SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 1 Rückblick: Die Medien in meinem Leben pages 6–7 Objectives Talking about the media you use in everyday life Reviewing the present tense AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Present tense regular verbs and separable verbs Present tense irregular verbs Skills Developing sentences by adding intensifiers, adverbs of frequency and time references. Listening Listening and identifying key points and making notes on ex1–2 text about media activities. Speaking Working in pairs to ask and answer questions about media ex3 activities. Reading Reading and identifying key points from texts detailing ex1 media activities. Writing Writing a short text about using the media. ex4 Key language Ich sehe fern. Ich gehe ins Kino. Ich höre Musik. Ich lese Zeitschriften. Ich simse. Ich spiele am Computer. Ich bin mit Freunden online. Ich spiele Wii. Ich surfe im Internet. Ich besuche Chatrooms. Ich schreibe E-Mails. Ich lade Musik herunter. Ich lade Fotos hoch. Ich benutze MySpace. Ich sehe Filme / Dokumentarfilme / Zeichentrickfilme / Kindersendungen / Musiksendungen / Sportsendungen / Seifenopern / Quizsendungen. Ich lese (gern) Bücher / Zeitungen / Zeitschriften / Liebesgeschichten. Ich telefoniere. Ich fotografiere. Ich teile Videos, Musik und Fotos. sehr, ziemlich, total, wirklich, nie, selten, ab und zu, oft, immer, am Wochenende, am Montag, montags, nachmittags, abends Lesson starter Reviewing high frequency words. Plenary Reviewing progress made in talking about the media. ICT opportunities Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p3 Extension ex2: Using their notes, students transfer the information into German in the third person. Resources CD1 tracks 2–3; Übungsheft Higher p3; Grammatik p205 Exam preparation and practice Using intensifiers, adverbs and time references in speaking and writing tasks Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 2 Mein Leben online pages 8–9 Objectives Creating a German online profile Reviewing the nominative case AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Present tense of haben and sein Nominative case: ein; kein, mein etc. Skills Developing sentences by adding negatives, opinions and adjectives. Listening Listening to someone’s general interests and completing a ex3 profile. Speaking Interviewing a partner about general interests. ex5 Reading Reading and picking out details in an online profile. ex1–2 Writing Writing an online profile. ex4 Key language Wie alt bist du? Ich bin [16] Jahre alt. Wo wohnst du? Ich wohne in [York]. Wann hast du Geburtstag? Ich habe am [6. Juli] Geburtstag. Wie fühlst du dich im Moment? Ich bin [glücklich]. Was sind deine Top-Acts? Meine Top-Acts sind [Kanye West und Dizzee Rascal]. Was ist dein Lieblingsfilm? Mein Lieblingsfilm ist [Spider-Man 3]. Was für Sendungen magst du? Ich mag [Tiersendungen]. Was für Bücher magst du? Ich mag [Liebesromane]. Hast du Vorbilder? [Leona Lewis] und [Rebecca Adlington] sind meine Vorbilder. Ich finde das unglaublich, unmöglich, ausgezeichnet, doof, faszinierend, furchtbar, klasse, lustig, schlecht, schrecklich. Lesson starter Reviewing simple questions and answers about personal information. Plenary Reviewing progress made in understanding and applying grammatical concepts. ICT opportunities Use platforms such as MySpace, Bebo or Facebook, where possible and safe, for either whole class work or individual networking. Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p4 Extension ex1: Ask students to give their own answers to the headings on the form. Resources CD1 track 4; Übungsheft Higher p4; Grammatik p205, p208 Exam preparation and practice Expressing opinions Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 3 Dynamisch und mit Funk pages 10–11 Objectives Talking about music Developing the skill of asking questions AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Verb as second idea Skills Asking questions Listening Listening and completing a form about musical interests. ex2 Speaking Interviewing someone about their musical interests. ex3 Reading Reading and picking out main details about musical interests. ex1 Reading and identifying the correct statements. ex4 Writing Writing a blog entry about the role of music in your life. ex5 Key language Was für Musik hörst du? Ich höre Dance-Musik / Heavymetal-Musik / klassische Musik. Warum hörst du Rap-Musik / Trance-Musik / Popmusik? [Rap-Musik] ist rhythmisch / melodisch / lebhaft. [Rap-Musik] hat einen guten Beat / hat einen Funkrhythmus. Wie kaufst du Musik? Ich lade Musik vom Internet herunter. Ich benutze iTunes. Ich kaufe CDs. Wann hörst du Musik? Ich höre abends / fast jeden Tag / am Wochenende / morgens / im Urlaub Musik. Wo hörst du Musik? Ich höre im Schlafzimmer / im Bad / beim Konzert / im Auto Musik. Lesson starter Categorising adjectives according to defined semantic parameters. Plenary Reviewing progress in the skill of asking questions. ICT opportunities ex3: Using the internet as a ‘window to the world’, show students current pages about ‘what is hot and what is not’ in the world of German pop music. Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p5 Extension ex3: Challenge students to see if they can speak for one minute about music. They are allowed to write just five words (in German) to act as prompts for their talk. Resources CD1 tracks 5–6; Übungsheft Higher p5; Grammatik pp212–213 Exam preparation and practice Asking and answering questions Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 4 Was läuft im Fernsehen? pages 12–13 Objectives Discussing TV habits Referring to the future using the present tense AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Using the present tense with future meaning Future time markers Skills Thinking skills Listening Listening and making notes on television likes and dislikes. ex3 Listening to check answers. ex5, 8 Speaking Playing a memory game with a partner on television ex2 listings. Discussing with a partner what you are going to ex9 watch on television. Reading Reading a television guide and picking out programme types. ex1 Understanding a living graph. ex4 Reading and putting a conversation in the correct order. ex7 Writing Writing an email about television programmes. ex6 Key language der Film / der Dokumentarfilm / der Zeichentrickfilm / der Krimi / die Kindersendung / die Musiksendung / die Quizsendung / die Sportsendung / die Tiersendung / die Seifenoper / die Komödie / die Nachrichten ich liebe / ich mag (nicht) / ich hasse … Meine Lieblingssendung ist [X-Factor]. [Eastenders] kann ich nicht leiden. Er ist fantastisch / gruselig / langweilig / lustig / romantisch / schrecklich / spannend / zu lang / gewalttätig / eindrucksvoll. Was machen wir heute Abend? Was läuft heute? Was für eine Sendung ist das? Lesson starter Developing vocabulary memorising techniques. Plenary Reviewing progress in referring to the future using the present tense. ICT opportunities ex6: Using the internet as a ‘window to the world’, show students web pages giving information on what is being shown on various German television channels tonight. Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p6 Extension ex4: Students take one channel’s entertainment for an evening and create a living graph for themselves. They then swap graphs and their partners write a short text about what type of programmes their partner likes and dislikes, according to his / her graph. Resources CD1 tracks 7–9; Übungsheft Higher p6; Grammatik p206 Exam preparation and practice Expressing opinions Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 5 Clownfische und Monster pages 14–15 Objectives Describing a film Storing vocabulary and structures AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Noun plurals Skills Storing vocabulary and structures Listening Listening to information about films and taking notes. ex3 Listening and guessing which film is being described. ex4 Speaking Describing a film for others to guess. ex5 Reading Matching films titles with descriptions. ex1 Completing sentences about films. ex2 Completing a gapped film description. ex6 Writing Writing a description of a film you’ve seen. ex7 Key language Ich habe [Shrek 3] im Kino / im Fernsehen / auf DVD gesehen. Das ist ein Fantasyfilm / Science-Fiction-Film / Zeichentrickfilm. Das Hauptthema ist Liebe / Gewalt / Mord / Tod / Freiheit / Familie / Gut gegen Böse. Die Geschichte ist [spannend]. Die Musik ist [super]. Die Spezialeffekte sind [eindrucksvoll]. Die Charaktere sind [gruselig]. [Mike Myles] spielt die Rolle von [Shrek]. Es handelt sich um / geht um [ein grünes Monster]. Der Film findet in [Rom] statt. Er ist romantisch / zu lang. Lesson starter Practising using a dictionary to identify plural forms. Plenary Reviewing understanding of key structures from this unit. ICT opportunities Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p7 Extension ex7: Give students pre-determined films to research and write about. Create a class thread for a film critic with several different current films represented. Resources CD1 tracks 10–11; Übungsheft Higher p7; Grammatik p208 Exam preparation and practice Storing vocabulary Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 6 Neue Medien, traditionelle Medien pages 16–17 Objectives Talking about and comparing more traditional media with modern media Using different techniques to extend answers AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Subordinate clauses (wenn, weil) Verb comma verb Skills Using different techniques to extend answers: joining two sentences, adding opinions, adding an opposing view Listening Listening and making notes about new and traditional media. ex4 Listening and noting advantages and disadvantages of new ex5 media. Speaking Asking and answering questions based on a picture. ex7 Reading Reading statements and identifying new and traditional ex1 media. ex2 Reading chatroom entries and answering questions about ex3 them. Reading a text and labelling pictures. Writing Writing a page for a website about reading and radio habits. ex6 Key language Man kann eine Geschichte oder ähnliches genießen, wenn man Auto fährt. Man muss seine Phantasie benutzen, weil es keine Bilder gibt. Es ist gut, immer mehr Ausdrücke zu lernen und zu lesen, wie man neue Wörter buchstabiert. Wenn man keinen Strom hat, kann man sich immer noch entspannen. Man kann sich informieren oder eine Geschichte genießen, während man badet. Man kann gleichzeitig trainieren, Hausaufgaben machen oder basteln. Ich lese oft Liebesgeschichten. Ich lese oft Liebesgeschichten und ich höre gern Radio. Ich mag Radio hören, weil man gleichzeitig trainieren kann. Mein Sohn spielt