COURSE: German 4 GRADE(S): 10-12 UNIT: Grammar NATIONAL

COURSE: German 4 GRADE(S): 10-12 UNIT: Grammar NATIONAL

COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Grammar
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will incorporate correct forms of
advanced grammar in the following areas of
the target language: speaking and writing.
2. Students will recognize correct forms of
advanced grammar in the following areas of
the target language: listening and reading.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Practice drills
2. Writing and speaking prompts
3. Listening activities
4. Appropriate reading selections
5. Whole class instruction
6. Differentiated instruction of grammar points
RESOURCES:
1. Practical Review of German Grammar
2. Schaum’s Outline of German Grammar
3. Grammar in Review
4. Langenscheidt Grammatiktraining: Deutsch
5. Der treffende Ausdruck
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will demonstrate intermediate to
advanced level competency in the following
areas:
ƒ All tenses including the present,
conversational past, narrative past, future,
past perfect and future perfect tenses
ƒ Subjunctive mode (all tenses)
ƒ Relative pronouns and clauses
ƒ Either/Or (Two-Way) Prepositions
ƒ Verbs + Prepositions (and correct cases)
ƒ Da-/Wo- Compounds
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written exercises
2. Homework
3. Paired activities
4. Written and oral responses to grammar points
5. Classroom discussion
6. Written and oral quizzes
7. Advanced Placement sample fill-in-the-blank
practice tests
8. AATG sample multiple choice practice tests
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Reading
NATIONAL STANDARDS
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to read and demonstrate
comprehension of authentic German
materials.
2. Students will master reading strategies used in
foreign languages.
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to read, process and
understand information including, but not
limited to, the following:
ƒ Youth novels
ƒ Internet websites
ƒ Newspaper articles
ƒ Magazine articles
ƒ Short stories
ƒ Poems
ƒ Intermediate level readers
2. Students will paraphrase, discuss and critique
what has been read in the target language
(speaking).
3. Students will predict, infer and formulate
reactions to what has been read in the target
language (in writing).
4. Through reading, students will gain an
understanding of the following cultural topics
including, but not limited to:
ƒ Foreigners in Germany, e.g. guest workers
and asylum seekers
ƒ History
ƒ Politics
ƒ Current Issues/Events
ƒ Cultural Stereotypes
ƒ Youth Culture
ƒ The Environment
ƒ Science and Technology
ƒ Literature
ACTIVITIES:
1. Practice drills
2. Class discussions
3. Role-Play/Skits
4. Comprehension/Recall questions
5. Whole class instruction
6. Differentiated instruction
7. Vocabulary building activities
RESOURCES:
1. Books from approved reading list
2. Level-appropriate Internet sites
(www.sowieso.de, www.goethe.de, etc.)
3. Realia (current newspapers, magazines, etc.)
4. Level-appropriate readers
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written exercises
2. Homework
3. Paired activities
4. Written and oral responses to readings
5. Written and oral quizzes
6. Advanced Placement sample multiple choice
practice tests
7. AATG sample multiple choice practice tests
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Listening
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to listen to and
comprehend the teacher and native speakers
speaking in different tones and at different
rates.
2. Students will master listening strategies used in
foreign languages.
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to listen to, process and
understand information including, but not
limited to, the following:
ƒ Short video clips
ƒ Radio programs
ƒ TV programs
ƒ Films
ƒ Music (Die Prinzen, Wise Guys, Die
Fantastischen Vier, etc.)
ƒ Internet Resources
ƒ Hörspiele (Krimis, etc.)
2. Students will paraphrase, discuss and critique
what has been heard in the target language
(speaking).
3. Students will predict, infer and formulate
reactions to what has been heard in the target
language (in writing).
ACTIVITIES:
1. Practice drills
2. Class discussions
3. Comprehension/Recall questions
4. Whole class instruction
5. Differentiated instruction
6. Vocabulary building activities
7. Retelling using circumlocution
RESOURCES:
1. Level-appropriate videos
2. Level-appropriate Internet sites (www.rtl.de,
www.dwelle.de, etc.)
3. Level-appropriate music
4. Through listening, students will gain an
understanding of the following cultural topics
including, but not limited to:
ƒ Foreigners in Germany, e.g. guest workers
and asylum seekers
ƒ History
ƒ Politics
ƒ Current Issues/Events
ƒ Cultural Stereotypes
ƒ Youth Culture
ƒ The Environment
ƒ Science and Technology
ƒ Literature
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written exercises
2. Homework
3. Paired activities
4. Written and oral responses to listening activities
5. Written and oral quizzes
6. Advanced Placement sample multiple choice
practice tests
7. AATG sample multiple choice practice tests
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
4. Ein Bisschen Panik
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Speaking
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be expected to speak in the
target language as much as possible.
