational past with haben and sein for
select regular and irregular verbs
• Time expressions heute, gestern, letzte Woche, …
Culture:
• What do German law enforcement and emergency
personnel and vehicles look like?
• What is all that talk about the Autobahn?
• How is German medicine and health insurance
similar or different than in the United States?
Trimester 3
Modul 6 – Mein Stadtviertel, meine vier Wände …
Lektion 1 – Wo ist denn hier…?
Lektion 2 – Hast du Lust, ins Kino zu gehen?
Lektion 3 – Ordnung muss sein!
Communicative Functions:
• Pointing out and giving directions to places in town
• Explaining where one is located
• Asking for locations
• Arranging a meeting place
• Expressing where to shop
Communicative Functions:
• Making plans to do something together
• Making suggestions
• Talking about where to do certain activities
• Asking for and giving directions
Communicative Functions:
• Talking about the orderly state of one’s bedroom
• Asking for and locating items
• Asking where to put an item and answering the
question
Structures:
• The prepositions in, auf + dative/accusative
• Questions with wo? and wohin?
• Expressiong to with zu + dative
• The preposition mit + dative
• The infinitive sentence with zu
Structures:
• The verbs liegen/legen, stehen/stellen,
sitzen/setzen, and hängen
• Prepositions with the accusative and dative
Structures:
• Questions with wo?
• The prepositions an, in, vor, hinter, neben + dative
• The verbs wissen and kennen
• The verbs stehen and sitzen
Culture:
• How are German towns and cities organized?
• Where do you go shopping in German towns?
• What modes of transportation are available in
German towns and cities?
• What is the significance of the Fußgängerzone?
Culture:
• What kinds of things are there to do in some of the
larger German cities?
• What kinds of things are there to do in smaller
towns?
• How do I read a German city map?
• How do I read a subway/bus map?
Culture:
• What kind of furnishings are in a German kid’s
bedroom? computer? TV? etc.
• How does the phrase Ordnung muss sein
demonstrate an important German virtue?