gern am Computer, aber ich finde Computer kompliziert. Lesson starter Using knowledge about language to construct sentences containing unknown elements. Plenary Consolidating work on extending sentences, using the ‘four stage rule’. ICT opportunities Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p8 Extension ex3: Ask students to consider what advances in technology will occur in the next few years. Students write a short passage about possible future developments, using structures from ex3 as support. Resources CD1 track 12; Übungsheft Higher p8; Grammatik pp216–217 Exam preparation and practice Practice in picture-based discussion Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute 7 Die neuen Medien – immer etwas Positives? pages 18–19 Objectives Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of new media Structuring simple arguments AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Modal verbs in the present tense Skills Using a variety of structures to say what you think Listening Listening to information about the media and choosing from ex3 multiple choice options. Speaking Expressing your opinion about new technologies. ex4 Reading Reading a text about new media and saying whether views are ex1 positive or negative. Writing Listing advantages and disadvantages of new technologies. ex2 Writing an article about new technologies. ex5 Key language Man kann Musik herunterladen / online fernsehen / auf dem Handy spielen. Man kann mit dem Computer Zeit sparen – E-Mails zu schicken ist einfach und billig. Das Internet hilft beim Studium. Man kann Informationen schnell finden. Man verbringt weniger persönliche Zeit mit Freunden. Neue Technologien sind teuer und nicht immer zuverlässig. Kinder und junge Leute sind online und in Chatrooms nicht immer sicher. Es gibt zu viele unkontrollierte Sex-Webseiten. Lesson starter Using prior linguistic knowledge to build sentences with some unknown elements. Plenary Consolidating the skill of using different structures and adjectives to give opinions. ICT opportunities Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher pp9–10; Extra A p186 Extension Extra B p187 Resources CD1 track 13; Übungsheft Higher pp9–12; Grammatik p214 Exam preparation and practice Extending answers and using more complex structures Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Spread to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute Sprachtest pages 20–21 Objectives Preparing for a conversation about music AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Using a range of tenses Exam strategies Expressing opinions Using fillers and qualifiers Listening Listening to a model conversation and picking out p20 questions, opinions and time references Speaking Preparing for a conversation about music. Over to you! p21 Reinforcement Grade Studio C p21 Extension Grade Studio A and A* p21 Resources CD4 track 2 Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Spread to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 1 Die Medien heute Schreibtest pages 22–23 Objectives Preparing for an extended writing task about modern media AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Free time and the media: Free time activities; Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Grammar Using weil Exam strategies Expressing opinions Using advanced phrases. Reading Reading a text about the cinema and picking out p22 opinions, key phrases and time phrases. Writing Preparing for an extended writing task about modern p23 media. Reinforcement Grade Studio C p23 Extension Grade Studio A and A* p23 Homework Notes SCHOOL: CLASS: Unit to be covered from (dates): to: Echo: AQA GCSE German Higher Chapter 2 Ich habe Reiselust! 1 Rückblick Was für ein Urlaubstyp bist du? pages 26–27 Objectives Discussing what type of holiday you enjoy Using gern, lieber, am liebsten AQA contexts and purposes Leisure: Holidays: Plans, preferences, experiences Grammar Preferences: gern, lieber, am liebsten Skills Reading for gist Using cognates to help with meaning Listening Listening and identifying holiday preferences. ex3 Listening for details of holiday plans. ex4 Speaking Asking and answering questions about holidays. ex5 Reading Understanding people’s holiday preferences. ex1 Doing a quiz on what type of holiday you prefer. ex2 Writing n/a n/a Key language Ich fahre gern nach Österreich / nach London / in die Türkei. Ich bleibe gern zu Hause. Ich fahre lieber nach London. Am liebsten fahre ich Ski. Ich übernachte [immer] im Hotel / in einer Jugendherberge / auf einem Campingplatz / bei meiner Oma. Ich fahre oft / meistens [alleine / mit meiner Familie / mit Freunden / mit Freundinnen] in den Urlaub. Ich fahre gern mit Freunden / Freundinnen / in den Urlaub. Ich chille / lese gern. Ich liege / sonne mich lieber am Strand. Die Ferien sind entspannend / locker / langweilig. Lesson starter Reordering a list of holiday activities according to personal preferences. Plenary Reviewing progress in using gern, lieber and am liebsten. ICT opportunities Writing an email to a friend about ideal holiday. Reinforcement Übungsheft Higher p13 Extension ex5: Students write a short email to a German friend describing their ideal summer or winter holiday. Resources CD1 track 14; Übungsheft Higher p13; Grammatik p210 Exam preparation and practice Reading strategies Homework Notes