2. Students will master speaking strategies used in
foreign languages.
3. Students will strive to attain the intermediate –
high level of speaking proficiency as per ACTFL
guidelines.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Practice drills
2. Class discussions
3. Comprehension/Recall questions
4. Whole class instruction
5. Differentiated instruction
6. Retelling using circumlocution
7. Picture prompts
8. Oral prompts
9. Conversation starters
10. Debates
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to participate actively in
conversations in most informal and some
formal settings.
2. Students will be able to narrate and describe in
present, past and future tenses.
3. Students will be able to deal effectively with
unanticipated complications in conversation
through a variety of speaking strategies.
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Paired activities
2. Oral responses to listening activities
3. Oral quizzes
4. Daily class participation
5. Advanced Placement sample speaking
situations
6. Advanced Placement picture stories
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
RESOURCES:
1. www.actfl.org
2. Teacher-generated activities based on
reading and listening selections
3. www.apcentral.org
4. Deutsch Aktuell TPR Storytelling pictures
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Writing
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be expected to write in the target
language as much as possible.
2. Students will master writing structures used the
target language.
3. Students will strive to attain the intermediatehigh level of writing proficiency as per ACTFL
guidelines
ACTIVITIES:
1. Alternative endings to stories
2. Timed writing samples
3. Vocabulary sentences
4. Advanced Placement writing prompts
5. Structured responses/essays to articles and
readings
6. Journals
7. Newspaper articles
RESOURCES:
1. www.actfl.org
2. www.dwelle.de
3. Teacher-generated activities based on
reading and listening selections.
4. See Grammar Unit Resources
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to write routine informal
and some formal correspondence, narratives,
descriptions and summaries.
2. Students will be able to narrate and describe
in the present, past and future tenses using
paraphrases and elaboration.
3. Students will be able to express their meaning
in a manner that is comprehensible to those
unaccustomed to the writing of non-natives.
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written responses to class activities
2. Written quizzes
3. Weekly independent journal writing
4. Graded written essays
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
COURSE: German 4
GRADE(S): 10-12
UNIT: Vocabulary
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.2
GOALS:
1. Students will be able to define, recall, identify,
recognize and remember appropriate
intermediate to advanced level vocabulary.
2. Students are expected to incorporate this
vocabulary into all aspects of the curriculum.
UNIT OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to recognize and use
vocabulary from the following categories
appropriately:
ƒ Automobile
ƒ Computer/Internet/Telephone
ƒ The Environment
ƒ Doctor/Hospital
ƒ Camping
ƒ State/Politics
ƒ Political Trends
ƒ Currents Issues/Events
2. Students will be able to recognize and
appropriately use vocabulary from classroom
discussions, readings, and other themes as
encountered in class.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Practice drills
2. Writing and speaking prompts
3. Listening activities
4. Appropriate reading selections
5. Whole class instruction
6. Differentiated instruction of vocabulary
7. Memory devices
8. Recognizing root words (compound words)
RESOURCES:
1. Schaum’s Outline of German Vocabulary
2. Vocabulary lists generated by teacher for
reading selections, video segments, music,
films, etc.
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Written exercises
2. Homework
3. Paired activities
4. Written and oral responses to theme-based
prompts
5. Classroom discussion
6. Written and oral quizzes
7. Advanced Placement sample multiple choice
and fill-in-the-blank practice tests
8. AATG sample multiple choice practice tests
REMEDIATION:
Teacher will provide extra help and additional
practice as needed (on an individual basis).
ENRICHMENT:
Additional readings, resources and practice
exercises provided as needed (on an individual
basis).
German 4 Resources
Readers
1. Borbein, Volker. Menschen in Deutschland: Ein Lesebuch für Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin:
Langenscheidt, 1995. (“Typisch Deutsch?” chapter)
2. Felix & Theo. Haus ohne Hoffnung. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1993.
3. Felix & Theo. Ein Fall auf Rügen. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2003.
4. Felix & Theo. Müller in New York. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1995.
5. Felix & Theo. Der Fall Schlachter.. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 1991.
6. Kernecker, Herb and Hyde Flippo. Deutsche Sagen und Legenden. A Collection of Legends from the
German-Speaking World. Lincolnwood: National Textbook Company, 1998.
7. Luscher, Renate. Deutschland nach der Wende: Daten, Texte, Aufgaben für Deutsch als
Fremdsprache. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2001.
8. Scholl, Inge. Die weiße Rose. Aschehoug/Alinea: Egmont Easy Readers, 1995.
9. Winkler, George. Advanced Reader. Lies mit mir! 3. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2006.
Youth Literature
1. Härtling, Peter. Ben liebt Anna. Weinheim and Basel: Beltz und Gelberg, 1997.
2. König, Karin. Oya: Fremde Heimat Türkei. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988.
3. König, Karin. Ich fühl mich so fifty-fifty. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1991.
4. Maar, Paul. Neben mir ist noch Platz. München: DTV Junior, 1996.
5. Rhue, Morton. Die Welle. Ravensburg: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1987.
6. Richter, Hans Peter. Damals war es Friedrich. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1995.
Classic Literature
1.
Brode, Hanspeter, ed. Deutsche Lyrik. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1990.
2.
Eichendorff, Joseph von. Das Marmorbild. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1987.
3.
Heym, Georg. Dichtungen. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1999.
4.
Tieck, Ludwig. Der blonde Eckbert. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1990.
DVDs/Videos
1.
Selected videos from the Turbo Video Series:
Inter Nationes
B1-Redaktikon Turbo
Kennedyallee 91-103
D-53175 Bonn
2.
Baaken, Renier. Florian Geyer. Der Rebell. Frankfurt: Bear Productions, 2007.
3.
Becker, Wolfgang. Good Bye Lenin! Berlin: X Verleih, 2003.
4.
Linke, Caroline. Nirgendwo in Afrika. Stuttgart: Constantin Film, 2001.
5.
National Geographic Society . Das Geheimnis der Vulkane. Washington: NGT&F, 1997.
6.
Verhoeven, Michael. Die weiße Rose. Leipzig: Arthaus, 1982.
Grammar Resources
1.
Dippmann, Gerda and Johanna Watzinger-Tharp. A Practical Review of German Grammar. 3rd
Edition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. 2000.
2.
Gaigg, Leopoldine. Keine Angst vor den Präpositionen. Ismaning: Verlag für Deutsch, 1999.
3.
Gschossmann-Hendershot, Elke and Lois Feuerle. Schaum’s Outline: German Grammar. 3rd Edition.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
4.
Sparks, Kimberly and Vail Van Horn. German in Review: Lehrbuch der Deutschen Grammatik. 4th
Edition. Boston: Heinle, 2004.
5.
Turneaure, Brigitte M. Der treffende Ausdruck. Texte, Themen, Übungen. New York: WW Norton,
1987.
Listening Materials
1.
American Association of Teachers of German. National German Exam for High School Students,
Level 4 Test. Cherry Hill: AATG, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
2.
Chinderwält Studios. Die schönschte Schwiizer Märli und Sage. Pratteln: Chinderwaelt GmbH, 2006.
3.
Raths, Angelika. Ein bisschen Panik. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2000. (Book and CD)
Various music CDs from the following groups: Wise Guys, Die Prinzen, Silbermond, Tokio Hotel,
Rosenstolz, Sportfreunde Stiller, Wir sind Helden, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fettes Brot, Rammstein, etc.
Magazines
Various issues of the following German magazines: Focus, Stern, Der Spiegel, Brigitte, Freundin, Das
Beste, Bunte, Bravo Sport, etc.
Other Resources
1.
Clay, Gundrun. 1000 Jahre Deutsche Literatur. Von den Anfängen bis zur Aufklärung. Newburyport:
Focus Publishing, 2002.
2.
Dreke, Michael and Wolfgang Lind. Wechselspiel: Sprechanlässe für die Partnerarbeit im
Kommunikativen Deutschunterricht Arbeitsblätter für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Berlin:
Langenscheidt, 1986.
3.
Kuhn-Osius, K. Eckhard. Reading Texts for Students of German: from 20 Years of the AATG
National Examination. Cherry Hill: AATG, 1990.
4.
Mai, Manfred. Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur. Weinheim: Beltz Verlag, 2001.
5.
Matten-Gohdes, Dagmar. Goethe ist Gut: Ein Goethe-Lesebuch für Kinder. Weinheim: Beltz Verlag,
1988.
6.
Moeller, Jack et. al. Kaleideskop. Kultur, Literatur und Grammatik. 7th Edition. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 2007.
7.
Mollica, Anthony. A Picture is Worth…1000 Words…: Book 1. Lewiston: Soleil Publishing, 1992.
8.
Stock, Gregory. Das Fragenbuch für Kids. Germany: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1988.
9.
Teichert, Herman and Gabriele Hahn. Allerlei zum Besprechen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and
Company, 1998.
10.
Teichert, Herman and Lovette Teichert. Allerlei zum Lesen. 2nd Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
and Company, 2005.
11.
Wells, Larry D. and Rosmarie Morewedge. Mitlesen. Mitteilen. Literarische Texte zum Lesen,
Sprechen, Schreiben und Hören. Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 2004.
Websites
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
www.dict.leo.de
www.dwelle.de
www.germanyinfo.com
www.wiseguys.de